Qigong is known as "Ch'i Kung" which is a highly effective program of treatment, healing and energy medicine from China. Its history started about 4 thousand years ago during the Tao Yao periods and was known to be a way of dancing.
It is the art of healing and preservation of health. The art of using respiration methods, soothing activities, and relaxation to detoxify, enhance, and calm the body and mind. The Qigong exercises cause better health, energy and relaxation.
Different Traditions and Intents
1. Taoist
Maintains and preserves the physical human body and great quality virtue. Many Taoist experts or masters experience long lives and definitely enjoyed it. There are over 3600 techniques and approaches that are mentioned and described throughout its history.
2. Buddhist
This is the most popular of all types. It aims to free the mind, develop quality and to obtain intelligence. Our body system is considered a tool for getting enlightenment. There are over 84000 techniques that are described in its history.
3. Medical
Healthcare qi-gong focuses on the free flow and balance of qi which is the vital energy in our bodies. The main purpose of this treatment is to heal sickness or heal a disease. Practitioners learn how to use the inner qi for analysis and treatment.
4. Martial Arts
It teaches our bodies to provide lethal strikes that are improved with qi or vital energy. It also trains our bodies to be protected from cuts by weapons and attacks using the four limbs.
5. Confucian
It aims to provide great ethical personality, positive character and intellectual capability.
What are the health benefits of this kind of treatment?
- Used for self defense and improves your defense mechanism
- Requires little space for practice
- Easy to learn
- Develops self discipline
- Increases intelligence
- Improves physical activities
- Develops inner peace and a sense of calmness
- Improves concentration
- Improves will power
- Increase and develop mind powe
More benefits of the treatment:
- relieves arthritis
- decreases tension
- reduce stress
- eliminates chronic fatigue
- strengthens immune system
- lubricate joints for pain free activity
- flexibility
- improves food digestion and elimination
- improves metabolism
- weight control
- anti aging and youthfulness
- healthy energy or qi
- anti allergies
- improves blood circulation
- restore body system
- improves oxygen
- improves and soothes neurological system
- improves health and well being
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