What is it?

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?

  1. Used for self defense and improves your defense mechanism
  2. Requires little space for practice
  3. Easy to learn
  4. Develops self discipline
  5. Increases intelligence
  6. Improves physical activities
  7. Develops inner peace and a sense of calmness
  8. Improves concentration
  9. Improves will power
  10. Increase and develop mind powe

    More benefits of the treatment:

  1. relieves arthritis
  2. decreases tension
  3. reduce stress
  4. eliminates chronic fatigue
  5. strengthens immune system
  6. lubricate joints for pain free activity
  7. flexibility
  8. improves food digestion and elimination
  9. improves metabolism
  10. weight control
  11. anti aging and youthfulness
  12. healthy energy or qi
  13. anti allergies
  14. improves blood circulation
  15. restore body system
  16. improves oxygen
  17. improves and soothes neurological system
  18. improves health and well being

By Brian Musial

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