QIGONG / CHIGUNG :: Life Force Cultivation | Breath Power Body Intergration | Bio-Electric Energy Fields | Increasing One's Subtle Energy Awareness & Skill

ZHAN ZHUANG (standing meditation) one of many categories of energy cultivation available to Qigong practitioners. The posture demostrated above is called "Holding the Heart," one of many dynamic stances that can be simultaneously used for self-healing, self-empowerment and spiritual development.

Qigong / Chigung , pronounced “Chee Gung,” is a centuries old health method of enlivening, storing and managing one’s internal and external bio-electric fields of energy, through whole body breathing. Originally discovered by the ancient Taoist of China more than 8,000 years ago, this complete energy science teaches you how to conscientiously use your mind to breathe more fully from all parts of your body, especially from the body’s energy center called the lower tantien (elixir field), located in the lower abdomen just slightly below the navel.

It can be performed lying down, seated, standing-up while holding specific postures or doing rhythmic like movements, and or while walking. Qigong practice helps to restore one’s original energy by purging-out dirty-toxic energy and converting negative stagnant energies to positive clean energy, leaving the body in a lighter more integrated and vibrant state.

Qigong training is deeply rooted in the philosophy and principles of Taoism and Chinese medicine, where it is believed that most diseases and illnesses plaguing human beings are primarily caused by their unnatural ways of living and improper use of Chi (life-force / bioelectric energy / breath energy). But for millennia, qigong practices have been successfully used in very safe and reliable ways by millions of people throughout the world, to help prevent energy imbalances and maintain one's health and vitality.

Regularly exercising in open-air parks, getting enough rest, eating locally sourced fresh whole living foods raw and or very lightly cooked, maintaining a positive attitude, having fewer thoughts in one's mind, eliminating toxic relationships and instead cultivating quality friendships, can greatly help to prevent illness and disease. And, by making some of these simple lifestyle changes in conjunction with daily qigong practice, one will gain a higher quality of life and set the foundation for true health and balance.

If you become imbalanced from living unnaturally, qigong practice can help reset your energy fields and help prevent any further damage. This is primarily accomplished through strengthening one’s Yi (mind-intention, pronounced “eee”) by using qigong’s deep abdominal breathing methods, where a fuller breath can be achieved by learning to soften the muscles of belly and then using them more so than your chest area, while breathing in and out. Even though qigong is more than capable of rebalancing and even in some cases reversing terminal diseases, it is always wiser to prevent a malady than to repair it: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”