What is Qigong?

November 17th, 2009 by admin

“Discipline is remembering what you want.” ~ David Campbell

Today we start our explanations of some of the discipline techniques with an article on Qigong. As I mentioned yesterday, this is the discipline I have chosen.

Qigong Exercises – Ancient Remedy For Modern Day Ailments
By Thiagarajan Duraisamy

Studies after studies are proving Qigong to offer extremely wonderful benefits to its practitioners – at times confounding the rules of modern medicine. Because of this, Qigong (also spelled Chi Kung or Qi gong) – an ancient Chinese art of healing – is becoming popular in the West due to modern medicines’ inability to offer satisfactory cure or remedy for common diseases.

While modern medicine often seeks to find a cure for a symptom, e.g. recommending pain killer medicine for the relief of migraine, Qigong, on the other hand, like many traditional medicines, offer a solution by working on the root of the problem to eliminate the symptom eventually. For example, the onset of migraine could be due to lack of sleep, anxiety, stressful-lifestyle, bad diet habits and etc. Qigong works on addressing these problems first.

Qigong believes that illness is the result from interruption to the flow of Chi or universal energy in the body. Chi, in simple terms, is the principle energy or universal life force that sustains all lives, and by balancing this energy to remove the blockages, optimum well-being is achieved. If followed accordingly through expert guidance, this universal energy can be harnessed to clear blocked pathways within the body and restore depleted energy.

To achieve this, Qigong emphasizes a set of gentle exercises combining slow physical movements, visualization, relaxation, rhythmic breathing exercises. Systematic training of Qigong exercises helps one to be aware of the Chi within the body and harness it to heal affected parts within the body. This is the same energy that expert Qigong practitioners use to heal others.

Practitioners of Qigong can quickly feel the changes in themselves through the following benefits:
• Inner calmness and steadiness
• Better stamina and vitality
• Enhanced immune and endocrine system
• Reduced anxiety and stress levels through balanced brain chemistry
• Improved cardiovascular, circulatory, digestive and respiratory functions
• Improved balance, posture, flexibility and strength
• Lack or total elimination of cold and fever

Although results vary from one person to another, Qigong have been clinically proven to successfully heal diseases as diverse as cancer, fibromyalgia, blood disorders, heart defects, migraine, weight problems, allergies, depression and many more.

If you want to experience the true benefits of Qigong, join a class or learn from an expert today – and see what a difference it can do to you. Your health and well-being is worth more than anything else in the world.

Visit http://www.qigongexercise.com to know more about Qigong and experience a newer you in body, mind and spirit.
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TODAY’S TIP: If you decide to try Qigong there are many styles. Look at several different styles before deciding on one.

Did the ancients know more than we do?