QI GONG
"WORK ON ENERGY"
Qi is directed and balanced by the body, mind and spirit.
Qi is influenced by nature and the environment.
From John Harrigan's book, The Qi of life
All the Chinese Martial Arts have in common the notion
of Cultivating and Storing Engergy (Qi) in the Tan Tien,
a point in the human body two or three fingers width
below the navel.
Qi Gong is composed of static or dynamic exercises
associated with a normal or reverse breathing.
These exercises have different health effects:
Enforce and Stretch the body
Fortify your heart and fight heart diseases
Regulate the digestive system
Calm your emotions and control your stress
Help to reduce arthritis and rheumatism
Enforce breathing functions, immune system etc.
Stimulate sexual energy and augment fertility
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"The Supreme Medicine has three distinctions:Ching
[essence], Qi [vitality]. and Shen [spirit],
Which are elusive and obscure. Keep to nonbeing, yet
hold on to being.
And perfection is yours in an instant. When the distant
winds blend together,
In one hundred days of spiritual work And morning
recitation to the Shang Ti,
Then in one year you will soar as an immortal. The sages
awaken through self-cultivation;
Deep, profound, their practices require great effort.
Fulfilling vows illumines the Heavens.
Breathing nourishes youthfulness.
Departing from the Mysterious, entering the Female,It
appears to have perished, yet appears to exist.
Unmovable, its origin is mysterious.Each person has
Ching.The Shen unites with the Ching,
The Shen unites with the Qi, The breath then unites with
the true nature.
Before you have attained this true nature,These terms
appear to be fanciful exaggerations.
The Shen is capable of entering stone; The Shen is
capable of physical flight.
Entering water it is not drowned; Entering fire it is
not burned.
The Shen depends on life form; The Ching depends on
sufficient Qi.
If these are neither depleted nor injuredThe result will
be youthfulness and longevity.
These three distinctions have one principle,Yet so subtle it cannot be heard.
Their meeting results in existence, Their parting results in nonexistence.
The seven apertures interpenetrate And each emits wisdom light.
The sacred sun and sacred moonIlluminate the Golden
Court.
One attainment is eternal attainment.The body will
naturally become weightless.
When the supreme harmony is replete, The bone fragments
become like winter jade.
Acquiring the Elixir results in immortality; Not acquiring it results in extinction.
The Elixir is within yourself, It is not white and not
green.Recite and hold ten thousand times.
These are the subtle principles of self-illumination."
The
Jade Emperor's Mind Seal Classic. The Taoist Guide to
Health, Longevity, and Immortality.
Translated with commentary by Stuart Alve Olson.
Rochester, Vermont, Inner Traditions, 2003.