Tag: meditation
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Belly Breathing
In Chinese Qigong practices, there are 2 basic methods for contracting the abdomen to deepen the breath. First of all, it is helpful to keep the throat free of constrictions. In the diversity of breath training, such as Pranayama from India, sometimes the throat or other parts of the body are ‘locked’ to force air…
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Clearing Sinuses and Central Channels
Where the mundane meets the Cosmos Many people experience sinus congestion to different degrees. It appears to be a design flaw in our human species, and is worsening with climate change. Treatments with medications often have complications (sedation), or very low compliance with the overflow effect on sleep apnea (sinus rinsing is a tough sell…
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Strong Roots for Health
What influences health the most? When scientists ponder this, they arrange it in order of importance, based on the amount of time most people typically engage each area for health: We will start at the bottom of this list and work our way up. EXERCISE All of this website is dedicated to a type of…
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What is Qi?
The term Qi–pronounced ‘Chee’–in Qigong, is loosely translated in English as ‘Energy.’ This is sufficient for a general understanding of Qigong. At a deeper level, Energy is a very specific term in Physics. One of its hallmarks is that it diminishes over space. Research was done on long-distance transmission of Qi in the United States…
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Science & Qigong
Scientific research is enormously positive on Qigong. A great website to peruse is the Qigong Institute. This free resource was the brainchild of a scientific researcher who took up the practice of Qigong. You can scroll down the home page to find interesting research portals, such as Harvard Medical School. Or click the research tab…
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Forms and Formlessness
Why do the same form every day? Could we relax into some type of liberation without all that fuss and bother? Answer: The point of doing a Qigong form is to enter a state of formlessness. Hallmarks of this may include losing a sense of time or space, forgetting oneself, or experiencing a wave of…
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