January 2019 - PetarSmiljana Qigong

Yiquan #2: a historic background and theory

January 25, 2019 Petar Prikratki 4 - QIGONG PRACTICE, Qigong sets and exercises

Read previous post: Yiquan #1 It’s been a while since I have started with standing meditation practice Zhan Zhuang and I was eager to go deeper with it. The expansion of time practicing didn’t bring the results I was anticipating, so I searched a bit further and I found Yiquan. Here in these few posts about Yiquan I present the practice that was developed and simplified from the original practice by very known Xingyiquan master[…]

Yiquan #1: a historic background and theory

January 18, 2019 Petar Prikratki 4 - QIGONG PRACTICE, Qigong sets and exercises

Yiquan (or Yichuan, I Chuan, I Quan) is a martial art, which derives from Xingyiquan and therefore its roots are seen in postures, mindset and purpose of training. It is internal martial art as well as internal meditative practice. Xingyiquan is translated as »Form-intention-fist« and when Xing is removed and only »intention fist« remains, you get Yiquan. Static practice This practice is very static, since the majority of practice is composed of static postures in[…]

Daily meditation matters

January 1, 2019 Smiljana Golja 1 - LIVING QIGONG, 5 - QIGONG BREATHING AND MEDITATION, Getting Started

In this blog I’m going to discuss why I think that a short daily meditation can serve to any person who would like to find and sustain harmony in his life. Through meditation you learn to calm your mind and achieve greater clarity. It also helps you to reduce stress and integrate into your being the experiences that life brings you day after day. Once your mind can be still for some time, it is[…]