Where to put a tip of the tongue while practicing Qigong

  In Qigong practice it is essential to put a tip of your tongue on the roof in your mouth. I have mentioned this many times in my posts, but never took a chance to talk it through. Many Qigong practitioners and inner martial artists know this and use it to gain better energy flow and better manipulate energy for their cause. What is this cause in my practice? Leading the energy (Qi) efficiently and[…]

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The role of Collective unconscious in Tong Ren therapy

  This post is the continuation of previous two posts about Tong Ren energy healing method.   Tong Ren therapy and Collective unconscious The theory of the collective unconscious is the basis for Tong Ren Therapy. Tong Ren has not been proven by any expert research and probably never will be. As science denies existence of such things as collective unconscious, self-aware energy fields etc. But these are the things that thoughtful Qigong practitioners think,[…]

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About Tong Ren and Qigong, and their capabilities – Continuing

  In the previous post About Tong Ren and Qigong, and their capabilities  I was writing about our encounter with this healing method. In this second part I will talk about its origin and about the basic principles of this method.   Tom Tam, a founder of Tong Ren healing therapy, on seminars usually describes his method with terms used in western scientific society. I guess he is trying to bring this healing art nearer[…]

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About Tong Ren and Qigong and their capabilities

  How it all started My story with Tong Ren healing begins when I was invited with my dear Smiljana to teach private Qigong lessons to a couple whose name I won’t mention here. We were invited to a beautiful home in the suburbia of Trieste in Italy, which is the biggest city in the area. We live, me and Smiljana,  just across the border in Slovenia, in a little Karst village. We were invited[…]

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Eight Extraordinary Vessels #3 Yin and Yang Heel Vessels and their opening points

(Extraordinary vessels – 3) If you have missed previous two articles click on these links: Eight extraordinary vessels – Introduction and Eight Extraordinary vessels in general and Yin and Yang linking vessels In this article I will introduce to you another pair of extraordinary vessels named Yin and Yang Heel, Stepping or Qiao vessels, and their opening points. I will also explain where and for what purposes these vessels can be used. Meridian point Bladder[…]

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Eight Extraordinary Vessels #2 in general and Yin and Yang Linking Vessels

 (Extraordinary Vessels – 2) (Read also the Introduction to Eight Extraordinary meridians) In this article and in next few I will talk about Eight extraordinary vessels (sometimes called also Eight extraordinary meridians or channels) which we use in Qigong and on the lesser degree in acupuncture. I will introduce different viewpoints and theories, which do not agree and therefore uncover that this field of energy medicine and Qigong still hasn’t been researched to the deepest[…]

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Wu Wei (Non-Doing)

  Path of least resistance In Taoism non-doing doesn’t mean, that you don’t cut trees. It means only that you cut where it is easiest to cut. Along the path of least resistance, you follow the way of nature. Following the path and doing the things in accordance with growth, does not mean that you do not cut firewood. It means that you cut it following structure, you follow openings of cracks and grains and[…]

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Facial massage

  Everybody has a face. On the outside it represents that which I am really and mostly. At the same time very few of us dedicate more of our time to our face than is necessary for washing, caressing and maybe smoothing facial skin with our hands. And yes of course obligatory depilation and shave. Your main identity Now, if I remember and say how does this person look like? Petar, for example. I remember[…]

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Point Shen Men for Boosting Energy

Point on the earlobe, which is sometimes mentioned and sometimes not in literature about auriculopuncture or acupuncture applied on the ear, is Shen Men and is meant especially for stimulating and lifting energy in the body. Applicability of Shen Men point Usually acupuncturist uses it with the protocol which he selected for his client with defined problem. With use of this point effect of other points in therapy is strengthened. Application of this point can[…]

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In Qigong we use Tendons

  Changing of Muscles and Tendons In Qigong there is a training which is dedicated to change of muscles and tendons. Yi Jin Jing is training which everybody got to know – everyone who have ever trained any of Chinese martial arts. It is a training in which you are doing exercises which are meant for tendons stretching and relaxing of muscles. You devote your attention to stronger flow of energy, flexibility, endurance which is[…]

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