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Are you new in a field of extraordinary vessels? In further articles you can read more about the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, about their characteristics, functions and about how to work with them. This post is dedicated mostly to the readers who are new in the field of Eight Extraordinary vessels. It brings basic information which will make easier for you to read further articles about this (at least for us) incredibly interesting and[…]
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In the first article about Five Energy Gates in Qigong – Part One I was talking about some basics related to five main energy gates and about the first pair of these gates – Yongquan points, located on our feet. In general we use energy gates in Qigong to regulate the level of our body energy by absorbing a qi from our surrounding or by expelling the excess of heat from our body. Energy[…]
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Qigong Categories The oldest today known evidence about the existence of Qigong skill (working with energy) is from the period about five thousand years B.C. Through the time many qigong styles and schools were developed. In order to understand qigong better it could be divided into four main categories based on their primary goal (Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming). The first category is Medical Qigong and the main goal of this group is maintaining health and[…]
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When me and Smiljana teach Qigong, one of the first things that we repeat continually during practice, is to pay attention on a Lower Dan Tian. With attention on a Lower Dan Tian you start your practice and you finish it. What is actually lower Dan Tian? Lower Dan Tian is an energy center which resides in the lower abdomen below the navel. This is a center which is at the same time physical[…]
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The practitioners of Qigong don’t think about themselves and about the world as exclusively physical manifestations which present just one of vibrational levels of the human existence. Through the practice of Qigong we are becoming (again) aware of our energy body and we get to feel it more and more. We become aware of the mutual influence between our body and our surrounding. This connection exists all the time, no matter if we acknowledge[…]
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Energy flow First is good to know how does these two poles of energy Yin and Yang flow through our bodies. Yin flows in the body through meridians or energy channels up towards head and Yang in opposite direction towards earth. Connection with earth, heaven and your own nature Very simple way and how I balance Yin and Yang is that on a sunny day, even though it’s windy outside (I simply find a shelter[…]
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Yin does not exist without Yang Yin and Yang are usually described in our western culture as something individual, something separated, so what I mean is individually positive, shining, illuminating, male, heavenly, good Yang and black, dark, wet, watery, shadowy, evil Yin. And, yes these are also not him and him, but HER and HIM. Taijitu or infinite connectedness That means her-Yin and him-Yang. None of them is absolutely positive or absolutely negative. This non-absoluteness[…]
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Qi? Firstly I would like to clarify what actually is Qi? Word Qi, that we read as Chi, is the energy, that is all present in the universe, that means that is also present on the Earth and is composed of two polarities: of one Yin and one Yang. The easiest way to describe these would be through interaction, connection and balance between female Yin and male Yang. Energy, but neutral Nature of this energy[…]
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If you are new to Qigong you will find in this text the basic information about what is Qigong, and why would someone like to dedicate his time to Qigong. Qigong The term Qigong is composed from two words. Qi in Chinese means universal energy which permeates all the universe and also human beings. The term Gong is an abbreviation for Gong Fu or Kung Fu, and means focused and persistent work, skill or achievement.[…]
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