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Five regulations Qigong training includes five regulations: regulation of the body, breath, mind, Qi and Shen (spirit). The word “regulate” means that we constantly align, adjust, tune and harmonize something until our aim is reached. We can talk about the true regulation when we don’t have to do it consciously. Things that we have learned, repeated, adjusted and used again and again are now the part of ourselves. We use them without thinking about.[…]
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Hello, enthusiastic explorers of life and Qigong. Today I would like to share with you how important is to tune your instrument, your body. Need or necessity Every musician knows that his instrument needs to be tuned. For example, pianists know that their instrument needs tuning, that’s not done only once, that it is a process that takes time and once a piano is tuned it needs to be played on. If you leave[…]
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In this blog you can find some general information regarding Qigong practice (cloths, place, time, variety of styles…) and you can read about some of the major influences that Qigong has on our body, energy and spirit. We practice Qigong in comfortable clothes. I like that I can practice Qigong in comfortable clothes, comfortable footwear or even better, barefoot. Why is this so important to me? When my body is free, is relaxed, my[…]
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Why “of Brocade”? People who come across for the first time with a set of Qigong exercises known as Eight Pieces of Brocade, in Chinese Ba Duan Jin, often ask why these exercises are “of brocade”. Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silk and with or without gold and silver threads. Therefore brocade shines beautifully. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming in his book about Eight Pieces of Brocade describes[…]
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This blog is a short introduction to the Qigong exercises Eight Pieces of Brocade or in Chinese Ba Duan Jin. We will talk about the origin, structure and the purpose of this Qigong set. The exercises were created in the period of South Song Dynasty (1127-1279 a.d.) by Marshal Yue Fei. He was quite an extraordinary man. He was an excellent general and highly-skilled martial artist. However, in time of peace he was studying and reading[…]
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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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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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