Qigong practices
can be classified as martial, medical, or spiritual. All styles have three
things in common: they all involve a posture, (whether moving or stationary),
breathing techniques, and mental focus. Some practices increase the Qi;
others circulate it, use it to cleanse and heal the body, store it, or emit
Qi to help heal others. Practices vary from the soft internal styles such as
Tai Chi; to the external, vigorous styles such as Kung Fu. However, the slow
gentle movements of most Qigong forms can be easily adapted, even for the
physically challenged and can be practiced by all age groups.
Chi energy,
better known as qì or ch’i, by practitioners and students, is a force meant
to describe that which gives life. It is the equivalent of what some in the
West would call soul or spirit, and others may simply call energy. In the
popular science fiction film, “Star Wars”, it is known as “the force”. To
Hindus it is referred to as prana, to native American Indians, the great
spirit.
What this
“healer” talks about, is something that almost seems to resonate with our
deeper selves within, as if it represents hidden esoteric knowledge but at
the same time, there is doubt and this video is resisted by our conditioned
prejudices that are rooted in the world.....
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