气功 Qi Gong

天行健，君子当自强不息

As long as the world continues to move on its axis, mankind will seek to evolve.

QI GONG

Although the world is vast and holds infinite sights, sounds and perceptions, the human mind is only able to perceive less than one ten thousandth of them.

There is a Chinese tale about a locust arguing with other locusts in the North. The locust convinced the Northern locusts that the world has only three seasons, spring, summer, autumn, but no winter. The Northern locusts were was so convinced that the Southern locust was right, that they would spontaneously die in late autumn. Similarly, humans are so convinced by their own incomplete knowledge that they can’t perceive hidden phenomena like radio waves, geomagnetism, natural energy, etc.

We are born and depart our lives as tiny parts of the world. Life comes and goes in an endless stream. Within the world, and in the span of our lives, there is access to an unlimited supply of energy. We can learn to harness this energy when our personal reserves get low. All of us have a renewable source of energy within our own body.

It is most active in the feet when we’re born – babies feet kick constantly before they learn to walk.
As babies grow into children the energy moves to the calves and they run around like small springy birds when they move.

When it moves to the thighs as teenagers we can observe how they walk and run without getting tired, how they begin to have sexual desire, how they gain strength, and often how excess energy creates a desire to fight.

By the time we hit middle age the energy moves to the chest. Generally people have a strong libido, their strength has peaked and they are able to take on mature responsibilities.

Past middle age the energy moves to the head and sexual desire begins to wane, strength decreases. People become able to strategise and develop their skills in the workplace and in life as well as expand their horizons.

By the time we are old the energy has reached the crown of the head.  Sexual desire wanes even more, strength is limited, physical ailments increase and more rest is required. Health become the prime focus. When the energy leaves from the crown it means life has ended.

Practising Qigong daily is like recharging a mobile phone. Without Qigong the majority only have that natural recharge once in their lives, prior to being born. It is also depleted by illness, injury, fear, overindulgence. The result is physical weakness and a shortened lifespan.

When we practice qigong, we charge and replenish our power and energy each time we practise. Life has boundless energy. We need need watch the activity of the young to see how much energy abounds. Our lives as adults – including our careers, our material wealth, pregnancy and postpartum and general life – can be transformed by investing in this source of renewable energy.

The most important element in practicing Qigong is simplicity. It should be as natural as taking in daily sunshine and drinking clean water and it is time-friendly. The key is persistence. If we stay with the practise we will notice our peers grow weaker while we remain youthful, healthy and energetic. Watch out for quick-fix promises by inauthentic lay practitioners. Qigong is lifelong practise, and in the same way as a tree grows taller every year, Qigong continues to renew our energy from youth to old age.

Everyone is welcome to join us in our Qigong practise.

WU TAI CHI QI GONG


Eight ways to get energy from nature

Note that there is no limit to the number of qigong movements from here to the next, approximately between 3-48 times, whichever you like to feel comfortable. Stretching, slowly and evenly, is conducive to the movement of energy in the meridians, and quantity is not equal to quality.

Use 10% of the energy of your mind to focus on the acupuncture points, don’t use too much attention, just think about it. Too much mental power will make your mind feel heavy.

1. Starting pose

Start by relaxing naturally from head to toe 3 times. Then use the tip of your tongue to circle the roof of your mouth dozens of times in any direction.

2. Take a deep breath

Slowly raise your hands from the outside of the body, and at the same time inhale deeply, thinking that the breath is directly inhaled into the lower abdomen. When your hand reaches its highest point, calmly hold your breath for a few seconds. Then, slowly lower your hands from the top of your head down the middle of your body, and at the same time exhale deeply, emptying all the imaginary energy. When your hands are lowered to your navel, and your palms are placed on your lower abdomen (dantian), calmly feel the energy in your body being emptied for a few seconds. Finally return to normal breathing. This breathing should be done through the nose as much as possible, unless the nose is blocked (breathing through the mouth often allows the body’s heat to dissipate and is susceptible to wind and cold). Breathing should be light, slow, round, and deep. Function: Open the qi machine in the lungs and start doing qigong.
 
 

2. Loose, Quiet, Empty

Think of your forehead and say “SONG” three times in your mouth. (Song means to relax.)

Imagine the middle part of your chest and say “JING” three times in your mouth. ( Jing means to quiet.)

Imagine the lower abdomen, and say “KONG” three times in your mouth. (Kong means to empty.)

The three sounds should be made forward, long, even and deep.

Function: Empty the turbid air in the three Dantians (Energry center), and only then can clean water be poured into the empty cup.

2. Imagination skin breathe

Imagine that the skin breathes, from both arms, outer thighs, armpits, etc. At the same time, take a deep breath through your nose, open your arms to inhale, and retract your arms to exhale. The method is the same as above (2. take a deep breath) Our skin has a breathing function, but since we were all in our mother’s womb, we will use our skin to perform a breathing-like function to exchange energy with the outside world, which begins to disappear when we are born. Qigong involves the innate energy gathering required to involve these movements.
 
 

5. Wu xin hao tian

Use 10% of the energy of your mind to focus on the Shaoshang point (少商穴), abduct your arms, open your palms, and raise your heels at the same time, just in time for the center of your head, the palms of your hands, and the soles of your feet to rise at the same time.

 
Function: Open lung qi and improve human immunity. Whenever a person’s condition worsens, the lungs begin to tighten and breathing becomes difficult. We often practice lung function to be prepared.

6. Bring tai xi point

Concentrate your mind on the Taixi point on the inside of the ankle, with your palms facing up, your arms still, and your toes raised.

Function:
Taixi point is the “original point” of the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, which is where the original Qi of the kidneys resides. It has the functions of nourishing kidney yin, nourishing kidney qi, strengthening kidney yang, and regulating the uterus. In other words, this point can help with diseases such as reproductive system, kidney yin deficiency, low back pain and poor lower limb function.

7. White crane spreads its wings

Lower your hands and turn your body to the left. When turning to the back, use your eyes to look at the Kunlun point on the outside of your right ankle. If you can’t see it, use your mind to think about it. Then the hands slowly rise from behind. vice versa. As the body turns to the right, when turning to the back, use your eyes to look at the Kunlun point on the outside of the left ankle. . . . The principle is that eyes belong to fire-like energy. (When you pay attention to someone not far away with your eyes, that person will feel the heat and become alert. Children, women and small animals are the most sensitive.) Our body is like a container holding water. Put fire in it. The bottom of the container is heated, causing water vapor in the body to rise. . . Electricity is generated (all mental activities such as our thinking, learning and judgment consume electricity, and a lifeless body has no electricity).
Function: 
Kunlun point is an acupoint on the bladder meridian of Foot and Taiyang, which has the effects of relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, clearing away heat and calming the nerves. The health-preserving effects of Kunlun point include dredging meridians, clearing away heat and calming wind, and is mainly used to treat acute low back pain, heel pain, knee arthritis, sciatica, dystocia, headache, nuchal stiffness, dizziness, infantile convulsions, goiter, ankle sprains, and rickets.

7. Turn over the sparrow's tail

Focus your mind on the Labor Point on the front palms and the Yongquan Point on the soles of the front feet, and move at the same time. The path is downward and rising in a circle. Spread the other circle horizontally outward, then pull it back to the side of the ear, and then push it forward. Imagine that there is a flexible rubber band connecting the labor point and the Yongquan point.

9.Slap the head shu point

Cross your hands and tap the Qianding acupoint and Mingmen acupoint, and make a “hum” sound in your mouth, about 28 times. Then cross your hands and tap the Muchuang acupoint and Mingmen acupoint, the same as above.
Function: 
The Qianding point can help relieve and treat headaches, dizziness, eye pain, facial swelling, rhinophyma, epilepsy, infantile epilepsy, etc. The effect of massaging the Qianding point: conduct water and dampness, and replenish lung qi. Mingmen point can help treat low back pain, kidney disease, loss of energy, fatigue, age spots, osteoporosis, acne, enuresis, frequent urination, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, white turbidity, impotence, premature ejaculation, red and white discharge, and repeated fetal fall. , unable to walk, etc. The Menchuang point can help treat eye diseases: such as glaucoma, conjunctivitis or stye; treat headaches: whether vascular headaches or neurological headaches, they are mainly caused by the gallbladder meridian of Foot Shaoyang.
 

10. Slap the shu point on the shoulder

Use your hands to cross-tap the Jianjing point and the series of acupoints behind it, whichever one you can touch, and make a sound of “ha” in your mouth, about 28 times.

Function: 

Jianjing point can help treat cough, asthma, fever, chest tightness and other lung diseases, as well as cervical spondylosis, neck and shoulder syndrome, frozen shoulder, etc. The Shu point on the back can help heart diseases, spleen and stomach diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, such as indigestion, loss of appetite, etc.; lung diseases, such as cough, asthma, phlegm, etc.

11. Slap the shu point on the chest

Use your hands to cross-tap the Zhongfu point and the subsequent Shu points, whichever one you can touch, and make a sound of “ha” in your mouth, about 28 times.

Function:

Zhongfu point can help treat cough, asthma, shortness of breath, lung fullness, chest pain, chest irritability, cough and vomiting of pus and blood, typhoid fever, laryngitis, runny nose, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and lung abscess. , tuberculosis, etc.
 
 

12. Slap the shu point on the abdomen

Use your empty fist to cross-hit the middle Qihai point and the Mingmen point at the back, whichever one you can touch, and say “Hey” in your mouth, about 28 times. Then use your empty fist to cross-hit the middle Guanyuan point and the Mingmen point at the back, the same as above.

Function: 
Qihai point can help treat abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea, bowel sounds; irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge in women, difficulty in urinating, impotence in men, etc. Guanyuan point can help treat frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, hematuria; irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea; and treatment of long-term illness and deficiency of Qi and blood.

13. Yun shou

The lower hand is held next to the lower abdomen; the upper hand is facing the face with the palm of the hand. The fingertips should not be higher than the eyebrows. Look at the gaps between the fingers and pull it behind you until it reaches about 90° behind the body and push the palm out. Then lower the upper hand, raise the lower hand, and perform the same movements as above. When the body turns backward, experience squeezing the Jiaji point on the back.
 
Function: 
Jiaji acupoint can help treat heart disease, coughs and asthma of the respiratory system; diseases of the spleen and stomach system, as well as the liver and gallbladder system, such as chronic gastritis, gallstones, and indigestion.

14. Progress put down hammer

The left foot is in front, the body is tilted back, and the right hand is raised and pulled back. Use your mind to punch the acupuncture point at the point of your index finger; then, your right hand changes into a fist, your body squats forward, and your fist touches the ground, as if you are swinging a hammer. Vice versa, the same goes in the other direction. Pay attention to high blood pressure, do not look upward, look flat or downward. Otherwise, you will feel dizzy.

Function: 
Guanchong point can help treat headaches, cold and heat, dizziness, heartache, upset, fainting, eye pain, dry mouth, bitter mouth, rolled tongue, slow tongue, laryngeal numbness, deafness and ringing, shoulder and back pain, arm pain, elbow Pain, acute tonsillitis, laryngitis, conjunctivitis, walleye and other diseases; other diseases: cerebrovascular disease, fever, indigestion in children, etc. In addition, this exercise is very helpful in improving the body’s immunity. Often when the seasons change, the temperature changes greatly, and colds are prevalent, I see people around me falling ill one by one. When you practice for a long time, you will find that you are almost recovered after just sleeping.
 

15. Qin san xian

Press the Renzhong point with the index finger, press the Chengjian point with the middle finger, and press the jaw with the thumb. Knead gently in circular motions, about 30 times.

Function: 

Regularly pressing and rubbing the Renzhong acupoint with your fingers not only has first-aid effects, but also has the functions of tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the waist, and coordinating yin and yang. It can be used to treat stiffness and pain in the lower back, acute lumbar sprains and other diseases. It can also improve blood circulation in the brain, help prevent and treat dizziness, drowsiness, insomnia, forgetfulness, lack of energy, etc. It can also prevent Alzheimer’s disease and Meniere’s syndrome.
Chengjing point is mainly used for facial and lip diseases: such as stroke, drooling, strong tongue, facial swelling, trigeminal neuralgia, oral ulcers, gum swelling and pain, fistulas, thirst, mental illness, enuresis, violent tongue, mouth and eyes Slanted lips, tight mouth, tight lips, toothache, epistaxis, mouth and tongue sores, epilepsy, hemiplegia, cold pain under the navel, hernia and fistula, incontinence of urination, enuresis in children, swollen gums, facial paralysis, etc.
 
 
 

16.Tai Chi ball

With your palms facing each other, imagine holding a ball and rotating it from outside to inside, with your hands about an arm’s width apart. Under normal circumstances, you should feel warm and numb in the palm of your hand, and there is a force of attraction and resistance in the middle. Just like a water pump, pour some water into it and expel the air before pumping. So first draw the energy out of the body and fill the balls.

17. Big Tai Chi ball

The palms of the two hands face each other, the distance between the hands is maximized, and the arms are fully extended. Keep spinning. Like a water pump, it starts to pump water, and the long water pipe is fully opened. Draw energy from nature and inhale the essence of heaven and earth like a whirlpool in your arms.

18. Small Tai Chi ball

The palms of the two hands face each other, and the distance between the hands becomes smaller, about half an arm’s width. Keep spinning. Compressing the air that inhales the essence between heaven and earth is like practicing elixir, concentrating the essence into small pellets.

19.Gather energy and pour it into the Dan Tian room

Place your hands toward the Guanyuan point, squat your knees slightly, and close your eyes slightly. Clear away distracting thoughts and turn your mind inward to feel the slight heat in the Dantian inside Guanyuan point.
It’s like putting warm golden elixir into the Dantian, refining it, and absorbing it into the body to replenish energy. The amount of this energy determines our life span and the strength of our immunity. When we get sick or injured, our kidneys will draw this energy out to restore health. It also affects reproductive function.
Most people are born with a full supply of it in their mother’s body (sometimes it is deficient) and spend their entire lives consuming it.
Just like a mobile phone that is fully charged at home in the morning. After running around all day, there is no time or opportunity to charge it. When it runs out of power, it is turned off.
 
 
After completing the following exercises, the energy is guided, channeled, and stored in the body.

20. Rub your face

Place your palms on your face, and place your middle finger along the middle of your forehead, between your eyebrows, on both sides of the bridge of your nose, and at the corners of your mouth. Rub up and down to heat.
Place your palms on your face, and place your middle finger along the middle of your forehead, between your eyebrows, on both sides of the bridge of your nose, and at the corners of your mouth. Rub up and down to heat. The advantage is that the face is full of energy and the eyes are full of energy.
 

21. Rub your cheeks

Place your palms on your face, with your middle fingers along your cheeks. Rub up and down to heat.

The benefit is to prevent facial muscles from sagging.

22. Rub your forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth

Put your palms on your face and rub your forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth. Rub left and right crosswise to heat.
The advantage is to maintain facial muscle energy and maintain youthfulness and beauty.

23. Comb your hair

Comb your hair with your fingers, Keep the energy in your head flowing and your mind clear.

24. Rub your ears

Rub your hands to warm your ears. Rub carefully into all corners.

benefit:

The ears are connected to the meridians of the whole body, and rubbing them regularly has many benefits.

25.Rub the base of the back of the neck

Use the palms of your hands to rub the Dazhui point on the back of your neck to warm it up.

Function:
It is used to treat malaria, co-morbidities of Taiyang and Shaoyang, phlegm-fire asthma, cough, whooping cough, cold and fever, fatigue, night sweats and other diseases.

26. Tap the midline of the body

Tap on the midline of the body, on the two meridians of Ren and Du, from head to toe in front, and from heel to head in the back, three times.

Function：

The Ren meridian is helpful for lower abdominal diseases or urogenital system diseases, such as lower abdominal pain, amenorrhea, infertility, internal knots in men, hernia in men, dizziness, and soreness and weakness in the waist and knees. The Du Channel is responsible for diseases related to the brain, five sense organs, spinal cord and limbs, such as head wind, headache, heavy head, stiff neck, tinnitus, vertigo, epilepsy, convulsions, numbness and stroke.

27. Shoot the side of the body

Pat the outside of the body, from left to right, three times.
Function:
It is effective against diseases of the head, eyes, ears, throat, mental illness, and fever. It is helpful for symptoms such as bitter mouth, dizziness, malaria, headache, jaw pain, lateral canthus pain, chest, flank, thigh and lateral lower limb pain, lateral foot pain, and lateral foot fever.

28. Press the ear

Squeeze the ear with the palm of your right hand and pull it outward to experience the feeling of the air being sucked out.

29. Tapping the ears

Hold your ear with one hand, and tap the back of your hand with your fingers on the other hand, like playing a drum.

Function: 

Helps tinnitus, deafness, deafness, otitis externa, otogenic vertigo, deafness, neurological deafness, otitis media, earache, toothache, hysteria, epilepsy, acne, ear and toothache, mute tone, and mandibular arthritis , facial nerve palsy, aphonia, etc.

30. Wipe the outer orbit of the eyes

Use your fingers to massage in circles along the eye sockets from the base of the eyebrows to both sides, from the corners of the eyes to the bridge of the nose.
Function: 
It is helpful for diseases such as myopia, glaucoma, optic nerve damage, retinal damage, and visual field defects.

31. Rub your belly

On the abdomen, rub in clockwise circles.
Function: 
Help gastrointestinal function and regulate qi.

32. Lift the anus and tighten the butocks

You can decide how many times to tighten your hips according to the outline.

Function:

Improves the functions of the gastrointestinal system, urinary system, and reproductive system, and is helpful for some gynecological diseases.

33. Beat the lower back

Tap your back with the back of your hand, and set the number of times. 

Function: 
It is suitable for low back pain, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, waist sprains, weakness of lower limbs, fatigue, irregular menstruation, vaginal discharge, and frequent urination. In modern times, it is also commonly used to treat tuberculosis, tracheobronchitis, orchitis, etc. It is helpful.

34. rub your temples

Gently rub your temples with your fingers, as many times as you want.
Function:
It is helpful for headaches, migraines, and general headaches; it is helpful for blurred vision or orbital pain, myopia, etc.; it is helpful for facial paralysis, etc.

35. Rub the outer corners of your eyes

Rub the palms of your hands to warm them, place them in your eyes and rub them gently, feeling the heat from your palms enter your eyes. Clockwise or counterclockwise, the number of turns is customized.

Function: 

Soothing the liver and eyesight, the eyes are connected with liver qi, detoxifying and nourishing the skin.

36. Knock on the back of the skull

Press your ears with both hands, close your eyes, cross your fingers to pick and tap the back of your skull.
Function: 
It is helpful for tinnitus, dizziness, auditory hallucinations, sleep, etc.

37. Tap the inside of your arm

Use your fingers to rub the armpit muscles, then turn your palms outward and pat from top to bottom.
Function: 
Open up the heart and prevent heart disease, high blood pressure and other diseases.

38. Finish the work

Practicing Qigong is like planting a tree. It is not something you can do overnight. As time goes by, you will gain more and more benefits. Just like digging a well, when water is found in a spring, if you continue to dig deeper, it will turn into a lake and sea. If you are impatient and dig a hole in the east and a hole in the west, it will be difficult to find the water source. There is no such thing as being obsessed with Qigong. These are all psychological effects. The human body has sufficient vitality and the immune system recovers by itself. If you feel uncomfortable, don’t think too much about it. Stop for a while and do more Tai Chi to recover naturally. I personally advocate that young people who are in good health should not practice Qigong as they have sufficient Qi, blood and vitality. Just like a cup full of water, it doesn’t increase no matter how much water is added. And if you don’t have enough social experience, it’s easy to get stuck in logical thinking. If you are suffering from illness or your qi and blood are beginning to be deficient, it is recommended to practice it to increase your energy every day and keep your body healthy and youthful forever.
 
 
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