Qi Gong (breathing exercise) & Meditation
The centre has many focuses of Qi Gong; namely for martial training, self defense, healing and general health aspects. Comprises: Tien Tao, Fukien White Crane, Bone Marrow Washing & Changing sinew routines, Taoist: self-healing & Practitioners Qi Gong. Especially for the ladies we have the Yuan Qi classes(self massage, high, medium & low impact combinations), which is new to the western hemisphere. Meditation based on Chen, Daoist practice & Chinese Philosophy.
Simply put Qi Gong can be defined as the unexplained energy that makes the blood flow, body heal, heart pump, breathing, body actions without any intention of mind/thought put into it to make it function; it takes place weather we are aware or not. No mind intent, no thought to facilitate these actions. We understand how they function and the relation to each other to co-exist; but we cannot explain what defines the energy to function with no mind intentention.
Due to the Cultural Revolution, Qi Gong was only done as exercise, and some combined it with Taiji/Tai Chi Quan and other martial arts. Traditional Chinese doctors implement Qi Gong into their works because it is based on the traditional medical principles of: the flowing of Qi, Five Elements and Yin/Yang Theory. Their patients are introduced to Qi Gong to help them recover from illness and to improve more quickly.
What is Qi Gong?
- Qi is internal energy
- Gong is function or work
Qi Gong (Chi Kung); simplistically explained as "breathing exercise", has a long history in China and is a form of traditional exercise practiced among the Chinese people for keeping fit. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, Qi in Qigong not only is the air we breathe in, but actually refers to the internal/vital energy. In traditional Chinese medicine, great importance is attached to exercise which strengthens the internal/vital energy. Modern medical terms, refers this to resistance of disease, adaptability to the external environment and ability to overcome internal troubles and regain health.
Qigong involves techniques of training to make the internal energy, Qi function and move correctly to help the practitioner to gather and store his/her energy. This practice also needs to be done beyond physical, mechanical energy, force and to release emotions and sensations. The contents of qigong are varied, but they mainly involve the following aspects: regulation of body (posture), regulation of mind, regulation of respiration, self-massage and movements of the limbs. It is not a panacea; it must be practised in conjunction with other forms of exercise and/or therapy in order to affect a cure to any ailment.
All Martial Arts (Wushu/Kung Fu) rely on the mastery of Qi Gong/Hara techniques for the attainment of mental and physical harmony.
