Qi Gong
Qi Gong (ch’i kung) means skill
in breathing, skill in cultivating Qi, or “internal
work”. It involves combining specific postures
and movements with breathing techniques and internal
visualisations.
We are able to build upon the Qi we
are born with (Yuan Qi, or prenatal Qi) and then use
this Qi by allowing it to:
- flow beneficially through the meridians
of our own bodies
- be able to be used to defend ones’
self or family, or
- the highest level, to be able to
help others to be healed.
There are many hundreds of stationary
and moving Qi Gongs that one can learn. They are roughly
divided into three categories, though many can belong
to two or even all three categories. They are the
self-healing, martial and medical qigongs.
Taijiquan
is said to be the greatest moving Qi Gong of them
all. Performing the (old original) Taiji forms correctly
can cause the qi to flow beneficially through all
the meridians and organs of the body three times in
20 minutes, in the correct order as it usually does
every 24 hrs.
A new student should choose his
or her instructor carefully, so as not to waste many
years practising incorrect and potentially harmful
exercises.
Please check Master Erle Montaigues
web site www.taichiworld.com
for more information on instructional videos, cds,
dvds, books and free downloads. You can join the WTBA mailing list on the taiji page.
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