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CHI GUNG

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INTRODUCTION

Six thousand years ago in Northern China, tribal people settled along the shores of the Yellow River. These people had not developed a national identity, and lived by tending herds, agriculture, hunting and fishing, without straying far from the banks of the river.

Their chieftains had unusual powers: they knew healing secrets of plants and animals, spoke with invisible entities, and the river waters seemed to bend to their will. They were the first Taoists.

Their practices were meditation, cultivation of the body, sacred ceremonies and magical arts. Among the refined techniques they used to nurture their health and relax their minds, there was Chi Gung (Qi Gong).

Internal Arts, of which Chi Gung is the fundamental, are systems of meditation and movement that work with the core energy which flows in each person's body, emotions, mind and spirit. They allow us to observe how energy works inside ourselves and how correspondences of these patterns are present in nature and the cosmos. Without awareness of the balanced flow and formation of energy, one cannot be in harmony with oneself, other people, or nature. Disharmony and imbalance which manifest as illness and disease are the result of unnatural disturbances in the flow of energy. Whereas harmony at all levels within a person depends on a sustained balance in the flow of their life force energy.

CONTENTS

Understanding Breathing

Chi Familiarisation

Postures

Complementary Health

Warming-up

Training

Chi Gung Test

Internal Arts practice develops a refined, empowering and illuminating awareness which in time will coalesce at all levels of one's being and allow one to discover their true nature beyond the phenomenal self. Internal Arts so become a pathway of change and transformation which allow one to realize their inner essence and purpose and in time to recognize and understand that essence and purpose in other living things.

Today millions of people of any age are learning those harmonious movements of such ancient origins. Can you believe that by doing a series of simple yet challenging exercises such as the ones I describe later on will allow you to open the secret power of the cosmos within you? By learning to co-ordinate your breathing with various postures and conscience awareness, you can increase your personal chi supply so that you can slow the ageing process, alter your metabolism, heal yourself of minor ailments, communicate with plants and animals, move objects with your mind, withstand cold, heat and pain even read someone's spirit.

Ultimately, you can manipulate chi without focusing on your breath or moving your muscles in specific patterns. In fact, eventually you can learn how to move and transmit chi instantly, anywhere and anytime, using only your mind. Chi gung is an art that emphasizes learning how to deliberately develop and utilize the energy that is within your own body.

This energy (chi) permeates our bodies, the environment in which we live, end even the wildest reaches of our imagination.

Scientific studies in China and abroad have shown that chi consists of a variety of forms of energy such as infrared radiation, static electricity, infrasound, and magnetic fields.

Basically, chi is a complex form of energy that manifests itself in your vitality, spirit and your very life. Without chi, you die.

Chi gung involves coordinating your breathing with your conscious awareness. The way it works is that your mind moves your chi and the chi moves your blood and oxygen, and therefore your metabolism is changed.

Most people who practice Chi Gung use chi to balance the internal energy of their bodies so that they can achieve physical, mental and spiritual health.

There is a lot more than meets the eye, because with proper dedicated training and consistent practice, you will find that the potentials of Chi Gung are limited only by your own imagination and skill.

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