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Living Qigong

Meditate in the Moonlight - Living Qigong

Living Qigong 24 hours a day depends on our mind power. So, in the beginning, we train our minds to release stress and relax. Relaxation is one of the most important aspects of Qigong living. Stress restricts the flow of Qi. Relaxation allows the Qi to flow smoothly.

Living Qigong is not about being perfect. It’s about doing your best. If you have an “off” day, accept it as a learning opportunity, try again, make an adjustment, stay calm, and positive. It is a chance to dive deeper into your understanding of your life. Ask yourself quality questions when you are having an “off” day. For example, what can I do differently to achieve a more beneficial outcome? Or, you can restate your situation and focus on what you do want. For example, what I desire is to handle this situation calmly and positively.

The practice of Qigong is not just limited to the times when we practice the exercises and meditations. Qigong is really the practice of life. Qigong is an expression of life. Thus, Qigong is a way of life.

If you live Qigong, then when you wake in the morning, you take a deep breath, put a smile on your face, and you center your mind in the present moment. Throughout your day, you send positive energy in the form of thoughts to all life forms around you. You send blessings of gratitude to life itself.

When you eat, you focus only on eating the food. You focus on how the food tastes. Feel the presences of the food in your mouth. Look at the colors and textures of the food. Smell the aroma of the food. Breathe deeply while you eat. Chew slowly and appreciate the moment.

When you wash the dishes, you focus only on washing the dishes. Feel the warmth of the water on your hands. Feel how smooth the soap feels. Smell the scent of the soap. Wipe the front side of the plate. Notice the pattern in the front of the plate. When you wipe the back side of the plate, just focus on the back side. Don’t worry about the front side. Don’t worry about how many dishes you have to wash. Focus on each dish, one at a time. Breathe deeply while you wash the dishes.

Sleeping is another practice of Qigong. Before sleeping, you prepare your mind and body for sleep. Your mind is calm and centered for sleep. Sleep is the yin balance to being awake. You seek to balance all aspects of your life. Deep breathing before and while in bed will calm your mind. I also recommend thinking about five things you are grateful for from your day. Before sleep, if there is something weighing on your mind, write it down with a short list of possible actions you can take. This will allow you to be at peace knowing that you have solutions and you won’t forget them.

You seek to bring Yin and Yang balance to your life and surroundings. You let go of the past. You let go of judgments. You let go of any expectations. You let go of any resistance. You live every moment consciously. You live in the present moment. You enjoy quiet and peaceful times more deeply. You enjoy active and changing times more deeply.

You allow the flow of Qi and life to be smooth. As your Qigong practice opens the energy channels in your body, it allows the Qi to flow more smoothly in your body. When Qi is flowing more smoothly, your health improves, your mind relaxes more deeply, and your emotions become balanced. As a result, it also allows the Qi flow of your life to be more smooth. You handle the unexpected changes in life more easily. You handle difficult situations more easily. More things become easy and fewer things seem difficult.

As you practice Qigong, you learn that before you can help others, that you must help yourself first. By taking the self-less action to heal yourself, you put yourself in a better position to help others.

With increased emotional stability, your relationships come into balance. When communing with others, you extend positive and compassionate thoughts. Just as the Qi Field extends and encompasses everyone and everything, you recognize that others are not only connected to you but are an extension of you. You recognize that as you treat others with love and kindness, you treat yourself with love and kindness.  You also know that if you treat yourself with negativity, that indirectly you are extending negativity to others.

So, as a practitioner of Qigong, your practice extends way beyond the exercises and meditation. It becomes the way you live your life. So if you are ready to embrace a life of Qi, a life of Qigong, then start right where you are. There is no time like the present to begin. After all, Qi is everywhere. You can’t escape Qi, it is inside of you. It is all around you. So why not learn to master yourself and Qi through the life practice of Qigong. Qigong is a great way to master your life.

If you would like more information about how to live Qigong 24/7/365, contact me at http://www.InnerVitalityQigong.com/contact.html. Also, you can begin with one of our home study kits at http://www.InnerVitalityQigong.com/home-study.html.  Great things are coming to Inner Vitality Qigong and I hope that you can become a part of our journey along the path of Qigong.

 

 

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Relaxation

Relax in the mountains

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One of the most important aspects you will learn as part of Qigong is relaxation. Relaxing is important to activate the body’s healing response. Relaxing means to let go of tension and stress that is held in the body. It also means to let go of tension and stress in the mind.

Relaxing the mind allows for a deeper state of relaxation to occur in the body. So what exactly does it mean to relax your mind? The human mind is typically busy thinking tens of thousands of thoughts each day, most of which are the same thoughts day after day. On top of that, people are stressed out from work, the bills, the kids, their health issues, their families, etc. If you are experiencing similar thoughts, you may find it difficult to turn these thoughts off. Some have difficulty sleeping because they can’t shut down the thoughts and worries.

If you learn Qigong, you will learn effective techniques to quiet your busy mind. Here are a few techniques. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. Focus on each inhalation and exhalation. You can even count your breath cycles. Inhale, exhale, one, inhale, exhale, two, inhale, exhale, three, and continuing for five minutes or more. Another simple technique is to repeat a mantra. That is to repeat a word or phrase over and over again. The word or phrase can be as simple as “calm” or “calm, peace, relax” or it can be a complete sentence like: “I am calm, peaceful and relaxed in all situations”. Just make sure it is something positive and empowering. Keep in mind that your mind may wander, especially in the beginning. If this happens, just bring your awareness back to your technique (count, matra, etc). It is important to practice one of these techniques consistently one or more times each day. The more you practice, the quicker you will notice the results of focusing and calming your mind.

As you learn to calm and quiet your mind, you will begin to feel less stress. This is a sign your mind is relaxing. Now it will be much easier to relax your body. Now you can use a simple progressive relaxation technique to relax your body. You can start with your head; put your attention on your face and head. Imagine all tension releasing from your head. You can lightly tense your head and face and release. Feel the tension melting away. Repeat for your neck, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, back, abdomen, pelvis, legs, feet, etc. You can spend extra time in areas that do not release. Once you finish at your feet, repeat the entire process two more times. Practice this at least once a day, following a technique to calm and quiet your mind. It is important to find a quiet place for your practice where you won’t be interrupted. Sit in a comfortable chair. You can close your eyes, but don’t fall asleep. If you tend to fall asleep, then slightly open your eyes. These simple techniques are quite effective. There are many other techniques in Qigong for training the mind and body to relax. Seek out a teacher if you want more information.

Book Review “Relax Your Mind”

Relax Your Mind Book

I have written many times about how relaxation is an essential part of our Qigong daily practice.  In Qigong, when we talk about relaxation, we mean the relaxation of both the body and the mind. It is very difficult to relax your body if your mind is not relaxed. Once we master relaxing our mind, then relaxing the body comes easier.

Since relaxation is important when it comes to healing and preventing illness, I decided to write an entire book on the subject. It is basically a practical guide to “Relax Your Mind”. In my new book entitled “Relax Your Mind”, I describe simple and effective meditation techniques for relieving stress and relaxing or quieting a busy mind.

Have you ever been lying in bed and your mind was racing and you couldn’t stop it? And it prevented you from going to sleep? It happens to most people from time to time. Perhaps this has happened to you when you were trying to meditate. We get stressed out and overwhelmed and our mind can take over if we don’t understand how it works and how to train it to our advantage.

In “Relax Your Mind”, I cover stress and how it affects both the body and the mind. You will learn what a stress response is and how to stop it. You will also learn what a relaxation response is and how to induce one to relieve stress. I discuss how the mind and the subconscious mind work. I discuss simple techniques and practices for relaxing the mind, including living in the present moment, abdominal breathing, focusing the mind, calming the mind, and retraining the mind. I also go over visualization. And finally, I put the techniques together in a very specific sequence into a ten-minute relaxation meditation.

If you experience chronic stress and you find it difficult to tame your mind, then this book is a must-read for you. These are the same techniques that I use regularly to relax my mind. These techniques came about from my previous training and my own need to reduce stress and calm my mind. I have benefited tremendously from these simple techniques and I know you can benefit from them too.

The book is available ebook format (pdf, the pdf reader is free to download from Adobe, I will provide details on how to get it) initially. Also, there are some incredible bonuses like the audio version of the book (mp3 format), a “Relax Your Mind” workbook (also in pdf format), and other great bonuses. And I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the price considering all that you will get. I’m excited to bring this step-by-step information to help you along your life journey. Click this link to learn more and get started to “Relax Your Mind”.

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Qigong is Empowering

Qigong is Empowering

There are various forms and purposes of Qigong. When you learn Qigong, you learn self-healing. That is powerful! Therefore, Qigong is empowering. It gives us the tools to take charge of our health and wellness. Qigong lowers stress, enhances relaxation and energy (Qi) circulation in the body and energy exchange with the Universe. By its very nature, Qigong enhances life itself. Yes, that is a bold statement, but it is very true. If you want to change your life for the better, then learn and practice Qigong daily.

Qigong is also a choice. It is the choices that we make that shapes our lives. We often make a lot of choices subconsciously. That is, without explicit and conscious effort, we just go through the motions of life, day after day. This means that we often forgo our ability to make choices. Choosing Qigong ultimately brings us to the present moment with conscious awareness. This give us additional opportunities to make conscious choices that can benefit our health and well-being. That is the power of Qigong. Everyone can experience it and everyone has the capacity for experiencing it. Now, though it is powerful, I didn’t say that it will magically wipe away all problems from your life. But what it can do is to give you another way to look at and deal with issues that show up in your life. It will expand your awareness. This is its greatest gift.

Qigong infuses healing wisdom into every cell of your being. When you become conscious and you learn how to connect to the Universal energy around you, all of your cells experience it just as your mind experiences it. Your mind and your attention is what makes Qigong powerful. As I have said before, “Healing starts in the mind”.  So now it’s your time to make a choice. If you want to be empowered, choose Qigong.

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Qigong Benefits

If you are wonder what the benefits are for practicing Qigong, then you have come to the right place. Did you know that there are studies that suggest that between 70-90% of doctor’s visits are stress related [1]. If that is true, then stress is an epidemic. Stress causes many issues in the body, including suppressing the immune system and digestion, hypertension, and many others. Also, U.S. Health care cost are about 17% of GDP or $2.7 trillion [2]. It’s staggering. This means that it costs about $8,508 per year per capita [2]. Of course if you have any major issues that requires hospitalization, it could be much, much more. Now here’s the good news. Qigong classes are low-cost and effective at reducing stress and improving your health, which will inevitably reduce medical costs.

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So how does it work? Qigong practice relaxes the body and the mind. It opens the energy channels in the body, which improves the energy circulation to the organs and the entire body. Through practicing Qigong, you can build more energy in the body. And overtime, Qigong practice will improve your physical body condition.

For more information about Qigong Benefits, check out our article, “The Benefits of Practicing Qigong”.

References
[1] http://www.stress.org/americas-1-health-problem/
[2] http://pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0006_health-care-oecd

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