{"id":249,"date":"2014-05-17T13:36:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T17:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.InnerVitalityQigong.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2014-05-17T13:36:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T17:36:11","slug":"qigong-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/qigong-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Qigong Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are wonder what the benefits are for practicing Qigong, then you have come to the right place. Did\u00a0you know that there are studies that suggest that between 70-90% of doctor’s visits are stress related [1].\u00a0If that is true, then stress is an epidemic. Stress causes many issues in the body, including suppressing\u00a0the immune system and digestion, hypertension, and many others. Also, U.S. Health care cost are about 17% of\u00a0GDP or $2.7 trillion [2]. It’s staggering. This means that it costs\u00a0about $8,508\u00a0per year per capita [2]. Of course if you have any major issues that requires hospitalization, it could be\u00a0much, much more. Now here’s the good news. Qigong classes\u00a0are low-cost and effective at reducing stress and\u00a0improving your health, which will inevitably reduce medical costs.<\/p>\n

\"Qigong<\/a><\/p>\n

So how does it work? Qigong practice relaxes the body and the mind. It opens the energy channels in the\u00a0body, which improves the energy circulation to the organs and the entire body. Through practicing Qigong,\u00a0you can build more energy in the body. And overtime, Qigong practice will improve your physical body\u00a0condition.<\/p>\n

For more information about Qigong Benefits, check out our article, \u201cThe Benefits of Practicing Qigong\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong>
\n[1] http:\/\/www.stress.org\/americas-1-health-problem\/
\n[2] http:\/\/pgpf.org\/Chart-Archive\/0006_health-care-oecd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are wonder what the benefits are for practicing Qigong, then you have come to the right place. Did\u00a0you know that there are studies that suggest that between 70-90% of doctor’s visits are stress related [1].\u00a0If that is true, then stress is an epidemic. Stress causes many issues in the body, including suppressing\u00a0the immune […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[42,14,41,54,38,40,31,39],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qigong","category-stress-relief","tag-chi-gong","tag-chi-kung","tag-qi-gong","tag-qigong","tag-qigong-benefits","tag-reduce-medical-costs","tag-reduce-stress","tag-relax","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innervitalityqigong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}