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The world has changed too fast for our genetic makeup”
Nassim Nicolas Taleb, Philosopher and Author of The Black Swan
Dear One,
As many of you ... Views: 1476
Qigong is a 5000-year-old martial art that also doubles as a mind-body-spirit regime, targeting both mental and physical well-being. It encompasses the use of slow movements geared at improving focus and posture among other facets of human functioning. Here is how you stand to benefit from ... Views: 1469
Practitioners who make qigong a part of their everyday routine seldom get backpain if at all, because qigong and back problems are a contradiction in terms!
If you suffer back spasms or other back problems, just one month of daily qigong practice will alleviate most of the pain. Six months of ... Views: 1414
Newcomers to classes are explorers who want to improve and protect their health. They have heard that Tai Chi and Chi Kung can be beneficial. They might or might not know that many of the exercises have been done for thousands of years. The Healing/Universal Tao of Mantak Chia and certified ... Views: 1406
An article I saw in a Yoga e-zine Nov. 10th , ‘08
"Why It Can Take a Year to Get a Mammogram in the U.S. " originally located at: http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/108717 is scary to me in a different way than it is intended to be. Having come to the understandings of ... Views: 1396
“I can control my blood pressure by breathing deeply.” “I can’t believe how much my mood lifts.” “My constipation is gone, after 20 years every thing is regular again!” “I feel a nice warm sensation in my abdomen.” “It’s so ... Views: 1392
How do you know that you are ready for the next qigong lesson on eliminating backpain and maintaining a strong healthy back?
You know when you can assume the first position automatically whenever you sit down, and when your back spasms ease and you find that you experience less frequent pain ... Views: 1390
When learning the basic Qi Dao movements, you will learn to use both hands, one performing the primary movement and the other performing the secondary movement. Qi Dao respects the philosophical principles of Yin and Yang common in Oriental schools of thought, which oppose as well as complement ... Views: 1373
For many reasons, you may have stopped using some opioids that were prescribed to you. Probably because you didn’t have symptoms of the ailment anymore. These unused opioids remain in our drug cabinet for a very long time, and they can be dangerous to your family.
What are opioids? ... Views: 1350
In Pearls on a String Theory, the body is set up like a complex beaded necklace or chain. It is easiest to imagine the individual joints as the joining of two of these pearls. Movement is generated from the joints surrounding the hips and moves out from there.
When applied to the arms alone, ... Views: 1336
Qigong is the art of exploring and transforming the celestial and inner sound vibrations which create our life and world.
It is both healing movements and non touch vibratory and spiritual healing techniques which can be used to guide oneself and others along healing pathways. One can be ... Views: 1300
By Raven Cohan
One great belief I share with my students is to come to classes even during times when one isn't at top level. (There certainly are exceptions to this advisory, such as during a total non-ambulatory state, or within some low times during chemo-therapy, and when being anywhere ... Views: 1290
Qigong (Qi Gong, Chi gong, or Chi Kung, ) is a system of Taoist exercise and meditation developed at least 4000 years ago in China. The word "qigong" perhaps can be best translated as "energy mastery." It is a method of balancing mind, body, emotions, and spirit through a series of external and ... Views: 1266
Qigong (or ch'i kung) refers to a wide variety of traditional “cultivation” practices that involve movement and/or regulated breathing designed to be therapeutic. Qigong is practiced for health maintenance purposes, as a therapeutic intervention, as a medical profession, a spiritual ... Views: 1215
As I am interviewing the top Qigong experts in North America for my Radio talk show The Secrets of Qigong Masters, I would love to be able to ask them the questions that you would ask them if you had a chance to. The caliber of the recent guests on the show is very high: Michael Winn, Jim ... Views: 1215
The ancient practice of Qigong may be the modern day answer to much of what ails our present day society.
Developed in Asia thousands of years ago, it is still practiced today by millions around the globe. This unique and simple spiritual practice is quickly gaining in popularity. Prominent ... Views: 1170
Whilst thought of, for thousands of years, as the primary medical system in China, Chinese medicine is considered as alternative medicine in the Western world. Chinese medicine is becoming increasingly popular as people are attracted by the idea of natural healing as opposed to modern medicine ... Views: 1096
Backpain can continue to plague you and make your life miserable long after you have recovered from the initial back injury. Even if the back problems are recent, do not expect instant results from any back exercise.
For chronic pain to develop, it takes more than just one injury to result in a ... Views: 1028
Qigong is really meant to be practiced with no goal or expectation in mind, after all, when we have expectations, we can become disappointed. Daoism teaches us to release all expectations and to surrender to "The Dao" or the natural flow of things.
In reality though, most of us become ... Views: 1026
Chinese President
Xi Jinping on Tuesday issued a new mobilisation order for the training of fortified forces with a focus on developing an elite force able of fighting and winning wars.
Xi, 68, heading the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) since 2012 followed by the Presidency and ... Views: 924
According to a twenty-year study by Kaiser Permanente, between seventy and eighty-five percent of illness is caused by stress, meaning that in the U.S. alone stress is costing us about one-trillion dollars per year in healthcare costs. Since most absenteeism is due to stress, US business is ... Views: 816
Grief is a universal experience that touches us all at some point in our lives. The process of mourning a loss, whether it be the passing of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or a significant life change, can be overwhelming and challenging. In times of grief, finding solace and healing ... Views: 294