If you’re struggling to get things done, take a step back. You may have exerted your effort the wrong way. Top performers in any field – from gymnasts and speakers to negotiators – are likely to tell you the importance of maintaining a delicate balance between effort and ease, especially in the midst of the…
Zhan Zhuang Made Easy Standing Like a Tree Standing Like a Tree is a very simple exercise. What you do is nothing more than maintaining a statical stance. It’s, however, so effective in building inner strength and vitality that martial arts practitioners have used it as a foundation for training over the centuries. The exercise…
Stand Like a Tree What is zhanzhuang? Zhanzhuang, also known as standing meditation or standing like a tree, is a unique exercise. Written as 站桩 in Chinese, we may translate it literally as “standing pole”. It is hard to imagine. What you do during the exercise is nothing more than standing. You just stand there…
Beginning Qigong Different Type of Qigong There are so many different types of qigong around. Thousands of them. For anyone who is beginning qigong, it can be quite confusing. Which one should they choose? Even for those who have been practicing qigong for a while, they may also sometimes wonder whether they are in the…
What is Qigong? It gets your body to work, not you. Qigong is an inner exercise. Not knowing the fundamental difference, many people approach the exercise as just another external exercise. As a result, they can’t optimize what they do. What is qigong? A simple answer is that it is an exercise that helps you…
Simple and Effective Ping Shuai Gong – The Chinese Arm Swinging Exercise Ping Shuai Gong, the Chinese arm swinging exercise, is so simple. You do nothing more than swing the arms, and it takes you only 10 minutes to learn. If you do it consistently, you will enjoy its benefits in a matter of days. …
What is the meaning of wu wei? The simple answer is “doing nothing.” The word is a translation of 无为, first seen in the Tao Te Ching written by the Chinese sage Lao Tzu 2,500 years ago. 无 means “nothing,” and 为 means “doing.” So “do nothing” is a pretty apt translation. There are numerous…
Lao Tzu Be content with what you have, you are truly rich You can find the phrase of Lao Tzu in Chapter 33 of Tao Te Ching. This is the original text – 知足者富. 知 means to know, 足 means enough, 者 means the person who is …, and 富 means rich. So we may…
Why deep breathing is important Benefits of Qigong Breathing If you can breathe slowly and deeply, chances are you’d live longer and be healthier. There are many benefits of qigong breathing. You do the breathing naturally during exercise without thinking much about it. Still, it is – among other things – a gift that you…