The beauty of Qigong lies in its simplicity. It offers a path to deep relaxation, improved balance, and a stronger mind-body connection, all with just a few simple movements. It has also proven to be a valuable tool for healing. QiGong is easy to get started and can involve routines as simple as stretching or…
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. …
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…
There are already many morning qigong exercises available on the Internet. Why do I come out with another one? First of all, it is for its simplicity. As a qigong sequence, the Five Elements is easy to pick up. You can learn it in half an hour. After that, just five minutes a day for…
How to pronounce Qigong? Although more and more people are practicing qigong, many still cannot pronounce the name correctly. This most common problem is the mispronunciation of the consonant Q of Mandarin. It is pronounced very differently from the letter Q in English. How to pronounce Qigong? I have heard the word being pronounced in…