Feeling Qi

2011-03-27T21:22:00.000-07:00

My wife says she can feel the qi when she does qigong, but I don't feel anything. Am I doing something wrong?

No, that's quite normal. Everyone is different: some people will feel sensations of qi in their hands, such as warmth and tingling, or a feeling of the hands being bigger, and this is normal too, but not everybody has these sensations. Just keep on practising regularly and observe your own sensations and, if you have some particular sensations, just observe them but don't pay them too much attention, as it distracts you. The important thing is that your health improves, not whether you feel any sensations.

The Five Principles of Qigong

2011-03-24T17:07:00.000-07:00

There are five important principles which should inform all Qigong practice and these are:

1. relaxation: this is the most important principle. Tension blocks the flow of qi, so it necessary to be aware of areas where we hold tension and to try to relax as much as possible.

2.correct posture: keeping the spine straight is useful to promote good qi flow.

3. moving from the centre: this means that all movement should originate from the centre of the body, so that we are not simply waving our limbs around, but moving in a connected way.

4. using the acupuncture points and channels: aligning certain acupuncture points with each other or with the various energy centres of the body helps the qi to flow naturally.

5. moving from the inside out: this last principle takes time to understand and put into effect; it involves an awareness that all of the body is involved in moving, even the inside, and that we need to connect everything in this way to keep the qi flowing smoothly.

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Feeling Qi

The Five Principles of Qigong