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by Feng Mei, MSOM, L.Ac. 04/29/2013

1, Control body is to hold a posture to sooth body qi smoothly activity move in the meridians. Include Zhan Zhuang, Zuo Chan, Wo Gong, Xing Gong.

2, Control Breath is to smooth breath to inhale fresh Qi and exhale dirty qi to pure and tonify internal Qi. Qi Gong breath should smooth, long, deep, slow etc., the Qi directons include up down open close in out spiral turning etc., Also breathing ways include Chest breath, abdomen breath, opposite abdomen breath, nature breath. Lift Ren1, Du1 breath, speech real sound to breath.

3, Control mind

1, relax mind to relax body.

2, enter the deep level quiet pure empty mind.

3, focus the points to gather the Qi into the points and sooth and active Qi move in the meridians.

4, meditation on breath, movement, scene to calm down shen and advance practice shen’s power.

Qi Gong practice important gists

1, relax and naturely be quiet.

2, flexible and correct movements.

3, Yi and Qi connect each other, Yi is mind, Qi is breath, mind and breath should be coordinate together, use mind lead qi to move, qi move then the blood will move smoothly, the blood move smoothly the body will health.

4, Through body breath and mind control practice Qi Gong to tonify body energy for health. Sedate body sick energy out of body for health.

5, Step by step gradually to practice Qi Gong, do not too tight, tension, tired and uncoordinate limbs, follow the correct way to keep go on practice Qi gong and get body healthy.

6, Use body posture to smooth Qi, use breath to active Qi, use meditation to direct Qi.

The Sects of Qi Gong

Qi Gong has a long history and has many kind of styles. Qi Gong mainly has five big sects: Daoism (Jing Qi Shen and Xing Ming Shuang Xiu)Qi Gong, Budhhism(religious discipline, quiet, intelligent) Qi Gong, Traditional Chinese Medicine(health and treatment) Qi Gong, Confucius(Mainly Study on Yi Ching, Yin Yang and Tian Ren He Yi theory) Qi Gong, and Traditional Chinese Martial Arts(combined above 4 sects, strong body Yi, Qi, Li, Xing, strong body internal organs, muscle, tendons and bones with body flexibility for defense in martial arts, mainly has Shao lin, Wudang, E Mei, Zi Ran Men…. Qi Gong etc.) Qi Gong. Also there are five sects from the different ways of practicing: Dao Yin(lead Qi move in body’s meridians) Qi gong, Tu Na(inhale fresh Qi and exhale dirty Qi) Qi Gong, Jing Ding(Quiet thoughtless meditation) Qi Gong, Cun Xiang(pure steam of consciousness mediation) Qi Gong , Zhou Tian(Active the Qi circuit in the meridians) Qi Gong.



TCM Qi Gong

TCM Qi Gong created by the Chinese people in the long process of life, labor and fight against diseases, has the functions of preventing and help curing diseases, protecting and strengthening health and prolonging life. It is Chinese’s cultural heritage as well as a component part of traditional Chinese medicine.

In ancient times Qi Gong has various names such as “Xing Qi”(active qi in meridians), “Fu Qi”or “Shi Qi”(eat Qi), “Tu Na”(inhale fresh Qi, exhale dirty Qi), “Dao Yin”( lead Qi move in meridians), “An Qiao”( massage Qi move in meridians), “Shu Shu”( breath counting techniques for meditation), “Zuo Chan/Jing Zuo”(sitting meditation), Zhan Zhuang(standing meditation), “Wo Gong”(sleep Qi Gong) etc..

Qi Gong’s functions

1, Sooth meridians Qi, harmony Qi and Blood circulation.

2, Tonify health Qi, sedate sick Qi, balance body yin yang energy.

3, Active body Qi, create intelligent power.

The trait of Qi Gong

1, Simply easy to learn, there are various different kinds of Qi Gong.

2, Gently slowly movements to practice, move and quiet alternately.

3, Good for Self practice, three control as one(body, breath, and mind).
Regards
Feng Mei, MSOM, L.Ac.
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by Feng Mei, MSOM, L.Ac. 04/28/2013

1,Qi Gong and Yin Yang

Exhale is Yang, inhale is Yin, Exhale is Xie(sedate), inhale is Bu(tonify), external Qi is yang, internal Qi is Yin. So Yang fire rise up patient need more exhale to sedate fire Qi, Yang deficiency Qi sink patient need more inhale to tonify the Yang Qi not loose body Qi to outside. In one year, spring is warm, summer is hot, autumn is cool, winter is cold, so, practice Qi gong should tonfiy Yang Qi at spring and summer, and tonify yin Qi at autumn and winter.

2, Qi Gong and meridians

The Qi Gong of “Heavenly Circuit”is to lead Qi move in Du and Ren channels or 12 meridians and extra eight special meridians. About “Ascending, Descending, Opening and Closing”, for example: Ascending is to lift qi from Kd1 to Du20, Descending is to pull down the Qi from Du20 to Kd1. Opening is to open the Ren17 Qi to Pc6, Close to to gether the Qi from limbs to Dantian.



3, Qigong and Zhang Fu

(1)The heart control mental activities, also control blood channels, Qi Gong relax and concentrate Yi to focus on Dantian can regulate the mind into deep quiet condition, this can make Qi nourish brain nerve system and open the potential intelligent power of brain. Qi Gong can strong heart Qi shows on the pulse will become gentle and forceful.

(2)The lung control the Qi and breath. Qi Gong breath can inhale the sky and earth essence Qi into body, and exhale out the Zang Fu dirty Qi. Tonify body Yuan Qi and push sooth whole body Qi and Blood movements, active whole body Zang Fu with limbs meridians enerqi function to be good condition.

And lung is descent Qi kidney is gather the Qi, this is why Qi Gong need deep smoothly long with abdomen breath to get the Qi into lower Dantian.

Nose is the lung’s door, Qi Gong use nose breath good for health the lung Qi connect to kidney qi will tonify the kidney essence Qi, strong body yuan yang and essence Qi.

(3)Liver store blood and control emotion, like sooth emotion hate depression emotion. If the liver Qi stagnation or Liver Fire up angry will hurt liver function, Qi Gong relax and calm down emotion will sooth liver Qi and pull the liver yang down with nourish liver yin enerqi. Sooth emotion good for health, but during angry or bad emotion is not good for practice Qi Gong.

(4)Spleen is for transport and transform nutrition. Saliva is the excretion of the spleen. Qi Gong can increase the saliva help good appetite and digestion function of spleen stomach. The Qi Gong’s abdomen breath will help the movement of diaphragm to massage the stomach muscles good for digestive functions of stomach.

(5)The kidneys on the lower back each side of one, left one is kidney water, right side is Ming Men fire. The acupoint Ming Men is in the middle of Kidney is lower back Dantian, so it include Fire and water enerqi inside, it control the whole body Zhang Fu yin yang enerqi source, Qi Gong practice breathing and meditation on Dantian will tonify Ming Men fire, warm spleen earth, help spleen transfer nutrition to nourish Zhang Fu. Tonify kidney Yin to nourish liver yin, calm down liver fire yang, connect heart Qi good harmony heart fire, also reception of lung Qi to strong body health.



What is Dan Tian?

Feng Mei 02/12/11

What is Dan Tian in Qi Gong? Dan means energy center, Tian means field, Dan Tian means energy field center.

In Qi Gong we have upper Dan Tian, middle Dan Tian and lower Dan Tain. Upper Dan Tian is in Yin Tang location inside 3 cun, called “Zu Qiao”, it is also called spirit center, middle Dan Tian is inside Ren 17 location, called “Jiang Gong”, it is also called Qi center, lower Dan Tian is inside Ren 4 location, it is also called essent center. Spirite center is people's mind power center, Qi center is human being after birth energy center, Essence center is human being pre-birth energy center. Usually meditation “Dan Tian” is on Lower Dantian, because Daoism believe Lower dantian is the Du Ren and Chong meridians real source, is the real control center of the yuan Qi’s open, close, up and down movements. And is the foundation of Zang Fu, is the root of 12 meridians, it combine the yin and yang energy, it is the real gate of respiration, the fire and water energy all inside lower dantian, for male to reproductive essence, for female to nourish fetus. The energy of Dantian can prevent and cure sickness and build body health.

Above Dantian is on the head, if the patient Qi sink or deficiency and fear of cold wind, also with blood deficiency hypotension, it is good for meditation on above Dantian. But upper Dantian near the brain center nerve system, and it is easy to run fire cause mental problem need be careful. If patient’s Qi easy goes up or heart liver yang fire rise up with hypertension, these kind of patient should not meditation on upper dantian, should meditation on lower Dantian.

Lower dantian Qi too much will cause Qi sink, not good for hernia patient to practice. For center qi sink with hypermenorrhea female patient should meditation on middle Dantian.

Middle dantian on the chest but easy cause Qi stuck(stagnation) in lung, so need be careful and sooth the Qi circulation.

About three passes

Three passes is the three places difficult for Qi go up through the Du channel. They are Weilu(Coccyx) on Du1, Jiaji(Clipping Spine) on Du4,6,11, Yuzhen(Jade Occiput)Du16.

About internal Qi and external Qi

Internal Qi is inside body such as Yuan Qi, Ying Qi and Zong Qi.

External Qi is the Qi outside body such as Wei Qi, air, oxygen and five elements Qi etc..

External Qi in Qi gong also called raw Qi before breath inside body. External Qi after breath inside the body through qi gong exercise will become internal Qi.

Exteranl Qi breath into body and meditation on Ren 17 will become Zong Qi.

Exteranl Qi breath into body and meditation on Ren6 will mixed with Yuan Qi and increase Yuan Qi.
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