- QI = Life force energy
- Gong = Skill and cultivation
There are different types of Qigong. Martial Arts Qigong which uses life force energy for fighting. Spiritual Qigong which uses life force energy for spiritual development and spiritual growth. Medical Qigong which uses life force energy for healing and medicinal affects.
Our bodies are designed for self-healing and Qigong is a tool that can help with your self healing.
Qigong provides a method to help you maintain your bodies’ health and when it gets out of balance or when you experience disease or pain, you can go to a Qigong practitioner to help purge pathogens and toxins from your body, help you tonify and strengthen your body’s functions, as well as help circulate and balance your body’s energy.
How does Qigong work?
Qi is bioelectrical energy and your body is a living electromagnetic field. The cells in your body are almost like machines, driven by energy. Qigong is a method that reduces the resistance in the channels within your body and allows an increase in your bioelectrical or magnetic field.
Sometimes a person goes to a Medical Qigong practitioner to help you heal and strengthen your body. The practitioner is usually able to identify and sense the areas in your body that may be blocked. The practitioner helps to purge and cleanse those areas and then direct and move energy to those areas to help them heal.
However, usually if the condition is of a chronic nature, it will take multiple treatments to help reverse the affects of that long-term disease and stagnation. In addition to the Qigong treatments given by a practitioner, you will need to take responsibility and commit to making some life changes to help your body heal and stay on the path for healing. Often this means engaging in daily Qigong exercises and eating foods that are known to help improve your body’s balance. Qigong exercises help keep things circulating and keep things in balance and there will be certain foods prescribed that are known to help keep certain organs functioning as they should.
