Using Qigong for Self Healing

Patients can become healed through Qigong treatments, but long-term and more permanent treatments require patients making changes in their lifestyle.  

Long-term treatments include helping patients through five stages of healing awareness that can help them develop their own medical qigong self-regulation therapy.

Dr. Suzanne Friedman, author of “Heal Yourself Through Qigong” recommends guiding patients through the following self-regulation steps: 

1. 1. The patient is taught to increase his or her awareness of the body and its current condition.
2. 2. The patient is taught to cleanse and purify the body’s energetic fields ridding the body of qi stagnation and toxic pathogenic factors.
3. 3. The patient is taught to strengthen and recharge his or her body to replenish the qi.
4. 4. The patient is taught to circulate the qi internally and externally, moving any stagnant qi and strengthening the body.
5. 5. The patient is taught to dissipate any excess qi from the body with self-massage.

If you are a Qigong instructor, I highly recommend Dr. Friedman’s book, “Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions.”   If you are a patient, the book “Heal Yourself Through Qigong” is a great resource to learn about Qigong exercises.

Using Qigong for Self Healing