Qigong
A power plant does not create electricity, it generates electricity. So do we.
Our body and mind are a power plant which can generate energy; electrical impulses and chemical combinations, nutritional intakes, emotions, thoughts, biomechanical movement, they all contribute to the generating of energy.
Personally, in three years of intense Qigong study I healed from 14 years of fibromyalgia and polyneuropathy.
I can attest to the devastating effect long term chronic pain has on cognitive brain function, on my inability to make the simplest decisions, on memory loss and loss of daily activities( like walking, sitting, domestic activities) .
Arguably, Qigong is the better way to recover from traumatic experiences that leave us physically and emotionally impaired.
Pain in the body is a complex subject: its roots can be emotional, spiritual, structural damage, and lack of adequate nutrition. Accordingly, electrical impulses in the brain affect the whole body. In other words, our thoughts affect our nervous system, tissues and ligaments, as well as joints and bones.
In Yoga the system is built on four parts:build, lock, absorb, and relax (restore). In contrast Qigong works on the flow of Yin-Yang energy in the natural reactive manner (action and reaction).
To understand Qigong requires us to understand our nervous system. One side receives messages, another side transmits messages to parts of the body and muscles, and a third part processes information between the sending and receiving. In fact all that we experience with our body including thoughts and emotions is translated in our imagination and interacts with our senses to define our world.
This is what Qigong teaches us; it is the science of connectedness, mindfulness, awareness, visualization, breathing, and alignment. We get coherence and balance of opposites; the Yin Yang of ourselves, of the world around us and of our connection to the universe.
Ultimately, Qigong requires self study, self orientation, and in-depth growth can be facilitated with the help of a teacher!
This healing process is a journey of recovery from the damages inflicted by repetitive motion, anxiety, damaging environments, medication side-effects, and poor nutritional choices.
Qigong enriches our existence, unifying us with that which sustains life on earth, and taps into the self-healing mechanisms of our bodies.
My teachers:
Master Teresa Yeung from “Pureland International Qigong”
Master Philip Lai from “Philip Lai Qigong Association”
Sifu Wing Cheung “Shibashi”
Sifu Anthony Korahais “Flowing Zen”
Master Bruce Frantzis “Energy Arts”
Sifu David Lau “Huan Zhong Taijiquan”