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Loading ...What do you feel when you practise Qigong? There are so many answers. Sometimes you will feel warm, tingling feelings, sometimes you will feel emotional and maybe feel like crying. Sometimes you might even feel like laughing. Some people will say they feel peaceful, more aware of the Qi (read What is Qi and how to feel your own energy ball?) flowing inside the body, pulsing and some people will even see colours, pictures, people, scenery and even smell things.
There are so many different feelings. When you practise movement, we usually feel good, warm and the breathing is very deep. Sometimes though, you might feel stiff or ache. This is quite normal because when you move, you open your body up and allow the Qi to flow all around it and find any problems you might have. It is like water washing the dirt out of your clothes. Qi cleans up the internal organs and even your joints, muscles, skin and bones. Qigong is like giving your body a good service, the same you do with your car. If you always maintain your body and keep it in good condition how can you not be healthy? This is one area that Western medicine misses and is going in the wrong direction. (more…)
(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5) Loading ...When you talk of health exercises, most of the time, you will only consider movements. However, if you follow the principle of yin and yang, then stillness should also be good for your health, i. e. meditation. It is not easy to find masters of meditation who can prove how beneficial it is, but when you do find them, you will be amazed…
Two years ago, I went to Foshan, China, with my Wing Chun Sifu Yip Chun. He is originally from Foshan, and since China has be come more open many people are able to go back to their home villages to visit their families and friends, and renew their childhood memories.For me personally, it was good to go with my Sifu to find out more about the source of Wing Chun and its culture.
During the trip we went to see many of his friends. Then on one occasion Yip Chun asked one of them about an old colleague of his named Zeng Chao Sheng. The first thing he said was “Why did Zeng Chao Sheng die?”. His friend was very surprised and so was I. You never asked why someone had died unless you really hated them. However, the friend replied, “What? Why do you say that? Zeng Chao Sheng isn’t dead!”. Now it was my Sifu, Yip Chun, who was surprised. All of us were now confused, so Yip Chun explained. (more…)
(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5) Loading ...Longevity is a common aspiration of all mankind. The pursuit of long life requires the health of body and mind. If we desire health, in addition to nutrition, medicine, hygiene, and exercise, we must emphasize peace of mind.
In this complex society, we constantly experience confusion and tension, with no means to relax. Beset by worries, tension, restrictions and demands on all sides, the cerebrum is forced to work the entire day. Even in sleep we dream, so there is never a moment’s rest. If we can temporarily forget our worries and tensions, thus enabling the body to enjoy relaxation and happiness for a period and allowing the nerves an opportunity for true rest, this not only improves the health of body and mind, but can contribute to longevity and slow down the ageing process. (more…)
(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5) Loading ...(urbansamurai) Why do human beings find it so hard to behave naturally? You look at any other living thing you care to name, be it a plant, an animal, even a rock can be more natural than your average human being. Somewhere along the line we have allowed ourselves to forget what it means to do things naturally. The consciousness we have evolved over time, the ability to think, although a great gift is also in some ways a curse, even a hindrance in some cases. Breathing, for example. We have forgotten how to breathe, as unbelievable as that may sound. Or rather, we have forgotten how to breathe correctly.
Breathe Smarter
The proper, smarter way to breathe correctly (and I say this at the risk of incurring the contempt of Chris at Martial Development who wrote his own article on the subject) is naturally.
Just to explain. Breathing naturally means breathing through the nose and out through the mouth, whenever possible. It is not always possible to keep breathing through your nose, sometimes you have to take air in through the mouth first, and sometimes you have to gasp for it like a fish out of water.
Martial artists especially would know this. At least you should know it. A lot has been said and written on the subject of breathing over the years, some of it quite illuminating and instructive, some of it intellectualised twaddle. There exists so many different takes on how to breath correctly, especially in the martial arts, that it all overshadows the truth of the matter, which is that breathing correctly means breathing naturally. (more…)
