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Qigong Guide e-book The up-to-date digital version as e-book of this very special guide. There are two headings under which all existing traditional or new qigong forms can be classified. Moreover, the guide also includes other information as well as an interview with Dr. Pang Ming. This is no guide to which qigong for which health problem. This would contradict the holistic view, too. A body in which Qi flows freely and is evenly distributed is healthy. Qigong Guide e-book Nature Taiji The authors of the Qigong Guide are personally acquainted with the founder of Nature Taiji, Hu Xilong, the best student of Dr. Pang Ming who created Zhineng Qigong. However, at the time of publishing our Qigong Guide we did not yet know the details about the Nature Taiji Qi exercise and thus could not include it in the book. It is another open qi exercise that combines elements from Taiji and Zhineng Qigong. Special characteristics of the  Nature Taiji

Beforehand you should become aware of some things. Qigong The basic idea in China in this respect is a long life. Qigong already exists for many thousand years and  has changed continuously. Gong = Practice Taiji  Martial art to defend against attackers, qi powers are used within the martial art. Taiji exists less than a thousand years. Modern Medicine  Originally, the aim was the healing of diseases and indirectly connected to this a long life. The Journey from Zhineng Qigong to Nature Taiji  Zhineng Qigong was developed by Dr. Pang Ming to make the qi powers immediately available to sick persons for healing. Shortly before the Huaxia Centre was closed Dr. Pang Ming published as last exercise his version of Taiji Ball. Hu Xilong, his best student, worked in the research department and of course knew about this development. Nature Taiji contains the elements of rotation from Taiji Ball as well as other elements from Taiji an

We practise in the here and now. What does this mean? Important during practising is an inner state   of calmness and harmony.    The thoughts do not stray,  they are with the practice and with the movements.  The thoughts thus accompany our movements.    We relax and let go. Cramps and tensions are dissolved. After the practice we feel refreshed. We do not recharge our batteries,   to spend them in everyday life.    We free ourselves from everyday burdens   and dispose again of all the energies that are ours.    Therefore, after practice we feel refreshed and stronger.

Before the practice there are the 8 verses.  They call Qi to come to us,  they organize the Qi field,  they remove us from daily surroundings,  they help us to find calmness and harmony  and to pay attention to the practice.  After that we can begin with the practice.

Why is it so important always to practise on the same spot ?  Just like the large common Qi field of a group there is the personal Qi field.    The Qi field is created by the daily practice on the same spot for practising.   Therefore, you should carefully choose the spot for practising  where you can practise every day.   After some time a personal Qi field is created by practising there.   If you do not use the spot for practising any more,  the Qi field is thus not activated every day,  then it will no longer exist after about 3 months.   As long as a Qi field exists,  everyone who does not practise himself benefits from this Qi field, too.    If a group always practises on the same spot for practising  a Qi field of the group can be created there.  This Qi field then enhances the effects when the group is practising .

What is the right speed for practice? In a course with many practitioners an average speed is selected for practice allowing all present to follow. For teaching purposes you can choose a very slow speed. This is to check whether an exercise is already done as flowing movement or where you have to make improvements. The slower an exercise is done, the stronger is the effect of Qi, where you have to be capable of enduring it. If all blocks have been eliminated, you can also do an exercise very quickly and nevertheless not lose contact with Qi. If you practise on your own, you will arrive at your own biorhythm. This is then the best speed for practice for this day and point in time as you are practising on your own.

Zhineng Qigong is no sport  where more practising can help to reach the target more quickly.  Excessive practising can also be wrong for sports.  If you have a chronic problem   3-4 hours of daily practice may be the right thing.    In general 30 minutes every day are sufficient.  Courses often take 90 minutes with a break in between.  Of course, you can also practise the whole day long  if, for example, you want to learn the form of a new level.  Then courses may last several days  as they also include teaching in theory. Then you also practise the form every day.   The target is to practise the form without instructions as you then can pay attention to the interpretation. It is more important to practise every day than many hours on the same day.  Qi has to be activated again within 24 hours.  If this is not done, you always stay on the very first day of practice. Three days of practice, interruption and then again practice  is like the first day of practice – advances are not achi

Beginners often turn up for practice in wrong clothing. Here applies in principle: comfortable clothing which does not restrict is right. The drawings of Zhineng Qigong already show this. It is clothing that does not restrict. In China there are even women who consciously practise without bra in order not to interfere with the qi flow.  Even if you do not have to sense qi,  how it flows through the body.  Modern sport shoes very often support the foot, they are out of place here. Narrow jeans do not belong here, too. We are in no beauty contest. Electronic devices like   quartz clocks, smartphones  or other gadgets should be taken off. The vibrations or magnetic fields may interfere.

Zhineng Qigong has like many qigong styles a long history. Many exercises originate in former qigong styles. There are also Zhineng Qigong exercises that are not practised every day. They are for special cases. A good instructor or teacher will know some of them. They are only needed for chronic problems or in case of special blocks. In principle the basic exercises of levels 1 to 3 are sufficient. If these are practised every day, it may take a bit longer, but the aim is thus achieved, too. It is also valid here that this is about quality and not speed.

There are many qigong styles. Most of the time the practitioners do not know whether these are open or closed exercises. Out of ignorance different qigong styles are practised side by side. They think that they can achieve more. Zhineng Qigong is no sport or language, where you can proceed in this way. There are many closed traditional qigong styles. You can practise Zhineng Qigong and practise Tai Chi side by side. Qigong exercises in Tai Chi are also open exercises.