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Originally Posted by pylonian  As an integral part of our Classical Chinese Medicine program at NCNM, we do QiGong. The visionary at the head of our program, Dr. Heiner Fruehauf, is a lineage holder of the Jin Jing Gong tradition of QiGong. Another person who was once a part of our program and is still energetically associated with it, Zhongian Wu, is another lineage holder for a different tradition from another part of China. We do QiGong formally for two hours a week, and then have a 3 day QiGong retreat once a term (every 12 weeks). We are expected to have a daily QiGong practice of some kind as part of our preparation to be physicians.
The benefits of my practice have been many and I find I get different benefits from different forms that we learn. The more martial forms give me much more energy, help to break through stagnation that has settled in my body, and clarify my thinking. The more flowing, meditative forms help to ground me in my body, develop more subtle sense perceptions and smooth over difficult emotions I may be experiencing at the time.
I don't know who I would be without my practice!
Eric |
I've always found it fascinating that traditional Chinese medicine practitioners could tell the condition of your health just by feeling your pulse!
I've gone to a few and it never ceases to amaze me.