What is Qigong?
Qigong is at the root of all Traditional Chinese Culture and it is one of the five branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine along with acupuncture, massage, herbology, and nutrition. There are Qigongs designed for health, longevity and martial arts. Health or Medical Qigong is a powerful health maintenance and healing system that uses the body’s natural energetic system to to heal itself. Medical Qigong is practiced by the individual as a preventative medicine system, for self-healing, and increasing awareness. Medical Qigong healers use their skill to project energy at patients for healing and balancing the body’s energetic system. Longevity Qigong is used to slow the metabolic processes of the body to extend life. Martial Art Qigong applications were noticed as side effects of the other types and further refined to achieve legendary abilities in those that practice the sometimes extreme and difficult training that is required.
