Qi Kong (QiGong)

That Yin and Yang are present in all life is expressed in chapter 42 of the Tao Te Ching:
Tao gave birth to One,
One gave birth to Two,
Two gave birth to Three,
Three gave birth to all the myriad things
All the myriad things carry the Yin on their backs and hold the Yang in their embrace, Deriving [...]

According to classical Chinese medical thought, fluids and energies constitute the body and are especially stored in the bones and internal organs. The mind permeates the body and is contained in the blood and qi that are circulated throughout. Although body and mind possess their distinct functions, they are understood to be a fluid continuum.
The [...]

The idea of a universal life energy similar to qi is found in the healing and spiritual traditions of many cultures, such as prana of the Indians; pneuma (Greece); ki (Japan); mach (Hebrew) and mana of the Polynesians. In the eighteenth century, Mesmer’s “animal magnetism” and more recently, Wilhelm Reich’s orgone energy and Henri Bergson’s [...]

The theory and practice of Qi Kong (QiGong) and TCM follow nature’s model of dynamic balance. Balance and harmony, reaching an accord with nature, “setting the body to music” (Schipper, 1993:139) are essentially Taoist principles. Taoist thought and the early naturalist and shamanic traditions preceding Taoism constitute the basis for the holistic view that underlies [...]

Qi Kong (QiGong) is a mind/body approach to health enhancement, illness prevention and treatment and spiritual development. The inseparability of the body, mind and spirit is integral to the theory and practice of Qi Kong (QiGong) and Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM), of which Qi Kong (QiGong) is one aspect. An ancient practice of exercise and meditation, [...]