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Medical Qigong: How to Get a Handle on Your Qigong Practice (Part 1 of 5) breathing dragon & tiger qigong medical qigong neigong qi qigong qigong exercise water method Sep 12, 2024

 

By Paul Cavel

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The two most popular questions I get asked by new students in a qigong class, hands down, are:

 

What do I do with my breathing?

What do I do with my qi? Or how do I get access to my qi?

 

I’d really like to answer these questions. After all, this is the s...

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Healing with Neigong: Growing a Younger Body energy healing neigong qigong qigong exercise taoist philosophy training tips trauma video water method Aug 24, 2024

 

What's Holding You Back?

In this follow-on talk with TTCS Instructor Javi Martinez, we discuss healing with Taoist neigong. Topics include:

- The benefits of training, such as better sleep, increased flexibility and growing a younger body

- Healing physical, energetic, emotional, mental and...

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Qigong for Acupuncturists acupuncture dragon & tiger qigong healing medical qigong qi qigong qigong exercise training Jun 27, 2024

 

By Mir Ali, LicAc, MBAcC

I love qigong … so much so that I don’t think I could be a practising acupuncturist without it. Qigong helps me keep healthy, informs my diagnosis, helps my patients keep healthy, helps me treat patients!

When I started learning Shaolin Kung-fu in 1991, I began practi...

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16 Methods for Developing neigong qi qigong qigong exercise training cycles training tips video water method May 20, 2024

If you really want to be healthy, to feel freer, to become a better human being, you must first create balance. Taoist energy arts have been practised for millennia for these reasons, and many more.

Most popular is qigong (and younger tai chi), but in the Water Method, the focus is on neigong an...

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A Breathing Practice To Relax & Release Tension belly breathing breathing guided practice healing internal space qigong exercise reduce stress relaxation relaxation exercise release tension taoist breathing training tips Apr 18, 2024

 By Paul Cavel

In previous posts, I covered exercises for creating space in body, mind and qi to increase relaxation and release deeply bound tension. Now we’ll explore foundational breathing techniques to lull the nerves into a state of letting go and gently massage the internal organs to increa...

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