The Triple Heater (Triple Warmer) in TCM is said to control and harmonize the distribution of heat and fluids in the three sections of the upper body - respiration, digestion and elimination. This qigong exercise is the first one in the wonderful Eight Brocades sequence.*Stand with feet parallel and hip width apart. Remember to breathe…
Read more →This exercise is one of the qigong series of Eight Brocades. It is especially useful in the Fall for strengthening and stimulating the lungs.Do all movements fluidly, but not brusquely. Repeat nine times. Not too fast, not too slow. Breathe in and out through the nose only. Stand in a horse riding stance, with legs…
Read more →I came across news of this recent incident online and thought I would share it with you. Eastern medicine has a strange way of showing up in the most unexpected places - and this article from the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper is a good example of that. (See the last two paragraphs.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sportvideo/footballvideo/8708185/Why-did-Jose-Mourinho-pinch-Barcelona-assistant-coachs-ear.html
Read more →The liver and gallbladder are said to be in control of eye issues. The following exercise from the Eight Brocades helps qi flow in the gallbladder meridian which runs through the neck and head. Stand or sit in a relaxed posture, shoulders down, arms to the side with palms of hands raised slightly and facing…
Read more →Coming of Age Inc reports that "Baby Boomers are turning 50 at an astonishing rate of 1 every 10 seconds"! This is the largest consumer group in the US, and they, along with their families, are moving more and more towards holistic medicine and taking responsibility for their own health in this climate of ever…
Read more →The Six Healing Sounds are a wonderful ancient, self-healing Taoist Qigong exercise for releasing stress caused by pent up emotions in the five internal organs (lungs, kidneys, heart, liver, spleen) and in the Triple Warmer which regulates body temperature and metabolism. According to TCM, if negative emotions are not released they will store up in…
Read more →In the news in East Wichita recently was an article on the use of Qigong for weight loss. Apparently a group of people wishing to lose weight has been practicing Qigong breathing exercises every evening for fourteen days in an hour long class. The results were successful - for those that had the discipline to…
Read more →As a follow up to my article last week, I thought it might be interesting to see how Qigong made the news outside of Asia in 2010. More than 100 Qigong practitioners, medical doctors and research scientists gathered in Rome in October to discuss how to use Qigong for health maintenance and medicinal healing. Ghana…
Read more →We continue this week to learn how massage (tui na) is highly regarded in China as a valuable means of treatment for illness, such as fibrocystic breast disease. We then move on to Peoples' Park in Shanghai to witness something which takes place at dawn in parks throughout China every day of the year in…
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