Qigong Articles

Qigong was featured in the
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How Tai Chi Can
Improve your Business
This appeared on the online business page "TheStreet.com," a financial website devoted to financial portfolios, stocks and bonds.

I've been studying Tai Chi and Qigong for the past year and it's been helpful for me both mentally and physically to learn to relax my body and calm my mind in new ways. My instructor often quotes Lao Tse's concept of action through inaction, which sounds simple but is actually quite challenging. Read more

American Chronicle
One of the three basics of any and all Qigong practice is breath and breathing. The feature story in the American Chronicle is The Breath Of... "Long" Life? Breathing Exercise For Lower Blood Pressure And Longer Living. Read more

Prevention Magazine on-line:

Nature's New Pain Relievers
The best remedies for arthritis, back pain, migraines, and more that have science on their side
By Jordan Lite

Ease fibromyalgia or arthritis
What the science says: Qigong is an umbrella term for traditional Chinese-medicine exercises or techniques that integrate body, posture, mind and breathing to improve the flow of energy, or qi. Women with severe fibromyalgia reported 73% less pain after just 5-7 sessions with a qigong master, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Medical School study, and the benefits continued three months later. See the article...

Health Benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong

Tai chi and qigong are two mind-body practices that originated in ancient China. Practiced widely in China for thousands of years, both tai chi and qigong have become popular in the West. . ... One unique feature of qigong is its ability to train the mind to direct the body’s energy, or chi, to any part of the body. Some believe that, when moved correctly, chi can bring your body to a natural state of balance. Qigong is believed to relax the mind, muscles, tendons, joints, and inner organs -- helping to improve circulation, relieve stress and pain, and restore health. Full Article Requires Login

NQA Honorary Member Ken Cohen addresses the Mayo Clinic

Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Science and director of the Integrative Medicine Program at M. D. Anderson has published and presented many research and media articles regarding oncology treatments and mind-body techniques, such as qigong.

RESEARCH ARTICLES:

QIGONG & TAI CHI RESEARCH REFERENCES By Roger Jahnke, OMD
Good reference material

QIGONG AND HYPERTENSION By Michael Mayer
A critique of research

Is Qi More Than A Beautiful Form Of Hypnosis? By Garret Yount Ph.D.
Applying the high-tech tools of cancer research to the power of intention

QIGONG TREATMENT OF HEROIN ADDICTION By Ming Li, Kevin Chen, Ph.D. and Zhixian Mo, M.D.
An alternative way for detoxification

ANTI-AGING BENEFITS OF QIGONG by Kenneth Sancier
Clinical studies of chronic medical conditions described

QIGONG RESEARCH: By Cassia Berman
A subjective approach

Assesment of Immunological Parameters following a Qigong training program By Manzaneque JM, Vera FM, Maldonado EF, Carranque G, Cubero VM, Morell M, Blanca MJ.

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Varieties of Qigong

VARITIES OF QIGONG
an interview with Roger Jahnke

What Constitutes an Integral Approach to Qigong? by Mark Johnson Individual and group interior/exterior aspects of practice

THE 3 TREASURES OF LIFE: Jing/Qi/Shen by Frances Gander
An exploration of body, mind, and spirit

Healthy Living through Free, Natural Breathing By Dennis Lewis
The benefits of deep, natural breathing

THE CHI KUNG NEI CHIA CONNECTIONS by Jeff Nagel, MA, LAc
The 8 Branches Style of Chinese Medicine

EXTERNAL QI HEALING by Rich Mooney
A primer on external Qi healing

The Eight Healing Sounds of Yin Style Bagua by David Parker
Dao Yin health building exercisesANIMAL FROLICS QIGONG By John Du Cane
The history of the animal frolics

Simple Qigong Practices

5 FORCES QIGONG By Mark Johnson
Moving to express the 5 phases

COMPASSIONATE BUDDHA QIGONG By Michael Rinaldini
Simple, personally inspired movements

Exploring the meaning of Pure Yang Hand Mudra by Zhongxian Wu