Qigong and its benefits – Introduction to qigong

Qi Gong is “an ancient Chinese system of exercise and meditation that makes the mind and spirit tranquil, improves performance in sports, such as martial arts, and cultivates health, well-being, and long life.” (Kenneth Cohen)

It’s also called Chinese yoga, because there are some similarities with yoga, but the movements are simpler and easier to do, more similar to the ones in Tai Chi. This 4000 years old, ancient Chinese practise focuses on the energy of your body, physical, emotional and spiritual to gain control over your Life Force Energy/Qi/Chi to enhance your quality of life.

Qigong and Combating Stress

My mission as an energy therapist is providing you with as many energy tools, as possible to allow you to maintain your energies in an optimal way.

Your problem is not the stressful situation, but your reaction to it, which is energetically imprinted in your own energy field. So simply trying to change the situation with positive thoughts, won’t help. If you want to make lasting changes to your mind and how you feel, you must release that stuck energy through breathing and working on your body, to adjust your mind. Practicing Qigong regularly helps you to achieve exactly that.

After a personal issue has forced me into a career change, I studied to become an energy therapist and established my business in holistic healing in 2010. I started with building up my Reiki practise, helping women, who are stressed, depressed, feeling not enough and being emotionally out of balance to become the best version of themselves.  With time, I studied other healing modalities: crystal healing and colour therapy to add to the range of treatments I offered. Because I wanted people not only enjoy the benefits of the Reiki treatments, but also being able to learn energy tools that they can fit into their daily habits.

In 2013 I was drawn to an amazing internal martial art called Bagua. I have been practising that for my personal self- and spiritual development for 1.5 years with a long term goal of becoming a Bagua teacher. However a health problem made me realise this wasn’t meant to be, so I started to search for a similar art of movement, which is less demanding on my joints. This is when I have found qigong, a self-healing art that I was able to do in my condition. I have to admit I have treated it, as a second best at that point, but with time, practising qigong proved to be really beneficial on all levels.

• My body became stronger, and it was able to heal itself,
• I learnt to release harmful emotions and balance my mood better,
• I managed to conquer my mind-chatter and
• I have reached new spiritual heights with the help of qigong meditations.

So much so, in 2014 I became a certified qigong for health teacher with many years of experience in energy healing to teach this beautiful self-healing art to others.

Qigong and mindfulness – Learn how this beautiful self-healing art is incorporating mindfulness.

If you decide to join my workshops, classes or 1 to 1 sessions, you will get a unique combination of insight into your energy system and useful qigong exercises to

• get healthier,
• prevent illnesses and
• become happier.

By committing to qigong you have a chance to reach a NEW LEVEL OF HEALTHY, in Mind, Body and Soul.

Qigong

• aids the physical body, by helping the immune system and make tension disappear,
• helps overcome stress and emotional overwhelm on the emotional and mental level and
• aids raising consciousness and your energy vibration, which takes you higher on the spiritual level.

There are thousands of different schools of Qigong practised all over the world by millions of people. They all fall in 3 different categories:

• Martial Art Qi Gong (as the name suggests a form of martial art, although certain movements are incorporated in my teaching material too)
• Medical Qi Gong (exercises to help healing on all levels: physical, mental, spiritual and emotional, reducing inflammation and speeding up recovery time after surgery)
• Spiritual Qi Gong (meditation practices)

I combine the latter two in the 1 to 1 sessions, classes and workshops I hold.

My biggest fear with Qigong was, will it get boring? I can assure you it is never boring. There are so many styles to choose from, like 5 animal qigong, 8 trigram organ qigong, etc. whatever your skill level or interest, there is something for everyone. And of course qigong is an exciting way of mindfulness.

Qigong doesn’t work without awareness and focus. And these are the basic requirements for mindfulness too. Awareness presents an opportunity for change in your body, mind and emotions. Opposed to mainstream mindfulness practices,  here we do it involving your entire energy being: mind, body and emotions to reach beyond the physical with

• • gentle exercises
  • relaxed posture
  • focused breathing and
  • mindful intentions.

The result is flowing meditation – a unique form of relaxation.

Through the combination of these, you are cultivating your energy, working with your own Qi (Life force energy).

Email: eva.maria.hunt@gmail.com