Overview of Qigong

Qigong is a unique system of energy cultivation incorporating matter and spiritual characteristics to achieve an innate balance of energy. It is an effective way to absorb Qi from the universe, including core energy and basic elements (the fundamental particulate materials essential to life), which fight disease and improve health.

Qigong formally appeared in the Warring States (475-221 BC) and eventually evolved into three different main branches - YU, XI, and TAO. It is now estimated that there are approximately one thousand branches, but they all aim for the same goal in spite of changes over time -  to enhance people's internal physiological functions so as to prolong their lives and help tune their emotion and mood so that the body and soul could reach a state of calmness and peacefulness.  Among the many kinds, dynamic exercise and static exercise are the two main important kinds. Dynamic exercise involves set movements, but the significance of the movements is quite different from that of Wugong and that of other sports. The goal of  dynamic increase is to strengthen the muscles, bones, and joints to better benefit our internal physiological functions. Static exercise on the other hand, aims at soothing people's mind and enhancing the functionality of the entire integrated nervous system.  This, helps to regulate a person's emotion and mood to be in a calmer and serene state. Static exercises relate a lot to the consciousness or super consciousness to further regulate the body and nurse our health.

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