Three Qì Balls – Part 8 Qìgōng 氣功 is for health. Good health is the most important thing to have in our lives, because without it we cannot do things easily and enjoy them. For this reason, I always say, “Health is the most important thing.” Good health all begins with the internal body – […]

Three Qì Balls – Part 6 If we have developed the internal Qì Balls, the external Qì balls will form as well. Everything in nature has its external and internal parts, just like our body, we can see our head, our skin, our eyes, our nose, our arms and our legs etc. But we cannot […]

Three Qì Balls Part 5 If we continue to practise our Qìgōng 氣功, then our Qì will grow stronger and then we will develop another internal Qì Ball. this one can be found at the Shàng Dāntián 上丹田 – Upper Dāntián and Sky-Eye. The Sky Eye 天目 is located on the forehead and relates to […]

Three Qì Balls – Part 3 Now we know how to position our hands and which way the circle goes, we can now rotate from a small circle to a big circle. The circle should be between the Middle Dāntián 中丹田 and the Hui Yin point 會陰穴. We should rotate 36 times, but sometime we […]

Three Qì Balls – Part 1 When we practise Qìgōng 氣功, the first thing we want to develop is our Dāntián 丹田 Qì. People who do not know about Qìgōng, will not know what that is or even what the Dāntián is. The Dāntián is the centre of the body and located below the navel. […]

Five Skills – Part 6 If we know so many skills, what is the best way to practise? If we have a job and a family to take care of, then it is hard. First, we need to keep learning and go to classes and take part in seminars. These will help you practise and […]

Five Skills – Part 4 Each of the five skills, Wing Chun Kung Fu 詠春功夫, Chùn Yuén Quán 俊元拳, Hard Qìgōng 硬氣功, Chén Tàijíquán 陳家太極拳 and Dàyàn Qìgōng 大雁氣功 cover the Five Elements, if they did not, then they would not be as good and not last as long. Each of them has 300 to […]

Five Skills – Part 2 If we do not practise all the five skills, does this mean we are missing an element and so missing the balance? The answer is, “No.” Most people in the world do not know these skills and they can still live happily and healthily. There are many reason and many […]

Dāo 道 – Part 5 人之所教，我亦教之 Rén zhī suǒ jiào, wǒ yì jiàozhī – People should learn this, it is what I teach. This is what Lǎozi 老子 wrote. It means that people should learn about Dāo 道. Dāo is nature, from one to two, two to three, this is Dāo. When the way is […]

Dāo – Part 3 人之所惡，唯孤、寡、不穀，而王公以為稱 Rén zhī suǒ è, wéi gū, guǎ, bù gǔ, ér wánggōng yǐwéi chēng – most people do not like to be lonely without children, but the leaders, the Kings and emperors of China claim to be like this. Why do kings, emperors and leaders all claim to be lonely and […]

Dāo – Part 1 In chapter 42 of the Dào Dé Jīng 道德經 it says, “道生一，一生二，二生三，三生萬物 Dàoshēng yī, yīshēng èr, èr shēng sān, sān shēng wànwù – Dào creates one, one creates two, two creates three, three creates everything. 萬物負陰而抱陽，沖氣以為和 Wànwù fù yīn ér bào yáng, chōng qì yǐwéi hé – Everything inside is Yīn […]

The Feet – Part 3 Our feet are very important, if we injure them, it can take some time for them to recover, so we must take care of them. If we sit on the floor, stretch our legs out in front of us so that our heels are on the ground and our toes […]

The Feet – Part 1 When we are tired, we will usually rest. There are other ways for us to release our tiredness and recharge ourselves. Of course, the best way is practising Qìgōng 氣功, another way if massaging the feet. When we practise our Qìgōng, and in particular the Dàyàn Qìgōng 大雁氣功 system, we […]

Qiū Chù Jī 丘處機 – Part 5 One of the soldiers said, “We are special policemen and have been ordered to capture a fugitive who has committed serious crimes against the country. We caught him and executed him. We cut of his head, and we were taking it back to the emperor. Now we have […]

Qiū Chù Jī 丘處機 – Part 3 Qiū Chù Jī 丘處機 heard every word the farmer said and understood what he meant. What he did not understand was how the farmer knew that he was just waiting to die. Qiū Chù Jī picked up the peach and ate it. He immediately felt full of energy […]

Qiū Chù Jī 丘處機 – Part 1 There was a famous Daoist Master named Wáng Chóng Yáng 王重陽 (1112-1170）who had seven students. One of his youngest students was a young man named Qiū Chù Jī 丘處機. Qiū Chù Jī studied Daoism very hard and Wáng Chóng Yáng liked him a lot. After many years, during […]

Hún Pò 魂魄 – Part 5 As we have seen, we have three kinds of Hún 魂 has three parts, the first is, Tiān Hún 天魂 – Heaven Hún, De Hún 地魂 – Earth Hún and Rén Hún 人魂 – Person Hún. In traditional Chinese skill, when we have three things we will classify them […]

Hún Pò 魂魄 – Part 3 Pò 魄 is the physical moon, so it is the physical spirit. This is like a baby who listening, looking, thinking, moving its arms and legs and crying, these are all Pò. When want something this is Hún 魂, when we physically go for what we want, make an […]

Hún Pò 魂魄 – Part 1 Chinese have a saying “Nǐ Hún Pò Bù Zài 你魂魄不在 – You Hun Po are not there.” This means your mind and spirit are not there. What exactly is Hún Pò 魂魄? In Qìgōng氣功 we have five internal organs: heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and spleen. In the Huángdì Nèijīng […]

Blowing Wind Part 2 In hot places, people like to use fans to blow the air at themselves. This is like the wind blowing on you. If you stay where a fan is blowing on you for a long time, then it can also weaken you and then you will get ill, it can even […]

People’s Hearts are Dangerous – Part 2 人心惟危 Rén xīn wéi wēi, – People’s hearts are dangerous, 道心惟微 Dào xīn wéi wēi, – Dào’s heart is small, 惟精惟一 Wéi jīng wéi yī – Put all energy to become one, 允执厥中 Yǔn zhí jué zhōng – Only allowed to hold the centre with all effort. The […]

The Rich Merchant with Four Wives – Part 4 Our true Nature is who we are, what we think, what we do and how we act. If we do bad things and harm others we will get a bad result and if we do good things which benefit others we will win a good result. […]

The Rich Merchant with Four Wives – Part 2 The Rich Merchant was very happy, finally one of his wives wanted to go with him! His fourth wife looked very normal, but she always knew what was on his mind and knew what he wanted and what he did not want. She would advise him, […]

Levels of Qì Development – Part 10 When we have a high level in our Qìgōng 氣功, we can feel things happening near and far away, and we might know about some major events that have happened in the past, present and even some that will happen in the future. Buddhism says, “There is no […]

Levels of Qì Development – Part 8 When we can feel things around us, our Qì 氣 level is very high. To reach this standard, we must centre our mind and body and not let things disturb us. We must stay calm and try to empty the mind. This means we should not get excited […]

Levels of Qì Development – Part 6 If we practise Zhàn Zhuāng 站樁 – Standing Meditation and place our hands in front of us as if we are holding a ball, then we will feel the Jīngluò 經絡 of the hands very easily. If we sit down on a chair to meditate and relax both […]

Levels of Qì Development – Part 4 Once you start to find the location of the main acupuncture points you will start to find out more. Over the body, there are 36 major acupuncture points. Remember that some of the points come in pairs, so if you find the left Láogōng 劳宫穴, then you will […]

Levels of Qì Development – Part 2 When we feel good we are at level 1, and then when we feel more energy we are at Level 2. Level 3 is slightly different, here we can sometimes feel Qì 氣 and sometimes we will not feel our Qì. Some people can practice for 10-years, or […]

Wèi Bó Yáng 魏伯陽 – Part 6 When the two disciples saw the letter they realised their Sīfú, Sihing and the dog were alive and were all now immortal. They regretted they had not listened to their Sīfú and that he had been testing them. This story spread out through Luòyáng 洛陽 and everyone knew […]

Wèi Bó Yáng 魏伯陽 – Part 4 The dog ate the immortality medicine. Sometime later one of the disciples went to check on the dog and found it lying on the floor. He bent down to see if it was ok, but it was not breathing. The disciple called out, “The dog has died!” Now […]

Wèi Bó Yáng 魏伯陽 – Part 2 Wèi Bó Yáng 魏伯陽 had a few students, who believed, followed, and obeyed his instructions. Wèi Bó Yáng travelled all over China studying Daoist skills, but it was at Zhǎng Bái Shān 長白山 (Forever White Mountain), on the border of China and North Korea, he found his Sifu. […]

Preparing for Meditation – Part 10 All these 12 methods can help us to prepare to meditate. There are more methods than these and you might find many ways to help you prepare yourself for meditation, for example, sitting a a certain comfortable chair, watching a certain video, using incense or other aromas, even looking […]

Preparing for Meditation – Pt8 Method 9 – Look Far Away Another way is to find somewhere nice, a nice environment that has a distant view. We can sit in our meditation position and look far into the distance. After a while we can start to forget everything around us and then close our eyes […]

Preparing for Meditation – pt6 Method 5 – Imagination When we are in our meditation position, we can also use imagination to help us meditate. We can imagine something like a waterfall, the stars, a forest, a beach, the sea or ocean, a temple, in fact any scenery that makes you feel relaxed. We can […]

Preparing for Meditation – pt4 When we have finished washing the face, we lower both hands to our sides and then bring them back up and around, like we  are collecting Qi from all around us, with the palms facing up. We then bring them above our head and then slowly lower them down, with […]

Preparing for Meditation – pt2 Once we have the right position, whether it is a Lotus, sitting on a chair or standing, we must make sure our back is straight so that the Bǎihuì 百會穴 and Huìyīn Points 會陰穴 are in a vertical line. This will help our Qi to flow properly. We then need […]

King’s Sickness Pt12 It is true, if we are selfish and only think about ourselves, eventually we will suffer. This is why the Daoist said that his Qi could only be used in the right way. If he used it for bad reason, then he would suffer. The same was true for the King, at […]

King’s Sickness Pt10 Everyone was surprised and many exclaimed, “What just happened?” The King looked at them and then shouted orders for the palace medical staff to come and help the Senior Advisor and the guards who had been holding the Daoist. The medical staff quickly arrived and checked on the Senior Advisor and the […]

King’s Sickness Pt8 The next day the King’s Guard went and summoned the Daoist to see the King. The Daoist had just finished his Qìgōng 氣功 practice and went to the palace so see the King. The King said to him, “Daoist, you healed my illness and I appreciate and thank you for this, but […]

King’s Sickness Pt6 The next morning, after the King woke up and had eaten his breakfast, he called the Daoist to come and see him. When the Daoist arrived, he asked the King, “Your Majesty, how do you feel today?” The King replied, “I feel great!” The Daoist continued to ask, “Do you feel anything […]

King’s Sickness Pt4 The Daoist walked around the King whilst using his palms and sword fingers to point at the King’s body. He aimed at different acupuncture points such as, the Bǎi Huì 百會, Fēng Fǔ 風府, Fēng Chí 風池, Dà Bāo 大包, Qì Hù 氣戶, Shèn Shū 腎俞, Mìng Mén 命門, Huán Tiào 環跳, […]

King’s Sickness Pt2 The Daoist claim made the King curious and he agreed to see him. When the Daoist was brought before him, the King said, “What can you do about my sickness?” The Daoist replied, “I can use Qì 氣 to heal you, no medicine is involved.” The King had heard of Qì, but […]

Seven Hollows Qī Qiào 七竅 – Part 5 After our Qìgōng movements we always do some mediation. When we have finished our meditation, we always ‘wash’ our faces using the palms of our hands. First, we will touch the nose, either side of the nostrils with the fingertips, then rub the palms up the face […]

Seven Hollows Qī Qiào 七竅 – Part 3 So far we have talked about six of the Hollows: two eyes, two ears and two nostrils. The last one is obviously the mouth. The mouth is for eating and talking, and inside the mouth there is the tongue. The mouth has so many functions and it […]

Seven Hollows Qī Qiào 七竅 – Part 1 On the face we have seven points or Seven Hollows – Qī Qiào 七竅. They are two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and the mouth. These seven points are very important to our Qì氣 and to our internal organs. The Qì enters and releases through these seven […]

Xīn Bāo 心包 – Pericardium There is another organ that has its own channel and is not easy to see. Any organ that has its own channel is very important and so must be taken very seriously. This organ called Xīn Bāo 心包, the Pericardium and its channel is Shǒu Juéyīn Xīn Bāo Jīng 手厥陰心包經 […]

Sānjiāo 三焦 – Triple Warmer – Part 2 The Sānjiāo 三焦 is not one of the organs, but it is treated as one and just as important. It is a Yáng organs, which we call Fǔ 腑 and it also has its own Jīngluò 經絡 – channel. Only organs have their own Jīngluò and it […]

Sì Shén Cōng  四神聰 – Part 4 Once the Bǎihuì and the Sì Shén Cōng 四神聰 are open, it is like the main gate being open and so a lot of Qi can come out from the head. Many points will be open like the Běn Shén 本神，Shéntíng 神庭, Yùzhěn 玉枕, Fēng Fǔ 風府，Fēng Chí […]

Sì Shén Cōng 四神聰 – Part 2 If we want to get the Qì 氣up to the Upper Dāntián 上丹田, to the Sky Eye, there is one very important channel that we must open, this is the Chōng Mài 衝脈. The Chōng Mài runs from the Yǒngquán Point 涌泉穴 to the Huìyīn point 會陰穴 and […]

External Affects the Internal – Part 3 Once we understand that the external body and the internal body are connected, are related to each other and affect one another, we can apply this principle to many things. Take our relationships for example. We need to work together whether it is husband and wife, partner and […]

External Affects the Internal – Part 1 In our bodies we have two parts, one which we can control – like our arms, legs and eyes, ears, but there is one part that we cannot control – for example our heart, lungs, kidney and the other internal organs. The first part is our external body […]

Environment – Part 5 If we practise Qigong regularly, we will actually never choose to stay or live in a bad environment. This is because we feel good every time we finish practising and then we will have better senses. Whenever we go to a bad environment or place we will not feel good and […]

Environment – Part 3 Some people might say, “I don’t have a lot of money, how can I live in a better environment?” We have to find or create a good environment to live and work in, it is not about making more money. First we have to make ourselves healthy and we do this […]

Environments – Part 1 There are many people who live in the countryside. In the countryside, the air is better, there are more trees and less cars. When they go into the city, they find that it is very polluted and find it very difficult to breathe and suffer from more allergies. They would not […]

Single Movement Part 3 There are many single movement Qigong exercises in Balancing Gong and Healthy Living Gong. Each movement has its own healing purpose. If we understand Qigong well, then we will understand the benefits of each movement. For example, if you have a headache, you will know which movement is good for this. […]

Single Movements Pt 1 We all know that we practise Qigong to makes us healthier, the more we practise the healthier we get. However we will not be 100% healthy, because we use our energy when we do other things, our work, when we communicate with other people etc. Other people can affect us and […]

Ruan Qigong 軟氣功 When we study Qigong we should know there are two kinds. One is soft, which we call Ruan軟, so Ruan Qigong軟氣功. This is what we normally practise in class, Balancing Gong 平衡功, Healthy Living Gong 健康生活功 and Wild Goose Qigong 大雁氣功 etc. The character for Ruan軟 is made up of two parts. […]

Nei Gong 內功 Qigong is internal training. We call this Nei Gong 內功. Nei 內 means inside and together with Gong 功, Nei Gong means internal training. But what does internal training mean? It means that the purpose of all our movements and meditation is to work on the inside of the body, like the Qi, the blood, […]

Man 慢 – Slow In Qigong we move slowly. Slow movements allow you to feel your body. Practising Qigong helps us to feel the internal body and this is a healthy thing. Some people fail to feel their internal body and this is because they never relax enough. Only when you can really relax can […]

Jing 靜 When we practise Qigong we also need Jing靜. Jing means quiet. The mind and heart need to be Jing (quiet). The character for Jing is written in two parts. The first part is Qing青, means Green. In the old times it also meant Spring. Spring is the beginning for the year and the […]

Xin 心 Last time we said to practise Qigong we needed Yi 意, but we also need Xin 心 – heart. As we know, Yi is focus. It starts from one’s heart and so we want to do it. When we want to do something we do it with focus and we push ourselves to […]

Yi意 and Qi氣 What is Yi意? Yi means mind or thinking. When we do Qigong we still need to think, we need to think about what we are doing and not become distracted by other thoughts. We should therefore focus on what we are doing, like Balancing Gong, focus on the movements and relax the […]

Practise When Our Energy is Low Qi plays a very important part in our health. When our Qi drops we will begin to feel weak and tired. If we keep losing Qi, then we will become sick. If more Qi is lost then we become very sick and if we lose even more, and then […]

Foot Shao Yang Gall Bladder Jing 足太陽膀胱經 After the Hand Shao Yang Triple Warmer Jing 手少陽三焦經, the Qi now flows to the Foot Tai Yang Gall Bladder Jing 足太陽膀胱經. Its strongest time is 11pm – 1am, which means it goes into the following day. Remember traditionally, in China there were only 12 hours in a […]

Hand Jue Yin Pericardium Jing 厥陰心包經 After the Foot Shao Yin Kidney Jing 足少陰腎經  the Qi then flows to the Hand Jue Yin Pericardium Jing 厥陰心包經. Its strong time is 7-9pm. The pericardium is around the heart and so it is almost as important as the heart. From the last point of the Kidney Jing, […]

Foot Tai Yang Urinary Bladder Jing 足太陽膀胱經 After having two weeks to refresh and review the first six jing, we now need to make sure we can remember them every week as we also continue to learn the new ones. We need to learn from the Hand Tai Yin Lung Jing 手太陰肺經 the to the […]

Hand Shao Yin Heart Jing 手少陰心經 After the Foot Tai Yang Spleen Jing 足太陽脾經 The Qi flows to Hand Shao Yin Heart Jing 手少陰心經. Its strongest time is from 11am to 1pm, so Noon time. At this time the Sun is at its strongest and affects the heart and the pericardium. Heart Jing and Pericardium […]

Foot Yang Ming Stomach Jing 足陽明胃經 The last Jing we looked at was the Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Jing 手陽明大腸經, and the last acupuncture point on this Jing was the Yinxiang Point 迎香穴 by the side of the nostril. This Jing then flows into the Foot Yang Ming Stomach Jing 足陽明胃經. This starts in […]

Hand Tai Yin Lung Jing 手太陰肺經 Now let’s introduce the Hand Tai Yin Lung Jing 手太陰肺經. The Qi starts here, from 3 to 5am. The air is fresh and so this is the best time for the Qi to start in the body and the Lungs should be first. In total, there are 22 acupuncture points on the Hand Tai […]

Three Hand Yang Jing Since we have Three Hand Yin Jing and Three Foot Yin Jing, we must have Three Hand Yang Jing and Three Foot Yang Jing. Again, “three” because there are three kinds of Yang, Tai Yang 太陽, Yang Ming 陽明 and Shao Yang 少陽. From before we already will already have worked […]

Three Yin Hand Jing We have twelve channels and we now know that there are six Yin channels and six Yang Channels. In Chinese we call these Jinglou 經絡. Jing 經 means channel, or an orbit. Lou 絡 means net. So it means that in the Jinglou the channels cover the body like net. Within […]

Zang Fu臟腑  (Yin and Yang Organs) If we look at the relationship between the time and internal organ channels, we can see that they come in pairs. Each pair has one Yang internal organ and one Yin internal organ, we call them Zang Fu ,Zang is Yin organs are more important. The Yin organs are: […]

Four Energies Connect Everywhere In certain countries and places, Summer and Winter can be very long or very short. Even the days can be very long or very short and this means the night time is also very long or very short. However, they are no different to any other area since they can still […]

Energy of the Day Every morning when we wake up one of the first things we do is check the weather. We look at the temperature and if there is a clear sky. If the weather is going to be good and there is a clear sky we already start feeling good. However, if the weather […]

Teeth – Part 1 The mouth, tongue and teeth are all connected.  I often hear of people who have teeth problems and less who say they have a problem with their mouth or tongue.  It’s true, if there is a problem with the mouth or tongue, after a couple of days, weeks or even a […]

Tongue – Part 3 Sometimes an ulcer can form underneath the tongue.  These are uncomfortable and can be quite painful, particularly when we are eating very juicy and sour food, for example oranges. When we look in a mirror we can see the ulcer and sometimes we can see cold sores around the mouth and […]

The Nose – Part 4 Our nose is for breathing but also for smelling things. It is can recognise the smell of things whether they are good or bad. Some people have a “super nose” and can smell things that other people cannot smell even from far away. However, if we are in bad smell […]