The benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong form practices are multi leveled. In this journal entry I will detail what I have seen personally teaching many clients, since the mid 1990's. These practices are built on the premise on the compliance of doing them. Don't become the teacher or practitioner of all talk and no action. You have to be diligent in practicing; to get the health benefits, and to take it to new heights. Like the picture I provided above "We can open the door but you must enter".
As far as practices go it is very important to connect locally to a teacher of the community. The daily and nightly weekly classes and people that are in the community will be there for you day in; day out. So what can Health and Wellness practices of the Chi Flow Way do for you? Read below:
(1) Healthier Body
- Improves immune system and energy levels
- Improves breathing & heart rates
- Fast Improvement in Blood Pressure
- Increases stamina and longevity
- Balances hormonal health
- Eliminates many respiratory issues
- Helps balance mental fog and burnout very easily
- Builds physical body safely and no stressful on skeletal system
(2) Daily Well Being
- Balances worry, anxiety & impulsiveness
- Dissolves tendency of stress, fear, loneliness, and depressive states
- Enhances self esteem and self acceptance
- Develop resilience against pain & adversity
- One feels more optimistic, relaxed and can problem solve better
- Increased levels of self awareness and intuition
- Helps with emotional problems with addictions as in eating, gaming, compulsions
- Develop great self esteem in social interactions
- Keeps one sharp develops great learning abilities
(3) Meditative Mind Power
- Develop mental strength and great focus
- Develop ability for sharp memory recall & retention
- Improved cognitive ability & creative processing
- Manages burnout from technology overuse found in Smart Phone Users
- For students improves learning curve by 1/2 of average student's
As little as 15 minutes in the morning you can balance yourself for work. We warm up the body, then flow as little as four simple sequences. The nigh-time practice is generally a recovery one. Clean the stresses of the day and refine what you have before bedtime. The night-time practice is a little longer about 30-35 minutes. For the everyday person it comes down simply to the morning charge up and night time recovery and balancing tradition.
In my classes I only teach two practices which are in depth. One practice in the morning to wake up and charge up and one at night, to find peace and tranquility.
These practices are the student that is: I work or go to school 40-60 hours per week, have a family. So you don't have to become a expert by any means to feel the results. A good Chi Flow exercise in most cases after about 5-7 minutes you should start opening up.
Hope you find this article to motivate you to enter into the "Chi Flow Way of Life", there are many teachers and approaches. Look for the teachers whom offer ongoing weekly classes, and have a genuine community practice in place.
Gary W. Abersold
taozahnchi@gmail.com
Qigong Healing Centre
