Medical Qigong - Xianggong Training Course is on its way!

Course Level 1 & 2 Starting from end of 2023

Price: £240 for 16 Hours 8 Weeks, plus 8 practice sessons

Concession price available, family price available

Coach Erica Chen – Trained under Dr Li, Qiduan (Germany),

World’s Medical Qigong Committee

Lessons given Face to face and/or Zoom, price no difference

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What is this Medical Qigong

Before we talk about this medical Qigong, let's briefly introduce Qigong. Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” started in China about 5000 years ago and was a part of traditional Chinese medicine. It uses exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being. Qigong has both psychological and physical components and involves the regulation of the mind, breath, and body’s movement and posture. Qigong has active and passive (meditative) types. In total, there are thousands of types of Qigong. Taichi Quan exercise is one type of Qigong. Other well-known Qigong are Baduanjin, Yijinjing, medical Qigong etc.

Because Qigong is a type of exercise aimed for health and well-being, recent research studied the effect that Qigong has on some of the health conditions. Some of the conditions were said to benefit from regular Qigong exercise, like Fibromyalgia, fatigue, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Hypertension, anxiety, stress, depression, and sleeping disorder... (www.nccih.nih.gov/health/qigong-what-you-need-to-know)

Xianggong is a medical Qigong invented by Chinese Buddhism monks 1200 years ago. It had been taught linearly in Buddhism temples in the history. In 1930s, a child from Luoyang city, Henang province called Ruisheng Tian had a very strange and serious skin disease that nearly took his life. In a special opportunity, a monk taught him this set of Qigong which saved his life. The monk also told him to practice diligently for 50 years before he could teach the outside world. From 8th May 1988, Master Tian officially started to teach this amazing Qigong to the general public, which became very popular around the world in a few short years, and reached over one million followers in China at one point.

In the 2 decades of heyday of Qigong in China, it applied to Chinese state Qigong Administration bureau to be classed as Medical Qigong. It passed the strict vetting process with the requirement of 3000 cases submitted with the application, proven to treat over 360 different conditions with direct and obvious improvements. Out of all medical Qigongs that aiming at treating health conditions, Xianggong has four main advantages:

• benefits the widest range of health conditions

• easy to practice and less chance of adverse results

• suits all age groups from 5 to 90 years old

  
  

Because of the above it was given the generic name Medical Qigong.

In late 1990s, for political reasons, the Chinese government cracked down all Qigong practice in China, except for a few so called sports Qigong like Baduanjing, Wuqinxi, Yijinjing etc., and the cancer Qigong called Guolin Qigong. Unfortunately Xianggong was one of them because of the sheer amount of followers.

The effect of medical Qigong is evident and benefits over 360 conditions. If practiced daily and correctly, it's especially beneficial to conditions like insomnia, stress, hypertension, respiratory allergy, diabetes, circulatory problems, stroke, obesity, deafness, hormone imbalance, arthritis, digestive issues, skin diseases, and gynaecologic disorders. It is contraindicated for people with acute coronary infarction, severe liver disease, rabies, poison from snakes, spiders or poisonous plants. People with Schizophrenia, late-stage cancer, and hyperactive children should not practice it either.

Xianggong in Chinese means the Fragrant or Aromatic Qigong. The reason it gained this name is because it can stimulate the endorphins giving the fingertips a flower-like aroma after diligent practice. In some people it can also stimulate their sense of smell, therefore they can smell the smells that other people can't. After the pandemic, we heard plenty of examples of people who lost their sense of smell due to Covid-19 regaining their sense of smell after practicing Xianggong.

Finally, a few warning words, because it is a medical Qigong, like all medicines, it makes changes to the body. If you want to learn medical Qigong, make sure you learn it from a qualified Qigong teacher who are experienced in Chinese medicine, so they have good understanding how the medical Qigong works to the body in terms of organ, meridians and acupoints. They can assess your bodily reaction during the practice, give you interactive guidance, and adjust your practice to achieve optimal results.