Qi Gong

Qi Gong is an aspect of Chinese medicine that has been around for centuries. It involves the way that a person coordinates their breath into different patterns of breathing. Along with the various patters of breathing, a person coordinates different postures and motions of their bodies. These different postures that go along with different breathing techniques might resemble Yoga in a way. This practice has been around for many years, and it is something that lots of people, in Chinese countries as well as Western countries, take part in, like Yoga, for a variety of reasons.

Qi Gong is taught to people as a way of maintaining the health that they already have. Most of the time, it is used as a way to heal and strengthen your body, as well as to maintain it. However, some teach Qi Gong as therapeutic intervention. Many people can see the benefits of simple breathing and movement exercises in the way that they pertain simply to their own lives. However, there are people who view these kinds of exercises as things that help the universe as a whole, and participate in them for these reasons.

There are many different forms of Qi Gong, and many of them are taught traditionally as parts of different Chinese Martial Arts. Training in Qi Gong is also found in the advanced stages of what are called "internal martial arts", or Neijia. Each of the different forms contain basically the same types of things, breathing exercises and movement exercises that correspond with each other. Some of the movements are slightly different in different forms of Qi Gong, but the overall purpose and idea is the same.