Qigong exercises not only relieve stress, but keep it from coming back! We all know that qigong, like tai chi or yoga, helps us relieve stress and tension by stretching our muscles and calming our minds as we focus on moving our bodies or qi throughout our bodies.

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If you’re familiar with tai chi, you already know something about qigong exercises. Many of the warm up exercises in tai chi are really qigong exercises.

In the broadest sense of course qigong exercises can include any activity that cultivates qi. In this sense, simply sitting and

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For more than 25 years Western scientists and studies have been hard at work attempting to explain and verify the results of medical qigong. As scientists in the West test and explore the territory of medical qigong, the ancient art continues to exemplify one its primary traits of …

Life is filled with ups and downs… but do we really have to pay for the ups with a bout of downs? Using yoga to refocus our energies and positive stances toward life, providing greater quality, if not quantity, of life.

Dualistic analysis is a favorite human pastime but …

Iyengar yoga was manifested by B.K.S. Iyengar, who believed that “Yoga is not a religion, yoga is the science of religions”. In this scientific spirit, Iyengar yoga employs various devices to aid the body in forming the various asanas (poses). For example, in Iyengar Yoga it is not …

As yoga continues to increase in popularity so too are the number of yoga centers and yoga classes in many Western cities on the rise. Yoga is such a viable form of exercise that it’s really difficult to stereotype the average yoga practitioner.

People from all walks of life …

This is a great exercise for relieving shoulder and upper back tension. Try to fully contract the trapezius muscles on each lifting motion, as well as fully release and relax them on the bottom on the resting portion of the motion.

Stand with your arms at your sides.
Lift your …

Sitting on your computer desk chair, push back away from your desk while resting your palms face down on top of the desk, extending your torso.
Concentrate on stretching your torso and triceps as you lean into the stretch.
Left your ribs up, letting your shoulder blades move toward the …

If you spend a lot of time at a desk it may seem like your arms get a workout while reaching for papers and talking on the phone, but this sort of repetative motion can create tension.

Taking just a few minutes to stretch your triceps will help your …

This short qigong video features both a man and a woman practicing qigong. The voiceover contains qigong instructions and guided imagery to enhance your morning qigong exercise.

For a quick and effective energy boost, this simple torso stretch will get your blood pumping and the qi flowing more smoothly all along your body.

Stretching your arms down behind your back, interlock your fingers while stretching your shoulders back. This opens the chest. You should feel it …

In the December 2003 edition of the International Journal of Neuroscience results of a qigong and hypertention study revealed that qigong exercise reduces blood pressure as well as catecholamine levels in hypertensive patients.

The goal of the study was to explore the efficacy of non-pharmacological treatments of hypertension. Qigong …