QiGong Experience
Meditation and Qi Gong
for Self-Healing
I breathe; soft, slow, and
deep. My body begins to relax everywhere from my head to my toes.
I feel Qi, the energy of life, riding along with my breath and
filling the inside of my being. It feels warm, like the velvety
smoke from incense, spreading throughout me. I concentrate my mind
on my breath and the beautiful way this energy flows, letting my
mind empty except for this moment of stillness and peace. I take
this time to notice how I feel, both physically and emotionally.
It’s honest time with myself, time to allow myself to truly feel
whatever I do, and time to accept myself fully and unconditionally
in the same way a parent loves their child. I sit like this, calm
and at peace in a way that cannot be explained, only experienced.
Now I’m ready to begin my
Qi Gong exercises. These are Taoist exercises done in a meditative
state. They are used for self-healing, health maintenance, and to
bring a sense of spirituality into our lives. We use the mind, the
hands, and the breath to guide our Qi along various pathways, to
different energy centers or "chakras", and to specific
organs or areas within ourselves that need to be healed.
I bring my hands together,
palm up, in front of my lower abdomen where I have been building
and accumulating the Qi. Still breathing soft, slow, and deep, and
moving with my breath, I inhale and gently allow my hands to drift
upwards towards my heart center. Qi follows my hands, moving
internally up my spine. I turn my palms over and as they slowly
float back downwards, the Qi also follows them, this time
descending down the front of my body along a meridian channel. I
continue this movement several times, until I feel the warm,
tingling sensation of the Qi moving on it’s own, circulating in
the pattern I’ve created for it. Then I pause, my body settles
and I imagine that my bones are like a sponge, absorbing and
sucking in all of the Qi I just created with the exercise.
Research has shown that, in fact, the number of T-cells will have
increased, strengthening my immune system.
I practice a few more
exercises in the pattern that I follow each morning, creating more
Qi, absorbing the Qi, improving my health, and quieting my mind.
About 45 minutes has gone by. I feel incredible - invigorated, yet
still; alive, pure, and whole. I take a few minutes to revel in
this condition. Each day it becomes easier and easier to make this
my normal state of Being, and to be able to recall the feeling
when I need it later.
