"Relaxation" is the basic requirement for practicing health qigong, and it is also the practice basis for health qigong to achieve the integration of "three tones" (regulating heart, body and breath).
First of all, let's take a look at what is the relaxation of health qigong.
The so-called relaxation of health qigong includes physical relaxation and mental relaxation.
The relaxation of the body mainly refers to the relaxation of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and even internal organs, so that the competing muscles and tendons are in a relatively stable and relaxed state.
Mental relaxation mainly refers to the release of emotional tension and irritability, so that the mind is in a peaceful state.
The two are closely related. Mental relaxation is the basis and premise of physical relaxation, and physical relaxation is the deepening and development of mental relaxation.
Practicing health qigong can relax the body and mind, which is not only beneficial to the natural circulation of qi and blood in the body, but also helps to induce the brain to calm down.
Let's take a look at the relaxation significance of fitness qigong.
In contemporary society, people are in intense study, labor and work all day, and they will encounter all kinds of unpleasant and nerve stimulating factors caused by internal and external environment.
These factors will cause various parts of the human body, such as muscles, nerves, blood vessels and so on. Be in a state of excitement and tension, which will directly affect the activities and functions of the brain and internal organs and cause abnormal pathological reactions of the human body.
By practicing health qigong, you can relax your body and mind, and make your muscles, blood vessels and nerves in a relaxed state, which is very beneficial to the operation of meridians and qi and the coordination of brain and visceral functions.
Modern medical research has proved that 50-80% of human diseases belong to physical and mental diseases, which are caused by the dysfunction of autonomic nervous system, and most of them are caused by various stressors (conscious and unconscious) in the internal and external environment of human body.
Modern medical theories about the correlation between human higher nervous activity and cerebral cortex and internal organs all show that all kinds of nerve and bad stimulation factors in internal and external environment have an important influence on human physiology and pathology, which can cause diseases of respiratory, circulatory, nervous, digestive and endocrine systems.
Some stimulating factors, such as nervousness, sadness and panic, can lead to mental disorders, hypertension, gastrointestinal dysfunction, or symptoms such as ulcers, palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness, chest pain and incontinence.
As early as thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine summed up the important influence of "seven emotions" on human physiology and pathology.
The activity of "seven emotions" is the normal physiological response of human internal and external environment to various stimuli, but if it is stimulated excessively or continuously for a long time, it will cause diseases and affect the brain and internal organs.
This is what Huangdi Neijing said: Anger hurts the liver excessively, joy hurts the spleen excessively, thinking hurts the lung excessively, and panic hurts the kidney excessively.
To learn and practice health qigong, we must first eliminate physical tension and relax.
Physical relaxation can reduce or eliminate the human body's response to some bad stimuli and replace it with a relaxed and comfortable mental state.
By "relaxing" the body and combining with the activities of the brain, and meditating "relaxing ……" and "being quiet …", the body can further enter a relaxed and quiet state.
This "relaxation" and "quietness" of the body first adjusts the active function of the brain and directly acts on the internal organs, thus adjusting the pathological state of the body and developing towards a healthy dynamic balance.
Clinical physiological experiments show that inhalation during qigong exercise can increase the excitability of sympathetic nervous system (blood pressure increases, heart rate increases, gastrointestinal peristalsis slows down), and the activity of parasympathetic nervous system decreases relatively; Exhale strengthens the parasympathetic nervous system (heart rate slows down, blood pressure drops, gastrointestinal peristalsis accelerates, etc.). ), while the excitability of sympathetic nerve is relatively weakened.
Therefore, in the initial stage of learning and practicing health qigong, we emphasize learning some relaxation methods first and paying more attention to exhalation. In the process of exhaling, it is important to combine meditation with "relaxation …" to strengthen the effect of relaxation and rest, which plays an important role in regulating the dysfunction and imbalance of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves in the autonomic nervous system.
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