(1). China's unique fitness technology. By concentrating, breathing, gentle exercise, etc. , induce human potential, promote the function of each system and enhance physical fitness.
(2) Wushu unique to China. When you are lucky, you should work hard, you can break bricks and stones, and you can bear heavy pressure. Or show off flying skills, you can hang a piece of paper without stopping, and people can climb a balloon without breaking the ball.
Qigong therapy includes psychotherapy, but it is different from psychotherapy. Psychotherapy generally refers to the use of language, expression, posture and attitude by doctors. Reasoning patients who are awake and proposing treatment suggestions; Or use some special induction methods to induce a hypnotic state that is somewhat similar to superficial sleep, and then give treatment suggestions to patients under hypnosis. Therefore, patients are always passive. Qigong therapy is characterized by giving full play to patients' subjective initiative. Under the guidance of doctors, patients can strengthen their self-control ability through self-exercise.
In China Wushu, hard qigong is often practiced by sitting on a horse and standing on a pile, mainly to make the muscles of the whole body tense, so as to consciously control each group of voluntary muscles and semi-voluntary muscles, and the qi needs to sink into the abdomen (concept point). The modern term is abdominal breathing. Try to pull down the diaphragm and tighten the lowest part of the abdominal muscles, and feel that the gas in the body has reached the abdomen.
Soft qigong, Buddhist meditation, Taoist health exercises (and modern soft software exercises) all belong to this category. There is no need to tighten muscles. Pay attention to take a deep breath and let it have no distractions. The China Wushu Wing Chun Boxing of Taiji Slow Preaching and Nanquan School, the first set of boxing ideas in the initial introductory practice, belong to this category. Soft qigong can not only enhance vital capacity without consuming a lot of physical strength, but also exercise all muscles, including semi-voluntary muscles in the human body and (passively) move internal organs, so it is suitable for all kinds of people to practice. Especially suitable for the elderly, ladies and patients who can't do a lot of exercise.
Qi sensation refers to the feeling of heat, numbness or itching when practicing Qigong or concentrating on a certain part of the body. Although qi sensation is an experience that most people who practice qigong will have, the causes of qi sensation have not been studied.
There is a theory that qigong is an illusion, but this illusion is not meaningless. It is to use simulated sensory signals instead of real signals to drive autonomic nerves to perform psychosomatic functions (psychosomatic function theory in dreams). The illusion of swelling and numbness in qigong can promote the repair of autonomic nerves and achieve the purpose of fitness.
In addition, sometimes, the following physiological reactions are often called "qi sensation" by qigong practitioners:
When you relax deeply, the feeling of microvascular microcirculation is mostly warm. If there is still itching, Chinese medicine also calls it "wind". Beginners often say that this is "gas to the fingertips."
Breathing is deep and long, blood gas is vigorous, and the brain of limbs gets sufficient blood supply and oxygen supply. It is often described as "feeling a surge of air", or even running around the clock to improve internal force.
Enter a state similar to pantomime or self-hypnosis, and try to influence the feelings of uncontrollable parts (involuntary muscles such as internal organs) with consciousness. Sometimes the limbs will be in a posture that they seldom do (unlike Gong Zhuang), and their center of gravity and weight-bearing position will be different in peacetime, and then they will cooperate with imagination and breathing, thus stimulating some postures and even internal organs that rarely exercise at ordinary times, so that they can all be exercised, bringing an unusual but very pleasant personal realm experience to practitioners. This is often said to guide qi with intention, guide qi with conductor, and even get through the heart meridian of hand shaoyin and lung meridian of hand Taiyin.
Bioelectrical responses of nerves, such as muscle jumping, eyebrow jumping and even cramping. If these reactions are expected by qigong practice, or under control and expectation, it may be said that this is a "miraculous achievement"; If it doesn't want to happen, or it happens out of control, this is called "deviation" or even "obsession"
Using the above modern terms, qi sensation becomes something that can be explained by science instead of illusion, and we can have a dialogue and exchange with western science. However, because there are no words such as "Yin-Yang deficiency and excess" and five lines of gossip, traditional or elderly Qigong learners feel that it is not a taste, and it seems to belittle Qigong, and may even be ridiculed as arrogant.
Experience Qigong People often have some experiences in the process of practicing Qigong. The more common ones are qi, sharpness, calmness and so on.
Qigong school Qigong is in a state of folk circulation in history, forming many schools such as medicine, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and martial arts. Physician qigong emphasizes health and longevity, Taoist qigong emphasizes double cultivation of life, Buddhist qigong emphasizes understanding and understanding, and Wushu qigong emphasizes the use of martial arts such as strengthening muscles and exerting strength. Qigong is essentially different from religion.
The principle of qigong fitness and disease elimination lies in the benign stimulation of acupoints and the patency of meridians and qi and blood.
Two: China Qigong embodies the holistic view of the unity of man and nature and the unity of form and spirit.
China Qigong emphasizes the unity of man and nature, and there is a close and inseparable relationship between man and nature. The human body is influenced by climate, environment and other factors. China Qigong attaches importance to the dynamic adaptation between man and nature.
China Qigong emphasizes the unity of man and society. Social environment is closely related to people's health and diseases. China's qigong practice emphasizes that people should adapt to society.
China Qigong emphasizes the unity of form and spirit. Qigong is a self-physical and mental exercise method with China characteristics. It can not only improve the physiological function of human body, but also improve the psychological function of human body. Qigong improves the physiological function and psychological function of human body at the same time, and the two are interrelated and mutually restricted.
China Qigong is influenced by Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and medicine.
In the process of its formation and development, China Qigong absorbed some theories of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism and doctors, as well as the techniques of body-building and disease-removing, and gradually formed a profound theoretical system and colorful health-keeping techniques of China Qigong.