Free Meditation Techniques: Qigong Meditation Example
What is that Qigong thing? Today I write about it. Read on!
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Qigong is a health self-care and development system. It is based on Taoist believe that your self energy called qi flows through your body’s energy channels called meridians. So, learning Qigong is to learn how to manage this energy flow. And this leads you to stress and desease reduction, mental balance and clarity.
There are few main rules you must follow when you practice Qigong. First of them is: when your qi flow is not blocked then you feel healthly, happy and fresh. When it’s flow is somehow disturbed then diseases, stress and pain are to come to you. Qi might be impeded by physical tension, wrong emotional patterns, self-feeling as being a victim.
The second rule of Qigong is that your Qi follows your attention. So, in Qigong we realize how to receive, keep and circulate that energy.
Usually, when practicing Qigong meditation student does the following steps: relax, align a posture, start breath consciously, smile, imagine and feel how qi flows smoothly through meridians.
The third basic rule says that Qigong is an active relaxation. That means relaxation being present and aware. Student learns how to release one’s self from stress and ego restrictions and become joyfull again.
How to recognize that qi flows smoothly? You can do it when you already know about eight sensations. You might feel hot, cold, cramp, even pain, anger, swelling, itch and twitching. The negative feelings mean that in a specific area qi is blocked. Commonly, positive feelings might be overall happiness, fullnes, warmth and tingling.
OK, it’s time to show you some Qigong meditation example, so you can try it for yourself.
This is standing meditation, so stand on your feet, put them parallel and not to much width apart – about shoulder is enough. Take some deep, relaxing breaths, concentrate your atention on your shoulders and relax them if there are any tensions, then move to your neck and face. Let those tensions melt with your exhale.
Imagine them as frozen river being now warmed by the sunlight. They start to flow downward to the puddle on the ground.
Bend your knees a little and let your arms just hang down facing forward. Your fingers are separated and relaxed. Start with flowing your hands slowly forward so they are in front of your thighs. Now choose a point in a front of you (about eight feet distance). Make your eyes calmly rest on that point. Now, try to become more perceptive and passive instead of being expressive.Relax muscles of your mouth so it becomes slightly opened.
This position is called Qigong standing position. Stay that way for a few minutes. Try to experience such standing, without moving a finger if not necessary. This will help your qi in its movement through your body.
The more you practice this Qigong position the longer you will be able to stand like that.Advanced student may do it even for an hour!
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Now choose a gazing point, eight or ten feet in front of you. Rest your eyes very softly on that point (or area). (The meditation Masters of the past have discovered that there’s a connection between the movement of our eyes, and the movement of thoughts in our mind … So making the eyes still is a wonderful way to calm the mind.) Try to let that spot you’re looking at come into your eyes, instead of reaching out (with the energy of your eyes) to “grab” it. In other words, let your eyes become receptive, instead of active … Relax your jaw, so that there’s space between your upper & lower teeth, even though your lips are gently closed.
So now that you’re in the Qigong Standing Meditation position, stay here, for awhile. Once you’ve arranged yourself in this way, there’s nothing much to “do.” Simply notice what’s it’s like being here, in this position.
If you’re new to the practice, hold the position for a couple of minutes. You can make small adjustments to it, as this feels necessary for your comfort, but the idea is to do as little moving around as possible. Once you’ve got the correct alignment of the pose, holding it in a fairly “motionless” way will supportinternal movements of qi/life-force which will be very pleasant, and healing. As you continue this practice ~ over weeks or months or years ~ you’ll be able to hold the position for longer periods of time (30 minutes, a hour). But in the beginning, a couple minutes is wonderful!
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