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Hi, I'm new to the forums, and read some posts that seemed really good. I feel the people on the site can give me a better reflection on what I am looking for in qi-gong. I want to try some medical qi-gong exercises to help with healing the physical, mental and spiritual. I looked at Spring Forest Qi-gong, but there is a large complaint section when you google it. So, I am reluctant to try it out. Plus, I am not sure if the master is a registered and qualified qi-gong doctor! I don't think he is. I also tried some medical qi-gong by another self-elected qi-gong master, but am suspicious about it, and if it works. I guess one has to have faith in the practices. I guess to put my mind at ease, I would like to do a qi-gong exercise that has been approved by a "qualified qi-gong master". By qualified, I mean someone who has the qualifications in China to give out these exercises. If anyone knows of a qualified qi-gong master, or exercise that is sanctioned by the medical qi-gong community can you please let me know? Thanks,

Hi everyone, I emailed Dr. Johnson and he came back to me pretty quickly. He says Qi-gong exercises are like doctor's prescriptions that a medical qi-gong doctor gives out for a specific treatment. Therefore one qi-gong exercise doesn't fit all people. Now maybe the qi-gong exercises that are given to people are 'general exercises' that promote good general overall health. Before I get given a qi-gong exercise I'd like to understand exactly what do movements do and what they are meant to heal in the body. Thanks

Hi everyone, Thanks for your comments, feedback and suggestions. I will lookup Michael Lomax and Eric Isen as suggested. I am emailing Michael Lomax to see what his suggestions are for qi-gong practices. Qi-gong is meant to be used to heal all kinds of ailments including the physical, mental and spiritual. From my information, there are three dantiens, the lower, middle, and upper and these equate to the physical, emotional/mental and spiritual respectively. Yes, you can have spiritual 'issues' that need healing I feel too! For me, the spiritual side of Qi-gong is important, because in my life, I am looking for spiritual guidance and feel that doing an exercise might 'open up' the upper dan-tien and allow spiritual guidance and intuition to integrate into my life. I feel with the right exercise one can heal all aspects of the human condition, but maybe I'm a bit naive with how it works. Yes! I have been reading complaints about Spring Forest Qi-gong on the complaints board website, located here, which have spurred my curiosity and reluctancy to just download a qi-gong practice and start doing it every day. I would like an exercise that is proven to give results and help a person heal. https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/spring-forest-qigong-c158551.html My question is - would you do a qi-gong practice without checking it's legitimacy or that of the master giving it? Remember, this is an exercise you are going to spend some time doing every day, and you want results - so shouldn't you find the right exercise that is going to work for you? I think a lot of people here have done some research on qi-gong and I would like some feedback and what they do too. Some people say that in order for a qi-gong practice to be legitimate that you have to be able to trace the master back to a lineage. Also, there were complaints about Spring Forest Qi-gong about how the qi-gong master doesn't actually know what a real doctor should and could do more damage than help, especially if transmitting or 'attempting to heal' someone. It seems to me, people are happy to go with any old qi-gong exercise, without looking up it's legitimacy or effectiveness. From my research, Qi-gong is a medical science in China, where real qi-gong doctors are trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and given particular training and have to have thousands of hours work done in qi-gong training and practice in hospitals before they are given a qualification to work on patients. Therefore, I would like a practice recommended by a qi-gong doctor. Does that make sense? Qi-gong exercises seem to be classified under several branches. There are those of the medical variety which I am looking for, to help me heal myself and those of the esoteric variety too and maybe many more. Those of the esoteric variety seem to come from these 'qi-gong masters of lineage' and handed down from generation to generation. Professor Jerry Alan Johnson has a tonne of books on medical qi-gong and has integrated esoteric varieties too. I am wondering if anyone has more information about him and which qi-gong he recommends. I might email him. Also Dr. Yang has some books on Embryonic Breathing and the Small Circuit Meditation. Not sure if those are too advanced for me. Dr. Yang though is a doctor of engineering and not medicine I believe. Mantak Chia also has a lot of qi-gong books out there, but I read they can be dangerous. I am looking for a qi-gong exercise that works really for me. Thanks for the feedback. I will continue my research though.