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Makes sense to me. 氣 qi - means ‘breath’, ‘air’. Breathing brings in air. No air, no energy. Better breathing, more energy. What is “energy work”? Righto. Chinese qigong is doing special physical exercises and (separately) sitting in meditation, both while focusing on the breathing.

Righto. Yes, that makes perfect sense to me, fits how it felt for me when trying it out.

@ChiDragon I think it sounds difficult to coordinate, doing the exercises with the special breathing. Possibly easier while meditating. Re UBM, I know there’s is also ‘reversed abdominal breathing’. How does one know which one to use?

@ChiDragon Is the type of breathing during practising the exercises different from the “abdominal breathing” during meditation?

I know the special breathing is done during the exercises. Do you meditate during the exercises, or is the meditation done separately at another time? And if the latter, Is the special breathing also done during the meditation?

I’m not informed enough on the subject to have any ideas as yet. Google tells me, “Qigong is an ancient Chinese breathing exercise with meditation which is being developed today for therapy of chronic illnesses in the People's Republic of China.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6763845/ So do you also meditate?

So is this the same practice you do?

Righto, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info. Then who was it that started teaching breathing?

I agree. Sure, "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". But (untill reaching their own subjective feeling) the sane person goes with what can be concluded "within a reasonable margin of error".

sorry, wrong thread.

Hi Mike sh. Welcome to the forum.

“i believe it does not”. I second that. I agree.

It must be trusted For me, if n equals 2 I reserve judgment

Trust in the result Do not Trust in the result The result the same

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Hi Centli, welcome to the froum. I wish you the healing you want. However, I think some on this forum would be inclined to see your symptoms as a sign of spiritual progress. Be well.

What does “xeper” mean to you?

Yes, understandable.

I like the name. I thought chi and qi are merely different romanisations for the same 氣 . @ChiDragon might be kind enough to elucidate.

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sorry. wrong thread

“how to correctly use their body” … “Bodhidharma … cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditation.” (Google)

Sorry, wrong thread.

Hi whitecrane. Welcome to the forum.

@cake1234566 hello recent visitor to my profile. Long time lurking “xeper”. A welcome post would be welcome.