Ancient Health Science: How Do T

ong Work?premise of all Traditional Chinese Medicine,
Modern scientific research is now catching up thewhether it’s acupuncture, herbal medicine,
ancient health sciences of Tai Chi & Qigong.or T’ai Chi and Qigong is that there is a
Given that most of our illness is caused by stress,flow of subtle energy, or bio energy, flowing
the potential benefits that these ancient solutionsthrough the body, and when this flow gets
offer our lives is increasingly important forblocked or obstructed our health systems are
everyone to know about. Western medicaldiminished as a result. There are 2 ways this
science is only beginning to understand whatenergy gets blocked, one by an external accident,
T’ai Chi and Qigong offers us. However,obviously if you break your leg it will affect the
just the tiny amount of research that has beenway the energy flows through it. However, the
done so far indicates that T’ai Chi andmost common way that energy gets blocked is
Qigong are very powerful health tools that canby internal unmanaged stress. We know this is
save each of us and our society a great deal ofthe most common way, because most research
money and personal suffering.indicates that about 70% of all illnesses sending us
Both T’ai Chi & Qigong are ato the doctor are due to stress.
combination of “bio-feedback”,At you can find a free Sitting Qigong exercise in
“visualization”, and “classical conditioning”the Free Lessons menu that will enable you to
techniques that can not only provide powerfulbegin to actually feel this experience of energy
adjunct therapy for most maladies, but also canand energy blockages. If you book mark it and
teach us tools that may head off physical illnessuse it daily, you will likely find a significant shift in
long before it actually occurs. There is a newlythe quality of your life.
emerging science of medicine known asTai Chi brings this qualitative shift to another level
psychoneuroimmunology, which is the study ofby physicalizing it throughout your entire body. Tai
the mind’s influence over the body. ThisChi’s motions replicate most of the
new science, although new in the West hasmotions the body is capable of performing in the
actually been practiced and refined to annormal day’s activities, and thereby it
extremely high level in China in the form ofbegins to trigger the relaxation responses of
T’ai Chi and Qigong.flowing life energy into the everyday tasks we
Although, new to Westerners, T’ai Chi andperform.
Qigong are centuries or even millennia old, and inAgain, since 70% of illness is cause by stress, this
fact provide the backbone of healthcare in Chinaincorporation of stress cleansing techniques into
today, even though China also employs all thethe fabric of our lives can be a powerful
wonders of Western medicine. T’ai Chi andtechnology for everyone to learn. These were up
Qigong is a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine,until recently ancient secrets of China, but today
and therefore based on the same principles asare available to people worldwide who take the
acupuncture and Traditional Chinesetime to learn them.
Medicine’s (TCM) herbal medicine. The