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The ideas of qigong were quickly embraced by alternative therapists. [36] The idea of qi as a form of living energy also found a receptive audience within the New Age movement. [37] When the Chinese qigong community started to report cases of paranormal activity, Western researchers in the field were also excited by those findings.
Qigong is commonly classified into two foundational categories: 1) dynamic or active qigong (dong gong), with slow flowing movement; and 2) meditative or passive qigong (jing gong), with still positions and inner movement of the breath.
Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China is a 2007 book [1] by David A. Palmer, published by Columbia University Press. It is about the " Qigong fever " in the late 20th century in China. Patricia M. Thornton of the University of Oxford described it as "the first serious English-language history" of that topic.
TU Ren-Shun; "Effect of Practicing Health Qigong-Liu Zi Jue on Brain Electrical Power Spectra for Old and Middle-aged People"; Xiyuan Hospital of China, Academy of T.C.M. (Beijing 100091) YU Ping, ZHU Ying-Qi, SHEN Zhong-Yuan; "The Experimental Research of the Effect of Health Qigong-Liu Zi Jue Exercise on the Human Lung Function"; Shanghai ...
Microcosmic orbit. The history of the microcosmic orbit dates back to prehistoric times in China, and the underlying principles can be found in the I Ching which according to legend was written by the Emperor Fu Xi approximately five thousand years ago or at least two centuries before the time of the Yellow Emperor.
Qigong (Chinese: 启功, courtesy name Yuanbai 元白, alternatively Qi Gong) (July 26, 1912 – June 30, 2005) was a renowned Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter, connoisseur and sinologist. He was an advisor for the September 3 Society , one of China's minor political parties .
Qigong deviation is a more modern term that became part of politically motivated agenda during the 1990s, when the Chinese government became concerned about loss of state control due to widespread popularity of qigong, mass practice, commercialization and rise to power of charismatic qigong "grandmasters" and fraudsters alike. [10] [28] [29]
Primordial qigong is a three-dimensional physical mandala, and as such it encompasses all of the primary aspects of Taoist philosophy: the concepts of yin yang, the trinity (heaven, earth and man), the Five Element wuxing theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the I Ching, the bagua and the mystical aspects of numbers."