Can anyone give me tips about Qi Gong breathing techniques?

Question

I have been doing Kung Fu (San Shou) for about 8 months now and I want to place more emphasise on the Qi Gong aspect. e.g. breathing techniques etc.
Any good advice or web links would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

some simple techniques:

1: do your ordinary kung fu movements, but very very gently and slowly - this is how taichi was invented.

2: focus intently on any part of your body and you will feel a little tingle - this is chi, you can use this focus while you practice.

3: focus on the lower belly this is the centre of chi in the body and focusing here really increases it.

4: when you can feel the chi extending out through your hands you can hold the two hands facing each other and imagine your chi making a ball that you are holding between you hands - you can then move the ball around and play with it.

Answer 2

When practicing Qi Gong, your thoughts must be in a state of full concentration: "You do not look at celestial aphthars and thoughts about dragons playing at your gate do not appear in your head; you are not afraid of a sharp sword near your head, you are as quiet as a junzi strolling in faraway mountains."

In other words, during training you must put an end to all extraneous thoughts and only then you will be able to reach a state of mind concentration and as a result of it the brain will keep tranquility. This state is achieved by mind concentration on Dantien - the Cinnabar Field".

They say: "The Cinnabar Field is a Sea of Qi, it can engulf each of one hundred diseases." Thus, the concentration of the mind on Dantien, the Cinnabar Field, is the main secret and the basic principle of Qi Gong practice. "When the tip of the tongue raised to palate, the Breath Qi becomes healthy, and when the Breath Qi makes for the Cinnabar Field, the spirit - Shen - becomes strong."

During the Qi Gong (Chi Kung) practice the mind must concentrate on the Cinnabar Field and the tongue must be raised to the palate (i.e., the tip of the tongue is bent up and touches the upper palate); as a result of it the mind obeys the call of reason. Only in such a way one can reach a state of tranquility, in this state the Breath Qi does not dissipate in the body.

The treatise "Nei-Zin" ("Canon on the Concealed") quoth: "The Breath Qi controls the blood and the blood gives a birth to the Breath Qi." If the Breath Qi is obedient and the blood moves freely, the blood will be healthy and the Breath Qi will be strong, the Breath Qi will be fast and the blood will be swift.

If you control the Breath Qi, it means you accumulate the force - Li; if you releases the Breath Qi, so it means you makes an effort. If the Breath Qi comes, so the force Li will come too; that's why the Breath Qi is of the highest value and at the same time a force

Answer 3

I know of one breathing technique that'll help you for stagnant qi. It's an old Jamaican trick that many Jamaicans do as soon as they graduate college. It's called "The Dissipating of the Clouds". It's where you slowly remove the hookah tube from your mouth, throw water on the Hawaiian Gold you're smoking and start reading a book.

Answer 4

i find visualization helps - I "see" the breath go in my nose, down my throat, inflate my stomach and then back up again. When I first started I actually would put my hand on my stomach when I was practicing my breathing so I could be sure I was doing it right. Now I don't even think about it.

Answer 5

Try this link http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/chi.htm#Trigrams

There are some good breathing excercises on there with diagrams and illustrations to help.

Answer 6

go on the dragons list and click on wong kew kit , or dr jang jwing ming or just do a chi gung search.good luck

Answer 7

I recommend the following link:

http://www.healingtaousa.com/

Also, http://www.qi.org maintains a registry of qualified teachers.

Answer 8

in through your nose out through your mouth

Answer 9

inhale exhale repeat.