Can You Be Like Water? By Bob McBrien & Vincent Guiterrez Imagine a group of university students signing up for a course that involves three hourly classes each week during the semester learning and practicing qigong and tai chi. It … Continue reading
You Can’t Do Qigong By Rodney Owens One simply can’t do Qigong. The thing that we are looking for, the experience of Qi flow, the “Qigong State” if you will, is not something that can be acquired by doing. It … Continue reading
[Feature Article] Opening the Body to Nature By Rene J. Navarro, Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) I have often done qigong and Tai chi chuan in power vortices – in the pyramids at Gisa and the temples in Upper Egypt (Karnak, Dendera, … Continue reading
[The Dancing Doc] Harmony With Nature: Healing Rhythms – Human, Moon, Earth, and Sun Sharon Montes, MD “She’s a sun worshipper. I wouldn’t trust anything she says as a doctor.” Neighbor’s comment after observing me do QiGong in the park. … Continue reading
[Research Update] Mind-Body Medicine Research Updates Effects of qigong exercise on fatigue, anxiety, and depressive symptoms of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome-like illness: a randomized controlled trial. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013; 2013:485341. Epub 2013 Jul 31. By Chan … Continue reading
[Meditation in Motion] Jing – Mental Quietness and Serenity By Eric Borreson Jing is a mental phase where the mind quiets down and ignores the mental chatter that we are normally bombarded with. Jing means to be focused and aware … Continue reading
[From the Editor] Harmony With Nature by Michelle Wood, Editor in Chief Welcome to the August/September issue of Yang Sheng Magazine! As always, our columnists have provided many excellent articles with very diverse perspectives on the theme. This month our theme … Continue reading
[A Comedian Moment] (A joke a day keeps the doctor away. Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to the Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us… ) Wedding Cake … Continue reading
[From the Editor] by Michelle Wood Welcome to the June/July issue of Yang Sheng Magazine! Our theme this month is Food As Medicine, a topic which has a broader range than might appear at first glance. When most people think … Continue reading
[Food as Medicine] Herbs and Qigong for Cheer, Mood, and Sleep! By Katrina Everhart Herbs, beautiful in some cases, sticky, prickly, and even ugly by some standards, look pretty while adding flavor to meals. When added to soups, condiments, salsa, … Continue reading