Chi Gung (Qi Gong)

Chi Gung

Chi gung, pronounced "chee-gung", is any one of thousands of different postures or movements practiced to vitalize the body and increase general health. The translation of chi gung from Chinese to English is "energy work", a gentle yet powerful tool to help release accumulated tension, strengthen the central nervous system and maintain a high level of health over a lifetime.

Chi Gung, (chee-gung) energy work/power "cultivation of the chi"

Common transliterations; chi kung (Wade-Giles), qi gong (Pinyin), and chi gung (Yale)

Chi Gung Benefits

  • Eases stress
  • Balances emotions
  • Strengthens the nerves
  • Enhances mental alertness
  • Improves vascular function
  • Improves cardio-pulmonary function
  • Loosens the muscles, builds power
  • Increases peripheral circulations
  • Strengthens the organs
  • Improves balance

Learn chi gung

Learn chi gung and learn how to dissipate stress-related illnesses, heal chronic joint problems, and build internal strength. These exercises are easy on the body and can be performed by most anyone.

Chi Gung Practice

Chi gung can be integrated into everyday living soon after learning it, though many weeks of practice are necessary in the beginning to achieve a level of proficiently and confidence in order to practice on one's own without the guidance of a teacher.

After practicing many months and learning a chi gung set, practitioners can expect to hone their skills over the rest of their life, constantly being able to further explore the depths and intricacies of their being.

Longevity Breathing, Opening the Energy Gates of the Body, and The Marriage of Heaven and Earth are the basic Taoist Water Method Nei Gung* techniques as learned and taught by the lineage master B.K.Frantzis, Jason's instructor and one of two disciples of the late Taoist Sage Liu Hung Chieh, himself a lineage master of Lao Tse's Water Method of Taoist Meditation. (internal work/power)*

Students acquire a skill that can grow and benefit them for the rest of their life. Once a student has learned a chi gung set, they know it and can maintain that skill for a lifetime with only occasional touch-ups from a qualified instructor.

Chi Gung Instruction

Longevity Breathing

'Longevity Breathing' enhances awareness and increases mental activity. An increased oxygen supply to the cells leads to energy gain with a reduction of common complaints such as concentration disturbances, reduced performance, immune weakness, premature aging and peripheral circulation problems.

All of the practices in 'Longevity Breathing' help to strengthen, energize and heal the body, relieve stress and settle the nervous system.

Energy Gates

The skills developed while learning the 'Opening the Energy Gates of the Body' chi gung set will enable the practitioner to experience their internal landscape and better understand the connection between internal health and the external environment while releasing subtle tensions throughout their body/being.

This practice specifically will enhance all other energetic practices and movement arts.

All of the practices in 'Energy Gates' help to strengthen, energize and heal the body, relieve stress and settle the nervous system.

Heaven & Earth

Practitioners of 'The Marriage of Heaven and Earth' smooth, strengthen and heal many aspects of their being by learning to smoothly open and close the joints and tissues of their body. The Opening and Closing of the body, referred to as 'pulsing', is one of the biggest underlying principals of all phenomenon. This chi gung emphasizes pulsing and attunes the practitioner to one the greatest rhythms of the universe.

All of the practices in 'Heaven and Earth' help to strengthen, energize and heal the body, relieve stress and settle the nervous system.