Many people get into Qi Gong for for emotional healing, or to feel more peaceful. I discovered Qi Gong because of… my neck waddle.
To put it simply, aging is terrorizing my face! To combat my neck waddle and chin droop, I started doing facercize (face exercises). Facercize involves exercises that ideally strengthen your facial muscles to make you look younger, but while you practice it, you look like you have strange facial contortions. In my search for new exercises, I discovered Qi Gong facercize. I burrowed further down the rabbit hole, and landed on Pangu Shengong.
Pangu Shengong is a daily meditation practice that has nothing to do with facercize. I have now been practicing Pangu Shengong for several months. This is a variation of Qi Gong. In eastern beliefs, Qi, (aka Chi), is vital life energy that flows through your body. Qi Gong is a daily practice that integrates internal visualization and external movements, generating Qi in your body for better physical, emotional and spiritual health.
I have taken classes in the Level 1 “moving form,” and the Level 2 “non-moving” form of Pangu Shengong. I would suggest it for anyone searching for a daily meditation practice.
The benefits of a daily Qi Gong practice depend on your time commitment. If you do it daily, then you can harness the Qi and feel calmer, more centered, and heal some of your physical, emotional and spiritual issues.
Tai Chi is more common than Qi Gong, but it is similar. It has been adapted from a martial art to be a Qi-generating movement exercise that is beautiful to watch, especially when practiced in groups. Pangu Shengong is not pretty to watch, but it is very effective in just 15 minutes a day!
Master Ou, the “grandpa” of Qi Gong and the founder of Pangu Shengong, will be in Raleigh in late June, and I will attend his Level 3 class, “condensed form,” at that time. Here is a link to his website for signing up.
I would recommend people in this area take the Level 1 “moving form” class when Master Ou is here. Alternatively, Erin Tracy of Empower Wellness is an excellent local instructor.
The Qi Gong classes are around $120-$150 per level, but it’s worth the investment. I am usually a cheapskate, and I’m on the Financial Independence (FI) path, but I find this Qi Gong important enough to spend money on. I will talk about FI on a different blog post, but for now, check out the experts on it at ChooseFI; or my old blog, Adventures in Saving Money for more on that topic!
I hope some of you check out Pangu Shengong!