Things You'll Need:
- Computer
- Books
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Step 1
The Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic: Qigong principles, training methods, and effects were explained systematically in this book. For example, one should “keep calm and clear, and genuine qi will follow. Guard the mind inside, and disease will not come…. Exhale and inhale the essence qi, concentrate the mind, and unite the muscles and flesh as one….”
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Step 2
Baopu Zi’s Inner Treatise (by Dr. Hong Ge, the Eastern Jin Dynasty): A variety of methods in practicing qigong are provided in this Taoism book. These methods include “flexing or stretching, bending or up-facing, walking or lying down, leaning or standing, pacing or strolling, chanting or breathing.”
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Step 3
The Guidebook to Acupuncture and Moxibustion (by Shizhen Li, the Ming Dynasty): This book emphasizes that those who learn acupuncture and moxibustion should practice qigong meditation first. Only through doing so, could the practitioner really understand the theories of “the circulation of qi and the blood.”
