Qi Gong

Qigong is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation, said to be useful for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training.  With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and marticial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed by the Chinese and throughout Asia as a practice to cultivate and balance the mythical life-force Qi.  

Qigong practice typically involves moving meditation, coordinating slow-flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm meditative state of mind. People practice qigong throughout China and worldwide for recreation, exercise, relaxation, preventive medicine, self-healing, alternatitve medicine, meditation, self-cultivation, and training for martial arts.