7 Secrets of Qigong PDF

7 SECRETS OF

QIGONG

Perhaps upwards of 90% of what is taught as Qigong today, is actually more correctly what we’d call Qigong form. Qigong form will offer you the benefits of gentle exercise, but is not powerful enough to offer you the benefits of Qigong. In this report discover the 7 secrets that make the difference between Qigong form and Qigong.

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NOW...

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SUNNY DEVON

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8:30 P.M.

Discover 7 secrets that make the difference between qigong and qigong form.

Introduc)on Seven  secrets  of  high  level  Qigong (Transcript  taken  from  the  DVD  by  the  same  name)

Marcus:    Hi  thanks  for  joining  us,  I’m  going  to  share  seven  secrets  that  make  the  difference  between  high  level   Qigong   and   low   level  Qigong.     I’m  joined  today   by   my   very   good   friend  and  special  guest   Jordan   Francis,  who  is  also  a  teacher   of  Qigong,   we’ve  got   a  lot  of  material  to   cover  and  before  we  go  any   further  I  just  want  to  kind  of  dangle  a  liGle  hook  in  front  of  you  -­‐  at   the  end  of  the  recording  I’m  going   to  share  with  you  a  simple,   liGle  technique  but  a  very  powerful  technique  called  The  Point   Massage.     You  know  the  one  I  mean  Jordan?   Jordan:     Oh  yeah  sure.   Marcus:    Some  people   refer   to  it   as  like  a  face  liP   without   the  knives.   Well  what   I’ll  do  is  at  the  end  of  the   recording  I’ll  share  that  with  you.  So  make  sure  you  stay  with  us  unRl  the  end  and  like  I  said  enjoy  the   video  and  we’ll  get  started  now Secret  1:  What  is  Qigong? Jordan:     Okay  then,  let’s  start  with  secret  number  1  the  history  of  Qigong  perhaps  you  could  tell  us  the  history   of  Qigong. Marcus:    It’s  a  liGle  tricky  because  Qigong  has  a  record  going  back  5000  plus  years.  I  remember  Sifu  telling  me   that  in  a  museum,  I  forget  which  one,  there  is  this  piece  of  jade  that’s  got  11  Chinese  characters  on  it   that  are  an  explanaRon  of  a  high  level  Qigong  technique  known  as  the  small  universe  and  that   jade   has  been  proven  to  be  5000  years  old,  but   I  think   qigong  is  considerably   older  than  that.   Imagine  if   you  drew  a  dot  on  a  piece  of  paper  and  then  start  drawing  two  lines  from   that   dot,  if   you   have  just   1   degree  difference  in  the   angle  between  the   lines  over   a  5000  year  period  you’ll  find  that  there’s  a  big  gap  between   those  two  lines.    Now  add  into  the  mix   different  religious  beliefs  different   social   economic,   and   all   the   different   kind   of   things   that   happen   in   history  and  society.   It’s  very   easy  to  see   that  suddenly  you’ve  got  a  lot  of  different  styles  of   Qigong  a  lot   of   different  schools  of  Qigong.     You’ve   got   Taoist   Qigong   ,   you’ve  got  Buddhist  Qigong,  you’ve  got  all  kind  of  different  religions  that   have  got  Qigong  related  to  them,  you  have  marRal  arts  Qigong.   There  are   so  many  different  types.  And  what  I  would  like  to  go  over  with  you  a  liGle   bit  is  the  kind  of  Qigong  we  teach.           And  that’s  Shaolin  Qigong  so  the  legend  is  that  about  1500  years  ago,  the   Very  Venerable  Bodhidharma  who  is  considered  to  be  the  first  patriarch   of  Chinese  Chan  or   Zen  and  the  28th   patriarch  of  Indian  Buddhism   visited   the  Shaolin  monastery.   Whilst   he  was  there  he  found  the  monks  in  very   poor  health  because   they   would  spend  hours  and   hours   at   a   Rme   leaning   over   copying   scriptures   from   one   book   to   another,   and   obviously   their   posture  was  very  messed  up  and  everything  wasn’t  parRcularly  very  good  and  at  that  Rme,  there  was  

a   philosophy   that   the  body   was  just   a  hindrance  like  a  dirty   bag  of   bones  that   got   in   the  way   of   spiritual  culRvaRon.   Now  Bodhidharma  had  a  very  different  take  on  this,  he  felt  that  spiritual  culRvaRon  is  probably  the   hardest  undertaking  that  a  human  is  going  to  do,  and  to  be  able  to  do  that  much  beGer  your  body   needs  to  be  in  great  shape,  so  Bodhidharma  finding  the  monks  of  the  Shaolin  monastery  in  poor   health  taught  them  a  series  of  3  different  exercises  but  the  one  that  we’ll  focus  on  is  the  Shaolin  18   Lohan  Hands. Using   these   Qigong   exercises   they   were   able   to   improve   their   health   and   their   vitality   which   obviously   helped  to  improve  their  mental  ability  and  also  their   spiritual  culRvaRon.   And  it  might  be   interesRng  for   you  to   know  that  the  Shaolin  18  Lohan   Hands  was  the  forerunner   of   Lohan  kung  fu.   And  obviously   it  seems  interesRng  if  you  know  anything   about  Qigong  to   think  that  gentle  external   movements  could  actually  go  on  to  become  a  formidable  marRal  art. Jordan:     Now  as  we  all  know  from  the  Hong  Kong  movies  and  yes,  it  is  quite  a  jump  from  health  to  combat Marcus:    That’s  right  from  gentle  flowing  movements  to  full  on  craziness. Jordan:     So  can  we  break  down  the  different  types  of  Qigong  to  make  it  a  liGle  more  understandable  then. Marcus:    Sure,  but  keep  in  mind  that  I’m  going  to  be  making  broad  generalizaRons  here  because  otherwise  this   whole  DVD  and  another   6  of  them  would  just   be  covering  this  parRcular  aspect  alone  and  obviously   Rmes  pressing.   But   you  have  different   levels  if   you  like  because  with  Qigong  you  are   working  with   health  and  vitality,  longevity,  internal  force,   mental  clarity   and     spiritual  culRvaRon.  So  the  the  lowest   level  Qigong  if   you  like  although  it’s  sRll  very   ‘high’  if  done  properly   is  self  manifested  Qi  flow  and   preGy  much  what  you’re  doing  is  you’re  using  the  actual  external  movements  of  Qigong  to  generate   a  flow   of   energy   and  I’ll  discuss  in   more   detail  later   why   that’s  so  important.  But,  preGy   much  it’s   Qigong   you  would  use  if  you  had  a  clear   medical  problem,  for   example  if  you  suffer  from  asthma  or   diabetes,   or   if   there’s   a  very   clear   health   issue   that’s   the   kind   of   Qigong  you  would  want  to  look  at.    

If  you  find  that   you’re  in  relaRvely   good  health,  you’re  not   aware  of   any   parRcular   health   issues  happening   for   you.   Then   you   would  be   more   interested   in   doing   dynamic   Qigong.   And   dynamic   Qigong   is   probably,  if  you  know  anything  about  Qigong,  is  what  you  might   think   of  as  being  the  stereotype  of  Qigong,  it’s  a  series  of  movements  going   on.   Again,   this   parRcular   type  of   Qigong   is   about   generaRng   a  flow   of   energy   and  using  that   energy   to   remove  blockages  again  I’ll   go   over   this  in   more   detail   later,   but   whereas   the   self   manifested   medical   Qigong  combines  two,  three,  or  more  different  qigong  exercises,  with   the  dynamic  you  usually  just  focus  on  one  parRcular  exercise.   At   a  higher   level  you  have  a  type  of   Qigong   known  as  Zhan  Zhuang   which  is  where  you  use  one  paGern  and  you  hold  it   staRcally,  for  example:  golden  bridge  and  you  just   hold   the   stance   and   then   you   just   breathe   and   relax   and   relax   and   relax.   Now,   Zhan   Zhuang   is   predominately  used  by  marRal  arRsts  to  develop  internal  force  and  internal  force  is  preGy  much  what  

keeps  you   going   all  day.  But  you  have  to  be  very  careful  Zhan  Zhuang  is  something  that  you  have  to   treat   with  great  respect.     Especially   if  you’re  crazy  enough  to  learn  it  from  a  book  or  a  video  and  not   learn  it  directly  from  a  master  of  the  art.   Why  must  you  be  careful?     Because  there  is  only  one  paGern,  if  you   get  the  one  paGern  wrong  you   get   the  whole  pracRce  wrong.  And  because  it’s  very  powerful,  you  can  do  yourself  a  lot  more  harm   than   good.   So   in   my   opinion   Zhan   Zhuang   is   a   much   higher   level   Qigong   best   learned   from   an   instructor. Jordan:     Sure Marcus:    Then  you’ve  got  the  highest  level  of  Qigong   which  would  be  techniques  like  the  small  universe.  Or   what   some  people   might   know   as  the  microcosmic   orbit.   The  connecRng   of   the  Ren   and   the  Du   meridians,  and  we’ll  go  into  more  detail  about  meridians  in  a  minute.    

And  then  you  have  the  big  universe  and   so  on,   I  don’t   really   want   to   talk   to  you   too  much  about   these  types  of   Qigong,   because  I  would  never  ever  want   to  learn  these  from  a  book.    Small  universe   and  big  universe  are  such  high  level  arts  that  you’ve  got  to  learn  them  from  a  master,  it’s  as  simple  as   that  in  my  opinion.

Jordan:   Yeah,  absolutely Marcus:   These   levels   don’t   really   exist,   they   are   more   like   of   an   aid   for   people   learning   about   Qigong.     Generally  you  have: o

Medical   Qigong   -­‐   which  is  relaRvely   low   level  and   is   used  for  overcoming  illness.

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Dynamic  Qigong  -­‐  qigong  exercises  for   those  who  are   healthy   and  want  to  stay   that  way  and  increase  their   energy.  

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Qigong  for  the   Scholar  -­‐  that  helps  students  and  those   interested   in   creaRvity   to   expand   and   uRlize   the   power  of  their  mind.  

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Qigong   for   the  warrior  -­‐  a  warrior  has  got   to  be  able   to  make  split   decisions,   making  the  right   decision   or   the  wrong   decision  in  baGle  could  be   the  difference   between  life  and  death.  And  fortunately   we  don’t  find   ourselves  living   in  such  Rmes  anymore.  But   obviously   if  you’re  in  business  you  need  to   be  able  to  make  a   decision  based   on  the  facts   that   you’ve  got   and  you   need  to  be  able  to  make  that  decision  quick.

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Qigong   for   spiritual  cul:va:on   –   the  highest   level  of   qigong.     And   you  know   as  I’ve   said   before,   spiritual   culRvaRon   is   one   of   the   hardest   endeavors   that   a   human  can  undertake.  

Now  if  you’re  lucky,  there  are  certain  types  of  Qigong  you  can  pracRce  that  can  cover  two  or  more  of   these  different  types  of  qigong   I’ve  menRoned.     For  example  let’s  say   if  you  took   a  qigong   exercise   called  li