Kinetic Meditation
A Brief History of Chi, Qigong, and
Traditional Chinese Medicine
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 What is Qigong?
 Qigong can be simply defined as the art of
training one’s Qi (vital energy) and mind
(mental consciousness).
 Qi means respiration
 Gong means continuous regulation.
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There are Five Schools of Traditional
Chinese Thought regarding the Practice
of Qigong:
 Buddhist
 Taoist
 Confucian
 Medical/Physician
 Martial
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Liu GuiZheng: 1953
 Practice of Qigong
Therapy
 Qigong gets a name
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Ancient Systems of
Qigong:
 Tuna
 Daoyin
 Xingyi
 Jinggong
 Dinggong
 Xinggong
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Spring & Autumn
Period (771 B.C. 481 B.C.)
 People had already
practiced qigong for
building up health
and curing diseases.
 Medical Canon of
Huang Emperor
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Warring States
Period (481 B.C. 221 B.C.)
 Lao Zi

Canon on Morality
 Zhuang Zi

On Painstaking
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China’s Gift
 There are many ancient systems of bodymind energy manipulation in the world.
What China offers us is one of the most
comprehensive, well documented, accessible,
and researched systems available in the
world today.
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Two Jin Dynasties
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 220 A.D. - 581 A.D.
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Sui Dynasty
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 581 A.D. - 618 A.D.
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Tang Dynasty
 618 A.D. - 907 A.D.
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Bao Pu Zi: On
Principles
Bao Pu Zi: On
Preserving Health
Tao Hong-jing
Collection on
Preserving Health
and Prolonging Life
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Post-Revolutionary Period & the Great
Leap Forward
 1955 - Practice of Qigong Therapy by Lui
Gui-Zhen
 1956 - Special Classes set up in Tangshan
and Bei Daihe to train personnel in this field
of Qigong Therapy
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Cultural Revolution (1964 - 1976)
 Qigong and TCM are suppressed at worst
and not encouraged or supported at best.
The emphasis in on modernization and that
means emulating all things Western,
including Western Medicine.
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Post Cultural Revolution Period (1978 to
Present)
 1978 - Research is encouraged.
 1981 - The Qigong Scientific Research
Society of the Chinese National Association
of Traditional Medicine
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Research Urls
 Qigong Institute
 http://www.qigonginstitute.org
 Arthritis Today (article)
 http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/
2001_archives_2001_01_02_meditation.asp
 Journal of American Medical Association
 http://jama.ama-assn.org
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Research Urls
 National Qigong Association
 http://www.nqa.org
 National Council for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (National Institute of
Health)
 http://nccam.nih.gov/
 Qi Journal
 http://qi-journal.com/links.asp
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Research Urls
Stresslink - Great resource links to other
related web sites.
 http://www.imt.net/~randolfi/stresslinks.html
 British Medical Journal - Editorial
 http://www.bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full
/326/7398/1049
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Research Urls
Healthgate - Good resource and research
site.
 http://community.healthgate.com/GetContent.asp
?siteid=ucsd&docid=/healthy/mind/1999/meditati
on/index
 Google Directory - Good resource and
research site.
 http://directory.google.com/top/health/alternative
/meditation/
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Video Presentation
 Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the
21st Century
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