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10/5/2018 Qi Gong & Meditation — Shaolin Temple UK

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Meditation is training purely for the mind. Students sit with their legs crossed,
their back and neck straight and eyes closed. Bring your palms together,
holding them on your lap, just below the navel. Students should focus on
their breathing, inhaling and exhaling slowly through the nose. The breaths
themselves should be regular and quiet. When you catch your mind
wandering to other thoughts, you should it back to concentrate on counting
these breaths.

Though it may look straight forward, meditation requires discipline and


dedication. It can be very hard forcing yourself to sit still and to concentrate.
But it is part of learning to focus the mind, to be calm and to think clearly. It is
worth meditating even if only for a few minutes but it should be done for
fifteen minutes, with a view to building up to longer periods of, say, twenty
minutes or half an hour. After meditating the face and head should be
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Qi Gong

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Qi Gong is practised throughout the world by people of all ages. The Ba


Duan Jin, or Eight Treasures, Qi Gong taught at the Shaolin Temple UK is a
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in China. The set comprises gentle movements which provide energy as well
as strength and flexibility for the body. Qi Gong is often described as
‘moving meditation’ or indeed Chinese yoga. The practitioner must
concentrate his mind on slowly moving through a routine of different stances.
These movements are graceful and controlled. Each stance is held for series
of breaths, while the mind concentrates its energy through the posture taken
with the body. Inhaling and exhaling through the nose, the body’s muscles
should relax completely while the mind focuses this energy.

Qi Gong is an important part of gong fu, providing the internal aspects to


training at the Shaolin Temple UK. At first any student will find it relaxing and
a useful way to reduce the stresses of day to day life. It should also begin to
ease strains on the body, especially when combined with proper stretching.
Internal training like this leads to improved health, higher energy levels and
long lasting vitality. With the right application to Qi Gong, a martial artist
should find his body’s movements combining with his mental focus in a way
that has become the hallmark of Shaolin gong fu. The Shaolin Temple UK
recommends its students practise Qi Gong regularly and makes Qi Gong a
component of the exams needed to enter higher level gong fu classes.

Baduan Jing Qi Gong

Literally meaning Eight Pieces of Brocade, Ba Duan Jing contains eight


movements, which can be practised together or separately. The movements
stimulate the circulation, help the muscles to relax, mobilise the joints,
stimulate Qi, improve flexibility, promote a healthy metabolism and
strengthen the immune system.

Originally taught to the Shaolin Army by the Indian Sage Ta Mo or


Bodidarmo the form emphasis controlled movements combined with
regulated breathing and focus on the movement of Qi throughout the body.

In the Shaolin Temple this is the first form of Qi Gong that students learn and
study, this tradition of learning Ba Duan Jing first goes back over 800 years.
After years of practice the benefits become obvious and one feels energetic,
healthy and rarely succumbs to illness.

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