Sue mintan. Zhong Yuan Qigong: "Big Tree" - an analogue of the exercise "Standing a pillar"

Xu Mingtang was born into a famous surgeon's family. He graduated from Peking University with a degree in software engineering, postgraduate studies, 2 years of internship at the American Center for Advanced Computer Technology, worked for several years in the programming laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

From early childhood he was engaged in Wushu, from the university bench - qigong. Many years of practice, great perseverance and innate talent allowed Xu Mingtang to master the skill and be trained by many outstanding masters of China in an incredibly short time.

In parallel with the main specialty, he studied traditional Chinese medicine and from the third year he worked as a diagnostician at the Beijing Hospital.

Currently, he is the President of the Chinese Zhong Yuan Qigong Association (since 1988), a professor at the Beijing China-Western Joint Hospital and the Institute of Life Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the Council of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong.

Conducts seminars and demonstrates the healing possibilities of the Zhong Yuan Qigong system and mental image therapy in different countries of the world.

Xu Mingtang himself tells about himself, about how he came to qigong:

I am a software engineer by education. I graduated from Peking University, graduate school, and trained for two years at the American Advanced Computer Technology Center. We had a very strong graduation - my fellow students are well promoted and work in prestigious centers around the world. I also started my professional career at the Programming Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. And now I do qigong and what is connected with qigong.

I am often asked how this happened and what prompted me to completely change my occupation and lifestyle.

I was born in the family of a doctor - a famous surgeon. My early childhood and school years were spent, in fact, on the territory of the hospital, where I first involuntarily, and then consciously observed patients, their diseases and methods of treatment. It can be said that I studied all this, since I was often present at the discussion of diagnoses, postoperative observation, consultations ... Therefore, it was quite natural for me to want to enter a medical university after graduating from high school. But my father did not allow me to do this, because he considered medical work to be a very difficult job. Doctors in China live in the immediate vicinity of their hospital, and sometimes on its territory, and at any time of the day they are called to the patient.

The father had unusual abilities, strangely perceived by others. For a long time, he himself did not suspect the power that was contained in his hands - I remember this well from the age of 8. Now I understand that his hands had a special kind of energy that could be anesthetized. When, during examinations of patients, he had to palpate painful areas, they did not feel pain, especially in the postoperative period. In addition, the results of surgical intervention were better than those of other specialists, since there were practically no postoperative complications and inflammatory processes.

My father had many acquaintances and friends. They came for him and took him away for diagnosis, treatment, consultations. It could have been in the middle of the night or during the day after a major operation. He could be taken to another city during his vacation, and no one thought about the fact that this interrupts his vacation and tears him away from his family. The father never refused to help, but did not want to doom his son to a life in which a person does not belong to himself.

Therefore, for further study, with the approval of my father, I chose the most modern and promising direction in those years - computer technology - and entered the best university in the country - Peking University. And there I got acquainted with qigong. At first I took it rather calmly, as another subject, because I was attracted to active sports.

Like many Chinese children, I have been practicing wushu since childhood, only, perhaps, I started earlier than others. My great-grandfather, a famous Wushu Master, took over my training and trained me very hard in the traditions of the Shaolin school.

I was born in Henan Province, not far from the Shaolin Monastery. Our family and all my relatives are from there. It just so happened that almost all of my male ancestors were heavily involved in combat systems, many of them reached perfection and were considered unsurpassed warriors. For thousands of years, until the formation of modern China, this kind of martial art was vital and highly valued, because in addition to the body, the spirit developed and strengthened, sometimes reaching great heights. One of my ancestors, Prince Kimnara, a great Master, reached the level of a Bodhisattva. For outstanding services during his lifetime, he later became the main Hu Fa of the Zhong Yuan qigong system, and a special hall in the Shaolin monastery is dedicated to him - a representative of the Xu clan.

Hu Fa is a protector and guardian who performs the functions of protection from the encroachment of evil spirits and various entities from our and other worlds. Very often, Hu Fa were chosen from among famous warriors, prominent public figures, great scientists, etc., depending on what was guarded. In each monastery, at the entrance, on both sides of the gate, statues of Hu Fa are erected in battle armor of their time, with stern faces, often in frightening poses. In many temples, Hu Fas also stand in front of the entrance to the inner halls, often flanking statues of Buddha, emperors, and those who are revered and worshiped. Hu Fa was also painted on the doors of offices or living quarters... The higher the level of a warrior's Skill, the more significant the object he guarded: from the inner chambers of the imperial castle and up to the whole system or teaching, which was followed by many generations of adepts.

My great-grandfather still fully followed this tradition, my grandfather to a lesser extent, and my father completely departed from it, devoting his life to medicine. Therefore, it was my great-grandfather who concentrated all his efforts on me and tried to convey what he himself, his father, his father's father and other ancestors did all their lives. I trained a lot and thought that I would seriously engage in this sport. My brother later became a five-time Chinese champion and a great master. (Here we mean not a brother, but a brother in spirit. In China, the disciples of one Teacher, one Master, call each other brothers.)

At the university, I continued to engage in martial arts and team sports. But one day at a training session, looking at my fellow students, I thought: “If, for example, you play basketball all the time, then what can you learn from this in old age?” Of course, while a person is training, basketball will bring some benefit to his health. You can become a famous athlete or coach, be a respected specialist in your circle, the author of books or textbooks. But if we consider this as a life direction, as a goal, then what, ultimately, is this useful? And I felt that this was not enough for me. I couldn’t find the way in this sport, following which you can seriously develop yourself not only as an athlete or coach, not only form some character traits, but constantly improve yourself as a human being, having both a physical body and a soul . I have the same attitude towards other sports.

I came to the conclusion that if you use sports activities only as part of a hobby, then this is probably good, but if you use them as a life goal, then something is missing here. Indeed, in the event of a serious injury, old age, or simply a change in economic conditions, one has to change the sport or abandon it altogether. And the opportunities to practice qigong do not depend on this - in any conditions, you can continue the practice. From these positions qigong is a very good sport.

I began to delve deeper into qigong practice, analyze life, my environment, comprehend my own experience, my knowledge.

We all live in a certain world, in a certain environment. There are many problems in our life, everyone has their own, but there are many common ones, because everything in this world is interconnected. We live 50, 70, in rare cases 100 years, but then we die anyway. Why, in the short time that is allotted to us, do we wait for something and do not think about WHAT we can do? We live pretty monotonously from day to day: we work, we eat, we sleep. We think about earning money, about food, about property ... And when I looked at how my friends, my environment, my family live, I thought how terrible it is, because we do not develop ourselves ... This is how my grandparents lived, their parents... And in the end, what did they leave behind besides memories and some things? This is how most people live.

We are forced to work because we need food, shelter... But now the living conditions are such that it is not necessary to spend all 24 hours a day only on work and sleep. I think that if we were only doing work now, we would go crazy. We must still get satisfaction from something ... Most of us have some kind of hobby. Part of the time left from work and sleep, we can use for self-development, self-knowledge. That's why if you have a hobby, then try to think about how this hobby can improve you, how long you can use it and what it can give you in the long run. And do you need to spend your whole life trying to improve in this direction?

QIGONG… WHY WE NEED IT

Master Zhong Yuan Qigong - Xu Mingtang says:

…I thought about how, how to develop myself, how to understand myself, how to know myself, how to know my future. In other words, is there some path, some road that can be taken into that future? And I began to practice qigong very seriously, devoting all the time that was left from practicing my main specialty to the practice.

By this time, I had graduated from the university and was doing an internship at the American Center for Modern Computer Technologies. And here I began to have the same questions as in sports - I still could not understand what is the ultimate goal in working with a computer. Of course, we can perform serious calculations, simulate processes that occur in nature and various spheres of human activity and are both theoretical and applied in nature, create training programs, games ... But if we set some goal in a business that a person considers his business life, in the field of programming and computer technology, I was far from clear. And then, when I dived very deeply into the practice of certain qigong exercises, I realized which way I should go. And I realized that we must spend some time and energy to study ourselves.

The fact is that throughout the history of human development, we have been engaged in the creation and development of only external methods. Both in everyday life and in research work, it has long become customary for us to use all kinds of external objects: glasses and contact lenses, microscopes and telescopes, radio and television, food processors and cars ... - external devices, external tools, external methods ... Therefore, the most a popular type of development for our world is external. Both in everyday life and in science, technology, medicine, we develop the external, and then we often do not know where to move on. We did not pay due attention to the methods of development of ourselves, especially our inner world.

We ourselves are a very precise precision instrument. This is our body, and today there is no device more accurate than it. We use our brain, wisdom, knowledge in order to deal with the outside world, and as a rule, we do not work with ourselves. If we devoted the same amount of time to the development of ourselves, then perhaps we could do much more useful for everyone and everything living on Earth.

I am familiar with many specialists and scientists who, at the end of their days, were concerned about how to have time to teach young people everything that they had learned over a long life. As they got older, they realized that life is very short and that there is another area of ​​knowledge that should be studied much more intensively - the study of oneself. But they didn't have time for that. You know that many scientists, such as Newton, Mendeleev and others, in their old age turned to the question of the existence of God. What force makes the earth rotate? What determines certain laws of the universe? How, by what methods can they be opened? Where, in what direction to move in the knowledge of our world, and WHAT AFTER DEATH? DEATH IS THE END OR THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING? And if a person has lived a long time and understood a lot, then where does all this go when he dies? And if a person died not from old age, but from illness? Can this be prevented? And when should action be taken?

At first, a person is young and full of energy, he feels like a master on earth, capable of much, he looks to the future and does not think about the past. But time flies very quickly, and he begins to understand the limitations of his abilities. With age comes disease. Nobody wants it, but that's how life works. As a rule, after 40 years, many begin to realize that the time has come to take care of their health.

Since we all have a physical body, diseases are inevitable, and very often they cause great trouble and problems not only to the sick person, but also to his relatives. Therefore, in addition to feeling unwell, pain and helplessness, during an illness a person often suffers also because he is forced to use outside help. Therefore, it has long been believed that suffering from diseases is in the first place.

In second place is suffering from old age. Everyone wants to be young, full of strength and health. But old age, alas, comes to everyone. It is inevitable, like death. And her expectation is the third kind of suffering.

And the fourth is birth. When a child is born, he cries. Why? It is not very good for him, perhaps it hurts, to get out of his usual environment into our world.

When a person begins to understand that he does not have much time left to live, he turns his gaze to the past, where everything was clear, unlike the future, because the future is a departure from life. And what's behind it? And then he begins to understand that he still does not know the purpose of life, and thinks about how to prolong life and youth, how to find out what will happen after death, what our spirit, soul are and what happens to them after they die. leave our body.

ARE YOU AFRAID OF DEATH? After all, everyone knows that death is inevitable, that we will all die. And it is not so important to believe or not to believe in God and the afterlife, as to have your own experience in this. It is important to know what death is before our death, because then we will no longer be afraid of it. After all, a person, his psyche and consciousness are arranged in such a way that, as a rule, the unknown is terrible. And if we know from our own experience WHAT DEATH IS, if we can control the process of our death, it will be wonderful. We know that in relation to birth such control is impossible, since our birth does not depend on us. But the ability to control the coming of our end depends on us, and this is quite realistic after a certain practice.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE? Everyone must understand this for themselves. And then it will become clearer to us WHAT IS SPACE and the world around us. And if we learn to understand WHERE WE COME FROM and WHERE WE WILL GO after death, then we can understand WHO WE ARE. And when a person understands this, he will not grieve about the years he lived in vain, because he will understand himself and his life in connection with the past and future, in connection with the entire Cosmos.

While living here on Earth, everyone experiences suffering, whether they are poor or rich. It is important to learn to understand the interconnection of events, evaluate your emotional state and learn from any situations a lesson that allows you to develop ...

qigong- this is the tool with which you can learn to “repair”, get rid of diseases, comprehend our world more fully, understand yourself in interconnection with the entire Cosmos, find happiness - the happiness of being, the happiness of communication, the happiness of mutual understanding, the happiness of conscious choice of the Path, just HAPPINESS.

Therefore, when I am asked questions about what qigong is and why we should study it, I sometimes ask in response, why do they go to the theater, attend concerts? Because there we come into contact with art. As a result, we acquire something - knowledge, a good mood, and we can even experience a state of happiness.

In terms of what we can get for ourselves by practicing qigong, it can be said that qigong is the highest level of the art of self-development. At the same time, we still gain knowledge about how to develop ourselves on this Path. That is why this kind of Path is interesting for everyone. Qigong practice helps throughout life, it becomes a part of us. It's not like going to the cinema or going to a concert, which is forgotten over time. Here everything that you have learned, acquired, worked out, remains with you forever. And the usual state of happiness that a person experiences in his life is not the state that can be experienced by practicing qigong. There is a completely different feeling here. You will see that these are different levels of happiness. If you experience such a state of happiness, you will always want to practice in the future.

And it is also very important that by practicing qigong, you develop yourself and come to wholeness. You gain wisdom, knowledge and ability. And this process does not depend on age. Therefore, by old age you will be able to do more than an ordinary person, it always becomes interesting for you to live, and you are not attached to your physical body.

And until the very last minute, you have enough strength to do what needs to be done, and you yourself can decide when to leave your body.

(From the book "ZHUNG YUAN QIGONG, THE FIRST STAGE OF ASCENT, DEVELOPING SYSTEM", authors Xu Mingtang, Tamara Martynova)

Thought Therapy - Image Therapy - is an effective direction of medical qigong, which until the summer of 1997 belonged to "secret knowledge". This block is also conditionally divided into several stages. The seminar teaches:
- Fundamental differences between traditional Chinese medicine and Western. Methods of treatment. Qigong and qigong therapy;
- Levels of the worlds, dimensions of space and man;
- An integrated approach to a person as an integral system. Its structure and levels;
- Health as a state of balance of the physical body, energy and information;
- Awareness of life outside of time.
- Working with cause-and-effect relationships.
- Treatment from the world beyond time and distance - the awakening of matter, its change, regeneration, transformation;
- Systems of human regeneration from the standpoint of qigong therapy.
- Resonance therapy with mantras using symbols and mental images.
- Treatment of diseases of internal organs, nervous and endocrine systems, vascular diseases.
- Mercy, Love, Gratitude as factors of Existence and treatment of a person according to the laws of the Cosmos.

What is image therapy within the Zhong Yuan Qigong system?

At Zhong Yuan Qigong we use Image Therapy for healing. At the beginning, the therapist conducts a qigong examination of the client on three levels: physical, energetic and informational.

At the physical level, the therapist diagnoses the structure of the body. For example, if the therapist sees a hole in the stomach, it means that the patient has an ulcer. And small black spots in the blood signal damage to the joints, which at a more advanced stage of the disease can develop into arthritis.

The therapist then looks at the energy system, which is as complex and heterogeneous as our physical body. Many diseases can be fixed on the subtle plane even before the appearance of any physical symptoms. For example, on an energetic level, cancer can be detected several years before its physical manifestation. Therefore, energy diagnostics allows you to take measures to prevent the development of diseases.

The informational level of diagnosis allows the therapist to assess the impact on health of your consciousness, knowledge, thought process, emotions, beliefs, information embedded in DNA, as well as ecology and society. Using this method, you can see how emotions and beliefs become the cause of physical ailment. If necessary, the therapist can determine at what point and under what circumstances a particular disease arose.

Mingtang told one of his patients that 30 years ago she had an incident that still causes her feelings of anger and resentment, and this negative energy affects her liver. This allowed her to get rid of unwanted emotions and prevent the manifestation of the disease on the physical plane.

Since the physical, energy and information systems are interconnected, they equally influence each other. When you are physically healthy, energetically strong and emotionally stable, you think clearly and clearly. Conversely, when you have little energy, a sick body and a weak immune system, you easily succumb to stress and depression.

Zhong Yuan Qigong Image Therapy Treatment

An image therapist examines and treats the whole person. At the same time, treatment is always individual, since there are no two absolutely identical people, and even the same person changes over time. Several patients may have the same symptoms, but the causes of the diseases in each individual case will be different. And, conversely, with completely dissimilar symptoms, the cause of the disease can be one.

Let's give an example: a girl and a young man's eyesight has deteriorated greatly. After reviewing their case histories, we found that both had had stomach problems for a long time in the past. After examining the girl, Mingtang concluded that she ate something that had a negative effect on her stomach, and this, in turn, led to a deterioration in liver function. Due to the lack of energy in the hepatic canal, the energy potential in the eye canal decreased, and as a result, the girl became short-sighted in one eye, and far-sighted in the other. Therefore, first of all, Mingtang began to treat her stomach, then her liver, and only after that - her eyes. Vision returned to normal after 6 sessions.

And in the case of a young man, the disease began with damage to the liver. Her dysfunction caused indigestion, which, in turn, led to myopia a few months later. Therefore, the treatment of a young man was very different from that of a girl.

Positive "side effects" of image therapy treatment

Patients often notice that not only the symptoms to which the treatment was directly directed disappear, but also other ailments. Image therapy treats the whole person. Often, the treatment of a gastric or renal disorder not only results in the relief of that particular ailment, but also in getting rid of fifteen years of impotence, impotence, depression, headaches, etc. Many patients claim that after the sessions they have become calmer, more balanced and even happier. In addition, they notice an increase in immunity, a surge of vitality, clarity of thought and an improvement in their general condition.

After 4 sessions, a 90-year-old woman admitted: “I have never felt such clarity of thought, such concentration in my life!”.
Another patient stated after two sessions, "I feel like an energy bomb in my body has been defused."
The patient, who had suffered from chronic fatigue for more than 10 years, said: “For the first time in ten years, I felt like myself. I have so much power that it seems that I could achieve everything in the world. My life has become much brighter and more fulfilling.”

Long-term studies have shown that CONTINUOUS QIGONG PRACTICE prevents diseases, prolongs life and unlocks a person's potential. Hundreds of Xu Mingtang's patients became his disciples and developed their own diagnostic and treatment abilities through practice.

Energy, physical and informational treatment

Image therapists channel their energy into strengthening the patient's weakened or dormant energy systems, awakening the qi centers, opening channels, and restoring the body's innate healing powers. Using the information obtained during the diagnosis, the therapist distributes the qi energy within the body: removes excess energy from some organs and places it in others, thus restoring the energy balance in the body. In addition, the therapist improves the patient's connection with the universe and attracts external energy that has a beneficial effect on the patient's state of health.

If the energy imbalance, blockage or stagnation of qi has not yet manifested itself in the physical or informational body, one treatment session may be quite enough.

A qigong practitioner suffered from back pain for two weeks. The doctor at the sports clinic where she worked could not determine the cause. Xu Mingtang found an energy blockage in her back, and after 15 minutes of treatment, the pain was reduced by 80%. Two days later, her back still hurt, but not much, and on the third it completely disappeared. Within two years after the treatment, the pain never returned.

Another woman had suffered from chronic low back pain for many years. At the same time, when she started to practice Zhong Yuan Qigong while doing the Big Tree exercise, the pain increased noticeably due to energy attempts to break through the existing block. Passing by her, Mingtang felt her pain. He opened the channel, and six months later the woman said that her lower back no longer hurt.

In the event that the impact of negative energy or information has already manifested itself in the physical body, more image therapy sessions may be required for a complete recovery.

Three years ago, a woman injured her spine in a car accident. Doctors considered that she needed surgery, but it would still not be possible to completely calm the pain. She had to take more and more powerful drugs. When she came to Xu Mingtang's appointment, he examined her and found that her bone marrow and many nerves had been damaged during the accident. After the course of treatment, the woman was able to go on a two-day hike and did not experience pain. As a result of constant practice of qigong, she finally healed her back.

I (Claire) once treated a young patient who nearly died in a car accident. He was in a coma for a week, which led to a severe stagnation of energy. When I worked on awakening some areas, I knew that he must have been in excruciating pain at that moment, but at the same time he himself did not say anything. When I asked him how he managed to relax enough for me to work with him, he said, "I thought that if I could bear the pain of the disaster, I could also heal."

Physical damage takes a long time to heal, but nerve fibers can take even longer to heal.

Energy and information healing can affect the physical body. One man came to Xu Mingtang's office complaining of low immunity. He himself is a chiropractor. One of his vertebrae was constantly shifting, and he periodically asked his colleague to correct it. After Xu Mingtang's course of treatment, not only did the patient's immune system return to normal, but the displacement of the vertebrae also stopped. A few months later, when we met, he admitted that he never ceased to be surprised that his vertebra was still in place.

In the treatment of information diseases, Mingtang looks at the patient's past to identify the event that caused the emotional trauma. If this can contribute to recovery, he helps the patient to remember the cause of the disease and trace its development over time. In order for the patient to be able to destroy the cause, Mingtan sometimes reads special mantras. In addition, it may be necessary to supplement the patient's knowledge or correct some of his philosophical views so that he can see life from a different perspective. Some internal conflicts must necessarily be resolved before the treatment will give any result.

No physical, energetic or informational substance disappears without a trace. To resolve a situation that has a negative impact on the patient, Mingtang acts as an intermediary between the physical, energy and information systems. Energy or informational healing is harder to explain than physical healing. This is due to the fact that our culture over the past two centuries has been mainly focused on the knowledge of the physical side of being. Now we have the opportunity to continue our study of these interconnected systems with Xu Mingtang.

Since all three aspects of human existence - physical, energetic and informational - are interconnected, in order to cure the disease, it is necessary to balance them among themselves. Emotions can be associated with a physical illness, so an emotional outburst is possible during treatment. At the same time, some emotions (sadness, anger, fear) can manifest themselves in the form of trembling or laughter. During the entire period of treatment, the patient may feel emotional stress. This is fine. At the end of therapy sessions, your entire body will be more balanced.

In this method of treatment, each human organ is considered as a separate living unit. Any disease requires its own approach. In some organs there may be a lack of information, and, in this case, they need food, while in others there is an excess that needs to be removed. When dealing with certain information, Xu Mingtang can afford some emotional manifestations. At the same time, it is very important to take into account that the emotional reactions of the therapist during treatment are directed exclusively to the disease, and not to the patient personally. For more in-depth knowledge of the informational aspect of Zhong Yuan Qigong Image Therapy treatment, you can attend Zhong Yuan Qigong classes or a retreat.

How is Image Therapy different from other therapies?

Since the development of modern medicine at the beginning of the 20th century, people living in the West have become accustomed to believing that a doctor will do everything for them. Many have forgotten that we all have an innate ability to heal ourselves.

Image Therapy activates this ability of ours. To achieve the best results in the treatment requires the active participation of the patient. Sometimes, in order to speed up the healing process, the therapist asks the patient to perform certain qigong exercises, which significantly reduces the treatment time.

Many mistakenly believe that we should never experience pain at any time. However, the pain itself is not "bad", it's just a signal from our body. Some part of the body thus informs our nerves, and then the brain that something is wrong and requires attention. Sometimes with chronic pain, our body and brain learn to ignore it, as if falling asleep, and before trying to fix anything, you need to wake them up. Therefore, after two or four sessions, an aggravation is possible, and only then you will feel better. THIS IS A NORMAL STAGE OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS.

When performing some qigong exercises, very unpleasant sensations may appear. The fact is that when qi tries to break through the blocks, increased pressure arises in this place, which causes a feeling of pain or tingling. Many practitioners experience great discomfort in the Big Tree stance at first. This is because when you do this exercise, your body tells you everything that is wrong with it in the form of pain, numbness and other sensations. If you continue to practice, the energy in your body will become stronger and be able to break through all the blocks and stagnation. The energy channels will open and your body will become more energetic, relaxed and healthy. It can take a few days for an acute problem to self-medicate with qigong exercises, or a few years for a chronic disease. The duration of treatment also depends on the intensity and depth of your practice.

Xu Mingtang's treatment can give results VERY FAST. In each session, it increases the energy of your body to get the desired changes in the most optimal way. If you decide to seek help from Xu Mingtang or another Zhong Yuan Qigong Image Therapist, it is very important to FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS RIGHTLY.

Mingtang uses regeneration methods that require calcium, herbs, or other supplements. If he asks you to take any substance, YOU MUST TAKE IT IMMEDIATELY because it means your body needs extra nourishment to repair and heal. Otherwise, headaches, muscle spasms and lengthening of therapy are possible.

Image treatment and the practice of Zhong Yuan Qigong greatly improve the immune system. Cancer cells can appear in anyone, and it is important to have a strong immune system so that cancer or other disease does not manifest itself in the physical body. With the help of image therapy and qigong practice, one can not only prevent the formation of cancer, but also cure it even at an advanced stage.

In one of Mingtan's patients, the doctor found a large tumor in the breast, the border of which was not clearly marked. This threatened the woman with the removal of the breast. But she refused the operation and went to see Xu Mingtang. Because of the pain in her neck and lower back caused by the tumor, it was difficult for her to move around. After two weeks of therapy, her mammogram returned to normal and showed no tumor. She continued her daily qigong practice. Once during class, she lost consciousness and did not recover for three days. After that, all her medical tests showed the norm. She was cured of cancer in 1993. Since then, she regularly attends seminars and teaches qigong classes.

Areas where Zhong Yuan Qigong Image Therapy is most effective

Image therapy is especially effective in areas for which Western medicine has not yet found a standard treatment. This is explained by the fact that image therapy increases qi, that is, vital energy, and at the same time affects the physical, energy and spiritual body. For example, Western science discovered the so-called "lazy" cells quite recently, while image therapy has been concerned with awakening "lazy" organs and cells from the very beginning. Also recently, scientists have come to the conclusion that the frontal part of our brain is associated with emotions. At the same time, Zhong Yuan Qigong Image Therapy has always used the balancing of this part of the brain to achieve emotional balance.

How Zhong Yuan Qigong works with chronic diseases

When treating with Zhong Yuan Qigong image therapy, we awaken organs that have chronic insufficiency, dormant, inert. According to many patients, it is as if for a long time they felt constant discomfort in some area of ​​the body, and now this area has finally received the attention it lacked. We specifically attract the attention of the body so that it realizes that something is wrong in a certain place. We need to send more help there, more blood and more qi. With the influx of energy, the sensations in such organs noticeably increase. Stagnant energy rises to the surface, the body begins to react to it more sharply, and this makes it easier for us to get rid of it.

A chronic disease also manifests itself in many ways: at the physical, energy and informational levels. We work with all layers. The work is completed only when the cellular memory is released. In this case, the organ assumes its original healthy state.

Sometimes the state of various organs is strongly interconnected. In this case, one should work with each organ in turn, achieving a shift in the balance of the system from a diseased to a healthy one.

When the whole system starts to work more smoothly, a person discovers many seemingly unrelated improvements. For example, when cleansing the kidneys and strengthening their function, there is also an increase in sexual energy. Hearing may improve, bones and teeth may become stronger, and finally, a person may be much less prone to fears, troubles will recede. And these are just a few of the things that the renal system can influence. Of course, all other organs will also become healthier.

What is the recovery rate with Zhong Yuan Qigong Image Therapy?

Xu Mingtang has been practicing medicine since the age of seven. He has healed thousands of people in China, the former Soviet republics, Germany, Spain, Israel, Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the United States.

The speed of recovery depends on many factors. One of them is the attitude of the patient. Some people are willing to take responsibility for treatment, while others are not. In addition, much depends on whether the disease is acute or chronic, on the state of the immune system, on the age of the patient and on his immediate environment. PERSON'S ATTITUDE IS USUALLY CRITICAL IN THE TREATMENT, much more so than the severity and duration of the disease itself.

Our experience is that patients who are not ready for recovery, who do not follow instructions and who do not practice, who underestimate the importance of treatment, and who are unwilling to make changes in their way of thinking, negative social environment and giving up bad habits, usually do not get a good result. No one can guarantee a complete recovery. The result is influenced by your personal choice.

Xu Mingtang has successfully treated many forms of cancer such as breast, ovarian, uterine, cervix, prostate, lung and brain. After one session of image therapy, many patients no longer had cancer cells. In many, after a period of time from six months to two years, the tumor assimilated. In highly advanced cancers, image therapy sessions can reduce pain and suffering and shorten the disease.

No matter how serious your disease is, if you do at least one qigong exercise every day, you will soon feel a change.

How can I increase my chance of recovery?

Please read the following questions and explanations carefully and answer honestly whether you are ready for treatment. If the answer is yes, the following information will help you achieve the best effect. If you find it difficult to make a decision, then first attend a Zhong Yuan Qigong retreat or retreat to better understand the basic ideas of Image Therapy.

1. Are you ready for treatment? Full recovery can only come when you are ready to let go of the disease. You must learn to deal with problems and confront negative emotional, physical, and social energies.
Are you really ready to change your lifestyle? This may mean eating different foods, changing priorities, getting more rest, doing qigong exercises, dealing with fears and wrong beliefs, and so on. Are there people in your life who are important to you and can support you on your path to recovery? After 12 sessions, you may feel better, but if you don't change your lifestyle, you may get sick again because the part of you that made you sick last time will still be strong.

2. If you are ready for recovery, are you really ready to do the program? Usually the course of treatment consists of 8-12 procedures, which must be carried out on consecutive days. Will you be able to attend at least 8 sessions? This is exactly what is usually required to change the body at the cellular level and establish a new healthy balance. Sometimes doing only 7 sessions means significantly reducing the result. If you can only attend 7 sessions and then wait a week to make time for the 8th, then it is better to delay treatment until you have completed 8 sessions in a row. If you miss one session, it may reduce your chance of recovery or lengthen your treatment. Depending on the disease and the organization of treatment, one procedure can take from 20 minutes to one hour. After the session, we strongly recommend a three-hour rest period because the qi continues to affect your body. Some patients at this time feel very tired, dizzy, lethargic, etc. For three hours after your treatment, we ask that you DO NOT READ, DO NOT WATCH TV, OR EAT. Therefore, in order not to experience discomfort later, do not forget to eat before the procedure. If you need to go home immediately after treatment, let your therapist know and he or she will delay the start of rest. According to Xu Mingtang, treatment can be compared to eating, and subsequent relaxation is required for better digestion and assimilation of food. If you eat a lot, but fail to digest, you will not get any nutrients. Therefore, rest is important no less than the treatment itself.

3. Are you ready to strictly follow the instructions? If the therapist tells you to do something today and you put it off until tomorrow, then you will miss the opportunity and not get the expected result. During a session, Ming Tang gives you a special energy to bring about change, but you may need some physical substance to sustain that change. For example, if you are getting energy to strengthen your bones, then Mingtang might ask you to make yourself a bone soup or take other supplements that strengthen your bones on a physical level. If you are torn between the conflicting opinions of other doctors and theories read from books, wait until the chaos in your head settles and you are ready to calmly follow the instructions of the image therapist.
For example, one patient with Parkinson's disease was told by Mingtan to take twice the amount of calcium. After several sessions, it became obvious that the disease was progressing. When asked if he took calcium, he replied that he had not even bought it.

4. After finishing the session with Xu Mingtang, please inform the administrator about your appointment. This will help avoid misunderstandings.
One patient was told to take herbs for a week. He thought they were too expensive and divided them into two weeks. After seven sessions, the desired result was not obtained.
Some sleeping pills and sedatives can be psychologically or physically addictive. Your therapist knows exactly when your body is healthy enough to stop taking your medication. If you do not stop treatment at this point, the desired effect may not be achieved.

5. There are a lot of health theories and treatments. Be sure to tell your therapist what other technique you are currently being treated with or intend to be treated at the same time as Image Therapy. Not all techniques are compatible with Image Therapy. Discuss with your therapist whether a particular technique will help you recover or interfere with your Image Therapy outcome.

6. If, after completing a course of treatment for one disease, you want to cure another, please fill out a new medical history. The causes of some diseases may be different. For example, if you complain of diabetes and knee pain, you should first treat one and then the other. Mingtan will be able to tell you right away how many sessions will be required to treat the second disease.

7. At the end of the course of treatment, many patients are close to recovery. Under the condition of practicing qigong, over time, their recovery will be complete. At this point, a decision should be made whether you just want to wait or prefer to continue therapy in order to get the result in a shorter time. Discuss this issue with your therapist.

8. If during the course of treatment you have a question or doubt about the changes taking place, you can contact your therapist at any time.

9. During the course of image therapy, we strongly recommend that you keep a diary of the changes taking place in your physical, energy and informational body. Sometimes it can be helpful to remember the initial symptoms. In addition, this way you will remember to inform your therapist about all physical, energetic, emotional and mental changes. And also on this diary you can track the progress in treatment.

10. Please wear soft clothing for Image Therapy sessions: no coarse cotton or zippers.
By following the above recommendations, your treatment should be more successful. Please remember that you are solely responsible for your decisions.

What is the difference between image therapy treatment and the self-healing technique that Xu Mingtang teaches in retreats?

Self-healing exercises focus on long-term healing throughout your life, as well as disease prevention and internal development. With constant practice, your chi becomes strong. Your body knows what it needs. The movement of qi inside your body indicates the existing blocks and stagnations, and thus you begin to understand your own body, gaining the ability to self-diagnose. As you practice, your body will automatically begin to heal and be energetically balanced. Many practitioners gain the ability to see and treat diseases in others.

At the beginning of the Image Therapy treatment, Mingtan makes a general examination and focuses on the most important problems in the patient's body. He treats them first. Treatment of less serious diseases in the body is postponed until later. Often, these diseases can be dealt with by doing the Zhong Yuan Qigong exercises. If you want to learn more about the theory and practice of Chinese Medical Qigong, we strongly recommend that you visit the Zhong Yuan Qigong Retreat, where Mingtang will explain everything in detail.

Every person has "weak spots" in the body. It can be a constantly twisted ankle, constantly inflamed tonsils, weak lungs from frequent colds, a diseased liver from constant drinking of alcoholic beverages, or weak kidneys from chronic stress.

Under the influence of stress and physical activity, the “weak spot” becomes inflamed. Regular qigong practice prevents stress and the recurrence of "old sores". After a course of treatment, many clients get rid of acute diseases. Qigong exercises learned at seminars and retreats will help prevent the return of "old" diseases.

What is "qigong"?

Qigong is an ancient Chinese art of self-regulation, healing and harmony. According to some sources, this system has more than 7 thousand years. There are many directions and schools in qigong: Taoist, Confucian, Buddhist, martial arts, medical, etc.

The concept of "qigong" consists of two hieroglyphs - "qi" and "gong". "Qi" is the energy of life that fills the body, moves in it, takes various forms. "Gong" is work, the ability to control qi. Accordingly, "qigong" is the art of using energy, mastering which one can cure a disease, become strong and invulnerable in battle, slow down the aging process, prolong life, develop creative abilities, strengthen the spirit and better understand the world.

History of the Zhong Yuan Qigong System

Zhong Yuan qigong, the oldest known qigong system, appeared more than seven thousand years ago, back in the days of individual tribes in China.

"Zhong Yuan" is the name of the plain in China where Zhong Yuan Qigong originated. "Zhong" means the center, the middle, and "yuan" - the source of all things.

For thousands of years, the system belonged to "secret knowledge" and was revealed to the world only today, in the seventies. At present, it has become widespread. So in many countries there are health and treatment centers Zhong Yuan qigong; books and videos are published; lectures are held in medical institutions and university auditoriums; annual intensive trainings are held, including at the International Wushu, Kungfu and Qigong Training Center in Shaolin (China).

Zhong Yuan Qigong - Science of Life

Zhong Yuan qigong belongs to the highest levels of qigong and is the most promising direction for human development. It is a holistic system of knowledge and methods of practice. It includes exercises, meditations, various ways of breathing aimed at the development of a person, his recovery, treatment, expansion of consciousness, understanding of his life tasks and his mission.

In the Zhong Yuan Qigong school, a beginner goes from mastering individual elements to a philosophical understanding of a holistic picture of the world, which includes Man, his past and future, his deep thousand-year connection with nature. This is a universal and unique health and development system based on the natural capabilities of the human body. Zhong Yuan Qigong is the science of Life in the broadest sense.

Master Xu Mingtang is the successor of the lineage of the Zhong Yuan Qigong school. The Xuyi family's official duty for generations has been the spiritual protection of the Shaolin Monastery. Xu Mingtang's relatives were respected qigong masters. To this day, the Shaolin Monastery houses the temple of his ancestor.

From childhood, Xu Mingtang studied with his father - the art of qigong, Chinese medicine and martial arts. Later, he studied qigong with other teachers. Currently, Xu Mingtang is a well-known and respected Qigong Grand Master. He continues to explore the possibilities of Zhong Yuan Qigong. Since 1991, he has been teaching this system in Russia and around the world.

Zhong Yuan Qigong Practice Levels

Full mastery of the practice involves four steps.

At the first stage, the basic exercises of the Zhong Yuan Qigong school are studied. This is the foundation for further practice. Exercises are focused on improving the body as a whole, solving the problems of lack of energy, low vitality.

The second step allows you to normalize the emotional state, master the state of silence, deep relaxation at all levels of our body. This is aimed not only at improving the body, but also lays the foundation for serious development.

The third step introduces you to a special state of deep calm - a pause. This state develops consciousness, intuition. The step reveals the creative potential of practitioners due to the correct energy exchange, because it is then that the creative force is released. Unexpectedly, talents and abilities are revealed: many begin to write poetry, draw, design and sew dresses ... Thus, the body becomes a conductor of pure creativity.

The fourth stage develops the ability to perceive and makes it possible to receive knowledge directly, directly from nature, flora and fauna. The task of the fourth stage is to gain wisdom and gain a deep understanding of the essence of your life, life situations and the entire Universe.

Who can practice Zhun Yuan Qigong?

The Zhong Yuan Qigong system is available to people of all ages, professions and health conditions; it does not require changes in lifestyle, daily routine or nutrition. The system is not tied to ideology, religion or politics. Classes do not require expensive equipment or a specially equipped place.

Qigong does not impose restrictions, on the contrary, it expands the possibilities. Having mastered the basics of Zhong Yuan Qigong, a practitioner can practice it independently anywhere and anytime.

Why do Zhong Yuan Qigong and what does the practice give?

• For a person who strives for health, practicing is the way to awaken the healing forces of his body;
• For a socially active person, qigong is a source of vitality and a way to maintain oneself in harmony and in unity with the world around;
• For a seeker, qigong is a tool for self-knowledge, understanding and cause-and-effect relationships, occurring phenomena, as well as relationships between individuals.

Zhong Yuan Qigong is a practice that allows us to know Life more deeply by developing our own feelings, our inner world. And not only to understand, but also to change: to change a sick state to a healthy one, sadness to joy ... Qigong classes allow us to satisfy the needs of our soul, our spirit, to get answers to questions related to Life and Death.

Regular practice allows you to increase vitality, increase immunity, prolong active life and youth, reveal hidden reserves of the body, acquire special abilities and resistance to stressful situations.

Qigong is not the goal! The goal is to live simply and happily. Practicing Zhong Yuan Qigong will help improve the quality of life.

Master Xu Mingtang (Mingtang Xu) is the head of the Zhong Yuan Qigong school, whose roots go back to the origins of the spiritual traditions of the Celestial Empire. He was born in 1963 in the family of a well-known Chinese traditional medicine doctor in Henan province (Puyang city). Officially, for many generations, the duty of his family was to guard the Shaolin Monastery, Master Xu's great-grandfather was a highly respected martial artist of his time.

From an early age, Xu was trained by his father in traditional Chinese medicine, qigong and martial arts. He independently began to accept patients from the age of 14. At the age of 15, he was admitted to college. At the age of 16 (1979), Xu Mingtang entered Beijing Transport and Communications University to study computer science. After graduating from university in 1983, he returned to Henan Province, where he studied under his mentor at various important places such as Shaolin Temple, Dragon Gate, Cloud Temple and Frog Temple. His teacher found it necessary for Xu Mingtang to also study modern science and technology more thoroughly, and in 1985 Xu Mingtang entered the prestigious Peking University, after which he joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences. At the same time, Xu Mingtang continued to practice and study Zhong Yuan Qigong.

In 1988, Xu Mingtang established the Chinese Zhong Yuan Qigong Association and was elected chairman of the association. In 1991, Xu Mingtang began teaching Zhong Yuan Qigong in the USSR and Eastern Europe. Since 1995, he moved to the United States to promote Image Medicine, and a year later, in order to promote the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he founded the Mingtang International Charitable Foundation. Two years later, Xu Mingtang was invited as a professor of Chinese and Western medicine at the same time at the Beijing Hospital and the Chinese University of Medicine. Xu Mingtang also works at the Department of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong Research and is a leading consultant there. In 2005, the American Kundawell Institute was founded in Seattle, USA to promote the study of Image Medicine, Chinese Medicine and training, and on April 18, 2008, the Beijing Kundawell Medical Research Institute was officially opened in Beijing.

Master Xu Mingtang is a direct successor to the tradition of the Zhong Yuan Qigong school, a living bearer of the tradition, the transmission of which is carried out both at numerous retreats and through certified instructors of the school. He inherited the school's knowledge and revived the Bien Chue School's Image Medicine, an independent system for diagnosing and treating diseases, cured a large number of people with intractable diseases, and now lectures in more than 26 countries around the world.

He made a huge contribution to the development of health care. Xu Mingtang annually participates in conferences and events dedicated to health care and issues of Traditional Chinese Medicine, continues to improve her skills, conducts seminars.

About Teacher Bien Chue.

Dr. Bien Chue (407-310 BC) is one of the most famous Chinese scientist and physician of the ancient Celestial Empire. He gained fame as a skilled physician with high moral qualities, whom people considered a miracle worker. He founded 4 diagnostic methods (examination, listening and smell research, questioning and palpation), prepared a theoretical and practical basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.

He dealt with many types of diseases, in clinical practice he used stones and needles, massage, herbal decoctions, heating pads and other methods for treatment. Traveling in China, he healed everyone who turned to him.

The famous official Han Fei in his work (281-233 BC) tells the story of how Bien Chue served in the court of Prince Qi Heng Gong and diagnosed him with an illness at an early stage, but the prince did not listen to repeated warnings doctor and died. The historian Si Ma Qian (145-90 BC), who lived during the Western Han Dynasty, mentions in the Historical Records that when Bien Chue passed through the kingdom of Guo, with the help of pulse diagnostics, he managed to bring back to life a woman who was dying hopelessly ill princess in just two sessions.

Bien Chue founded the first medical school in the history of traditional Chinese medicine named after him. There are records in ancient books that Bien Chue had 10 students. Professor Li Bocong of the Chinese Academy of Sciences wrote a scientific work titled "A Study on Bien Chue and the Bien Chue School" and proved that the Bien Chue School was indeed the very first medical trend in the history of traditional Chinese medicine that arose during the Warring States period. , during the Qin Han Dynasty (300 BC - 220 AD).

In Chinese history, there were many doctors who were followers of this school, there were medical canons and recipes that belonged to her, for example, the "Canon of the Light Hall Bien Chue" of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) - an impressive work on correct location of acupuncture points. During the reign of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220 AD), public opinion considered Bien Chue to be an omniscient doctor, and the followers of the Bien Chue school wrote a Treatise on Difficult Questions - this is one of the 4 main treatises of traditional Chinese medicine.

After Bien Chue's death, people continued to admire him. To this day, in those places where he came during his lifetime, in the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Shandong and others, there are places named after him. In many of them, monuments to Dr. Bien Chue are installed, museums are open where people can express their respect for the Teacher. The Bien Chue tomb is located in Shen Xi province, where the Bien Chue temple (1600) is also located.

There is also a feature film about the life of Bien Chue (The Miraculous Doctor Bien Chue, 1985). To this day, if a doctor is truly skilled, he is often referred to as Dr. Bien Chue of our time.

Bien Chue's medicine is based, among other things, on the following methods: "figurative pulse diagnosis", "internal vision", "diagnosis through vision", "image of internal organs". It works on all three aspects: Jing (matter), Qi (energy) and Shen (information), uses images for diagnosis and image change for treatment. Professor Xu Mingtang is the modern successor of Bien Chue school, scholar and teacher. He inherited the knowledge of the school and founded Bien Chue School's Image Medicine, an independent system for diagnosing and treating diseases.

This exercise is several thousand years old. In one modification or another, it is performed in various schools of qigong and wushu. However, in them it is called zhang zhuang and is translated as a pillar (sometimes a high stump). This is a literal translation without taking into account the deep meaning. When practicing in these systems, students were instructed to stand motionless for a long time, like a pillar.

In the Zhong Yuan Qigong system, this exercise is also one of the most important, and its various forms are practiced on the four steps. Here it means BIG TREE. (If in China they talk about the “Big Tree” with such a pose, then they necessarily refer to the fact that this is borrowed from the system Zhong Yuan Qigong. Compare for yourself: a high stump or pillar means something motionless and inanimate, and a large tree contains the power and breath of life.).

Since ancient times, people have thought about the question of why a human life ends at 60, 70, 80 years. Few people live to be 90 years old. And very few cross the 100-year milestone.

We have said that the Zhong Yuan Qigong system can prolong life. But in order to live longer, you need to be healthy. What does the phrase "live longer" mean? I would ask another question: "How long can you live?" If we simply say that we should live longer, then this will not be entirely accurate. Other factors are decisive. For example, now you are 50 years old, and after practicing qigong you feel like you are in your twenties. From this point of view, we can say that you have become younger. And if you are 20 years old, and you look like 50, then in this case you cannot say that you are really 20 years old. We can judge the age of a person not by the number of years lived, but from the point of view of the supply of vital energy. Sometimes we may not even know the real age, but talk about the amount of vital energy. What is meant by this scientifically?

Now scientists around the world have come to the conclusion that life expectancy can be determined by the presence of sexual potency. It is this, and not age and appearance, that indicates whether a person is old or not. Until the age of 12, most people do not have these functions, then they appear and begin to fade away at about 50 years old. Then they say that this person is no longer young. But by practicing qigong, you can feel young even at 80... In real life, everything happens differently. In very many people who are just over thirty, sexual functions are weakened. And with the practice of qigong, they begin to recover quickly.

And yet, how to prolong life? You know that in our world, many plants and animals live much longer than us. The biggest centenarians are trees. No one is surprised if a tree is 200, 300, 400 years old. And if 1000 years, 2000 years? Therefore, if we want to live longer, we must learn from the trees. Why do trees live longer than us? Let's analyze.

We suffer from emotions, we are always in a hurry somewhere, we are nervous. At the same time, we experience discomfort in extreme heat and suffer in frosts ... The plant world is a completely different matter. Many trees live hundreds of years. In winter and summer, in cold and heat, under the sun and rain, they grow without feelings and desires. Their roots go deep into the ground and receive from it water and all the substances necessary for life, which rise along the trunk up to the leaves. Their crown rushes up, washed by rain, swayed by the wind, bathed in the sun's rays during the day, and at night receives the light of the stars and the moon. And all this enters the leaves, branches, trunk and descends along it to the roots. Thus, the tree receives nutrients and energy from below, from the Earth, and from above, from the Cosmos. And they move along the trunk towards each other, accumulate and enable the tree to grow and live. And so the tree combines the Earth and the Cosmos.

What if a person becomes like a tree? If a person also receives yin from the Earth and yang from the Cosmos, can this prolong his life? Whether this is actually so can only be known through practice. According to experiments over thousands of years, it has been empirically established that this method (imitation of the pose of a tree) can indeed extend life. Very soon we begin to feel an increase in our vital energy. Therefore, from a health point of view, the practice of the Big Tree lengthens life.

And from the point of view of qigong, this exercise allows you to unite with the entire Cosmos. We unite Heaven, Man and Earth - the three outer yuan unite into one. At first we imagine ourselves as a big tree, later this concept disappears and the Big Man remains, uniting all this in himself. Of course, not immediately, but after the practice of all three steps.

In the first stage of Zhong Yuan Qigong, the Big Tree is performed as follows:

Description of the exercise

1. Starting position - feet shoulder-width apart, feet parallel, knees slightly bent, back straight, for which the pelvis is slightly forward.

(You can adjust the position of the body so that in addition to the legs there is a third point of support - the tail, like a kangaroo.) The chin is slightly lowered so that the neck is straightened. In this case, the head is, as it were, suspended by the top of the head. The body is relaxed. The tongue touches the upper palate, the eyes are closed.

2. Imagine that both of your feet grow deep into the earth and turn into the roots of a mighty tree, and, like the roots of a tree, absorb moisture, nutrients and yin energy from the earth.

3. Imagine that your torso grows high into the sky, above the clouds, towards the sunlight, towards the light of the stars, the moon. And from there you receive and absorb light, wind, rain, the energy of the Cosmos yang. And you yourself become huge, like the Cosmos.

4. Raise your arms so that the palms are at the level of the navel. The elbows are set back from the body, as if under the armpits are fragile, like eggs, tennis balls. The lines of the arms are rounded and relaxed, as if embracing a large inflatable ball. Imagine and feel an elastic ball between the palms and the navel.

5. Forget about yourself, about your posture. Feel how the Earth qi rises through the root-legs, and the Cosmos qi comes from above. Feel this movement and energy ball between your palms and your navel. And forget again.

6. Modification of point 5. Imagine and feel how this ball begins to grow, becomes bigger and bigger, goes beyond your body, and you find yourself inside it. Feel yourself inside this ball, feel the sensations of the sounds of music when you and the ball are huge, like the Cosmos. Then the ball begins to decrease in size. It is getting smaller and smaller, and the energy inside it is getting denser and denser. Its shell, decreasing, passes through your body, and here it again fits between your palms and the navel. Then it increases in size again, and you are inside the ball. Then it decreases again. And so several times. The minimum duration of the Big Tree is 30 minutes. This is due to the fact that blood and qi pass through all the vessels and channels of our body in 30 minutes. Therefore, it takes at least half an hour for the qi that begins to enter the body, together with the blood, to reach all areas and all cells of the body. After some time, when you get used to this position, the duration of the Big Tree can be increased to two hours.

7. Finishing the exercise, one should concentrate the qi in the lower dan tian. Fold your hands in this area (women - right hand on the navel, left on top; men - vice versa). In this case, the center of the lower palm (Laogong point) should coincide with the center of the navel. Mentally concentrate and squeeze the ball in the lower dan tian into a point. Feel a hot spot or pulse under your palms. This is the Xia Dantian center. Then slowly open your eyes.

ATTENTION: During the regulation, women are advised to keep their hands and the ball in front of the middle cauldron - Zhong Dantian, in order to avoid bleeding. During pregnancy, the Big Tree is performed without the help of hands and without feeling the ball at the level of the lower cauldron.

Pay attention to the fact that during the Big Tree exercise, a lot of saliva is formed in the mouth. At first it tastes familiar to you, then it is sweetish, and after a certain period of practice it gives a whole range of taste sensations, up to the nectar of flowers. Previously, such saliva was called jade, golden diamond, thereby emphasizing that it is just as precious for the body. As saliva accumulates in the oral cavity, it must be swallowed slowly. Modern research has established that such saliva contains a lot of trace elements and it has a therapeutic effect on the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines. As you swallow it, you should feel how it goes further into the lower dan tian. Later, such saliva is not swallowed, but is transformed into foam, actually transformed into gong.

Final exercises

1. Rub your palms until they feel hot.

2. "Wash" their face up (from the chin to the hair) - with a slight movement, then to the sides (smoothing the forehead) and down (through the temples to the chin) - with pressure. In this case, with your thumbs, run along the auricles from top to bottom.

3. Intensively pat with soft palms on the head in the direction from the back of the head to the forehead.

4. "Comb" the hair with the pads of your fingers in the direction from the forehead to the back of the head and from the temples to the back of the head. In this case, the fingers should massage the scalp through the hair with intense pressure.

5. Rub the auricles, kneading them between the fingers, from top to bottom, and the tragus - until the sensation of "burning ears" appears.

6. Intensively slap your hand from the shoulder to the wrist along the outer and inner sides with a soft palm (alternately: first the left, then the right).

7. Simultaneously slap the torso with both hands from the front from top to bottom (from the neck to the pubis) and at the level of the waist (from the sides to the Xia Dan Tian).

8. Clap the legs from top to bottom from all sides, starting from the Huantiao point

9. Slap the back from the bottom up along the spine.

10. Rub your palms again and put them on the kidney area. Listen to how the warmth of the palms passes into the region of the kidneys, adrenal glands.

Explanations for the final exercises

1. Intense rubbing of the palms helps to balance the yin-yang. Before rubbing, you can check the balance of yin-yang after doing the Big Tree. If the temperature of the palms is the same, then the yin-yang are balanced, if they are different, there is no balance.

2. During the exercise, the palms are activated, an intense qi field appears around them. "Washing" the face with such palms improves blood microcirculation in the skin, enhances metabolic processes. There is a massage of the skin with a field of qi. Imagine and feel your palms smooth out the wrinkles on your forehead and around your eyes. With regular performance of this exercise, the skin of the face rejuvenates, becomes fresh and healthy.

In ancient times, this was one of the cosmetic ways to rejuvenate the skin with qi energy without any ointments, creams ... There are no side effects. This method is still in use today. When you wash your face, then regularly, without realizing it, massage your face. The same thing happens when rubbing creams into the skin. But when using cosmetics, a side effect is sometimes observed, since different people have different skin sensitivities. In addition, addiction to the same preparations is possible, and with prolonged use of cosmetics, the skin loses elasticity without it, ages, looks stale and requires its constant use. This is due to the fact that the regular introduction of various materials into the skin from the outside reduces or completely stops the function of producing the necessary substances by the skin itself.

You can do without any cosmetics, if you take a little water in an activated palm and gently rub it into the skin, while mentally massaging with your qi energy.

3. Clapping the head with activated palms with an intense qi field around them helps to open channels and active points located in the head area, normalize the movement of qi in these areas, and with it the blood, and, as a result, get rid of headaches (who they are). In addition, brain nutrition improves.

4. "Combing" the hair leads to an improvement in blood microcirculation in the skin (due to the simultaneous massage of the skin with the energy of qi fingers). If you perform 300-500 such movements 2-3 times a day, then within a month the hairline begins to recover even in bald people.

5. On the auricles there are many BAPs associated with all the internal organs of the body (Appendix I, Fig. 15, 16). Intensive rubbing of the auricles with activated fingers is equivalent to a massage of the whole body and its internal organs. Points that cause pain should be rubbed longer and especially actively, as this indicates a violation in the organ associated with this point.

6. Clapping hands, feet, torso are performed along the energy channels in order to open the BAPs located on these channels and improve the qi circulation in them. If this is done intensively enough, then a person acquires a kind of kung fu, in which his body becomes less sensitive to blows. This type of exercise is included in the practice of hard qigong.

REMEMBER: Before doing the Big Tree, you need to open the channels on the fingers (and if the situation allows, then the legs), and after it is over, it is MANDATORY to do the final exercises, as they contribute to the even distribution of qi in the body. Otherwise, headaches, a burning sensation or bursting in certain areas, and an uncomfortable condition may occur.

Associated phenomena

At the first stages of performing exercises, 8 sensations are distinguished, which belong to the category of normal, - WARM(it can be very hot, to the point of pain), COLD(sometimes so strong, as if the blood "freezes in the veins", and sometimes a long chill), NUMBNESS(as if insects are running or crawling in separate parts of the body at different speeds, and also of different sizes), ITCH(it can be so unbearable that you want to literally tear your skin), EASE(or a feeling of complete loss of weight, and sometimes of the body), BREAKING, HEAVY(as if weights were hung on the legs, arms, shoulders, or as if the legs were rooted into the ground and cannot be torn off), SLIPPERITY(the impression is that the skin is slippery, like ice, or smeared with grease), ROUGHNESS.

The intensity of sensations depends on many factors, but primarily on the state of the body, both physical and psycho-emotional. In addition, there are phenomena and sensations associated with certain diseases or simply changes in the physical body and the evolution of the practitioner, such as vibrations in the body, pain, the appearance of sounds, lights or flashes. Let's take a look at the most common ones.

The Big Tree exercise itself is best done in the morning. It promotes the reception and accumulation of energy from the environment, increases efficiency during the day. After doing this exercise in the evening, many people have an excess of energy, and it is difficult to fall asleep. But the choice of practice time is individual and depends on your capabilities. There are no hard recommendations for the I stage.

Normal Phenomena

1. COLD or WARM the practitioner may experience if the yin-yang in the body is not balanced.

The concentration of qi in the lower or middle dan tian usually produces a sensation of a warm or hot ball. With the correct execution of the Big Tree and an intensive collection of qi from the environment, sometimes there is a feeling of such a strong HEAT that it is difficult to endure. Heartbeat quickens, profuse sweating begins.

At certain stages of practice, some experience sensations of different temperatures in the right and left palms or the right and left sides of the body. This is due to the fact that one half of us is more Yang, and the other half is Yin. There are practice methods that allow you to strengthen and consolidate this effect. In ancient times, they were used in combat systems. With one hand it was possible to burn the enemy, as if with fire, with the other - to bind with cold.

Sometimes a practitioner feels chills for several days, begins to wrap himself up, but still cannot get warm. Then you need to practice more. This indicates the beginning of the restructuring in the body. Sometimes, after performing the Big Tree, there is a feeling of such a sharp cold that it seems as if the blood runs cold in the veins. There is no need to be afraid of such a state, no need to try to artificially interrupt it with a massage, a hot bath, hot drinks or “hot” drinks. This means that changes continue to occur in the body despite the cessation of exercise. One must continue the practice or simply endure such a state. And after that, you will rise to the next step in the development of your body.

2. The opening of active points is accompanied by a feeling of running through the body Goosebumps or ITCHING. If these points were blocked somewhere (especially on the head), then the itching can be simply unbearable. Usually such intense sensations pass quickly, and after that the practitioner begins to experience relief and lightness in this area. He can breathe through it.

Sometimes the sensations of goosebumps are accompanied by the vibration of these zones, but not constant, but as if rolling in waves. Such sensations are more interesting than uncomfortable, but sometimes they can border on pain, which indicates a very intense opening of points. After that, it seems that the body has become porous and is blown through. In this case, until you get used to these sensations, it is better to refrain from a contrast shower and bathing in cold water.

3. LIGHTNESS, WEIGHTLESSNESS body awareness occurs when you manage to "forget about yourself" during the exercises - you move into a different state in which the body does not interfere and does not limit your perception, your sensations. This is the first stage of the QIGONG STATE. From this moment begins the next stage of your development.

4. Feeling of HEAVY arises both due to the inability to relax and take the correct posture (then the unusual position of various parts of the body causes heaviness or pain, numbness, etc.), and when entering the image and filling with qi energy. Filling with qi also causes a feeling of fullness: the fingers swell (it is difficult to bend them), the legs swell ... Over time, the redistribution of energy automatically begins to occur throughout the body.

5. Sensation of VIBRATION often associated with the flow of qi from outside and the passage of energy through the channels. Sometimes it seems that there are “buzzing wires” in the body.

6. EARS BURNING, HUM, as in an airplane with a change in flight altitude, are associated with receiving a large amount of qi from the outside and its entry into the brain. In the future, the practitioner may be able to hear individual sounds and conversation at a very long distance.

7. FLASHES OF LIGHT in front of the inner eye are associated with the activation of BAP in the area of ​​the Third Eye, when a sufficient amount of qi enters this zone.

8. VISIONS: images or communication with Jesus, Buddha, saints, conversations with them, pictures from various eras of earthly life, pictures of the worlds, voices, advice, etc.

At the first stages of qigong, all these are models produced by our brain, consciousness, psyche and based on the information available at the conscious and subconscious levels. This is not true. These are nothing more than phenomena. They should not be emphasized, no matter how interesting they may be. Visions and sensations will change all the time, as this is due to changes in the body and consciousness. If you pay attention to such phenomena, you can easily go off the road leading to the top and never reach the final goal. This can be compared to a track that you are driving along in a car and that you need to overcome in a certain time. Various landscapes flicker outside the windows. You can admire them, put them away somewhere in memory, but at the same time follow the main road and remember the ultimate goal of your journey. If you stop at each new section or go out to explore the surroundings, then it may happen that you get stuck at the very beginning of the Path, not suspecting that all this is just the beginning, the Threshold, and then other landscapes, another perception ... You you run the risk of getting lost, hopelessly late or not reaching the place at all. Your life may not be enough to reach the goal of the trip.

REMEMBER: Visions are just illusions. Pay no attention to them. Do not indulge your weaknesses and desires to get in touch with the unusual. It will come by itself, naturally and become your routine.

9. PAIN may be due to several reasons. If the practitioner is healthy and has enough qi that rises up to the head and third eye area, then:

a) pain occurs when BAP is activated in the area of ​​the Third Eye and when it is opened, as well as when the points of the upper part of the head (along the perimeter) are activated and opened. This is the preparation of the body for the possibility of a future exit of the soul;

b) if a practitioner has or had any diseases, injuries, surgeries, etc., then pain is inevitable. Let's dwell on this in more detail.

Phenomena Associated with Practitioner's Illnesses

1. Pain. From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, at any site of the localization of the disease (current or past), there is a narrowing or “blockage” of the channels through which the qi energy circulates. This causes stagnation or obstruction of qi through this area and, as a result, disturbances in blood circulation. This state of the canals can be compared to the bed of a dry river, when only in the deepest places there is still moisture left.

During the execution of the Big Tree, qi begins to enter the body from the outside. As it accumulates, it automatically “flows” to those areas where it was lacking. Qi is redistributed. And when it begins to pass through a narrowed or clogged section of the canal, the person experiences pain. In China, they say: "Qi fights the disease."

Pain can be of varying intensity and duration:

a) it happens that acute pain occurs during classes in the gym or at home and quickly passes without recurring in the future. This suggests that a person has received enough qi to immediately, as if by a jerk, “break through” an impenetrable section of the channel. Then the disease begins to recede;

b) it happens that the resulting pain is similar to the usual exacerbation of the disease and lasts a long time, sometimes several days or weeks. But it is worth stopping the practice of qigong - and the pain goes away. This is the case with long-term chronic diseases. Sometimes everything starts to hurt at the same time ... This means that you have too many disorders in the body and it is probably oversaturated with medicines. And the accumulation of qi is slow. Then it takes time to defeat the disease and remove all the “dirt” (drugs, toxins, salts) from the body.

Therefore, in no case should you stop practicing. It is necessary to give the opportunity to qi to bring the healing process to the end. Indeed, with any treatment, the disease often worsens, and then recovery occurs. So here. But in this case, unlike conventional methods of treatment, firstly, there are no side effects (as from drugs), and secondly, you are treated with your own qi, which you only need to help accumulate in sufficient quantities in yourself. Therefore, she cannot harm you. After all, it is not something external that heals you, but you treat yourself. And not someone affects you, but your own qi automatically goes where it needs to go and does the work that needs to be done. So try not to interfere with it, unless, of course, you want to become healthy;

c) it happens that the practitioner did not hurt anything and felt good until ... he started to practice. And as I practiced, I began to experience pain. This is a reliable self-diagnosis.

REMEMBER: Where qi flows without difficulty, one never experiences pain or discomfort.

Pain signals that there are violations in this area. Therefore, first try to remember if there were any injuries, operations, fractures here - not necessarily at the time of class. It could have been 5, 10… 50 years ago, in early childhood. And if you can’t remember anything, then this means that you have some violations in this area and you need to take action. If the pain is tolerable, continue to practice, and it will disappear, taking the disease with it, and if the pain is very strong, consult a doctor and examine this area of ​​the body, since implicit disorders can develop into a very serious disease in the future.

So, if you have had surgeries, fractures, bruises, injuries, chronic inflammation of internal organs or joints, radiculitis, arthritis, sinusitis, etc., then pain is inevitable with proper exercise. Sometimes in these areas, instead of pain, there are sensations of pronounced discomfort.

2. Fainting. If a practitioner has recently undergone major surgery and has not recovered enough, if they are simply physically weak, infirm, if they have heart disease or severe blood pressure disorders, if they have disorders in the cervical spine, then when doing the third preparatory exercise and the Big Tree, a short-term loss of consciousness. The reason is the intensive flow of qi into a weakened body, especially into the brain. This is not dangerous. As a rule, after a few minutes a person comes to himself on his own. Sometimes the loss of consciousness turns into a normal dream. Pressing a finger on the Zhenzhong point under the nose on the upper lip brings a person to life. Those who feel weak enough, and those who are on the verge of losing consciousness, when washing their faces, rub the nose area with their fingers (this also treats diseases of the nose). Then massage the temples and the area near the hairline with your thumbs. If the head hurts and a fainting state occurs, then one should massage the Zhenzhong and Hegu points at the base of the thumb on the back of the hand between the first and second metacarpal bones, closer to the radial edge, by rotating the fingers (8 times in one direction and 8 times in the opposite direction). If a person becomes ill, it is necessary to press the above points and lightly pat. After that, you can continue the practice. You still need to keep practicing. In the future, such fainting states do not resume, and the practitioner begins to feel stronger, more alert, more efficient ...

3. Intense vibrations of the whole body. This happens if the practitioner does not know how to relax well, has suffered nervous stress from which he has not fully recovered, or has a number of disorders of the nervous system and emotional state. This causes numerous "clamps" of nerves, muscles, energy channels in different parts of the body. Qi entering the body during the Big Tree begins to “break through” these blocks and look for “workarounds”. This state should be monitored and try to relax as much as possible in order to help the energy to do the work of normalizing the state of the body. If the vibrations become excessive and uncontrollable, then one should intensively press on the Hegu points, and then fold the hands on the Xia Dantian.

4. Severe nausea and urge to vomit during the execution of the Big Tree occur in a number of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular gastritis and peptic ulcer. When practicing at home, you do not need to restrain yourself, and after the release of the stomach, you should continue the exercise. With regular practice, the condition improves, and recovery begins.

5. Intensive movements, strong rocking:

a) if the practitioner's yin and yang are not balanced, then after relaxing and "letting go" of the body, he sways slightly. This usually lasts for the first 2-3 sessions or some time at the beginning of each session (depending on the magnitude of the imbalance). Then the body calms down and the practitioner stands still;

b) if qi is blocked in some areas of the energy channels, the body moves automatically during qi attempts to pass through these zones;

c) intense movement or swaying of the torso occurs with problems with the spine, disorders of the nervous system, birth injuries, cerebral palsy, stuttering, some mental illnesses in remission, as well as with numerous chronic diseases or injuries that led to spasm of energy channels. In this case (with intensive movements) one should practice with open eyes and no more than 30 minutes.

6. Loud sounds (crying, tears, laughter, singing, screaming) during the Big Tree occur with certain diseases of the heart and lungs.

Then:

a) with proper practice in the state of qigong with these sounds, sick qi leaves the body, and good qi comes in its place from the outside. But you should not specifically cry, laugh or scream with existing diseases. This can only be allowed to happen if everything happens naturally, automatically, in the STATE OF QIGONG;

b) if you are sensitive enough to feel the corresponding illness of the person next to you, then this can also cause your reaction. Then, for example, after you cry, his condition will begin to improve. All this is a manifestation of the therapeutic effect.