Saturday 10 May 2008

Qigong - Healing Exercise

Boss ber-Qigong The word Qigong (Chi Kung) is made up of two Chinese words. Qigong is a Chinese exercise for health. From what we have read, the exercise increases energy, reduce stress, restore vitality and regain flexibility. It is a healing arts. I didn´t know about Qigong before, but its all started in October last year when Joachim (Mr hubby) attended a 3 days Self Development Seminar somewhere in Germany. The Seminar instructor introduced them this health exercise. Joachim shared with me, a few times during the Seminar they´re taught to do a few simple (for beginners) Qigong movements. He said in the beginning its difficult to follow the movement but somehow he started to enjoy it, he said the exercise really make him feel good after that. After the seminar, he has been doing Qigong at home without fail, sometimes he is doing it twice a day, pagi and malam. Sometimes I am amazed with his spirit and courage to get up early morning to do Qigong. Kalau macam sia yg pemalas ni tidur lagi bagus kekeke...Before he was doing the movements by watching DVDs, by listening to CDs and also by readings Qigong books. Two months ago he enrolled himself to Qigong Class in town. The Health Insurance contributing 80% of the payment which is great and encouraging. He said doing Qigong is an amazing experience...entahlah I haven´t tried it yet. He is actually suffering from back pain which always goes up to his neck and head due to the stress at work, so whenever he had pain he always take pain killers like aspirin or paracetemol to reduce the pain. Since he has been doing Qigong daily, touch wood! he seldom has the pain!. Kalau ada pun not as bad as before dia bilang. So why take drugs when you can exercise your way to health, right? His progress has been helped by this health exercise. We know that pain affects every part of our lives, work, socializing, relationships...hubby said he faced both exciting and stressful life changes. Do you know one more thing? Recently he confessed, he can smell better than before...dulu walau macamana wangi masakan sia pun dia tida boleh cium (ceh! puji diri sikit haha..well wangi tida bererti sedap haha). But, amazing juga kan? Macam sia pun susah mau picaya. So got to try it lah. He shared that he gets up in the morning with more energy since doing Qigong (how I wish I can feel it too). He has been trying to urge me to try this wonderful healing art...join the class too and do Qigong at home regularly, well I would like to consider it, tapi sia ni ada penyakit malas bah, but maybe it will change my life too, who knows hehe. But to be honest I am not very patient in doing such slow movements, nanti tertidur pula masa buat Qigong keke. I rather use my stationary bicycle at home or join fitness centre if I really want to do my exercise, but after what hubby has shared to me about his Qigong experience, I might considering this...but I´ve never started ceh!. I keep on postponing kekeke...bisuk, bisuk lusa..entah bila laini. Oh yah, all the time they´re doing Qigong indoors, but soon when the weather gets warmer they´ll do it outdoor, in the park, that would be nice to see..they said Qigong it much better be done under trees...good chi flow mangkali. Is it? eh macam Feng Shui pula haha...No wonder I saw some Chinese people doing Tai Chi di botanical garden dulu...rupanya!. “If you want to be healthy and live to 100, do QiGong.” So why not try Qigong?

8 comments:

  1. Odoi Luthie... I used to be so rajin to do exercise in my younger days... aerobics, jogging, you name it. Tapi sekarang gobulan betul... these days my version of good therapy to release stress is "shopping"... hehehe. Anyway, thanks for sharing ... it's good to know about it though.

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  2. hey, i used to go for qigong exercises juga masa di KL. there are actually a few stages of it (macam belajar kungfu juga). most of the other participants were much older than me but they were really, really healthy. many were recovering or former cancer patients. its one of those things i really miss about my life in kl. sini mana ada qigong class. kalau ada pun, mesti mahal.

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  3. Hi Dora, rajin pula kau ber-exercise dulu no wonder you have a great body shape (really! I am honest). You should continue it Dora, to get yourself fit sajabah. Tapi you´re right, sia pandai sakap saja, I am also very gobulan, its hard to pull my butt to do exercise now dulu masa bujang pun sia rajin juga, habis kerja turus pigi jogging, tennis, swimming or gym, now hmm susah mau cakap. For me now my version is therapy makan pula..bahaya kan?

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  4. Hi Ann, Nahhhh kau pun buat Qigong juga? That´s really nice to know, I never thought my hubby would get addicted to this Chinese way of exercise, I was so surprised actually tapi bagus juga kan, luckily ada orang introduced, otherwise we wouldn´t know what is Qigong till now, but we do know Tai Chi or Kungfu lah. You´re right, hubby said ada a few stages, makin lama dia pigi class makin susah dia punya movement dia bilang but it seems to be very effective (mcm mau try ni!). Bila dia pulang dari Qigong he is full of spirit sia tinguk. He also doing Qigong with mostly all woman u know, he is the only young man, when he first join Qigong class all the old woman approached him asking curiously why he join Qigong kaka..but he said he doesn´t care to be the only man there..yg penting kesihatan gia...maybe u can look for Qigong class in Badan, maybe your Krankenkasse pay 80% of it like here, so ndak juga kau talampau rugi..tanya lah dulu. Thanks for dropping by Ann.

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  5. Wah...sound really interesting Luthie! You should try it! Bah pandai saja cakap ni...haha! But really bah Luth. Kepingin juga saya tu kalau ada dekat-dekat sini.
    Thanks for sharing, Luthie.

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  6. Haha Hilda, I am sure di sana banyak orang ajar Qigong, its a huge country kan. Ada juga sia baca banyak American juga buat Qigong, so why not kan? Bah sia pun pandai saja cakap, kana suruh2 but I never start deiii...

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  7. LOL... thanks for the compliment Luth... kembang hidung sia ni hehehe. Betul sia tiada exercise oh... I've thought about enrolling in some fitness centre but never came around to doing it... paling-paling duduk depan computer saja ni. Itu perut pun terlampau relax...hahaha

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  8. Thanks for the compliment Luth. I know I should keep up my exercise but pemalas bah nii... paling paling we just go for an evening walk saja at least once a week kalau rajin. I'm thinking of enrolling myself in some fitness centre... entah bila :)

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