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What is QiGong? All about the energy!
If you have read my article “Is Yoga Meditation: 4 Activities You Never Knew were Meditation” you will know that I have listed QiGong as one of the options for a moving meditation or movement meditation. So, what is QiGong apart from being a movement meditation. What is QiGong? QiGong has been described as an internal process that has external movements. Qi refers to the life force (energy) that powers the body and spirit. The individual can strengthen and balance the flow of chi (qi) within the self. In addition, a practitioner can project his or her chi into a patient to induce a therapeutic effect. The mind is used…
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Best Yoga Streaming, Videos and DVDs
Different strokes for different folks I’ve taken the liberty here of covering both the best yoga streaming, videos and DVDs for beginners and for those more advanced. In the end it comes down to what resonates with you and what you need at a point in time be it gentle, vigorous or with a specific focus. So, with that here are my picks in no particular order that cover the best yoga dvds for beginners, for those more advanced and includes the best home yoga videos I could find. Let’s start with yoga streaming and the benefits of streaming first. Yoga Streaming Benefits One of the benefits of yoga streaming…
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Health Benefits of Yoga: More than you think!
Yoga – what’s it good for? I hear many of the same questions being asked about the health benefits of yoga? For example: Why is yoga good for you? Is yoga food for you? Does yoga help with weight loss? and Does yoga tone your body? Yoga seems to be the thing to do with more and more people doing it. But, often times though our knowledge of yoga (particularly if we’ve never done it or are starting out) is limited to what we can see e.g. stretching. More than you think! The health benefits of yoga are actually very extensive. And many we can’t see, but we can…
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Mindfulness Meditation Online Course – Top 6 Affordable Picks Reviewed
Plain old meditation Vs mindfulness meditation There are a plethora of mindfulness courses online and mindful meditation courses, but how do you go about choosing an online mindfulness course? That’s where I come in. I want to start out here by giving you a little information because I think it will influence how you go about making your choice on a Mindfulness Meditation Online Course. At the very least I hope it will expand your view. It’s always interesting to me when I do my research and see what terms people are googling or searching for. Interestingly, there seems to be a large volume of people asking about mindfulness whether…
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Is Yoga Meditation? 4 Activities You Never Knew Were Meditation
When you don’t feel like sitting and have energy to burn Sometimes the idea of sitting down to meditate can be an unpleasant thought and can evoke feelings of resistance or even anxiety. And, the more we think about it, the more unsettled we can become and the less likely we are to actually sit and meditate or if we do it is very short lived. If you feel like a ball of energy and have a lot of energy to burn, you may not feel as though you can actually sit for any length of time, but would prefer to use some of that energy. So, this can evoke questions…