Qigong, pronounced (chee-gung), a Chinese health care therapy has been practiced for more than five thousand years. Hundreds of millions people are practicing Qigong, but it wasn’t always this way. It is said that the creators of Qigong were Chinese scholars, Kongz and Mengzi. They used it as a method of moral training. This form of medicine used to not be taught outside family bloodlines and royalty in China. It is a type of traditional exercise that is used for maintaining health and fitness. It holds long-term effects on the body, soul, and mind. When it comes to helping the body, Qigong is very beneficial to the cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic, circulatory and digestive functions. All you need for this type of therapy is your mind, body, soul and an open mind of thought.
Qigong consists of six different healing sounds; Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lungs, Kidneys, and Whole Body Cellular Cleansing. Sound #1, the Liver, consists of intertwining your palms over your head and leaning to the left to release the weight off of the Liver. Through this you are releasing the negative emot...
One of the most relaxing forms of martial arts, T'ai Chi, can help to overcome such problems as arthritis, rheumatism, back problems, lack of balance, high blood pressure, stress, post-traumatic stress, lack of energy, and more. T'ai Chi is a non violent form of the martial arts whose roots are derived from the Chinese and correlated with Traditional Chinese Medicinal techniques. There are many forms of T'ai Chi, including T'ai Chi Chuan and T'ai Chi Chih; all of which have been studied for thousands of years to improve the Chinese way of life. There have been many records of the origin of T'ai Chi reaching as far back as over 3500 years ago. In addition to a Chinese Martial Art, T'ai Chi has origins related to Taoism, which revolved around calmness, "tranquillity of mind," and the improvement of health and persona (wysiwg://25/http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/tai-chi.html). Monks employed T'ai Chi as means of be coming more in tune with their bodies and their environment. Therefore, this martial art helped them to "defend themselves against bandits and warlords through physical health and spiritual growth" (http://www.maui.net/~taichi4u/overview.html).
Roping is a sport that most believe simply to be timing and performance of the cowboy and the cattle. However, roping is actually much, much, more. One quality that is necessary for a roper to be successful is momentum. Momentum is the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured of a product of its mass and its velocity (Jones). This concept of momentum can determine what results are obtained by the roper. For example, when a cowboy rides a horse and the horse accelerates, the mass of cowboy and horse together gain momentum. In contrast to that the cattle that leave the shoot and accelerate to escape the rope also gains momentum. The amounts of momentum determine how far each can run in the arena before the rope makes contact with the animal. Another concept that relies on momentum is the rope itself. The cowboy is required to swing the rope with enough momentum to make the loop stand out a sufficient amount so that it is extended and open enough to secure around the animals head or heels.
The gym is a place where a typical American college student goes to work out their bodies. Based on the fact that I personally could be considered a gym rat, a stereotypical name for someone who spends a lot of time in the work out area. This is partially by choice being on the swim team requires the strength training equipment that is available to our disposal in the gym. While I have been to the gym many times I haven’t really taken the time to take in the other people around me. Within this ethnographic exercise I will explore the college gym norms within Roger Williams University.
Chapter 11 of Peter Senge's book, The Fifth Discipline, talks about the idea of Shared Vision, and how this concept has transformed organizations, and individuals working for them, into a cohesive unit of long-term innovative achievement.
In 2015, I was chosen to be part of the USA Team Delegation to attend the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, as a Medical Intern. There, I was struck by the varied approaches to performance enhancement and the more holistic approach to medicine in general, exemplified through different stretching methods and ways to harness an individual athlete’s chi, or energy. In the Athlete’s Village, I experienced acupuncture from a smiling Korean doctor as he explained how they try to use less prescription medicine for their
There are many aspects on the study and meaning of kinesiology. Some of these ways are; applied kinesiology, kinesiology medicine research, and specialized and energy kinesiology. The study kinesiology and massage therapy is believed to go hand and hand. Many will say that without the proper knowledge of kinesiology and muscle movements, you can not provide a patent with all that is needed for a proper massage. As we approach new years, many individuals are increasing their concern in health. With the healing arts increasing in popularity, individuals don’t understand the need for well-rounded therapist. Who are trained in the science of kinesiology, which includes the technique of massage to enable them to be proficient in their field.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine (WM) differ from each other in many ways. TCM favors a holistic approach, views the universe and body philosophically and develops inductive tools and methods to guide restoring the total balance of the body. In Chinese medicine, the correct balance between Yin and Yang make up the vital energy, Qi, an essential life-sustaining substance of which all things are made. Some Traditional remedies include herbal medicines, acupuncture, massage and moxibustion, an herbal heat therapy. Western medicine is closely linked to the scientific method and emphasizes biochemical processes causes disease, its treatment and health. This form of treatment views all medical phenomena as cause-effect sequences and relies on drugs, radiation and surgery to alleviate symptoms and cure diseases. As you see, the two types of medicine are completely challenged differently depending on the doctor, the diagnosis, and the treatment options. All of these are completely different when compared with each other.
Risse, Guenter. Modern China and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Symposium Held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Springfield, IL. 1973.
Rowing, the thrilling team sport that gets you physically/mentally fit and provides you a second family with many friends. In the sport of crew, teamwork is very crucial. With that teamwork comes new friends and wonderful coaches. Even though you might think this is a physical sport it is also considered to be a mental sport. Just think, baseball has nine innings, approximately two hours of play and a lot can change in that period of time for a loss or win. With crew you only have about seven minutes to get your eight man boat down a two thousand-meter racecourse to receive a medal or win. If you have the lead it is mentally hard to come back and win for the rowers behind the top three boats.
The traditional Chinese treatment of acupuncture is an affective alternative medicine that has been around for thousands of years. Acupuncture is one of the most researched and documented alternative medicines around (Acupuncture). Although a vast majority of people believe Western medicine is the only cure to sickness, many people benefit from acupuncture everyday. Most people disregard the ancient art all together without giving it a chance because are scared of the needles it involves. Also, since no accurate scientific explanation of how and why it works has been found, people shy away from it. The healing powers of the body are taken to a whole different level with this alternative medicine.
sobriety and elegance which make Aikido one of the most powerful and beautiful ways of
1500 years ago, an Indian monk named Bodhidharma traveled to China to preach Buddhism. During his travels, he was confronted with the problem of physically weak monks. In order to meditate for longer periods of time, the monks needed to be more physically capable (History of the Shaolin Temple). According to legend, Bodhidharma meditated for nine years on this problem, cutting off his own eyelids to prevent himself from sleeping. His solution arrived in the form of two books: each contained a list of exercises that were designed to clean the blood marrow and develop the muscles and tendons (History of the Shaolin Temple). The monks quickly realized that these exercises could also be used as a form of self-defense. One hundred years later, kung fu appeared for the first time in recorded history when Shaolin monks used Bodhidharma's exercises as deadly techniques to defend their temple against bandits in 610 A.C.E. (Chi...
...rk demand stress and family demand stress. Another way of coping stress is exercise regiments including qigong and tai chi. The general idea of qigong is “that by training the body in certain ways, the lessons will rub off on the mind and the whole of life” (Hooker, 2003, p.196). By maintain balance can maintain health. By practice those type of exercise, people can control their mental states and decrease stress in the body and mind. Furthermore, it helps people to decrease the physical and psychological symptoms of stress.