Hello all,
This is my first post, so a little about myself. I'm currently finishing my studies in physics at UMC, after which I plan to attend art school (hopefully an atelier-style school), and then to start a career as a fine artist/portrait artist. I'm trying to learn as much as possible on my own (until I graduate), and this site has been incredibly informative. Given the exquisite work done by most of you, and the amount of knowledge and experience you bring to this forum, I haven't had anything to contribute until now....just been trying to learn as much as possible.
At any rate, this topic (the body's energy) is a little more familiar to me. I wanted to mention that not only is it quite effective to treat and diagnose various maladies using the body's energy (qi, or chi in China), but there's also a quite developed system of preventive health maintainence based on the same energy system.
I don't know if any of you have heard of qi-gong (Chinese meaning "the practice of qi"), but basically it is a set of slow, relaxing exercises that improve and correct the body's flow of energy. There are hundreds of qi-gong practices in China, and literally tens of millions of people in east Asia practice qi-gong. Stories like Ms. Daniel's of significant health improvement are common among qi-gong practitioners.
Personally, I have practiced a form of qi-gong (called Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa) for about two years, and have greatly enjoyed and benefitted from it. With this particular practice, there are 5 exercises that are slow and easy to learn. Three of them take about 3 minutes each to complete, and 2 are meditative and can be done for as long or as short a period as you'd like, so it couldn't be more convenient from a scheduling standpoint (I work full time while attending classes, so I stay pretty busy).
Here's an introductory website about Falun Gong in case you wanted to take a look. Everything for Falun Gong is free.
http://www.falundafa.org
Hope you find it interesting,
Nathan
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