1. 1 A Brief History of Chi, Qigong, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Kinetic Meditation

2. 2  What is Qigong? Qigong can be simply defined as the art of training one’s Qi (vital energy) and mind (mental consciousness). Qi means respiration Gong means continuous regulation.

3. 3  There are Five Schools Schools of Traditional Chinese Thought regarding the Practice of Qigong:  Buddhist Taoist Confucian Medical/Physician Martial

4. 4  Liu  Liu GuiZheng GuiZheng: 1953  Practice of Qigong Therapy  Qigong gets a name  Ancient Systems of Qigong:  Tuna  Daoyin  Xingyi  Jinggong  Dinggong  Xinggong

5. 5  Spring  Spring & Autumn Period (771 B.C. - 481 B.C.) People had already practiced qigong for building up health and curing diseases. Medical Canon of Huang Emperor  Warring States Period (481 B.C. - 221 B.C.)  Lao Zi  Canon on Morality  Zhuang Zi  On Painstaking

6. 6 China’s Gift  There are many ancient systems of body- mind energy manipulation in the world. What China offers us is one of the most comprehensive, well documented, accessible, and researched systems available in the world today.

7. 7  Two  Two Jin Dynasties 220 A.D. - 581 A.D.  Sui  Sui Dynasty 581 A.D. - 618 A.D.  Tang  Tang Dynasty 618 A.D. - 907 A.D.  Bao Pu Zi: On Principles  Bao Pu Zi: On Preserving Health  Tao Hong-jing  Collection on Preserving Health and Prolonging Life

8. 8  Post-Revolutionary  Post-Revolutionary Period & the Great Leap Forward 1955 - Practice of Qigong Therapy by Lui Gui-Zhen 1956 - Special Classes set up in Tangshan and Bei Daihe to train personnel in this field of Qigong Therapy

9. 9  Cultural  Cultural Revolution (1964 - 1976) Qigong and TCM are suppressed at worst and not encouraged or supported at best.  The  The emphasis in on modernization and that means emulating all things Western, including Western Medicine.

10. 10  Post  Post Cultural Revolution Period (1978 to Present) 1978 - Research is encouraged. 1981 - The Qigong Scientific Research Society of the Chinese National Association of Traditional Medicine

11. 11  Research Urls  Qigong Institute  http://www.qigonginstitute.org http://www.qigonginstitute.org  Arthritis Today (article)  http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday /2001_archives_2001_01_02_meditation.asp  Journal of American Medical Association  http://jama.ama-assn.org http://jama.ama-assn.org

12. 12  Research Urls  National Qigong Association  http://www.nqa.org http://www.nqa.org  National Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Institute of Health)  http://nccam.nih.gov/ http://nccam.nih.gov/  Qi Journal  http://qi-journal.com/links.asp

13. 13  Research Urls  Stresslink - Great resource links to other related web sites.  http://www.imt.net/~randolfi/stresslinks.html http://www.imt.net/~randolfi/stresslinks.html  British Medical Journal - Editorial  http://www.bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full http://www.bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full /326/7398/1049

14. 14  Research Urls  Healthgate - Good resource and research site.  http://community.healthgate.com/GetContent.as http://community.healthgate.com/GetContent.as p?siteid=ucsd&docid=/healthy/mind/1999/medita tion/index  Google Directory - Good resource and research site.  http://directory.google.com/top/health/alternative http://directory.google.com/top/health/alternative /meditation/

15. 15 Video Presentation Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century