Qigong Articles

An Animal a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Life Lessons from Our Animal Friends Spring Forest Qigong  In recent years, the use of “therapy” and “companion” animals has become commonplace. For those of us who are guardians of an animal, bird or reptile, we know we feel better by spending time with our non-human friends, […]

The Power of Visualization: Becoming the Superhero You Are Spring Forest Qigong You are driving down the road and the car ahead of you has a bumper sticker that says, “Be in the Light”. You turn on the radio and someone is talking about “healing in the light”. It seems everyone nowadays is talking about

Releasing Stress at its Roots with Qigong Spring Forest Qigong There is so much talk in today’s world about the effects of stress on our mental, physical, and emotional health. Headaches, muscle tension, chest pain, fatigue, stomach disturbances, and sleep problems are just a few of the symptoms linked to stress. Some studies have shown

Relax and Rejuvenate with Simple Qi~ssage Master Chunyi Lin Imagine an office worker sitting at her desk at work, furiously typing away to get a major project done before the deadline. She has not moved from the same position for several hours and you can see her shoulders are hunched forward as she absentmindedly starts

Is Qigong a Science?   Qigong is the science of the body. Many people also consider it a “healing art” or “energy art.” There have been many medical studies done on qigong. Qigong has been found to be beneficial to helping improve health and wellness, and researchers often recommend further research. Here at Spring Forest

by Master Chunyi Lin One of the greatest things about summer is that it’s so easy to connect with Mother Earth. Earth energy is so powerful, so healing and so grounding. When I was in China I buried my feet in the earth about half a foot deep and I stood there with my toes

The Heart of Spring May is thought of as the heart of spring, coming as it does halfway between the start of spring in late March and the start of summer in late June. It is the heart of spring on the standard calendar. On the Chinese lunar calendar, we see May as the heart

The LIVE Qigong Learning Experience It goes without saying (wouldn’t you say?) that the last few months have been some of the strangest times many of us have lived through. Not only were we driven inside, into our houses, but in our houses we turned inward, into ourselves.             Some might say… “every cloud has

A Very Special Date – Earth Day, April 22 This April 22nd, people all over the world with be celebrating Earth Day. This celebration first began in 1970 as way to help create more awareness about the effects of what we do and how we live on the planet we call home – our shared

Winter Season – Preparing Your Energy for Spring – A Special Date!     February 4th is a very special day in the Chinese calendar, the lunar calendar. It marks the time when spring is on its way starting from that day. From February 4th on, spring energy starts building more and more each day.