Many Westerners would have trouble pronouncing qigong (chee kung), let alone have any idea what it is. But the Chinese system of exercise used to relieve or prevent chronic health problems has ...

The political leadership of China is not the only group alarmed by the spread of Falun Gong, a term used to describe both a set of slow, graceful exercises and the banned Chinese spiritual ...

The sitting pose, called the "Way of Strengthening Supernormal Power," is similar to qigong meditation exercises that have been shown to lower blood pressure. The standing poses mainly stretch the ...

Qigong is appearing on exercise class schedules in New York and ... Qigong, despite its outward similarity to sitting or standing meditation, is more intense and exhausting for body and mind.

The simplicity of the exercises is part of what makes qigong so effective, according to Tseng. It can help retrain the body to achieve small detailed movements that may be lost over time due to a ...

In the US, some of the most popular mind-body exercises are yoga, Pilates, qigong and tai chi ... can be performed both standing up or sitting down, and there are thousands of different postures ...