Qigong

It’s Saturday morning and I’m on my way into Denver to join twenty-five people for a medical Qigong class. After the introduction we start the exercises. Come to find out its very similar to the meditation and visualization I learned in college over thirty years ago.

My Tai Chi instructor had shown me a couple of Qigong stances to help the flow of energy. In medical Qigong positions aren’t stressed, visualization is.

In the afternoon we added chanting. I knew how wonderful sound vibrations could feel from listening to music. Chanting was even better because you make the sounds yourself.

Last year I had acupuncture treatments for a cold, a sore shoulder several times, a bladder infection, and stress. When the acupuncturist mentioned bringing someone in to give a Qigong class I signed up.


During class my shoulder hurt a few times and the teacher mentioned people react differently. She shared how sick she’d felt the first day of intensive Qigong she’d done.

After four hours of class I walked to my car feeling energy and contentment in equal degrees.