Or the stories exaggerated? I saw a video on YouTube where a woman "fixed" a cracked egg on camera by doing qigong. Turns out the part where the miracle happened seemed to be cut and edited according to a comment. So it's possible she faked it. So how many more are faking miracle healings from doing qi gong? Or is there really legit healings going on?
I've only recently started this practice (about a week in) and the strangest thing happend to me. I did my practice (Zhan Zhuang and learning the first few steps of Ba Duan Jin) after which I did some light excercise (pull ups, hoola hooping, abdominal crunches, etc) and some training for the splits (pigeon stretch, hamstring stretch, etc). After stretching, I immediately noticed a real huge surge of energy. I was positive, optimistic, just ready to take on the world. Lasted for a good hour. However, afterwards, I started feeling extremely overstimulated. Like a raw nerve. Then I had an anxiety attack. I should mention I have a lot of surpressed emotions and have dealt with panic attacks in the past although I haven't had one in a while. This one felt different though. My old panic attacks always had me feeling drained but I now I just felt overstimulated. I read that it's a common phenomena to feel discomfort as negative energy is being released but at the same time, maybe I was doing too much today? Or doing something wrong?
I used to think height was all about stretching, calcium, and workouts. Until my mid-20s, when I started feeling strange, subtle sensations — mild warmth, tingling, occasional dull ache around the spine and joints, out of nowhere.
I didn’t get it at first. Later I realized it’s not about “growing bones” — it’s about internal circulation, releasing stagnation, and letting your body align naturally. Most people focus only on external moves, but real changes start from inside: how your energy flows, how your spine unwinds, how your tissues release tension.
These small signs — warmth, slight tingling, feeling “lighter” or taller when standing straight — are your body adjusting. It’s not magic; it’s about listening to your body’s quiet signals.
Have you ever felt these subtle shifts? Like your body is quietly rearranging itself?
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the lower elixir field (the house of water, "kan") might be the urinary bladder filled with spermatozoa. that is: by pressing the perineum by finger (one has to hit the right spot near the prostate, its in the back) the sperm gets sidetracked and enters the urinary bladder. the resulting mix might be what they call "golden liquor". so 'setting up the dantien' or 'filling the ldt' is simply this
i have this information from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huanjing\_bunao
any thoughts on this one? 🙂
I practice lower dantian and middle dantian meditation lying down, but I don't know if it's a good idea. Is it recommended to do it lying down?
Hello all,
My partner and I are really interested in learning more about qigong. We are looking for illustrations or resources about the five animal frolics. Genuinely just looking for books or videos or websites showing the actual movements because there seems to be a lot of different types. Also looking for any of your personal favorites!! Anything beginner friendly would be great too :). We are currently reading “The Way of Qigong” by Kenneth Cohen, slowly making our way through.
Outside of meditation and movements, is there a way to increase your energy whilst doing everyday things (e.g. walking, washing dishes or going out with friends)? Any way to keep cultivating qi?
I'm new to qigong, I want a teacher but I don't think there is anyone near me who offers classes I was wondering what exercises were necessary for me to do the things mentioned above? Any help would be appreciated thanks
i am 22 years now , i used to be really thin(50 kg) and short(only 161 cm) at my 21 years old befor(18 - 21)
every time when i walking down the street , i was shame to be stared by the girls who even little higher that me, and i even cant imaging what my future Wedding photos will be like: will i wear a high heel shoes ? and i even cannot dreaming "afford" a true love : maybe i should work hard ,and get a higher paid job, and then make a fortune , so that i can having relationship with a dreaming snow-white.......
But compared with becoming wealthy and gaining status, growing taller might be an easier goal for me as a young person right now. That’s how I comfort myself.
and when i first entering the university in China, i was eager to be taller and stronger , so that my dream girl will fall in love with my strong body.
and then ,after that i started my 0ne years long stretch and Take calcium supplements and buy some milk( because i am a poor guy in China , so even that time, milk is pretty expensive to me) so every morning at 6:00 am , i wake up ,and start long running and after 1500 m , i start my Spine stretching(at that time , i was still believe that scientific method will make me higher) so after one years later, At another school physical examination, I wore thick Peak sports shoes and did plenty of stretching before my height was measured. I was full of confidence that I would at least grow from 161 cm to 165 cm. But the result was a huge letdown — I was only 164.5 cm even with those thick shoes on! I hadn’t grown taller at all.
and because of the spine stretch , i got serious Cervical neck problem, and cause of this problem , i have to drop out from university (i am a soft-engineering student,From now on, I’ll be working in an office every day, so I have no choice but to drop out of school to take care of my health. )
from the day when i drop out, i heard An old grandma she can using her "mind" to trans the QI energy to every patients she treated, and as i have no choice , my spine hurt too much , so i having a contact with her , and she really makes me relief , my body feel really feel a huge sense of relief.
and after that amazing experience , she recomended me to start exercising Standing pillar practice(it is like , using your mind to let the energy outside the space to get into your body(QI), and when you accumulate enough Qi, the Qi will be a stream rush your desease out of your body) and through this excercise yourself , it is like the grandma herself treat your body, but this treatment is do it all by yourself
and after A great deal of learning in the theories and practices of Qigong. i realized The Huangdi Neijing states: All things in the universe are composed of qi. Qi can form material transformations — namely that small piece of hard bone my cervical spine was lacking before.(that sounds un-scientific right? as a Chinese who get much so-called Dogmatic scientific education before , i also cant totally make me believe such theories from another system, but the fact it shows me)
so i began to think it reverse , if the Qi energy can accumulated and make my spine reliefed , will it make my legs be longer ?( same as relief the spine, to accumulate Qi to generate bone)
so , i start my Experiment at January 2025, at first ,cause this is my first time to do that , honestly i dont know very much about the movement trajectory of Qi ,so my legs are in Severe vibration( It vibrated 120 times per minute, which is twice per second, and lasted for four to five minutes.) and it make me shocked ,and after vibrated , my body having nocturnal emissions daily , and it really hurts my body, so i stopped
and after that , i seek a master in China , i start learn from her about the Qi
tow months later , my body start tremble in pattern , and my bone in legs began growing pains , and without nocturnal emissions anymore. and i start set up a group to do research on growing taller by Qi gong .
In my research group of over a hundred people, around eighty to ninety members experienced adolescent muscle twitches. Some even dreamed of falling off a building at night. Others suffered from knee symptoms including warmth, numbness and soreness, and many had growing pains. In the end, I grew 5.5 centimeters in four months, and other participants who practiced earnestly also gained height.
now , i am 166.5 cm , 55 kg, not very high , but i will using Qi to grow higher, that is all of my Qi experiment
maybe if the condition is required , i will also start setting up a group to do reaserch on it, actually i also having a friend in India, he says he also got musles automatically trembling ,and through the trembling , that indicates you are on the right way to grow higher
actually , the sourness , numbness ,warmth, and pains indicate that Your physical body radio has tuned into the wavelength of the universe. These symptoms is like the Indicator light of your radio body machine , all you can do is to insist on doing Qi exercise
As a traditional Chinese person, I truly understand the study of Qigong far better than foreigners. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in the comment section.
Has any of you practiced it?
I can't practice outside nor in the sun, I can only practice inside my bedroom early in the morning, like 5 am.
I would like to know how much of the benefits of the practice I lose by not practicing outside facing the sun?
I also asked somewhere else and a guy told me that to practice this system indoors is a complete waste of time.
What are your thoughts?
I've practiced breath work on my own for several years now. Not in any one discipline, but by learning from everywhere and practicing based on my own observation. I understand the importance of working under someone, but that's not my situation at the moment.
So here is where I'm at with my practice, I'm hoping someone could help point me in a direction that would be useful for my position. I have tuned into and developed the fascia, I can shift the weight distribution of different parts of the body. I use this to search for a state of less resistance in the body with each breath. Diaphragmatic breathing is my natural state. This may be unbelievable but my breaths-per-minute (at rest) is about 2 (30 second breaths). This is not to say that I'm training for these, but they are a result of my practice. I list these out in the hopes that someone will recognize where I'm at and be able to help guide me on where to go next.
Even though I somewhat understand what qigong is working with, I really don't understand how it works. My own practice has always been in a sitting or standing posture, working to stop my body from fighting gravity using knots (blockages) by adjusting my center of gravity. Movement is still mostly a mystery to me. Do I need to just do the ba dua jin 10,000 times to knock it into my thick skull? I'm not really sure exactly what I'm asking for. I'm just hoping someone will recognize where I am and point me in the right direction.
I've tried to make this post concise, so please ask questions if you need clarification. Thank you!
There are no places offering Qigong or Tai Chi where I live. Can I learn these practices online? And are there authentic mentors who provide proper training remotely?
Would you like me to also recommend trusted online platforms or teachers for Qigong and Tai Chi?
Hi!
I hope it is not disrespectful or too selfish to ask for help like this.
I am feeling increasingly trapped in life due to my health issues.
I have a lot of chronical hinderances that drains my energy to “make the right choices” although I never stop to try and make the right choices.
It is a mix of astma, adhd, eds (weaker limbs in the body), ibs, food allargies, low immune system and I do not ever feel full, so I have a hard time not getting overweight.
I am often sick or often feel sick. For 2 years I have felt like I am comming up with a cold the majority of the time. Like all year around for 2 years.
I am reaching a breaking point where I start to feel so sick that even if my current job is great , my bossa nd collegues are so kind to me and accommodating, I have the least work burden among my colleagues, I still cannot manage the job in the end. And it is absolutely crushing my self-confidence and lofejoy.
The days that I feel good, which gets fewer and fewer the older I get, the discipline to choose right type of foods and exercise is there, but I slowly break down, or so it feels, so slowly it becomes harder and harder.
The healthcare system is trying but everything ends up with medication treatments. Honestly I would like to get away from that but as of today I do not function without many them. If I stop allergy medicines I start coughing like crazy. If I do not take adhd meds I am so sluggish in the head it is like I am exhausted or burned out. If I do not take inflammatory the pain in my joints burn up, if I do not take my stomach medicine I continue being constipated.
Every part of my life is becoming a struggle.
I saw this mini documentary about John Chang and what he was able to do and I would very much like to meet him, or someone within the same practice. I understand that this is not a “one time miracle” treatment, there will be work to be done afterwards, I am after some kind of help to get some relief from much of my ailments and chronical pain so I have energy left in my life to make good healthy choices and not feel like my body is on the verge of breaking down, in the long run to reduce a lot of the medicine I am taking, living a more natural life.
As I said when I feel good I have a hard time not doing too much in my life, like this sunday I was on a walk with friends, I had walking sticks and back support and had a great walk. It felt soo good.
The pain in my body afterwards holds on today, 4 days later, and affects my sleep so much that I honestly can't sleep. The pain runs so deep that regular pain killers do not have the greatest effects. I have so many dreams and things I want to do but all these illnesses is creating this huge obstecle imprisoning me in myself.
Apologize if this is the wrong forum or if this request would be considered disrespectful somehow. If you have other insights other than meeting John that you believe could help I gladly read what you share.
Hello! I'm just starting my Nei Gong practice as about a month ago. Been focusing mostly on building the lower dantian through silent meditation and some body opening exercises. Today I was following some additional more stereotypical qi building exercises that were prescribed to me by a decently renowned teacher. When I do them, even after I stop, it feels as though there is a LOT of residual qi circulating in the body and it all goes to my head and my head gets really hot. I was reading about how to sink qi down to the feet or lower dan tian. I tried some of these sinking qi exercises, granted I'm new to them and perhaps not giving enough time or doing them slightly improperly, but whenever I finish a sinking exercise it always tends to "bounce" back up to my head rather quickly the moment I take my attention off it. Any tips?
I am completely new to this and I saw a video on Instagram of someone using telekinesis and I went down a rabbit hole. I want to learn how to have a higher conscious and control the energy around us. I don’t know if this is the right credit for this, but if anybody knows the steps and is going to teach me, I’m down…
Place your tongue against the upper palate, hands in the binding mudra. Visualize a gourd.
Concentrate on imagining a gourd in your abdomen; picture your life energy slowly flowing into the gourd. With every breath, vital essence streams into it.
The white gourd is hollow inside, with an opening just like the one in the reference image. Let your life energy flow through the gourd’s mouth and gradually accumulate inside.
Practice this every night before sleep. Do at least one hundred counted breaths; more is better.
It can achieve cessation of leakage and the refinement of essence into qi.
This practice stops essence leakage, calms and stabilizes the mind, and is suitable for both men and women.
关键术语正统译法（道家修行专用）
- 舌抵上颚：Place the tongue against the upper palate
- 双手握固：hands in binding mudra
- 生命能量：life energy / vital essence
- 元气：primordial qi
- 止漏：cessation of leakage
- 炼精化气：refine essence into qi
- 稳固心神：stabilize the spirit and calm the mind