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The benefits of fasting

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At Qi Friends, we look wider than just Qigong. We each have our own preferences in that, but sometimes things come our way that excite us both. This was the case with fasting and intermittent fasting. Mathilde shared an interview with Dr Mindy Pelz and we each started fasting in our own way. We are not experts in this and cannot give advice on it, but would still like to share this with you.

The idea of intermittent fasting is that you regularly put in a period of fasting, a time when you don’t eat. This can be on a daily basis – for example, not eating for 16 hours and then eating two meals during the period of the other 8 hours of the day – but it can also be one day a week, or…there are various forms.

Let’s start with the interview that inspired us, then you can see for yourself:

Why did this appeal to us?

“What especially appeals to me is that you give the body a break. Not putting all kinds of new things in it for a while, but rather letting it work on its own.”

“I find the idea that the body repairs itself intriguing and inspiring. That if you fast a little longer, your cells will automatically start to get rid of the waste that may have been stored for years. And that it can do so much good for numerous complaints.”

In our experience, it does help to know a little bit on what benefits occur depending on how long you fast. This way, when the fast feels a bit uneasy, the mind can tell us that it is okay and the body is getting healthier and stronger. Dr Mindy Pelz has given a short and good overview in this blog >> 

Fasting and Qigong

Fasting and Qigong make an excellent combination and in recent years ‘qi-fasting retreats’ have been organized more and more often. The idea here is that when you manage your energy (Qi) well, that energy nourishes you. This makes fasting lighter and easier to sustain.

Someone who has gained a lot of experience with Qi Fasting in recent years is master Jianshe. He has been keeping us informed about this for a long time and after he had sent us some experiences of people, we became very enthusiastic.

We would like to invite you to the online Qi Fasting retreat with master Jianshe in the beginning of January 2024!
(By the way, you can also join without fasting.)

Wisdom of the Heart retreat with master Jianshe
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Teacher Ning introduces ‘Transform the programmed nature’

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teacher Ning - tcm qigong

 

Another level of training is ‘the programmed nature’. This is about dealing with emotions. How to deal with relationships between people, for example, between family members. Or when you work in a company with people who are not easy going. Or when you are with people and you get emotional.

The programmed nature is about what is behind the emotion. We know that the emotion of anger or irritation can affect our organs, our physical body. But how can we handle our emotions? How can we deal with the people around us and do less damage. This is not so easy. I know a lot of people who got sick because of this.

For example a girl got a severe headache. Her headache is caused by the bad relationship with her father. She is against her father a lot: they have been fighting for years. They had a very bad relationship. In the Western world you think everybody is an independent individual, that you are alone. But actually there is still a Qi flow between family members. Because this girl is against her father a lot, she got this headache. Because her head is like the fighting with her father.

When the father or the mother does not take care of the children well, usually the father or mother gets problems in the legs. So there is a relation on another level. The programmed nature talks about the Qi flow between people, between family members, between the people around you.

What can you do to not get so emotional?

We have emotions since we were born. We have inherited these from our parents and through many generations. For example some people easily get angry or they easily resent others. They do not know why. It is because they inherited some character from the parents. If you check their parents, you can find the parents have that character.

But we want to be more free. We do not want to get sick. How can we improve ourselves?

First we have to know what is my programmed nature?

If I am a stubborn person it is not easy to be flexible. I have a Yin water character. The Yin water character  is like water not flowing. Water should be flowing. You can put water in any form, any container. You can put water into a cup. The container can be square or like a triangle or like a ball. You can put water in any form. But when I am stubborn it is as if I only fit one form. If I am stubborn, my kidneys Qi is not flowing well. Then it is easy to get a kidney problem. So I have to realise ‘Oh, I have this kind of nature and this is not so good for my kidneys. I have to change myself from Yin nature of water to Yang nature of water.’. Yang water is flowing freely, is always flexible  so the kidneys will be healthy.

You can check the people around you.  If someone has the personality of being stubborn, probably this person has no good function of the kidneys. Or someone who has kidney conditions, their personality can be stubborn. You can check the people around you and get the answer.

So when  I know my personality is stubborn then I can call the Yang nature of the kidneys. It suits any form and I turn it from the Yin side tot the Yang side. Then I will get free and my kidneys will be healthy.

This is what the programmed nature is about. If someone is being fond of resentment, it could lead to stomach problems. If we check ourselves, we can find that maybe you are fond of irritation or anger, or arguing easily, or stubborn, or resentment. It is difficult to find a person without any of these natures. Some people are more clear than others.

The programmed nature is the deeper causation of our health because it is the key behind our emotion.

Do you want to learn more on how to recognize and transform your programmed nature? Join the series with teacher Ning >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First Aid Qigong – hemorrhoids & stiff neck

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Qigong teacher Ning

Qigong can have great health and well-being benefits. However, almost all Qigong masters also make use of some other methods to help get rid of uncomfortable conditions of the body. In the Traditional Chinese Medicine we have moxabustion, herbs and massage for example.

In ‘First Aid Qigong’ teacher Ning offers small, practical exercises that can help with all these uncomfortable conditions that many people from time to time suffer from, In this free lesson teacher Ning shares some easy-to-do exercises that can help get rid of hemorrhoids (in Dutch: aambeien) and a stiff neck.

Enjoy the session!

And when you are interested, you are most welcome to join some other ‘First Aid Qigong’ lessons.

 

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