EXPLORING THE DEPTHS OF HUMAN ENERGY


An Interview with Qigong Practitioner Jeff Primack (Part 1 of 2)


by Michelene Bell


What benefits does qi provide and how does it accomplish healing?


Say you’re a battery, and the qi is the life force that keeps the battery going. When the juice inside is used up, the battery is lifeless. Qi is related to your lifespan. If people squander energy on arguing and negative pattern behavior, then how can anyone increase energy? Qigong understands where people lose their energy and how to get it back. Yet, qi has profoundly physical effects that unlock our potential. Five thousand years ago, Chinese medicine said, “Qi moves the blood.”


Standing still relaxed in a Qigong posture, a person can circulate as much blood as they could running for three miles. Jogging releases a flood of cor- tisol and negative stress hormones that close off small capillaries, but Qigong does not. There is no stress response from Qigong (it actually reduces corti- sol in studies) and the level of full body circulation is even greater. Qigong noticeably improves blood circulation, digestion, etc. A pleasant heat builds in the navel center, bringing a quiet confi- dence and power within.


Is this life force, or qi, different in each person?


The qi is one unified force. Some people have more than others. On an extreme example, say a person has enough energy that they don’t need to sleep anymore. This is a very high level


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of Qigong. Most people need six hours of sleep, thus indicating our limited en- ergy situation. Qi can be replenished by using breathing techniques, meditation, fasting, prayer, sunbathing, etc. It is the same spirit, or qi, that moves through each person. Unity and oneness move- ments will take place all over the world and they will be based around qi. It is all the same force, in different amounts.


Everyone wants to feel


good. Qi has no side effect, except making you feel full of vitality.


Can a person have too much qi in their body?


Qigong theory states the “ocean of qi” in the navel can never be filled. It has a vast reservoir, allowing a lifetime of qi to be stored. Only if it is blocked can there be too much energy. When the spine and nervous system are out of alignment, it is important to open me- ridians and do stretching routines. One cannot have too much qi, but it can be blocked, and qigong exercises will help to open up the channels. People with abundant qi have a


grace and power about them that at- tracts people. New students frequent- ly find their skin clears up and their eyes whiten. Blood circulates better, helping more toxins leave the system.


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The benefits to having more qi are the same as having better blood circula- tion. The pulse of your heartbeat is the foundation of life, but Chinese medicine has a dozen different pulses that Western medicine has not yet dis- covered. When people do Qigong for the first time, they are often surprised to see their fingers pulsate and fill up with blood. The warmth people feel in the navel is also from the increased blood flow.


You speak about euphoric highs that can be attained from breathing techniques. What is the value of this in practical, real-world terms?


Everyone wants to feel good. Alco- hol transforms our mental state, but also destroys the liver. Qi has no side effect, except making you feel full of vitality. Its highs are beyond words. Sometimes the qi will vibrate through- out our body in such a blissful way as to feel we are being touched by God, all without chemicals or manmade products that cost money. The qi being free, abundant, right under our nose makes it the ultimate ally to rise above life’s obstacles. Once you get the hang of the


breathing techniques, there comes the ability to have a natural high anytime. Sometimes euphoria is so profound that it can erase negative emotional patterns presently going on. The ability to drop bad qi quickly trains the student to be without heavy emotional vibrations.


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