Tai Chi and Qi Gong

The healing power of Tai Chi and Qi Gong is based in Chinese Meditation

If you are interested in a mindful approach to exercise that generates the healing and energetic power of Qi, it is essential to practice with a Master trained in all aspects of the Chinese healing energy and exercise arts.

Now Sacramento has its own teacher of both Tai Chi and Qi Gong. Classes are ongoing and you can join any time. All ages and physical conditions can benefit from Chinese Meditation in stillness and in motion.

Grand Master YeYoung trained and taught in China until leaving for the US. He has been teaching in Sacramento and the Davis area since 2000. He is the foremost lineage-transmitted master in Sacramento and the Davis area, and retains all aspects of Chinese healing arts together to create physical rejuvenation, energy, long life, mental balance and happiness.

Grand Master YeYoung is one of the few masters in the world today who actually are able to offer Neidan practice, the most advanced form of Qi Gong, step-by-step. With his distinctively long family-rooted practice and literati training, extensive studies with other masters and monks, and his modern scholarly training in the Chinese classical disciplines, Grand Master YeYoung’s mission is to clarify and de-mystify the often obscured aspects of the theory and practice of Tai Chi and Qi Gong, to make these practices accessible to everyone without alterations and misinterpretations.

About Tai Chi and Qi Gong

Tai Chi is a practice of learning to control the movement of life force by using the mind and body movement to direct energy in the body. It is an integrated body-mind-spirit healing method that has been practiced with remarkable results in China for hundreds of years. The movements of Tai Chi can be done slowly for health purposes, or quickly for self-defense. Tai Chi can be done safely by people of all ages, and regular practice of it promotes mental tranquility, as well as physical strength and flexibility well into old age.

Tai Chi is a colloquial term for T’ai-chi ch’uan, which uses the old Wade-Giles spelling system to make up the pronunciation for Chinese characters, while Taiji quan is the pinying romanization, the official spelling system of the People’s Republic of China, and one widely adopted by scholars and journalists. General readers and Tai Chi enthusiasts should not be confused with the meanings or definitions of these words based upon the spelling. Since Chinese language is pictographic and ideographic, these spellings don’t make any sense when one reads the characters. The same rule should apply to all the translated Chinese phrases or terms.

Qi Gong, literally translated as “working with the force of life,” has been practiced in China for more than two thousand years. It has long been valued for its effectiveness both in spiritual cultivation, healing and preventing disease. The fundamental point of Qi Gong is to increase the Qi, and to enhance its circulation throughout the body system. Once the Qi flows efficiently, the body restores and heals itself naturally. Hence, emotional balance and physical health are improved and maintained consistently.

Owing to its recent appearance in the West, Qi Gong, the Chinese official pinying romanization, or Ch’i Kung, the wade-Giles spelling, are equally confusing, not mentioning other colloquial terms such as chi gong, chi gung…Like Tai Chi, Qi Gong is the practice of learning how to control the movement of the force of life (“Qi,” “Chi” or “Ki”) internally by using the mind to direct energy in the body. Qi Gong exercises often coordinate the breath with simple movement, while some involve no movement at all.

The central idea of the practice of Tai Chi and Qi Gong is to learn how to control the flow and distribution of Qi, with certain body mechanics and intent. It is one of the effective ways to improve the harmony of the body, mind, and spirit within oneself and with one’s surroundings. Tai Chi and Qi Gong practice has always been used to treat physical illness and mental imbalance in China, in the last decade, it has been used in conjunction with Western medicine to cure cancer, immune system disorders, and other life-threatening conditions. Those who practice it correctly prove the benefits of Tai Chi and Qi Gong practice.

 

For information about classes in:

• Qi Gong (Chi Kung)
• Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan)
• Neidan (Chinese Meditation)

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