Yan Xin talks about the principles and methods of Qigong

What is Qigong? In ancient times, Qigong was a discipline of correspondence and unity between man and nature. In modern times, Qigong is a discipline that, through special means and training methods, helps people maintain a certain balance between the internal and external environment, thereby achieving the exchange, accumulation and utilization of high-energy substances inside and outside the human body and further enhancing the benefits of high-energy substances. To be more specific, Qigong is a discipline that enables the human body to obtain information substances within and in the universe through practice, accumulate these high-energy substances within the body, and release them under certain Qigong conditions to demonstrate advanced functions. Overall, Qigong is an ideal art for health preservation, fitness, consolidation, treatment, longevity, performance, and wisdom development that combines the cultivation of both the mind and body, as well as the refinement of both life and nature. It is also a multi-disciplinary science related to modern natural and social sciences, and is a high-tech among modern high technologies. The "heart" in the so-called "simultaneous practice of mind and body" does not refer to the "heart" in anatomy, but rather a broad sense of "heart". It refers to the sum total of the functions of all systems in the human body, encompassing the entire mental consciousness activity. Training the "mind" means training the functions of the entire consciousness system, including both internal consciousness and external consciousness. Human thought waves may act on others. People with the special ability of thinking sensing can know what others are thinking. This phenomenon indicates that human thinking and consciousness activities are manifested with energy, which can leave one's own body and act on others, causing certain effects in them. This is the difference between the "heart" in Qigong and that in medicine. In Qigong, the mind is trained to generate energy and information from within the body to outside, thereby causing certain effects. Qigong places great emphasis on the sixth, seventh and eighth consciousnesses within it. The sixth consciousness is the subconscious. The seventh consciousness is the high-energy consciousness. The eighth consciousness is an information storage of all the experiences, lessons and wisdom accumulated during the phylogenetic development process. The training of the sixth, seventh and eighth consciousnesses is of great significance in Qigong, which is a distinct feature that sets Qigong apart from other forms of exercise. The body training in Qigong is also different from other forms of exercise. The main objects of its cultivation are not tendons, bones, skin, flesh, etc., but the molecular and electronic structures within the human body that are invisible to the naked eye. The body training in Qigong is not merely about performing movements; it mainly aims to achieve the goal of body training by training the function of the mind or through the energy and information of matter. Due to the influence of nature or the environment, the molecular structure and electronic structure of certain substances in the human body are arranged rather irregularly. Physical exercise is to train the body at a high level, that is, through practicing, to make the molecular structure, atomic structure, electronic structure, etc. of the body orderly, so that the body can quickly eliminate chaos and reach a normal state, and then be in an ideal physiological state. What is the ideal physiological state? That is to say, a person's oxygen consumption, blood consumption, heat consumption, etc. all decrease, the overall basal metabolic rate drops, and the person is in a highly thrifty state, with many functions of the person being adjusted. Qigong body practice also aims to adjust, rest and improve the internal organs of a person by reducing energy consumption. When the human body's energy consumption decreases, energy storage will naturally increase accordingly. If the human body saves a considerable amount of energy under the premise of reducing energy consumption and increasing energy storage, it will store it. When stored to a certain quantity, it will undergo a qualitative change from quantitative change. Some people believe that the third mystery of Qigong lies in stimulating the latent energy of the human body. If the potential energy and the stored energy work together, that is what we call developing the functions of the human body. Qigong is a very ideal form of exercise. Its prominent feature can be summed up in four words: "Convenient and skillful." The term "convenience" refers to the fact that no special conditions, equipment or venues are required, and there are no restrictions on age, physical condition, gender, indoor or outdoor, sunny or rainy, sitting, walking, lying down, doing, patients, healthy people, during work or rest, etc. The two characters "skillful skill" refer to the fact that through practicing martial arts, one's intelligence can be transformed, making them smarter. It can make people calm and composed, cultivate more kindness and do more good deeds. In conclusion, Qigong is an ideal and effective method for preventing, curing and strengthening the body. In terms of its meaning and concept, Qigong is in a broad sense. It is not limited to the commonly seen performance-style Qigong. From ancient times to the present, the scope of Qigong is very broad, including medical qigong, sports qigong, martial arts Qigong, and other fields such as industry, agriculture, astronomy, geography, geology, physics, chemistry, biology, and even literature, calligraphy, dance, acrobatics, etc., all contain the content of applying Qigong. Nowadays, the scientific nature of Qigong is increasingly recognized by people. ...