Master Alex Lim, Qigong - India 2007 Part 4/4

www.qigongtao.com.au - Qigong is a series of exercises - some are considered "soft", "hard" and "static" that were put together by the Taoist sages and healers of ancient times and also developed further by the Buddhist monks, nuns and the martial art masters of ancient China (Qigong has been practised for over 5000 years).

These Qigong exercises involve some gentle ("soft") movements, stronger movements that require more muscular activity ("hard") preferred by the martial artists, and the "static" meditative type of exercises, but all have one thing in common, that is that they be done with emphasis on the breath and mind focus.

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[michapolak]

its a sortof surya namaskar (sun salutation) with some free inturpretation of the artist

[michapolak]

yeah tong chigong is basically yoga. and yoga is a chigong wich just means energie work. or lifeforcework. i don't claim to know a satisfactory translation for qi.

india is the burth place of manny blessings.

[55555pala]

big parts of this exercise are stolen from yoga and called qigong, like so many things in china are stolen from the indian source and covered with new names.

[TenTonTommy777]

@citywomanpg

well, it's not black and white but basically..buddhism comes from yoga(buddhist monks are really just yogi's but more organized)

bodhidharma was an indian buddhist monk who taught the chinese buddhist monks what eventually became tai-chi and qigong and zen meditation...it just took form based on the culture..

all in all, bodhidharma was the reason kung fu came into being apparently

[codelocator]

This is Yoga, it isn't Qi Gong. The title is misleading.

[taoyoga]

This is Hatha Yoga he is performing.

He is also a master of Qigong.

Yet Qigong (tao yoga) and Hatha Yoga have the same foundation principles at the core :

Regulation of Body / Regulation of Breath / Regulation of Mind /

[citywomanpg]

I'm not too familiar with Qigong but the movements look very similar to the Surya Namaskar movements/ exercise in Yoga. I wonder if Qigong developed from Yoga!?