How do you know if you've felt Qi? Learn why sensation is only the beginning, how Qigong develops your capacity to perceive Qi and why learning to perceive more can change how you understand yourself.
Information can explain, organise and answer questions. But some forms of understanding only become available through relationship. This essay explores why information can never replace practice, and what it really means to understand something.
The first time warmth gathers in the lower abdomen, it can feel significant. Yet the development of the Dantian begins long before sensation and extends far beyond it. Explore the role of the Lower Dantian in Qigong practice, why it must be cultivated, and how it becomes a centre around which energy, attention and awareness can begin to gather.
People come to Qigong for all sorts of reasons. Some want to feel better, others are looking for greater balance or a deeper connection with themselves. Often, we come for one reason and discover something we weren't expecting.
