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NOT TO LOSE CHI DURING SEX FOR MEN

“Sex depletes a man’s sperm and leaves the chi level of his lower body lower than normal. Practicing Chi Kung under these conditions, it is like doing heavy exercise right after sex. Furthermore, when the chi level is abnormal, feeling and sensing are also not accurate.”

NOT TO LOSE CHI DURING SEX FOR MEN

“ A woman should not practice Chi Kung after sex until her body has digested the chi she has obtained from the man. There are certain Taoist Chi Kung techniques that teach men how not to lose chi during sexual activity, and teach women how to receive chi from the man and digest it"

LUNG CAPACITY

“Though the lungs have a total air capacity of about 5,000 milliliters, the average breath is only about 500 milliliters. With the proper breathing techniques, we can learn to increase our breathing capacity, taking in twice the amount of energy per breath.”

CHI KUNG BREATHING DEEPLY AND SMILING

“The way we hold our body powerfully affects how we feel. If you want to feel better, breathe more deeply and smile more. Remember that breathing is a reflection of thought and emotion, the bridge between the mind and the body.”

CHI KUNG ON DEEP BREATHING

“Deep breathing moves chi and clears stagnant energy.”

CHI KUNG ON SUPPLE BODY

“Anything in nature that is full of youthful life force is supple. A tree that is healthy is resilient; if you bend a branch down, it springs back. But if the tree is old or stiff, the branch breaks when you pull it. This same idea applies to our bodies; if we want to cultivate youthful vitality, becoming supple and flexible is a necessity.”

CHI KUNG ON STRECHING

“Stretching will help your joints and your muscles and will physically stimulate the meridians along which chi flows. ”

CHI KUNG ON STRECHING

“As your knowledge of stretching expands, your body feels better and better. The right stretches at the right time can make all the difference between being in pain and feeling really good in your body.”

THE GOAL OF CHI KUNG

“The ultimate goal of practicing Chi Kung exercises is to become soft, supple, strong, responsive, full of vital life force, and pure like a child. Although these exercises are surprisingly simple to perform, they are sophisticated and effective in reestablishing the harmony we have lost between ourselves, nature, and the universe.”

CHI KUNG CURES DISEASES

“For mild diseases, for example, a person might practice his or her Chi Kung regimen for three or four hours a day until cured. For serious ailments, such as cancer, patients in China often practice for eight to twelve hours per day! With this type of training and practice people have seen miraculous results. ..