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> Qigong is its own thing Qigong exercises are very much like guided meditation, almost like kata in martial arts. You can gain the benefits of Qigong as medit
by hnzix 5y ago
> Qigong is its own thing
Qigong exercises are very much like guided meditation, almost like kata in martial arts. You can gain the benefits of Qigong as meditation without buying into the energy work as anything other than a metaphor.
- sorokod 5y agoBetter leave martial arts out of this. Kata is just a form, a pattern you repeat until the movments are known to the body. If you overload the kata with spiritual/psychological baggage, it isn't martial arts anymore. To quote a teacher, its "Ken before Zen" Disclosure: have been practicing for more then two decades.
- emptysongglass 5y agoFrom my early evaluations of it, insight practice is absent, a necessary prerequisite to detachment and direct experience of conditioned reality.