TND West

As I was walking out of one of the Singapore Luxury hotels, I noticed in a park across the street that there were people doing something that looked liked Tai Chi, but it was different, so different I decided to be late for my appointment and I crossed the street to watch the interesting movements these people were making. After about a half-an-hour they were finished, so I ask the person leading this group what it was that they were exactly doing. He told me it’s Qigong (pronounced Chee Gong). I’ve heard of it, but never got to see it up close.

The Qigong master, that’s who I was questioning, told me that what I was watching was a different for of Qigong called Zhineng Qigong. It’s a self healing martial arts practice and it’s very popular because it is fairly basic and easy to learn. This form is so popular that there is even a Zhineng Qigong society here in Singapore. He told me that while Qigong has been studied for thousands of years in China, Zhineng Qigong is a much newer form of the ancient martial art. He continued to say that as with traditional Qigong, Zhineng Qigong involves deep breathing and slow deliberate movements that are designed to promote health benefits in those who practice it.

I asked him to explain more about the healing properties of the practice and he said Zhineng Qigong adds the science of mind body to the spiritual and energy, or the chi kung, properties that already exists in Qigong. Zhineng Qigong was developed by Pang Ming who also was the creator of the first medicine-less hospital in China. He devoted his time to study the effects of Zhineng Qigong in all of his patients. Zhineng Qigong is an open system of Qigong, emphasizing the body’s connection to the environment; it’s in where as traditional Qigong is a closed system that emphasizes the isolating oneself from their surroundings.

This information totally fascinated me, I asked if he had time to teach me a little bit, and he suggested I come back to the park tomorrow morning and he would be glad to show me Zhineng Qigong. I headed out to my appointment feeling so energized with just the information, I can’t wait to see what putting it into practice will be for me.

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