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Zhineng Qigong is a qigong method. Astonished I once witnessed how an archer's exercise was taught. The practitioners were told to take a posture as if an archer draws his bow. Then you should imagine that qi flows. It was a static posture that I saw. I am sure that none of the practitioners had qi flowing. Qi is not only life energy or power of life but also a mental power. What does it mean for this exercise. In the archer's posture you have to use your mind to relax mentally, to become quiet, to relax the muscle tension and then to activate the qi flow mentally. You cannot ask this of beginners, they will certainly have tensions in the posture and then qi cannot flow. Totally apart from whether they are able to activate the qi mentally, that is to let it flow. This is too complicated. I could do the exercise with qi flow, but to do that I would have to practise this exercise. This is a closed exercise, not an open one, it does not belong ...

Why translate when even in the Chinese language the meaning is not fully contained in Qi. Previously, it stood for power of life or life energy. Today it means air, breath or steam. Dr. Pang Ming says: "Qi does not contain all of it. Once there is a better word for it, we will take that. Until then let's use Qi." We therefore keep Qi and don't translate it. Who once felt Qi, knows what it is. We do not practise to feel Qi. If we would expect that Qi would hardly flow. Then the disappointment is great. An example that I have seen. Someone rubs his hands against one another, moves with his hands over his face and says: "Do as I do and you will feel Qi." This is frictional warmth when the hands are in contact with one another, not Qi. We practise Zhineng Qigong to let Qi do its work. We do not need to feel the Qi flow. Posted in German by detlef,  translated into English by dolores