Meditation

Meditation and Qi Gong are one and the same thing; energy work.

Meditation is a form of exercise which works and develops the hidden potential of the human body by following natural rules. It regulates and strengthens the human body by a special way of training, bringing the mind and the body to a higher level of harmony.

Meditation looks at the health structure of the body internally and externally. The exercises practised train balance, centredness and body awareness, helping to calm the mind and develop the health and full effectiveness of the body. This leads to an understanding of oneself. The exercises can then be applied to everyday living, helping bring balance, awareness and sensitivity to both the mind and the body, creating improved health and well being.

The practice of meditation places emphasis on the development of certain life-style principles. Of particular importance is the development of balance. In interpreting the teachings of meditation, tension and stress are expressions of imbalance. Therefore the cultivation of improved balance within the mind and body has an influence on reducing stress.

The practice of meditation has many levels of development and is relevant to people of all ages, enabling and facilitating the body’s ability to nurture, heal and strengthen itself.

Throughout the practice of meditation, the whole body has to relax and sink. You have to learn how to be fully relaxed. First of all, the joints in the body will have to be loosened right through to the tips of the fingers. It is only through relaxation that it is possible to fully assimilate your energy.However, relaxation does not mean collapse and loss of structure.  It means alert and loose and fluid.

It could be said that meditation training enables the mind intent to give orders to the body to make good use of our own hidden abilities. In other words, the signals from our brain and the movements of our body have reached the stage of automation or unity. To achieve this, our whole body will have to be relaxed and loosened.

The UKTQF has a syllabus dedicated to the Health and Well Being, which encompasses all aspects of meditation, meditation practices are also found in each of the Internal Martial Art Syllabus.

Meditation leads to empowered living; positive intent and natural breathing all help to open, release and energise the power of the parasympathetic system to rejuvenate and restore you in a comprehensive, sustainable way.