Are you interested in getting the word out about Qigong to more people in your circle, deepening your personal practice, and getting more people practicing Qigong in the world? Join us for this National Qigong Association sponsored Qi Talks with Francesco Garripoli (Chairman, Qigong Institute), Tom Rogers (President, Qigong Institute), and Josie Weaver (Vice-President, Qigong Institute) about promoting Qigong as a critical component of health and well-being solutions, and learn about the scientific evidence that confirms why this is so. Qigong teachers, the general public, healthcare professionals, educators and policy makers can benefit in understanding Qigong to be an essential life skill and what it means to teach and practice. Find out how the new Qigong Institute eBook, “An Introduction to Qigong Health Care” describes scientific research progress, issues, and challenges of integrating Qigong principles and practice into Western medicine and health care. Deepen your practice and support the diffusion of Qigong as a health care innovation when you discover this exciting new research.

A preview of the eBook is available at https://qigonginstitute.org/category/118/an-introduction-to-qigong-health-care-preview and it may be obtained free with a donation at https://qigonginstitute.org/donations .

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Resilience is the ability to positively adapt to adversity, trauma, stress, threat, and change. In a previous episode of Qigong Today we discussed physical exercise through the practice of Qigong and Tai Chi, as a fundamental component of resilience. But developing resilience to adapt to life’s challenges requires more than regular physical exercise. The exercise must be balanced with rest and recovery. Qigong’s slow paced diaphragmatic breathing is an excellent way to accomplish this balance.

* Adapting to Stress: Understanding the Neurobiology of Resilience 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27100966/

* Using Slow-Paced Breathing to Foster Endurance, Well-Being, and Sleep Quality in Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8155704/

* Influence of a 30-Day Slow-Paced Breathing Intervention Compared to Social Media Use on Subjective Sleep Quality and Cardiac Vagal Activity 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406675/

* Hypothesis: Pulmonary Afferent Activity Patterns During Slow, Deep Breathing Contribute to the Neural Induction of Physiological Relaxation 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753868/

The second installment of Qigong Today by the Qigong Institute discusses developing resilient behaviors with Qigong and Tai Chi exercise for improved mental and physical health and discusses select research in the Qigong and Energy Medicine Database at the QigongInstitute.org website. 

Physical exercise is a key foundation of resilence. Frequent moderate exercise is associated with better mental and physical well-being and a lower prevalence of stress. Qigong and Tai Chi exercise prescriptions are recommended for resilience.

* In pursuit of resilience: stress, epigenetics, and brain plasticity - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26919273/

* The Contribution of Physical Exercise to Brain Resilience - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874196/

* Physical Exercise as a Resilience Factor to Mitigate COVID-Related Allostatic Overload - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33691321/

* Clinical Evidence of Tai Chi Exercise Prescriptions: A Systematic Review - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7972853/

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