Harness Your Natural Rhythms

By Kathryn Davis
 

Harmonize your breath, Ground yourself in the natural world, Gather your Qi, Focus your awareness and radiate your power.

We can thrive despite the chaos that has become manifest in our world. There is a human technology that can help us reverse the unhealthy consequences that are caused by stress and distress. The Healing Art of Qigong can help us restore balance in all systems of our body and cultivate harmony within our life.

We human beings are as much a part of nature as a tree, deeply rooted in the earth, or a cloud gently floating overhead. Qigong practice reminds us of this, and helps us reestablish our place in the flow of existence. 

Qigong is as natural as breathing. We can enhance the movement of breath and Qi by applying our imagination. With our imagination flows our intent. With our intent flows Qi. 

Of course, this is not all that we rely upon. Qigong is based on science, as developed through Traditional Chinese Medicine and by cultural influences such as Taoism and Buddhism. These practices have been cultivated over many thousands of years. In addition, Qigong has undergone many scientific studies, with results that have shown its efficacy of use for improving one’s health. A simple search for Studies Qigong Practice and Health turned up 1,580,000 results.

Fundamental to understanding how to Harness Your Natural Rhythms is to expand your awareness beyond just having a physical presence “on the earth” to becoming aware of yourself as an equal manifestation “of the earth and cosmos.” All three — cosmos, human, and earth — are interdependent complements of each other, with the wholeness of being including all three components. We can optimize our potential by merging with the vast resources and innate intelligence of our complements.

We can establish our human connection to the earth and cosmos from within our being, as all three are made of the same stuff and function by the same operating systems. The common language and/or mechanism of exchange is expressed through Qi energy. When we are connected through Qi, flowing from earth, through human to cosmos and from cosmos, through human to earth, we can experience an expanded awareness. When Qi flows unobstructed, it can remove stagnation and provide a fount for nourishment, healing, and calm.

Within us we have three portals of Qi energy called dantians, or “elixir fields.” The upper dantian represents the higher mind and connection to the cosmos, the lover dantian represents our body and connection to earth, and the middle dantian represents our human nature and serves as a place of integration. The Qi circulates up the back through the governing vessel, up the front through the conception vessel, and down the middle through the central channel. 

These vessels provide the flow of Qi to all the meridians, which nourish the body’s tissues, organs, glands, muscles, etc. The acupoints are junctures throughout the meridian system that connect directly to regulate the various elements and functions of the body.

Qigong practices are ready-made to take all of this into account, so we don’t have to think about it too much. They are designed to help us regulate our internal systems, by removing stagnant energy and providing nourishment with fresh Qi, gathered from the earth, cosmos, and the four directions. 

Some Qigong forms are patterned after the movements and characteristics of animals in nature, the flow of water, and movement of air. The gentle movements calm our nervous system, empty the mind, and allow our body to recover its natural state. All this gives our spirit the opportunity to inhabit our body and provide guidance and protection.

Personally, I feel refreshed every time I practice. It provides an abundance of energy and promotes deep states of relaxation. I have used it many times to heal from various health issues and to uplift my spirit from the doldrums of everyday life to feelings of expansive lightheartedness. The practice provides an energetic buffer zone between myself and the chaos of the world. I have found that it routes out internalized stress and fear. Over time it has dissolved many of my old emotional scars. 

Interestingly, the name Qigong only came into popularity during the fifties. Before that it was known by common folks as “The Healthy Living Method.” This was during a time when medical practitioners gave these routines to their community for the purpose of keeping them healthy. 

My professional practice has led me to work with everyday folks that just needed a little help getting through their life challenges. I’ve conducted programs for the Veterans Administration, at hospitals, in churches and community centers, and with the homeless. I've seen many people take on these practices and change their lives, improve their health and uplift their spirits. 

As a result of witnessing these many transformations, I feel that now is the right time for an expansion in Qigong practice. Everyone is stressed and many have pre-existing conditions that put them at a higher risk for infections, viruses, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and depression, among other challenges. 

The practice of Qigong has many specified routines to assist with most conditions. When we adopt a practice and integrate it into our daily or weekly routines, we can improve the state of our health. 

With Qigong practice we can gain skills to manage the stressors that come at us from our challenging world. And we can cultivate our own evolutionary process by lifting and maintaining our vibration at optimal levels.

Learn more here, where you can connect with daily/weekly practices and sign up for training in more advanced routines. I am proud to be included as one of the practitioners featured in Shift Network’s FREE Qigong Global Summit, taking place September 22-25. And I’m happy to be releasing my new book, Harness the Natural Rhythms of Life, in the spring of 2021.
 

Kathryn Davis is the founder of the Kun Li Sheng™ Qigong form, a Qigong teacher, energy healer, and host of Heart Of Mind, Radio for the New Millennium, heard over WBAI/Pacifica Radio 99.5 FM in NY, WBAI.org and the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM.

Kathryn has 29 years experience as a Qigong teacher, facilitator of meditation and energy healing systems. She’s certified by OCOM, the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and by various Qigong Masters in the U.S. and Mainland China. She offers training in several forms, including Soaring Crane, Essence, Jade Body, and Turtle Longevity Qigong. Kathryn is a practitioner of Reiki, EnergyFieldology™, Toltec Healing, and the Cherokee-based Sandlin Technique. 

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