What is Qigong?

The term Qigong (also spelled "chi kung" and pronounced "chee gung") literally means "energy practice." It refers to a family of practices for health, fitness, energy development, and stress relief. Qigong includes moving exercises, standing and sitting meditations, massage, therapeutic healing techniques, and other health and energy-building practices.

We recommend the following online Qigong programs:

• ChiFusion Tai Chi and Qigong
  
  This program uses a modern, kinesthetic approach to learning Qigong, and includes some Tai Chi taught from a Qigong "energy arts" perspective. The whole idea behind this program is to get you to "feel" chi through movements with a lot of experiments and details, rather than having you just follow along to a teacher or memorize a bunch of movements.
  
  This program was one of the first online Qigong programs. It has also been on the web for a long time, and has lots of students, so that says something for it. They offer a free sample lesson (click here) to get you started.
  
  
• Shaolin Qigong Home Study
  
  This program is much more traditional in the information it covers and the way it teaches the information. It includes a variety of sitting and standing Qigong practices, including some meditation. They are also taught with detailed information, plus a lot of traditional theory about Qigong.
  
  This is one of the newer online programs, but ironically, the newest is one of the most traditional. They offer a low cost trial (click here) to get you started.