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<\/p>\nMy first weekend training was in March 2007 in Norwich. I knew very little about qigong but I ‘fell in love’ with the practice and had a strong feeling that it was what I needed. I decided there and then to attend the 9 day Summer course in Sweden in the June. I have tried things like Yoga and Tai Chi over the years and though I enjoyed the classes I have never had the discipline to practice at home. Suddenly, here was something that I wanted to do every day!<\/p>\n
Before I attended that first weekend training I thought of myself as a basically healthy person. However, I was aware of my tendency to work much too hard so that I did not have a good work\/life balance. I think I knew that I was storing up the possibility of future ill health. There were also some relatively minor health issues including some back problems for which I frequently saw an osteopath and latterly an osteomyologist. In addition I had fairly frequent problems with my kidneys and some pain in my joints. Perhaps I was not really as healthy as I thought.<\/p>\n
After that first weekend I needed to sleep a great deal but the quality of my sleep was fantastic. I had never slept so deeply and felt so refreshed on waking. It was as if my body was recovering from many years of overwork.<\/p>\n
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Other health benefits have emerged over the last 2 years. My kidneys are much healthier and my joint pains are lessening. I had a problem with my left knee, which disappeared after I learned to stand correctly. My back pain has improved. My posture has improved and my body is more flexible so that I feel younger and more energetic. I continue to sleep extremely well but now I need fewer hours and have very good energy levels as well as more stamina. If I have a (rare) infection or am affected by stress, I recover much faster than before.<\/p>\n
Importantly, my work\/life balance has greatly improved. Rather than keep going (as if fuelled only by adrenaline) I now know when to stop and rest. I feel that I am no longer damaging myself with work habits and in consequence my life has improved.<\/p>\n
My patience has improved and I think that I am more tolerant and compassionate toward those around me.<\/p>\n
I am so pleased and grateful to have found Zhineng Qigong and believe that I have a tool for enhancing my life still further; it is my ‘health insurance’ as I get older! I am excited by the possibility of even greater physical and emotional well-being as I continue to practice and attend courses.<\/p>\n
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Lornas sleep has improved and she has a better work\/life balance. The pain in a knee has disapeared and her body is more flexible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-story","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonny Eliasson","author_link":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/author\/jonny\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23148,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22166\/revisions\/23148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}