{"id":22179,"date":"2008-11-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/?p=22179"},"modified":"2020-12-25T16:23:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T15:23:37","slug":"zhineng-qigong-helped-ursula-after-breast-cancer-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/zhineng-qigong-helped-ursula-after-breast-cancer-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhineng Qigong helped Ursula after breast cancer surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started practising Qigong in September 2005 after undergoing breast cancer surgery and tough cytostatic and radiation therapies. Before I was diagnosed I was quite healthy and content with my life. Of course I had times in my job at a school when I was &#8220;busy, busy&#8221; and I did try to wind down in different ways. But it wasn&#8217;t whole-heartedly.<\/p>\n<p><h3>A calm method for improved circulation<\/h3>\n<p> Since I knew I could easily have problems with my right arm, where all the lymphatic glands in the armpit have been removed due to the cancer, I was eager to start some kind of calm method that wouldn&#8217;t stress my arm too much, but still keep all kind of circulation going. Through friends I found out that Qigong would suit women in my situation well.<\/p>\n<p>Mentally, I understood that if my body &#8220;reacted&#8221; this strongly it was a sign that I had to do something to change my hectic life.<\/p>\n<p>In the autumn of 2005 I attended my first weekend course and I immediately noticed that the method and the Qigong philosophy appealed to me. I practised quite sporadically at first and not until I had attended my first summer course in 2006 did I really understand how you should practise. After that summer, I have tried to attend as many courses as I can and I have also tried to practise actively together with my Qigong friends in Turku.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Feeling restored in the armpit and body more flexible<\/h3>\n<p> I find it difficult to write about my results, since I can&#8217;t really list very many concrete ones. My body is more flexible and my neck and shoulders don&#8217;t hurt the way they used to from time to time. My right armpit, which was numb after the surgery, has regained some feeling. If I don&#8217;t practise for some time, I immediately notice it in my body; I feel stiff and rigid and my scar feels like a thick rubber band.<\/p>\n<p><h3>I have greater patience<\/h3>\n<p> I work as a teacher in quite a large school where there is always something going on. I am certain that Qigong has given me more patience with all the teenagers and all my colleagues. I have realized that one really wastes large amounts of Qi when one loses one&#8217;s patience and gets angry. I also think that my practising Qigong has made me less prone to anxiety that the cancer will return.<\/p>\n<p><h3>A feeling of being able to accomplish anything<\/h3>\n<p> In order to be able to keep practising Qigong, I&#8217;m dependent on all the wonderful Qigong friends that I get to practise with. It feels great to meet new people who are so easy to understand, like and discuss things with.<\/p>\n<p>I am also very grateful for learning a method that allows me to influence my health and my mind without any external assistance. Even if I were placed in a small, dark prison cell I could still practise La Qi. This is of course just a symbolic thought for me, but when I know this I realize that I can do almost anything if I practise Qigong. I am so grateful for all the inspiring and understanding Qigong teachers that I have met. A great big THANK YOU to Mr. Su for introducing the Zhineng Qigong method here in the Nordic countries.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/stu-ursula-oehrman-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ursula \u00d6hrman 200 x 300\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ursula \u00d6hrman<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/stu-ursula-70x70-redigerad-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zhineng qigoing helped Ursula after her breast cancer surgery\" style=\"border: 0; float: left;\" \/>Read about Ursulas training experiences after undergoing breast cancer surgery and tough cytostatic and radiation therapies.<\/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-22179","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\/22179","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=22179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23161,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22179\/revisions\/23161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}