Qi Gong

In Chi­nese the word Qigong has two char­ac­ters, Qi (氣) and Gong(功). Qi (pro­nounced “chi”) means life energy and Gong means daily effort. In short, Qigong
is a prac­tice to use chi for dif­fer­ent pur­poses includ­ing self-healing. Every­one is born with chi and every­one has the poten­tial to use chi for many pur­poses. It is the same way as swim­ming, we are born with the poten­tial to swim but only when we acquire the skill to swim then we can enjoy dif­fer­ent water activ­i­ties. In the same man­ner, the skill to use chi is trained not born. Once a per­son is trained how to use chi, he or she then can use chi for mar­tial arts, danc­ing, and of course, med­ical, self-healing

Zhi­neng means intel­li­gence. This med­ical qigong method was devel­oped by Dr. Pang Ming. It has more than ten mil­lion prac­ti­tion­ers at one time or the other. Its head­quar­ter, Huaxia Zhi­neng Qigong Cen­ter, is located in Qin­huang­dao, five hours by train East of Bei­jing. This cen­ter is the largest of its kind in China, and the world’s largest med­i­cine­less hospital.

Chi-Lel means chi ther­apy. Chi-Lel is a trade­mark by Luke and Frank Chan since 1995 and it is their ver­sion of Zhi­neng Qigong. They try to inter­pret Zhi­neng Qigong as closely as pos­si­ble as they travel to China fre­quently to update the lat­est research.

Jeya Aeren­son, O.M.D., L.Ac, has been a cer­ti­fied teacher of Chi Lel™ since 1998. She teaches one day work­shops, ongo­ing classes, as well as to indi­vid­u­als want­ing to enhance their acupunc­ture treatments.

For more infor­ma­tion on Chi Lel please go to their web­site at: www.chilel-qigong.com