I must start our by stating that I believe there is good stress and bad stress. As in most things in life, there are opposites: good and bad, yin and yang, light and dark (you get the idea). Lets start with the good kind and then work our way along the continuum.
Gather Your Qi
I’ve recently been hearing a lot about Qigong (pronounced chee-GONG). I’ve heard it referenced in connection with exercise, relaxation and balance. Since these are subjects that I’m always interested in, and thinking that it was the new “thing”, I started doing some research on what Qigong is.
As it turns out, Qigong isn’t new at all. Qigong is just the current name for the Taoist breathing exercises that date back nearly 5,000 years. Tai Chi, which I’ve heard of many tim…