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Why Qiging makes us feel better..Part 6!

Qigong is a Meditation with Movement.

The research on meditation and mindfulness and it’s benefits is vast, when we practice Qigong, we follow the breath with complete acceptance of how it is in this moment. All the benefits of a meditation practice are available to us!

  • Calmer
  • More centred
  • Health and wellbeing benefits
  • Research also shows a lowering of crime rates in communities where people meditate regulatly

While the slow repetitive movements massage us on a deep level.

Over to you! I would love to know, if you practice qigong, why it makes you feel better!

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