More than 5,000 years ago, Chinese physicians came to understand that everything is composed of the same energetic substance called Qi.  These ancient masters concluded that there is a oneness and wholeness in all existence, and that energetically everything is interconnected as one body, although energy may appear to take on many different forms.  All things in nature and, in fact, all things in the universe are woven together so that we are, quite literally, all symbiotically one with the universe through the system of Qi.  Qi is always in motion within all things, and is the catalyst for everything to relate and interrelate within the universe.

In modern times, the laws of physics have demonstrated that matter and energy are interchangeable, and that matter is simply another form of energy.  Matter is constantly vibrating in the form of tangible solids and intangible gases, and is constantly altering, being affected by, or interacting with energy.  Energy is inherent in the living human body, and the human body is sustained by energy.

The ancients mastered techniques to balance the body’s energy (Qi) in order to live in harmony with the environmental (Earthly) Qi as well as the universal (Heavenly) Qi.  Traditional Chinese Medicine maintains that when living things start to lose their Qi, they lose their vitality.  An ancient Chinese saying states, “Life comes into beginning because Qi is amassed; when Qi is scattered, the person dies.”¹   

¹Johnson, Jerry Alan, PhD, DTCM, DMQ.  Chinese Medical Qigong Therapy: A Comprehensive Clinical Text. The International Institute of Medical Qigong, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. May 2000.