qigong

plural qigongs · alternative qi gong · alternative chi kung

1. uncountableusuallyfitnessalternative medicineA Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.First known use 20th c.

   My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.

   2004, Judith Orloff, Positive Energy, page 112

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   Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages.

   1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version), Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29

   Since the 1960s, when enthusiasts brought the Eastern practice of meditation in the United States, a variety of schools have flourished: Vipassana or mindfulness, Zen, Shambala, Dzogchen, Tibetan, mantra, Qi gong, Tai chi, Transcendental, and even yoga, which includes similar elements.

   2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 195