Practicing Qi Gong and Tai Chi Can Relieve Stress

First of all, we want to recognize what causes stress.  Stress is everywhere; we cannot avoid it. But we can certainly find ways to not let stress harm us. When we feel stressed, it is because our body and our mind response to the situation in an anxious, taxing way.  We feel tense and tired, may experience hyperventilating, headaches, insomnia, our voice turns high pitched and loud, the tone is sharp, aggressive, our face turns red, our heart beat is faster, our blood pressure is higher, our breath is shorter, and we feel upset. We tend to blame. However, some people will do just the opposite, stop talking, lose interest in things, or even use food more often. These are dangerous ways and will affect your health and quality of life.

If we can find ways to improve our response, our body will naturally feel better. Since we cannot change the situation, we can change our self by finding the best way to neutralize the situation and then move forward.  For example, just do the work and don't be stressed.  If the situation cannot be fixed right way, seek temporary distance from it so that you can begin to find a new solution to the problem that caused the stress.

Practicing Qi Gong and Tai Chi will:
--Open the energy pathway in the body, remove the stagnations, and you will feel better right way
--Bring more oxygen to body and brain, especially the emotion center
--Balance autonomic function
--Balance organ energy
--Make you more rooted, grounded, calmer, clearer

How to do it? Here are some simple Qi Gong exercises for you to try if you have not studied Qi Gong before:
--Eagle fly:  Feet should be apart, breathe deeply and slowly—inhale, raise arms from side then all the way up above head, exhale, lower arms until back to the original position. Do this movement for 4 to 8 times

--Move Qi through organs: place hands behind lower back, inhale, raise hands up as high as you can, bring to front continue to raise up, then exhale press down. Do this movement for 4 to 8 times

--Side reach: take a big step to side; inhale, place arms to side shoulder level, exhale, and lean body to left, your upper arm goes above your head.  Stay for another breath. Then do it opposite.

--Bending forward: feet together, interlock your fingers, take a deep breath push palms upward, exhale slowly bending forward until reach feet, or bending forward as low as you can; stay in this position for three breaths.