256 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TOALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
FEEL YOUR QI- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, your knees slightly bent, your spine
upright, and your shoulders relaxed. Breathe easily. - Start to flex or bounce gently at the knees.
- Still bouncing, shift your weight back and forth from your right to left leg.
- Keep your breathing relaxed and deep.
- Begin to snap all of your fingers, flipping each one past your thumb.
- Then, still bouncing and finger-snapping, twist at your waist, to the right, then to
the left. - While you are doing all this, make your exhale a sigh of relief. Do five of these sighs
in a slow, relaxed manner. - Now stop and close your eyes and turn your attention inward. Feel the buzzing,
humming, or tingling sensation that is in your hands, legs, and body. This is qi. You
are literally feeling the activity of the profound medicine you have produced within
yourself.
Resources
■ East-West Academy of Healing Arts
http://www.eastwestqi.com
■ Feldenkrais Guild of North America
http://www.feldenkrais.com
■ North American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (NASTAT)
http://www.Alexandertech.com
■ The Trager Institute
http://www.trager.com