Avenue Acupuncture FAQs

Qi Gong (pronounced Chee Goong) is the practice of proper breathing, alignment, focused energy, and awareness. It dates back almost 4,000 years and forms the basis of many practices such as martial arts, meditation, and healing. It’s similar to Tai Chi in that it uses focused movements with diaphragmatic breathing to harness the internal energy found within us.

Through Qi Gong practice, you can feel the energy begin to stir within you and radiate into your extremities. This can sometimes feel like warmth, light, electricity, or just a feeling of something “stirring inside.”

The benefits of Qi Gong practice include increased energy, decreased anxiety, better sleep, stronger muscles, improved organ function, and increased awareness.

Diaphragmatic breathing means expanding your abdomen during inhalation to help descend the diaphragm and increase air uptake. This also increases blood flow by massaging the lower aortic valve, aids digestion by massaging the stomach and intestines, and increases oxygenated blood.

Meridians are energetic acupuncture lines where energy is thought to be most prominent, with each line attributed to a different organ. Qi Gong practice typically focuses on one or more of these meridians to increase the effectiveness of the practice.