How To Stay Present During Your Qigong Training

It’s very common during Qigong training for your mind to seem like it has an agenda of its own. And that agenda is to want to focus on everything other than your training.
When this happens try 1 of these 3 tips to stay present.

1. State Of Mind – spending more time entering a Qigong State of Mind can have an enormous benefit on your training. Your practice may have evolved so that you are used to only spending a few minutes on this step. But if you find it hard to stay present during your practice then following this tip will often prove to be the solution.
2. Focus – If the mind wants to focus more on a problem or what to have for lunch for example, then distract it by focusing on what you are doing in your practice.
• Pay attention to the movement of your body, focus in on your breathing and so on. But just be sure not to overdo it!
3. 1 Thought – a continuation of Tip #2, but especially useful when practicing Standing Zen. Because the mind can only really focus on one thing at a time. You can use this to your advantage. You use 1 thought to overcome the 10,000 thoughts. And what is this one thought?
• When you breathe in through your nose, say the word to your self: ‘In” and when you breathe out through your mouth, say the word to yourself: ‘Out’. Then repeat.
  Simple, direct and effective.

The next time the mind is behaving like a naughty monkey during your Qigong training, try out one of these tips to bring it back in line.
 

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