There are many different reasons why we get stressed out. Most stress is caused by our body's response to everyday life problems such as jobs, relationship and family.
The effect of stress can produce different problems at different ages. In young girls it can cause menstrual periods to come earlier or not at all. In adults it can lead to chronic illness, cancer, depression and infertility.
On a physical level, stress interferes with our body's ability to circulate blood and Qi efficiently. When our bodies are not circulating blood and Qi efficiently, our internal organ are dysfunctioning. The liver is the organ most affected by stress. The liver's Qi goes straight to the brain and doesn't move . The energy becomes stagnant.
This Qi Ball exercise below will help to release your body's stagnant energy. Opening up this stagnant energy helps to change your circulation and relax the brain. Once the brain relaxes, your whole body can start to relax.
Prior to beginning the Qi Ball exercise, close your eyes, relax, and clear your mind. Imagine that your head is in Heaven, that your feet are on Earth, and that you are very large, like a giant, connecting Yin and Yang energies.
Begin the Qi Ball exercise, while standing or sitting, with your elbows bent, and your arms held away from your body. Configure your arms and hands as if you were holding a basketball.
There are three ways to develop and move the energy about in your hands. The first method is to move the energy back and forth, like a ping pong ball, from hand to hand, or palm to palm.
The second method is to swirl or spin the ball in a single direction, like a globe spinning on its axis. After rotating the Qi Ball several times in one direction, change directions for several more revolutions. When this becomes somewhat easy, try controlling the speed at which the energy moves in each direction, alternating from fast to slow, clockwise to counterclockwise.
The third method is to hold the energy ball and begin to slowly and steadily move your hands apart and together, ever so slightly. As you pull your hands apart and then push your hands together, you may experience a magnetic feeling between your palms; this is the compression force of the Qi. The more dense, and stronger, the energy, the more difficult it will be to compress it between your hands. The feeling is as if you were pushing two magnets together.
The Qi Ball exercise may be done formally standing or sitting as described with eyes closed, or informally while watching television, for example. This exercise may be performed for five minutes at a time or longer, as long and as often as you like. As you perform the Qi Ball exercise, you may begin to feel various sensations such as warmth, coolness, electricity, magnetism, and so on. All feelings and sensations are good; they are all manifestations and types of Qi. Embrace them, develop them, control them.
