Targeting specific organs

[Anonymous]

Hey everyone,

In Bruce’s book opening the energy gates of your body he mentions that there are qigong movements (not included in the book) designed to target specific organs. Does anyone know where I can find more information on this? I’m looking specifically to target the heart, spleen, and kidneys, but resources regarding any other organs would be great too.

Thanks!
Jared

[Anonymous]

From what I know of, Qigong targets the inner vitality for a higher level of internal energy so I believe those vital parts are incredibly targeted.

[Anonymous]

Hey Jack,
Thanks for commenting! From what I’ve read it’s Neigong that targets the central channels and from there revitalizes the whole system. Bruce mentions that qigong operates in kind of the opposite fashion, energizing the peripheral channels to eventually add to the central channels. He mentions in Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body that Qigong tend to target specific acupuncture channels and points. Then on page 33 goes on to say that there are techniques not mentioned in the book that target specific organs to speed recovery from illnesses that tend to be more damaging to one organ as opposed to the whole system like a heart attack or hepatitis.

[Anonymous]

Ooh, gotta check that out for sure! Hopefully in the next couple of months, I’ll be able to go online more frequently than ever and to focus on my health, FX!

[Anonymous]

As mentioned above, if you haven’t read the Opening the Energy Gates book that has some great fundamentals..

and either the books (vol1 and vol2 goes deeper, but just vol1 gives the essential components) and/or the video/DVD (online course too) for Dragon&Tiger…
this affects the Acculines and thereby the organs “indirectly” rather than specifying certain lines (which can either take a while, as so fine-detailed and so many.. but also can unbalance- as like a medicine perscription if you directly target certain-specific aspects)… but Dr&Tiger movements affect as units… the “lines-paths” traced link up a few synergetically, in a few different ways.
Those are great as the “movement” awakens feeling in your “body” (so you can “feel” with the tracing hand, and/or in the body that is “being-traced”.. and/or another part of your body (ie not that part, but another part reacting to the change) so you feel that, and/or a change in your Mind… as well as awakening the energetic sense… in other words, each of those parts feed in.. so rather than other Chi Gung forms that you need to Know_what_you’re_doing… intent/purpose as well as coordination… vs Dr&T you can do not realizing what it is.. and it unfolds itself.

Anyway- so there are aspects in the above, but it isn’t “direclty” to the organs (if you were wanting that specifically.. that is there, but you’d have to figure that out- but in terms of Health and devel etc.)..

if you want some of the more Int’l organs (the five primary specifically). HsingI (I haven’t found any other teacher-systems that seem to touch upon this, most say do a “fist” and it just “does affect that organ somehow…” not until Bruce’s teachings could i finally learn- ah- this is how “pounding” Pao-fist affects the heart/pericardium and energetic/emot aspects related…

or ex.. “drill” (not just the twisting component, the dai-mai turning and the up-down.. but the mind-set supports the Kidneys.. the “water” Shui-element of the body… emotions.. etc.)

(some of this is in the Power of Int’l Martial Arts book (an encyclopedia, just as Opening the Energy Gates one can learn from and “unpack” for quite a while, vs other bks that one reads and is done…)

so in the bks.. as Power of In’tl Martial Arts (in terms of HsingI in specific, which is the most targeted.. as well as the HsingI mastery program which isn’t avail currently- perhaps released again later (more expensive than a couple of books.. work through those 3 bks (or all 4 bks)… then later the DVD and/or online course.. if you get and work through the HsingI mastery beyond the expense you’ll have the foundations…

Bruce has metnioned that in ChiGungTuiNa (the handson healing work- where you sort of ChiGung another person for them.. like NeiGung massage-healing, thus requiring a level of NeiGung as well.before can sense and work E outside).. but a part of that system is also sensing/diagnose and “perscribe” a certain posture// chigung movements..
ie rather than take these “herbs” or drugs to heal… like getting a rehab Physical-Therapist working on you and then giving your exers to do at home….. so they read your pulse, sense your system (which includes your int’l organs -health of each and the relations between then)- and then say XYZ is off, so do these Movements at home (with still postures and/or movments linkages) so build up…
This obvious is like a medical system- a lot of training (I just mention I as heard Bruce mention that in the past, how he might teach this subject, as well as the impact- as say you have a movement that raises/lowers blood pressure… if you need that- great.. if it is already high, and you do this move to “raise” blood pressure.. that adds- not so good… ( or say movements to affect certain energy channels of the heart- not just the gross aspects- like blood pressure higher or lower, that is clear how it affects, but like in a computer change N chip.. how will that affect? if alter this register, what will that trickle to? so rather than a soft-mellow impact, those movements that have a strong-clear impact, have “impact”.. so need to watched results- evaluate.. etc.

In reference to the above, most of what I saw in the past of “channel systems, or even a few movements and “breaths” to affect XYZ organ, seem to vaguely maybe affect (maybe over time- or just abstract feeling).. plus it can take 30 mins to do a channel chigung set (I’m too bored to spend that much time and rather a few minutes of CloudHands… so what are you trying to affect (do you ask “affect the organs” as a point of curiousity as it was mentioned, or specific.. if you were seeking the biggest bang per health impact, that might refine your actions..

anyway two cents (actually more than two cents, many words luck

[Anonymous]

Dear Jared,

I think I can give you a beginner’s insight, and I am not an instructor.

The most clearly defined relationship between specific exercises and internal organs that I have found are in the ‘Bagua Energy Posture’ series. I wholeheartedly recommend this program to you if you don’t already have it. Buy it immediately if you can.

Taoist breathing methods clearly target groups of organs with a systematic method.

A master of the art, such as our Headmaster, would easily be able to isolate, and influence the function of, any organ without any external movement, but by the application of intent alone. And that is not even starting to consider the use of sound vibration technology.

All that considered, think of this general chi kung principle: “The kwa is the gateway to the spine, and the armpit is the gateway to the internal organs” (B.K.F., Gods Playing In The Clouds training, Menlo).

There are two principles I have found it very useful to understand for the beginning stages of practice. These concern how the position of the arms can affect the internal organs (and do not forget, this is only one small aspect of how the organs can be affected, as explained above):

A) The position of the arms affect different internal organs by connective tissue continuity. The arms become levers to affect different organs. There are general guidelines, but you must be able to feel how your arms can target different organs, and any blockages in those organs, and then you can practice accordingly, to increase their mobility and motility.

The position of the hands, and the laogong point in particular, in the etheric field or electromagnetic field of the body, and especially the qi of any organ. Qi travels through nerves ( as well as many other tissues). Every internal organ is heavily innervated, and therefore, in theory at least, has its unique and palpable electromagnetic field associated with it, not to mention the qi pathways that regulate them.

As mentioned in previous replies, however, the basic alignments, along with the breathing methods, will provide a very good starting point for working with the internal organs, be sure of that.

Developing a solid ability to sink qi will also positively affect every organ by triggering their natural self-healing mechanisms.

Hope this helps, great subject…

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