BONE MARROW WASHINGWhat is Bone Marrow Washing?This Qigong combines meditation with moving Qigong. It is one of the popular Qigong forms therapists like to practice for detoxifying and purifying themselves.Being able to cleanse ones body and mind at the deepest level, this practice is well known for its efficiency to purge the stagnant Qi, dirty and sickly Qi, as well as all kinds of negative emotions.Traditionally, this Qigong is also widely practiced for building up ones stamina and inner strength, and for promoting ones perseverance and peak performances both physically and mentally.Health Benefits of Bone Marrow Washing Qigong. !timulate and activate the adult stem cells in our bone marrow for ultimate health.". #ently elongate the spine and keep it flexible. $lleviate and cure many spinal problems, such as% herniated disk, stiff neck and shoulder, lower back pain, etc.&. 'elp cure (!I )repeated stress in*ury+ and T,! )thoracic ,utlet !yndrome+.-. .leanse and de/toxify oneself through purging the stagnant, dirty, and sickly Qi.0. #et rid of ones negative emotions.1. Brighten up ones spirits and help cure depression.2. Build up ones stamina and inner strength.3. Improve ones eyesight and clear ones mind.How to Practice Bone Marrow Washing Qigong?. .oordinate your breath with your movements.". !tretch out comfortably through awareness. (each out to the sky in a leisurely and carefree way.&. 4n*oy the sensation when you open up your body. 4xperience how your torso feels when it is being 5expanded6-. 7henever you move one part of your body, the whole body follows. .ultivate your center/periphery awareness.0. 8sing mantras to help move your Qi.Muscle/Tendon Changing and Brain/Marrow Washing Qigongby Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, January 25, 2010China has more than seven thousand years of history. The greatest contribution it can make to benefit the human race is to share the knowledge it has accumulated in the field of i. The study of i has contributed to the develo!ment of medicine, religion, martial arts, and methods for maintaining health and increasing longevity. Thousands of years of igong e"!erience and e"!erimentation have built u! solid !roof that this ancient medical and s!iritual knowledge can hel! the human race.#n order to be content with life, you must do more than $ust kee! your !hysical body alive%you need to achieve mental and s!iritual balance. The ha!!iness comes from your feelings, not $ust from the en$oyment of material things. &ooking at 'merican cultural history, # see that !eo!le herehave considered the material sciences more im!ortant than the s!iritual. The only !lace most !eo!le in !ast decades knew of to find s!iritual solace was in religious institutions. (ut now # see an increasing number of !eo!le who can find comfort and mental balance within themselves. )ntil recently, *estern culture has never !laced much em!hasis on researching the energy field which we have within ourselves, and so this s!iritual inner science has never had a chance to develo!. China has been a !ioneer in this field, but it is now time for the *est to ado!t this science+ to see what it can learn from it, and what it can contribute to it. # dee!ly believe that igong is able to hel! !eo!le understand themselves better, re,establish their mental balance, and gain !eace of mind.# believe that the 20th century was a material century, in which all humans were searching for the solutions to material lack, and the en$oyment of material satisfaction. -ow, many of us have reached a stage that allows us to be free from material bondage. #n the last two decades, more and more !eo!le have been searching for s!iritual freedom. .uring this transition !eriod, the ancient igong methods seem to be more im!ortant than ever. The /uscle0Tendon Changing and (rain0/arrow *ashing igong classics have been the crucial guidelines and te"tbooks for the cultivation of s!iritual enlightenment in Chinese (uddhist society for centuries. The methods taught in these two classics have been !racticed and e"!erienced for more than fourteen hundred years. Therefore, we should consider how they can !rovide us a correct !ath for our study today. Though many !ractices are not !ractical for today1s society, they can offer us e"!erience and theory, which we can then inter!ret through modern science for logical analysis and e"!lanation. #tis ho!ed that through this understanding, we can find an accessible way of reaching the same s!iritual goals in today1s world.*e should res!ect the documented e"!erience of !ast !ractitioners, and study and !ractice carefully. *henever we are able to use modern science to e"!lain something, we should dare to challenge the traditional beliefs and re,evaluate them. 2nly in this way will this ancient science be recogni3ed and acce!ted in the !resent and future..r. 4ang !erforming igongonge!i"# Qigong $or Bo"h Men and Wo%en# have collected, translated, and cross,referenced many !ublished documents on 4i Jin and 5i 6ui igong. 2nce # understood them, # filtered out the 7uestionable !arts and, based on my own knowledge, added some theory and commentary. 'lthough # am able to !rovide an in,de!th discussion of these two arts, there is one deficiency, namely that we only discuss the training for the male. There are two reasons for this. The first is that the available documents have very little information on women1s training. The second is that as a male # do not have the necessary e"!erience. # do believe, however, that it doesn1t matter whether you are male or female, the training theory remains the same. 8emale readers who would like more information about these two arts written s!ecifically for women, may refer to the book 9(one /arrow igong9, by /antak Chia and /aneewan Chia./uscle0Tendon Changing :4i Jin; and (rain0/arrow *ashing :5i 6ui; igong have been known in China since the &iang dynasty :502 a.d. ;. essels;. The training will strengthen your !hysical body, including muscles and tendons, and maintain the smooth circulation of i in the !rimary channels and the internal organs, which is the key to maintaining health and slowing downthe degeneration of the !hysical body.)sually, after a !ractitioner becomes familiar with the /uscle0Tendon Changing igong, he0she willenter the dee!er field of igong training, that of (rain0/arrow *ashing. This teaches the !ractitioner how to fill u! the i in the ?eight e"traordinary i vessels.@ #n Chinese medicine, the vessels are considered reservoirs of i, and they regulate the i in the body1s !rimary i channels and organs. ' strong and abundant store of i is the key to kee!ing your body healthy and e"tending your life. Theoretically, your body deteriorates as you age mainly because your blood loses its ability to feed and !rotect your body. The red and white blood cells are !roduced by your bone marrow, but as you grow older, the marrow becomes ?dirty,@ and !roduces fewer and fewer useful blood cells. essel governs the si" 4ang channels. *hen an abundant su!!ly of i is stored in these two vessels, the twelve !rimary channels can be regulated effectively. To o!en the small i branches from the !rimary channels to the surface of the skin and maintain healthy conditions for the muscles and skin. 8or those who also wish to train 5i 6ui Jing and reach a higher level, 4i Jin Jing is the fundamental training to build u! the necessary level of i. /eridians and 'cu!uncture AointsThe &ur'ose o$ "he *i Sui )ing5i means ?to wash@ or ?to clean.@ 6ui includes =u 6ui , which means ?bone marrow,@ and -ao 6ui , which refers to the brain%including cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata. Jing :; means ?classic or bible.@ This work is commonly translated ?/arrow *ashing Classic,@ but ?(rain0/arrow *ashing Classic@ is a more accurate translation. The first translation !robably became !o!ular because of a misunderstanding of the sco!e of the work, which had been ke!t secret for a long !eriod of time. 'lso, the goal of ?brain washing@ is enlightenment or (uddhahood, which, in addition to being difficult to understand, is less interesting to laymen. #t was not until recently, when many of the secret documents were made available to the general !ublic, that a clearer and more com!lete !icture of the training emerged. ' correct translation shows that 5i 6ui Jing training deals with the bone marrow and the brain.