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“My teacher told me that it’s incorrect to breathe through the mouth,” she said. “He said that in qigong and tai chi the breathing should be in and out through the nose.” This question comes up all the time in my Facebook group. Sometimes, it’s more of a challenge than a question, as if to […]
“I need to start exercising in the New Year,” she said. This comment caught me off guard. It came from a 60-something student who, in my opinion, was already in great shape for her age. She had already healed herself from chronic pain using qigong, and now she was adding tai chi to her regimen. Despite […]
I was not born with a lot of qi. For whatever reason, I was born with less vitality than most people, including my older brother. You might even call me the runt of the litter. (Sorry mom!) For example, I’m much shorter than my older brother, and I’ve had way more health problems over the […]
Ah, teaching. You teach me so much. They say that to teach is to learn twice. I like that phrase a lot. The more I teach, the more it rings true. Recently, a prospective student asked a question in our Facebook group. This happens all the time, almost daily. But sometimes, a question catches me off […]
“This isn’t the 18th century,” I said. Jason looked puzzled by my statement, as if it had nothing to do with our conversation. He had asked me about picking the best qigong exercises for his situation. “I feel like I have so many exercises to choose from,” he had said. “I want to plan the […]
“QIGONG CANNOT POSSIBLY BE LEARNED ONLINE!!!” he wrote. As I’m sure you already know, writing in all caps on the internet is the equivalent of screaming. But this person added 3 exclamation points, just in case I didn’t get his point. This comment came from a qigong teacher — one who doesn’t teach online, of […]
I’m writing this from a beach town in Costa Rica where I’m decompressing after a wonderful week at our retreat center in the mountains. All week, I’ve been teaching my heart out to the next generation of qigong instructors. It was an incredible week. For those who are curious, I created this video redux, which gives […]
“Do you sell Chinese incense?” I asked. The year was 1995, and the young man behind the counter seemed to be a caricature of a NYC smoke shop employee. He had thick dreadlocks, a Bob Marley t-shirt, and he looked stoned out of his mind. I was not his usual customer, however. I was there […]
“You don’t find all this history and theory stuff painfully boring?” I asked. The year was 2012, and I had just finished a lecture on Chinese Medicine theory in my brick-and-mortar studio. In order to make sense of the theory, I also had to teach some history. “Not even a little bit,” she said. This surprised me. […]
Charlie Brown was definitely a qigong master. He knew about the connection between posture, biochemistry, and energy. His wisdom is forever immortalized in this old Peanuts cartoon: There’s so much wisdom in this cartoon, but when I first saw it, I was a little offended. “It’s a serious illness,” I thought to myself. “Depression isn’t […]
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I'm Anthony Korahais. Since 2005, I've been helping people from all over the world to get remarkable results with the ancient
Chinese healing art of qigong. This art literally saved my life, and I'm passionate about helping others discover the amazing things that it can do for them! Read More…
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