Qigong arrives in SL
The first ever International Health Qigong Programme conducted by the
International Health Qigong Federation, Chinese Health Association and
Sri Lanka Health Qigong Association will be held from March 19 to 21 at
River face Hotel- Rajagiriya, with the inaugural ceremonies held at the
same venue from 8.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. on March 16.
Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system that integrates
physical postures, breathing techniques and focused intention. The word
Qigong (Chi Kung) is made up of two Chinese words. Qi is pronounced chee
and is usually translated to mean the life force or vital-energy that
flows through all things in the universe. Health Qigong is believed to
help enhance the energy of internal organs and hence heal many diseases
including high blood pressure and diabetics.
 The
International Programme, apart from introducing Health Qigong as a
lifestyle and sport, will focus on the immense health benefits Health
Qigong can offer its practitioners. It will also provide much-needed
expertise in Health Qigong from the International Federation.
The inaugural International Health Qigong Programme will have
Minister of Sports, Dayasiri Jayasekara as the Chief Guest, Minister of
Petroleum Resources Development Chandima Weerakkody as the Guest of
Honour. Also attending the event will be Zhang De Ming, Vice President
of International Health Qigong Federation and Cultural Secretary of
Chinese Embassy
Chinese Health Qigong Association (CHQA), founded in April 2004 and a
member of All-China Sports Federation, is a national sport for all
society promoting, popularising and researching health qigong. It
dedicates itself to developing the traditional Chinese health culture,
advocating and organizing activities of healthy and civilised qigong,
carrying out sporting exchanges with foreign countries and serving to
improve the people's health.
Qigong
There are various forms of Qigong, some are done with no movement at
all, in standing, sitting and supine positions, some with gentle
movements and some with movements mixed with stretching of the body or
dynamic exertion of power. There are more than 10,000 styles of qigong
and 200 million people practice them all over China and the world.
Health Qigong is a system comprising some of the oldest Qigong in
China, they are Yi Jin Jing, Ba Duan Jin, Wu Qin Xi, Liu Zi Jue and
Twelve Duan Jin, these Qigong all have more than 1000 years of history.
Sri Lanka Health Qigong Association (SLHQA)
Sri Lanka Health Qigong Association (SLHQA) was founded in 2009, at
the International Chinese Qigong Exchange Program held in Shanghai.
SLHQA is the only registered and licensed association with International
Health Qigong Federation (IHQF). It is the 47th Country to be registered
in the IHQF. SLHQA holds the membership of Marketing Commission in IHQF
and it had contributed to improve and promote Qigong across the world
since 2009. SLHQA has internationally trained trainers on Qigong,
certified by the Chinese Health Qigong Federation (CHQF) and IHQF.
During past seven years, SLHQA has been involving in various
activities such as International Qigong promotional conferences,
competitions and trainings with the collaboration of IHQF. As a result
of utmost efforts, SLHQA has succeeded in winning three gold medals and
a silver medal at the 2nd International Health Qigong Competition, which
was held from September 12-14, 2015 in Bozhou, China.
For more information: Contact Eranga Weerasinghe (Secretary General)
0773955507, Mahesh Pathirana (Technical Director) - 0774779112. |
