Quiescent Qigong

Generally speaking, health maintenance practice comprises little or no movement.  In this form, it is known as quiescent Qigong (this includes meditation and visualization).  When the practice includes movement, it is called motion Qigong (the sixteen movement of Yuangong Qigong is motion Qigong).  The movements stress the cultivation of physical health.  Quiescent Qigong emphasis the cultivation of mentality and spirituality.  In the beginning stage of Qigong Cultivation, movements and meditation should each occupy half of the total practice time.   In advanced Qigong cultivation, no movement is involved and it is all replaced by meditation, which connect us with the universe and bring us relaxation, harmony, tranquillity and intelligence.

 Quiescent Qigong has various levels.  With different visualizations or combining types of breath, you can build up different realms followed by different results.  But the unexceptional process is the same - Quiescent and tranquility in mind, get rid of the complex of your thinking, leave one of what you are pleased with.  Eventually, all the thinking disappears, reaching a divinely realm of absolutely quiet and harmony - emptiness of your mind.

Master Yang demonstrating a quiescent qigong form:  Celestial Giving