My own heart attack was overcome directly because of the help of Qigong - which is when I returned to teaching Qigong after being 'busy' doing other things. It is an important part of health care there, both for healthy people and in the hospitals and universities. Qi is breath, air, or the living force while gong means to cultivate something, or to do some sort of work - it also means to practice or train with enjoyment and with no effort. If someone loves to cook or do gardening then they find it no effort. So it is with practising Qigong.
Daily practice becomes as second nature as having breakfast.
The Chinese have shown that Qigong triggers a spontaneous natural healing response in the human body. For many years I have been involved in energy medicine. At one time I was invited to help a patient in Hongkong and I became fascinated by the dozens of people practising Qigong in the parks and gardens. Every morning I would go out in the early dawn and watch and watch to try to see what they did and how the masters taught the students. I have studied with masters in many countries of Asia as well as in England, Norway, Portugal, New Zealand, Singapore.