Although they come to psychotherapy for their psychological problems, clients always complain their bodily symptoms Because Western Psychology most often considers the mind and the body separately, its approach to human existence becomes partial. In the East, there has been a fundamental perspective that the mind and body are one, which emphasizes the wholeness including the nature. Based on this insight, I felt that there might be some hints in External Qigong and thus participated and practiced Qigong at workshops that I happened to find out from rumors. In this process, I have come across to Eastern Medicine. In the East, human beings are included in the world of nature.
Humans are in the nature, and the nature is in humans.
Furthermore, there are two extreme opposites in the nature called Yin and Yang, such as Earth and Heaven, Sun and Moon, day and night, males and females, etc. And, the Yin and Yang continuously change, maintaining a balance as they exist together and separately at the same time. Because humans are also animals which live in the nature, it has been considered that humans live according to the laws of Yin and Yang, and Qi flows harmoniously in the human body. Extrinsic Qi, which occurs later. The intrinsic Qi is available when we attain life as a fetus, and it is the foundation for our growth toward adults and the fundamental power for our life activities.