In Qigong Practice Edwin Shendelman Qigong practice employs a system of sophisticated body-mind interactions which are the core of its practice. For the sake of convenience we speak of distinct body and mind actions, but these actions are always on the verge of affecting each other. The mind is implicit in the body and the body in the mind. These two converge in a vision of the body that is subtle in form. Mind-image and body sense gravitate to a number of distinct zones.
Meditation is a gesture of total being that encompasses and integrates body and mind.
In qigong, this gesture arises as particular interpenetrating body and mind actions. Body-action encompasses a vast array of posture and movement. Mind-action encompasses a similar vast array of visualization, intention and concentration exercises. They are the hub of the wheel of fundamental meditative intentions. Qigong looks at the body and its zones in terms of spatial-spiritual relationships.