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July/August 2002 Alternative Health
Simple Empowerment Cosmic Freedom Qigong

by Vickie Sanderson

I just came back from a Cosmic Freedom Qigong workshop in Colorado. Cosmic Freedom Qigong or CFQ is a practice of seven simple movements that can change one’s life and health within days. I have been practicing it for eight months, and they have certainly changed my life. I was one of seventy people sitting quietly, transfixed with anticipation. As the workshop got underway with Dr. Chok Hiew and Master Yap, the room fairly buzzed with the energy of learning new and empowering information.

It all comes down to seven simple movements! In the beginning you ask yourself, "How can something so simple provide such powerful healing and peace?" For some reason we tend to feel that for something to really be able to change our lives or improve our health and well being, it has to be complicated. Not so with CFQ. In fact, keeping it simple is an integral part of CFQ. Cosmic Freedom Qigong is done without thought and without effort. It is "doing by non-doing." CFQ is about letting go of energy, especially old, blocked energy that can cause discomfort. Our discomfort may be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. The practice of Cosmic Freedom Qigong can relieve these discomforts.

"I feel a sense of peace." "I feel myself releasing fears." "I feel much more open, outwardly happy." "My arthritis is so much better." These were a few of the comments I heard from others who attended the weekend workshop. They had learned the seven movements the day before and were now describing the effects of one day of practice. That is one of the amazing aspects to CFQ. It doesn’t take months or years of practice to begin to experience positive changes. Dr. Hiew, the instructor of the workshop, explained: "Energy is like water. If it is stagnant it becomes smelly. It needs to move to stay pure. Energy too, if the flow stops, it becomes debased. In CFQ we are learning techniques that help us to move the energy in a calm and relaxed way, leaving us better able to cope with what life hands us."

We were indeed learning to handle the very same problems that had caused discomfort or pain just the day before. This truly was a tool for our self-improvement on so many levels. I spoke to several acupuncturists who were attending the workshop to receive continuing education credits. They were excited about the powerful possibilities of CFQ movements as an adjunct to their work.

As a student and practitioner of Cosmic Freedom Qigong for the past eight months, I am personally experiencing better health and a more positive outlook each day. My body is more limber and my mind is more peaceful. CFQ is providing me with a method to release old energies that have caused me to feel unhealthy. Finally I have a way to take control of my health and to improve my quality of life.