Qi for Horses
Medical Qi Gong therapy, as taught in the lineage of Grand Master Hong Liu, can aid in injury recovery, illness, and conditions that are not responding to traditional veterinary care alone. Qi can strengthen your horse’s innate healing potential and when used as a preventative therapy can greatly increase longevity and vitality. The goal of a Qi treatment is to correct the bio-energetic imbalances, or blockages, in the patient so as to strengthen and regulate the nervous and immune systems, internal organs and body tissues, balance emotions and relieve pain. Medical Qi Gong works with the same meridian lines and points as acupuncture but without needles, allowing the whole being to rebalance for optimal health and happiness. The healing art of Qi gong draws upon the energy of nature, the elements, and the universe to transform the physical, mental, and emotional bodies. Horses are highly sensitive and responsive to this form of energy medicine. This may be because Qi is comforting and familiar in that it is sourced from nature rather than a man-made device.
healing potential without side effects
Medical Qi Gong, or Chinese Energy Medicine, is a specialized form of energy medicine and one of the five branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine which include acupuncture, herbal medicine, qi massage and diet (nutritional medicine). It is based on the Chinese medical view of the body, its channels, vital substances, and energy centers. This holistic philosophy views health as a state of harmony or balance existing between the internal environment of the being and the external environment it lives in. Stress, physical injury, infectious organisms, poor nutrition, seasonal changes and the aging process are capable of disrupting this state of harmony. The goal of a “Qi Session” is to correct bio-energetic imbalances and blockages and restore the flow of energy through the body’s energy channels, cells, tissues, and organs. This strengthens the body’s efforts to heal or to be in a state of optimum health.
“Jackie’s Qi energy and massage techniques effectively address issues with remarkably fast results. Wilson’s movements became noticeably smoother and more free post-therapy and he loves the time she spends with him. Her approach is transformative.”
-Debbie King, author and reiner
WHAT HAPPENS DURING A QI SESSION
A “Qi session” consists of the practitioner first sensing and then directly influencing the Qi of another being. The treatment begins with recognizing Qi imbalances and blockages through a Qi assessment. This involves observing the energy patterns around the surface of the body and then running the hands over the channels, or meridians, to determine specific information about their state. These meridians are found close to the surface of the body on the limbs and flow deeper within the trunk of the body to the internal organs. The meridians are the pathways that Qi moves through. Throughout the assessment, information about the physical, mental and emotional aspects of the horse are intuited. Next, the Qi imbalance is corrected through the appropriate technique. A purging technique is used to cleanse and purify the body's energetic fields and to remove pathogenic, toxic, or stagnant Qi. A tonifying technique is used to emit healthy Qi into deficient areas and to gather and store excess in the body’s reservoirs, known as the extraordinary vessels. A regulation technique is used to circulate the Qi in order to open places of stagnation and blockage to promote a healthy, unobstructed flow of life force energy in the body. As Qi flows freely, it becomes healthier, clearer and more potent. This Qi then moves into areas of dis-ease or distress. Sometimes the change is immediate. Chronic conditions may require additional treatment and time.
Grand Master Hong Liu
Grandmaster Hong Liu is an internationally renowned Master in the healing art of Qi Gong for over four decades. He is one of 12 Grandmasters in the world and the only one in the United States. Following three of China’s most renowned and powerful Qi Gong masters, he perpetuates a powerful lineage that bridges western medical science and natural healing. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Master of Oriental Medicine in China, Master Hong was an adjunct associate professor with the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Hawaii and has worked with the National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute on the herbal treatment of cancer. He was honored by the State Legislature for his innovative work to improve the health of Hawaii’s people. June 27, 2005 was proclaimed “Grandmaster Hong Liu Day” by the Governor of the State of Hawaii. For his pioneering cancer research, humanitarian healing programs, community outreach and tireless devotion to teaching people how to heal themselves, he has been proclaimed a Living Treasure in his homeland of China, and in the state of Hawai'i. Master Hong is the President of the Natural Healing Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.
