When a person talks about energy there is usually a vague sense of what is meant by the word "energy." For instance, if Sam says, "I feel really low on energy today," and Sally says, "There was a lot of energy on the dance floor last night," are they talking about the same kind of energy? You could say that Sam is talking about internal energy and Sally is talking about external energy. Or maybe Sam is talking about potential energy and Sally is talking about kinetic energy. Or, does it really make any difference what kind of energy they are talking about?
In the last post we talked about energy as it relates to science. In science, energy is considered more of a material thing that can be measured such as gravitational energy, light energy, chemical energy and biological energy. On the other side of the coin there is an esoteric view of energy, where energy is understood to be an entity found everywhere and in every thing and not labeled as anything in particular.
Qigong and yoga are both an art and a science in that they have been studied and practiced over thousands of years and have developed into intellectual skills that take some time to master. Also, they both deal with energy. "Qi" is Chinese for energy and in yoga the word "prana" refers to a life force that surrounds and permeates all things both animate and inanimate. In the Western world prana is, more or less, understood to mean "life force."
More to follow.
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