I believe in qi bigtime. I feel it very strongly whenever I get acupuncture. I used to practice taoist yoga but I quit, partially because I was bored but also because I didn't think it was that practical for self-defense. But I still do some qi gong warmups as well as some exercises to help build wei qi (defensive qi) and also I eat with the seasons--based on TCM (a la Elson Haas, but Healing With Whole Foods is another one of my bibles) and I adapt the herbs I take, food I eat, etc. based on my pattern of disharmony.
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