Mindful Qigong References

1 - Quality of life, bone health, cardiopulmonary fitness:

Jahnke, R., Larkey, L., Rogers, C., Etnier, J., & Lin, F. (2010). A comprehensive review of health benefits of qigong and tai chi. American journal of health promotion, 24(6), e1-e25.

2 - Blood pressure reduction:

Ching, S.M., Mokshashri, N.R., Kannan, M.M., Lee, K.W., Sallahuddin, N.A., Ng, J.X., Wong, J.L., Devaraj, N.K., Hoo, F.K., Loo, Y.S. and Veettil, S.K., 2021. Effects of qigong on systolic and diastolic blood pressure lowering: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 21, pp.1-11.

3 - Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Mood & Psychological Wellbeing, Other Conditions including Parkinson’s:

Abbott, R. and Lavretsky, H., 2013. Tai Chi and Qigong for the treatment and prevention of mental disorders. The psychiatric clinics of North America, 36(1), p.109.

4 - Strengthening the immune system and reducing pain

Irwin, M.R., Olmstead, R. and Oxman, M.N., 2007. Augmenting immune responses to varicella zoster virus in older adults: a randomized, controlled trial of Tai Chi. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(4), pp.511-517.

5 - Fatigue?

Quality of evidence for Tai Chi found only to be moderate with potential for bias.

Xiang, Y., Lu, L., Chen, X. and Wen, Z., 2017. Does Tai Chi relieve fatigue? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS One, 12(4), p.e0174872.

Note: Tai Chi and Qigong are considered to be very similar in philosophy, principles and common practice components, They are therefore taken to be equivalent and to have very similar effects (Janhke et al., 2010).