You know how sometimes you walk into a room, like the lobby of an expensive hotel, for instance, and there's lots of light, space, and maybe some nice paintings and furniture? Compare the feeling of that room to that of a cubicle in a cinderblock, flourescent-lit basement office. Chi is the vital energy of the universe. It is not present in most cubicles.
Internal energy, the universal force which is harnessed through a series of special breathing exercises called Chi-Kung or Gung. It brings it's users good health and physical strength. It's development is a prime requirement for practioners of Tai Chi and Hsing-1.
1. the "life force" according to Chinese philosophy and medicine; 2. energy chiropractic [chiro-, hand + pract, to perform] (n) the drugless system of healing founded by D.D. Palmer in Davenport, Iowa in 1895, which is primarily concerned with body structure (particularly the spine) as it relates to body function and pathology.
In Taoism, vital force or energy essential to all life.
the primal life-force energy that flows in all things.
Eat; Hao Chi = "Good Eats!", "Tastes Good!"; "Chi Fan Le, Ma?" is a common greeting one hears around lunch time. "Have you eaten?" (literally "Eaten Food?). Like the western "What's new?" one isn't supposed to answer with a recital of what you had for lunch (or, in the west, all the things that are new in your life). A simple, "Chi Le" ("Yes I've Eaten") or "Mei Chi" ("No I haven't eaten, yet" suffices.
(Also known as prana, qi or ki) The name given to the energy, essential to life. According to both Ayurvedic Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine good health is dependent on the unimpeded flow of chi in the energy system of the body.
Ethereal energy that provides life force.
intellect, wisdom; in anime and manga it is usually used to refer to one's spiritual energy
The life force or essence that is possessed by all living things. Martial artists and swordsmen believe that they can harness and control their chi, using it to produce many powerful techniques and effects.
is the life force energy in everything. It is also known as Ka, Qi, Prana and Ki.
A term from Chinese medicine referring to the body's vital energy which moves the conscious and autonomic body systems.
the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is the vital force or energy of the body. Disease is an imbalance in this flow of energy in and around the body. Also seen spelled as Qi.
Similar to prana or the Holy Spirit, but used more specifically when referring to the energy moving along the meridians of the body described in Eastern medicine, or moving around your home as in the art of Feng Shui.
In traditional Asian therapies, the vital energy or life force of the body.
A chinese term used to describe the powers that can be generated when the mind and body are totally unified. It involves total and complete synconization of mind, breath, strength to achieve maximum force. It is that extra inner force created by the precise synchronization of the conscious and subconscious mind along with and individuals breath and strenght.
Energy that circulates throughout the body's meridians carrying with it a life force.
The Chinese term for the energy that circulates through pathways called meridians.
Chinese word meaning energy or universal life force.
Internal energy developed through Tai Chi practice, Chi is in everything.
Also spelt Ch'i, Qi or Ki, it refers to the nutritive subtle energy that surrounds us, that enters our physical body through breathing, and flows through the body along the acupuncture meridians.
Chinese concept of life energy, life force or spirit
Chinese word ( Ki in Japanese) that referes to the vital force that animates all living beings. It translates roughly as breath or subtle energy.
Vital life force energy also known as prana and mana.
(qi)- This is the general term for energy, which is everywhere, in everything. Feng Shui concerns itself with the movement and manipulation of chi with the goal being to create a more positive life experience.
Vital energy or spirit. (Chinese)
energy or life force. Chi can be found in special places, flows through the earth and through the bodies of living beings, and can be shaped by powerful beings through sorcery, the self-discipline of martial arts, willpower, or innate powers.
A Chinese term that means "life energy." Chi is matter, the life that circulates within the human body. Martial artists perform exercises to cultivate and strenghten their Chi.
The life force energy generated by the Nature Angel to create and nourish the physical body.
Literally means “life force” in Asian healing traditions. Touch is recognized as an important medium for transferring “life force” or “chi” from one person to another.
or qi, the life force or energy that flows in the body; "the root of a human being" (Maciocia 37)
In Chinese belief, chi is the life energy that permeates the universe. In the human body, it flows through channels called meridians. Health and sickness are attributed to the flow (or lack thereof) of a person's chi. See also 'prana,' 'ki.'
Close synonym for prana, or life force. A Chinese term.
chee energy that composed the universe and everything in it; life force
Chi comes from ancient Chinese medicine meaning the universal energy that flows through the body's vital organs, bones, bloodstream etc.
Chinese word for energy or life-force as in Tai "Chi"
The life force of vital energy of the universe.
Universal energy including heat, light, and electromagnetic energy. A narrower definition of chi refers to the energy circulating in human or animal bodies.
Energy or the breath of life.
Chinese term for the all-encompassing universal life force that flows in and around our body. Also Ki, Prana, Mana and other names in other belief systems.