By Jamie Friedlander — 2019
In this article, you’ll find everything you need to know about qi, including how to know if you’re deficient in it and how to regulate it.
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Along the path that is our lives, sometimes we feel like we are skating, while at other times we are dragging. When we have energy in the right quantity, we feel great; when we don’t, we may feel we’d try anything to get it back.
Qi is the animating power of the body. It's the difference between a live body and a dead body.
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