Fix or Prevent? Why Qigong is your natural medicine
In the West we treat disease. In the East they cultivate health. Discover how Qigong — one of the pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine — works as a natural medicine for body, mind and energy. No pills, no pressure, just movement, breath and awareness that bring you back into balance.
“Drink more cola and eat crisps.”
That was the doctor’s advice when my friend asked how she could regain her strength.
Seriously? How did we end up here — so far removed from what true health really means?
From fixing illness to cultivating health
We live in a world built around treating sickness, not maintaining wellness. Doctors are trained to understand disease — but rarely how to help us stay healthy.
In the West, we wait until you’re sick. Then we fix you. We cut, numb, medicate, suppress. We fill our bodies with chemistry, but no one asks:
“How did you get here? What was your body trying to tell you before it broke down?”
We’ve built an entire industry around illness — because healthy people don’t generate profit.
The wisdom of prevention
In ancient China, it was the opposite. Physicians were paid as long as their patients remained healthy. If someone fell ill, it meant the doctor hadn’t done their job properly.
That custom may no longer exist, but the wisdom behind it still does: the essence of Chinese medicine is prevention — not repairing, but regulating. Your mind, your emotions, your breath, your energy. So your body doesn’t need to shout to be heard.
The four pillars of Chinese medicine
Where Western doctors prescribe pills, a Chinese doctor prescribes practices — ways to help your body remember how to heal itself.
Acupuncture — to restore the flow of Qi and release stagnation.
Herbal medicine — plant-based formulas that gently rebalance your system.
Dietary therapy — eat what nourishes you, not just what fills you.
Qigong — movement and breath as medicine. Because life energy flows only when you move, breathe and soften. When tension — physical, mental, emotional or spiritual — begins to dissolve.
The Chinese say: tension is dis-ease. Where tension melts, energy moves. And that flow — that state of ease — is health itself.
Movement as medicine
Qigong as medicine isn’t about achieving more; it’s about allowing more. It teaches you to listen, to soften, to reconnect. When you move with awareness, space appears. Your nervous system calms. Your breath deepens. Your organs receive oxygen. Your fascia, bones and joints strengthen. Your body remembers what vitality feels like.
That’s healing: remembering what it means to be whole.
The gentle power of Qigong
Qigong isn’t a trend, a quick fix or a sport. It’s not about performance — it’s about presence. Soft strength. Breath that moves where tension once lived. A quiet reset for body and mind.
Through regular practice, you cultivate balance — physically, mentally and energetically. You learn to release what no longer serves you and to create space for clarity, calm and vitality.
Qigong brings you home — to your natural state of harmony. No pressure, no judgement, no side effects. Just you, your breath and the flow of life itself.
Remember: you are your own medicine
In the West we treat disease. In the East they cultivate health. Maybe it’s time to remember what real balance feels like.
We don’t need to become new people. We only need to return to our nature — to breathe, move, feel and rest. Qigong teaches exactly that.
Curious to experience it for yourself?
Join my gentle weekly Qigong sessions — live via Zoom, cosy at home.
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Or start your journey with my online introduction course in Dutch, Waking the Qi.
