 Qi (pronounced chee) is the body’s life enabling vital energy. We experience blockage or depletion of this vital energy as pain, disease or disharmony. These effects may be felt in our body, mind, and/or spirit. In Asian Medicine, methods like acupuncture, cupping, guasha, herbs, moxibustion, tuina massage, and qigong are used to balance and free the flow of Qi. Mark Melchiorre uses these Asian Energy Medicine methods, including specialized forms of acupuncture known as Balance, Chronotherapy, and I Ching styles, to promote health and to effectively treat and prevent a variety of physical and emotional disorders. Mark teaches tai chi and qigong, Asian Medicine's self-care component, to those interested in health maintenance, self-healing and increasing vitality.
What people say about Mark's treatments and classes:
“I am feeling GREAT ... After our last session, I felt an incredible shift and have felt practically no pain at all, just a mild achiness. I didn't even realize how bad I felt until the relief came!” -NL
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Qigong, pronounced "chee gong," is the self-care component of China's age-old health care system. The word Qigong means "cultivating energy." Qigong is practiced for health maintenance, self-healing and increasing vitality. There are thousands of styles of Qigong practices including martial arts, medical, and religious/philosophy based forms. All styles have three things in common: physical postures, breathing techniques, and focused intention. Qigong methods are used to activate our body's innate self-healing energy.
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The months of summer (May 6 - August 7) correspond to the Fire phase, and the Heart and Small Intestine organs in the Asian Medicine system of correspondences. In this season all living creatures prosper.
 Summer
To take stress off of your heart “do not burden yourself with depressing thoughts, do not get anxious about future events that may never happen, do not dwell on things that are well in the past.” Eat moderate amounts of cooling foods like cucumber and watermelon. Drink plenty of water. Try to avoid being over chilled with air-conditioning. Meditation, tai chi, qigong, and yoga are good choices for any season.
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