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Question: I have been practicing Qigong for almost half a year. At the beginning, I was very motivated, but now I feel it’s getting repetitive—I do the same postures and movements day after day, month after month. I know Qigong can do some pretty amazing things for my health, yet sometimes I really don’t feel like practicing and have to force myself. What is your advice on keeping motivated to do this kind of practice?

Answer: How can you continue to wash the same body—your body—for thirty or forty years? Why do you brush the same teeth day after day? It’s the same concept: it’s for yourself; it’s for your health. Doing these things help maintain your health. But with Qigong, if you don’t go to the next level, then you are just doing the same maintenance day after day. If you don’t find the benefit, then you won’t do it. So the key question is Do you get a benefit? If you don’t see a benefit then you have to ask yourself this: Do you practice Qigong good enough? Read more