Treating disease after it has manifested itself is like waiting to dig a well until after one is thirsty.
- Huang Di Nei Jing

Use your weight, not your strength.
- John Ellis, LAc

One of the most potent curative aspects of qi gong, that catchall phrase used to describe a wide variety of breathing and yogic/meditative practies intended to develop, accumulate, and cultivate an indivuals qi, is simply the concentration and strengthening of the capacity for breathing. The breath of life: qi. And when you can no londer draw it in or let it pass without, life has ceased to be in that small sector of the universe known as your body.
-- Ken Rose, "What is Qi?"