Reddit reviews Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body: Qigong for Lifelong Health

Yes. Watch from 1 hour and 17 min in:

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In terms of learning to work with energy the number one most important thing IMO is to learn to really ground/root your energy. That can be done very deeply through standing meditation postures from qigong (called Zhan Zhuang). You can also directly learn to sink your energy.

A few good books for learning to do standing meditation and to ground

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Energy-Mastering-Internal-Strength/dp/0671736450/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536310978&sr=8-1&keywords=way+of+energy

https://www.amazon.com/Opening-Energy-Gates-Your-Body/dp/1583941460/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1536311094&sr=1-1&keywords=opening+the+energy+gates+of+your+body

And for working with energy in general:

https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Promise-Qi-Creating-Extraordinary/dp/0809295288/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0809295288&pd_rd_r=f2a13599-b27c-11e8-ad5d-f9d1f1abea37&pd_rd_w=jSsme&pd_rd_wg=PHn62&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=6725dbd6-9917-451d-beba-16af7874e407&pf_rd_r=4E6D4PWEM54GBZ9TJKQP&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=4E6D4PWEM54GBZ9TJKQP&dpID=51wRmSyNaFL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=detail

https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Light-Tao-Foundational-Practices-ebook/dp/B004J4WM6S/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1536311129&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+light+of+the+tao

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Qigong-Science-Chinese-Healing/dp/0345421094/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1536311155&sr=1-1&keywords=way+of+qigong

You should start with basic standing qigong and a beginners qigong set. This will help you learn to feel and sink your chi a bit. From there you can move into more complex chi practices like tai chi.

I am a practitioner and proponent of the Bruce Frantzis system, which Bruce co-designed with Daoist master Liu Hung Chieh while he was studying in China.

His intro to standing and the first qigong set is this book: http://www.amazon.com/Opening-Energy-Gates-Your-Body/dp/1583941460

He also has a lot more content on his website related to various chi practices and meditation: http://www.energyarts.com/

The books listed so far are good for philosophy and contemplation. Try some internal energy cultivation. See what happens. These books are very good, legit quality information and instructions, not new-age fluff. But they are still appropriate for a beginner. Yudelove's book is nice because it has a structured 14-week course with exercises to do on your own.
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Hey I actually had really bad pain in my lower back for ages and then I started practicing Ni Kung which is basically the ancient Chinese art of standing the fuck still for 30 minutes and paying attention to how you hold your body. Or it is wu wu energy chi magic, you can believe that too for sure.

Either way I no longer have back pain and I'm learning how to release tension in my neck and shoulders and it's pretty rad. Check out this book if you want. I almost guarantee-ish that it will help.

http://www.amazon.com/Opening-Energy-Gates-Your-Body/dp/1583941460