What are some of the ways in which we lose chi?

We lose chi when we are too emotional, use our mind too much, label people and things and are too rigid in our thinking, or abuse our body. We are too emotional when we are too happy, too sad. too angry or too afraid. We use our mind too much when we talk too much, are too stubborn, are too narrow minded, are too judgmental or are prejudiced. When we label people and things and are too rigid in our thinking, we become too excessive in our life, thus losing chi. We can see this when we are too devoted to a job, a religion, or our family or we pay too mycg attention to political issues. We lose chi by abusing our body when we eat too much, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, sleep too much or too little, drink coffee, work too much on the computer or the Internet, encounter pollution or electro-magnetic fields.

Chi Kung Culture Society of TAIPEI