I SUFFER FROM SEVERE DEPRESSION,
ONE IN WHICH I SEE A PSYCHIATRIST FOR,
AND ALSO I SUFFER FROM CHRONIC FATIGUE.
YOU WOULD JUST WAKE UP, AND YOU'RE STILL TIRED.
YOU MIGHT GET 8 HOURS OF SLEEP, UNINTERRUPTED,
AND THEN YOU JUST WAKE UP, AND YOU'RE STILL TIRED.
MY FATIGUE WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY.
MY BODY WOULD JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST WORN.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY I WAS FEELING THE WAY I WAS FEELING
OR WHAT WAS GOING ON, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
I FELT LIKE I WAS LIVING TO BE A 60 OR 65-YEAR-OLD MAN
WITH ZERO ENERGY IN MY BODY.
I JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED A PILL OR SOME TYPE OF CHEMICAL
TO JUMPSTART ME.
YOU ACTUALLY PUT YOUR BODY THROUGH A LOT MORE
THAN WHAT YOU THINK YOU DO ON A NORMAL BASIS,
AND THAT YOU NEED A RECHARGE.
AND WHAT THAT RECHARGE IS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INTERNAL.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE,
LIKE, SAY, A CAN OF SODA OR ENERGY PILL.
THAT'S NOT IT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE LOADED WITH CAFFEINES
OR OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICALS THAT COUNTERACT
WHATEVER ELSE YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT IN YOUR BODY
EARLY IN THE DAY OR LATER STAGES OF THE DAY.
WHAT'S DONE IS AN INTERNAL FORM OF MEDICINE
THAT ALLOWS THE BLOOD FLOW TO REGULATE THROUGH YOUR BODY.
AND IT CHANNELS ITSELF NATURALLY,
AND THAT'S THE ENERGY BOOST,
OR THAT'S THE LIFT THAT I NEEDED.
I NEEDED SOMETHING INTERNAL BUT NATURAL.
SO QIGONG, IN ESSENCE, DID HELP.
INITIALLY, YOU START OUT WITH A SET OF MOVEMENTS
AND A SET OF TECHNIQUES,
AND IT REGULATES AND FLOWS THE CHI IN YOUR BODY.
THE CHI IS ALSO KNOWN AS ENERGY IN CHINESE MEDICINE.
THAT'S WHAT CHI IS, IT'S CALLED ENERGY.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT FILTRATES THROUGH YOUR BODY
AND IT GIVES YOU--
IN ESSENCE, IT UPLIFTS YOU, IT GIVES YOU A REFRESHENING,
ANOTHER WAY OF TRYING
TO BASICALLY RECHARGE YOUR SYSTEM.
AND IT WAS VERY STRANGE AT FIRST,
BECAUSE, ONCE I LEFT, YOU KNOW,
I WAS SKEPTICAL IF THIS WAS GOING TO WORK.
I MEAN, I HAD READ UP ON IT,
I'VE SEEN A VIDEO OR TWO ON YOUTUBE
ABOUT THE QIGONG STUDY, BUT I WASN'T QUITE SURE
IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR ME,
BECAUSE I'D SUFFERED FROM IT FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
I JUST WASN'T SURE.
BUT AFTER THE FIRST SESSION, I WAS A BELIEVER.
I GOT ME BACK, I'M BACK.
I LIKE THE WAY I FEEL.
WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING BEFORE,
THIS WAS JUST A BUILD-UP OF TOXINS
THAT WERE IN MY BODY.
ONCE I WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROPER STEPS,
AND I SAT THERE AND I OPENED MY MIND
TO WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED TO ME,
AND THEN, AFTER THE FIRST SESSION,
I JUST FELT THE REJUVENATION THROUGH MY BODY.
AND ALL IT WAS WAS SIMPLE MOVEMENTS.
THIS IS NOT A CHINESE MEDICINE THAT'S GOING TO CURE EVERYTHING.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW,
IS LIKE MAGIC DUST YOU SPRINKLE
A LITTLE BIT OVER EACH INDIVIDUAL,
AND THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY CURED.
IT TAKES DEDICATION, DEVOTION, AND AN OPEN MIND
TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.