etween physician and patient, between nurseand patient, between therapist and client, betweencolleagues, between friends, between familymembers, between the individual and his/herliving environment, and so forth. Again, such energeticcommunications might be called“Transactional Energetics,” or perhaps even “Qimailcommunications.”For example, in psychotherapy treatment sessions,a phenomenon h<strong>as</strong> been observed, since1946, which is termed “Projective Identification.”Projective Identification occurs in circumstanceswhere A (psychotherapist) experiences feelingsthat belong <strong>to</strong> B (client) but that B is unable <strong>to</strong>access; and instead "projects" them in<strong>to</strong> A (his orher therapist).1 Projective Identification h<strong>as</strong>been known <strong>as</strong> unconsciousness communicationsbetween therapist and client. The problem is thatboth the therapist and client are not aware or notconscious of these kinds of communications duringpsychotherapy treatment sessions. If thetherapist is not aware of projective identificationsfrom their clients, over time, the projective identificationscan become a root cause of comp<strong>as</strong>sionfatigue and burnout of the therapist, or the therapistcan become a victim of the client’s projections.Or <strong>to</strong> take some other examples, while the medicalprofession prepares for treating millions ofpatients who will be newly insured under thecurrent healthcare law, the Mayo Clinic(Rochester, Minn.) reports that nearly one in two(45.8%) of the nation's doc<strong>to</strong>rs already suffer <strong>as</strong>ymp<strong>to</strong>m of burnout.2Most nurses enter the field of nursing with theintent <strong>to</strong> help others and provide empathetic carefor patients with critical physical, mental, emotional,and spiritual needs. Empathic and caringnurses, however, can become victims of the continuingstress of meeting the often overwhelmingneeds of patients and their families, resulting incomp<strong>as</strong>sion fatigue.3 One of the causes of comp<strong>as</strong>sionfatigue and burnout for healthcare providersmay be inadequate awareness of transactionalenergetics and therefore of the skills required<strong>to</strong> do healing and service work in a balancedway over an extended period of time.Importance of Authentic Qi Cultivation forHealthcare ProvidersWhen healing chronic health conditions, thehealth condition might require attention not onlyat the level of the physical symp<strong>to</strong>ms, but mayalso need <strong>to</strong> be treated at the internal energylevel, emotional level, mental level, spiritual level,or in relation <strong>to</strong> habitual behavior, personal andprofessional relationships, and so forth. The authenticqi cultivation can <strong>as</strong>sist healthcare providersin seeing the client <strong>as</strong> a whole person at alldifferent levels. The study and practice of medicalqigong, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> medical Yijing, greatly enhanceshealthcare providers’ ability and performancein understanding the root cause of healthconditions and fosters an ability <strong>to</strong> treat a patien<strong>to</strong>r client not only at the level of the symp<strong>to</strong>ms butat the global level, <strong>as</strong> a whole person.Medical Qigong and The Healthcare SystemMedical Qigong is the study of authentic qi cultivationand management of the body b<strong>as</strong>ed oncl<strong>as</strong>sical Taoist alchemical cultivation, traditionalChinese medicine, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> modern life science.Medical Qigong techniques can be practiced ononeself for self-healing, self-care and selfcultivationor can be performed <strong>to</strong> facilitate thehealing process of others. The authentic Qi holds40 <strong>Yang</strong>-<strong>Sheng</strong> (Nurturing Life) Volume 3, Issue No. 3
the key <strong>to</strong> the healing and improvement ofchronic health conditions.Qi is a complex of bioenergy and intelligence ofthe body including different forms of energiesand health-related information and healing intelligence.Medical Qigong exercises can be used forspecific health conditions such <strong>as</strong> type 2 diabetes,chronic pain, hypertension, arthritis, cancer recurrenceprevention, chronic fatigue symp<strong>to</strong>ms,fibromyalgia, chronic migraine, chronic anger,depression and so forth.and circulation of internal Qi-energy. The Qi pathwaysor acupuncture meridian system are an interfacebetween the physical body’s hardwareand the body’s “software” - e.g., the mind, consciousness,memories, emotions, and intelligenceof the body. The Qi network is responsible ingreater me<strong>as</strong>ure than is generally realized byWestern medicine practitioners for the managementand coordination of the activities of the internalorgans, tissues, cells, genes, and also forthe sharing of the body’s resources.Qigong is a several-thousand-year-old internalauthentic qi cultivation practice that empowersindividuals <strong>to</strong> explore and develop their inherentpotentials for self-healing, self-care and for improvingthe quality of practitioners’ lives. When aQigong practitioner h<strong>as</strong> m<strong>as</strong>tered the techniquesand skills of internal authentic qi cultivation andmanagement, she or he will be able <strong>to</strong> facilitatehealing for others <strong>as</strong> well.Where<strong>as</strong> modern western medicine h<strong>as</strong> focusedon the body’s “hardware” care and managementfrom an “objective” ana<strong>to</strong>mical and physiologicalpoint of view, Medical Qigong excels at healing ofnon-crisis illness (such <strong>as</strong> chronic pain, type 2diabetes, arthritis, insomnia, fibromyalgia, and soforth) by improving the balance and harmonyThe integration of humanbody hardware care withhuman body softwarecare holds great promisefor the future of humanhealthcare. There is, currently,a big gap in understandingbetween theE<strong>as</strong>t and West regardingthe human body’s hardwareand the humanbody’s software. The authenticQi represents abridge between the Westand E<strong>as</strong>t, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> abridge between the humanbody’s hardware andhuman body’s software.Medical Qigong offersnew light and brings new hope <strong>to</strong> health care,particularly regarding chronic health conditions,and it also offers important awareness and selfcarepractices <strong>to</strong> both e<strong>as</strong>tern and western providersof healthcare.An accomplished Medical Qigong practitioner willbe aware of “transactional energetics” in Qigongcl<strong>as</strong>s settings, professional consultation sessions,and even during phone conversations and emailcommunications. An important <strong>as</strong>pect of trainingin Medical Qigong is the overcoming of the p<strong>as</strong>sive/reactivebehaviors of the body at energeticand information levels, which are then redirectedconsciously and proactively. Thus an accomplishedMedical Qigong therapist becomes able <strong>to</strong>cultivate their awareness and, thereby, <strong>to</strong> rele<strong>as</strong>e,June-July 2013 <strong>Yang</strong>-<strong>Sheng</strong> (Nurturing Life) 41