Four themes emerged from the interview data: "the physical experience of qigong," "regaining control," "no pain, a lot of gain," and "barriers to qigong practice." Participants offered examples of how qigong enabled them to control refractory symptoms after mTBI while decreasing reliance on pharmacotherapy. All agreed that qigong was uniquely conducive to the disciplined mindset of military service members and that the simplicity of Reflective Exercise qigong, compared with similar modalities such as tai chi and yoga, was well suited to individuals with decreased balance, cognition, and memory related to mTBI.

Conclusion: These results suggest that Qigong exercise effectively improved attention, brain processing speed, blood pressure and maximal workload. However, these improvements disappeared 12 weeks after cessation of Qigong. Consequently, performing Qigong regularly is important to maintain related health effects.

Each person enfolds something of the spirit of the other in his consciousness.. . . If we don’t establish these absolute boundaries between minds, then it’s possible they could. . . unite as one mind. — David Bohm

The results of the current study demonstrated that 8 weeks of Qigong training had positive effects on attention, brain processing speed, blood pressure and maximum workload.

Qigong Improves Quality of Life in Women Undergoing Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer. The current results indi cated that qigong may have therapeutic effects in the management of QOL among women who are receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer. Benefits were particularly evident for patients who had preintervention elevated levels of depressive symptoms.