What is neigong? An introduction
What neigong means: the word 内功, its roots in daoyin and breath practice, martial “internal” arts, Daoist inner alchemy, and how it relates to qigong.
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Qigong and Taijiquan: what systematic reviews say
What systematic reviews say about Qigong and Taijiquan: falls, blood pressure, COPD and Liu Zi Jue, the quality problems, and what is and isn’t supported.
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The Chinese five tones and the Five Phases
Gong, shang, jue, zhi, yu: the Chinese five tones, how classical texts link them to the Five Phases and organs, and what music research shows.
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Vowels and formants: the acoustics of the six sounds
How your mouth shapes sound: the source-filter model, formants F1 and F2, and what the Six Healing Sounds are acoustically, from hiss to vowel.
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Who should be careful with breathing practices
Who should be careful with breathing practices? Pregnancy, heart and blood pressure, epilepsy, panic, recent surgery, and the signs that mean stop.
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Quantum consciousness: Penrose and Hameroff’s Orch-OR, fairly examined
Penrose and Hameroff’s Orch-OR theory of consciousness, fairly examined: what it proposes, what tests and critiques show, and why it’s speculative.
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Quantum biology: what’s real, and why your body isn’t a quantum computer
Quantum effects in biology are real but tiny: enzyme tunnelling, the bird compass, the revised photosynthesis story, and why your body isn’t quantum.
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“Quantum healing” and the observer effect: what physicists actually mean
What physicists mean by the observer effect, why observation isn’t consciousness, and where claims about “quantum healing” break down.
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Quantum entanglement explained, without the mysticism
Quantum entanglement explained simply: what Bell tests and the 2022 Nobel Prize show, why it can’t send signals or energy, and what it doesn’t mean.
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Long exhalation and the vagus nerve: what’s known and what’s hype
Does a long out-breath really “activate” your vagus nerve? What studies show about exhalation and HRV, and where polyvagal and gadget claims go too far.
