Conscious Awareness is the CEO of the Brain

Our brain is the most complicated thing in the world about which we know very little. Our brain is a giant computing system subdivided in rivals subsystems. The brain works for us to navigate in the outer reality. It also controls and coordinates the inner workings of our body. The way it works is fascinating and still a mystery. But as complicates as it seems it left an open door for us. The evolution could not let this complicated system without a commander to orient it in the jungle. And it is exactly the conscious awareness which is the CEO of the brain. The Conscious awareness not only can command the brain in the outer everyday world but can be used to task the nervous system toward an inner state.

Here it comes the secret of Internal Qigong (Zhan Zhuang) which is used to command the brain and the body toward an healthy state. During the internal qigong exercise you naturally induce and aim to maintain a relaxed state (healthy state) which should be impressed upon subconsciousness.

There is a beautiful statement in Yiquan: Practice consciously and succeed subconsciously. This is true for both martial arts achievement and health. Practicing consciously is to use the conscious awareness to give the instruction to the brain. Then, the brain is a large industry which works toward the goal that you ordered. The intention through conscious awareness is the key to the evolution of species. Animals have awareness too, but humans have something more which is self-awareness which is God-like quality.

Zhan Zhuang is a health posture where the nervous energy flow is released, blood flow is increased etc. This is the posture for most people but the right posture is that which gives you the relaxed state. You can keep the wuji standing with just very little knee bending if that gives the relaxation state. During the posture the increased of energy and blood flow will give you a fragment of health which you have to impress upon subconscious mind. The relaxed state and putting the conscious awareness upon the parts we need to heal is enough to give the brain the task to find the solution for maintaining this health state. Anyway putting the conscious awareness upon the dantian is the same as putting it globally on the body.

A good method also would be the recollection of a inner state during your past childhood when you were healthy. This state of health is stored in the subconscious brain.


90% of diseases have the origin in the nervous system. Thus, Zhan Zhuang and wuji standing may help.