The Moving Tiger Method can help your meditation practice, whether you are a beginner or very experienced.

For hundreds of years prior to the Chinese Revolution in 1949, the exercises of Moving Tiger were practiced in the Shaolin Temple there.

This was the birthplace of Chinese Chan Buddhism, which when taken to Japan became known as Zen Buddhism.

In the Temple the exercises were known as Dragon and Tiger Qigong.

One of the reasons Shaolin monks practiced the exercises was to support their sitting meditation practice.They used the exercises to help keep their bodies healthy and in tone and their life energy full and flowing smoothly so that they could meditate longer and more deeply.

They understood that if their physical bodies were unhealthy or weak or if their life energy was depleted, stagnant or blocked, then their ability to meditate would be diminished. Rather than being able to focus on and explore the nature of their minds and spirit, they would spend their meditation time being distracted by mundane physical and life energy issues, such as a pain in their back or being too tired to maintain their focus.

You may or may not be as serious a meditator as a Shaolin monk. If you are, then you likely will find that practice of the Moving Tiger exercises brings you similar benefits.

If not, you may find slightly different benefits. If you are a beginner, having more energy and being more relaxed can help you more easily turn inward, develop focus, and be contemplative. If you are an occasional meditator, then having more energy and less tension can allow you to sit and maintain alertness and an unbroken focus longer and more comfortably.

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