NINGJING
QIGONG & NEIGONG
A Yin-based path
to inner strength and luminous calm.
What is Ningjing?
Ningjing is a modern experiential qigong–neigong approach that honours tradition without repeating it. It does not preserve the past, but grows from lived experience in the body, in breath, in feminine energy and in the wisdom of the yin quality.
It emerges as a response and a gentle correction in a world leaning too far toward yang — fast, extreme, loud and exhausting. Its tension can be felt inwardly as anxiety, attention overload, and a constant sense of uncertainty.
Qigong lays the foundation in the body through breath, movement and attentive awareness. From this foundation, neigong unfolds inner strength and wisdom.
Out of this depth, a Related Presence can open, awakening capacities long hidden. And everyday experience is touched by peace and quiet joy. Ningjing is not about yesterday — it is about how Related Presence grows when we turn toward one another.
Ningjing is a path grounded in a feminine quality of strength — one that holds, relates and unfolds through connection. Its intention is not to “feel a little better,” but to open a way of being where Related Presence reshapes how we relate to ourselves, to life, and to one another.
What Makes Ningjing Unique?
Ningjing does not teach great truths.
Instead, it offers space for you to sense the subtle, real relationships that reveal themselves in the quiet of the body, the breath, the flow of energy and the wisdom of the yin quality. The practice helps us to experience, release and hold. Its slow transformations reshape how we sense our bodies, our habits, our relationships, and the everyday ways we move through the world.
Ningjing can be practised by women and men alike.
Yin and yang are not opposing forces, but complementary qualities. When this balance shifts, we all feel it — and through Ningjing, this delicate balance can be restored in us and in our lives.
The Four Phases of Unfolding
1. Attention and relaxation
Through sensing your body and practising focused, gentle movements, you gradually learn how to calm the restless, scattered mind. The characteristic circular, spiralling movements of Ningjing Qigong not only work as a deep spinal practice, but also guide you towards profound relaxation through the rhythm of the breath and the slow interplay of gentle tension and release.
2. Silence and receptivity
With deep relaxation, inner silence begins to emerge. At this stage of practice, the nervous system gradually learns to shift more easily into subtle perception. New layers of experience open up within the exercises. What initially required effort and willpower is slowly replaced by a receptive, intention-free way of practising that allows space for things to unfold naturally. This is the rising of Yin.
3. Related Presence
This is no longer a technique, but a state of being. The awareness cultivated through Ningjing practice begins to appear spontaneously in everyday life situations. The practices of Related Presence help this state become increasingly stable – not only within the safe space of formal practice, but also in living relationships and in both lighter and more challenging life situations. This is where the unfolding of Double Compassion finds its place.
4. Everyday Life
At this stage, Related Presence naturally weaves itself into everyday activities. There is no longer any need to “invite” this state – it arrives on its own. Our attention now turns to maintaining direction, protecting the refined functioning of our nervous system, and restoring balance whenever we slip out of alignment. Our inner garden is in bloom and bearing fruit, and we care for it in the way it needs to continue flourishing.
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The Effects of Ningjing Qigong & Neigong Practice
You can sense Ningjing in the body, the flow of energy, and the subtleties of the mind.
Body
- the body’s signals become easier to read
- the practice has a regulating effect on the nervous system, hormonal and immune responses grow more balanced
- the spine and joints gradually move with more freedom
qi
- excessive yang is softened and brought into balance through a yin-centred practice
- the Chong Mai axis becomes perceptible and functional, supporting the unfolding of your capacities
- an energetic ‘ground’ develops, from which Related Presence can emerge
mind
- emotional responses become steadier and more coheren, the practice evokes quietness, clarity and ease
- the capacity for Double Compassion begins to take shape, Related Presence is experienced with increasing frequency
- creativity becomes freer, new solutions arise and a presence-led leadership quality can gently appear
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An Invitation to NINGJING PRACTICE
When first meeting Qigong, it’s easy to think you are being invited to a breathing-and-movement meditation.
In reality, the practice is not the point.
The point is you — the one who practices.
As you begin to move your body, make your breath and attention more conscious, something subtle rearranges itself: you perceive differently, you see differently, you hear yourself more clearly, and a related presence becomes more natural — with yourself, with others, and with the world.
Please don’t believe any of this.
I’m simply inviting you to try it and experience what Ningjing and Related Presence can open for you.
– Edina Góra –