13 Luohan Style Qi Gong

A „Luohan“ is regarded as the original follower of Gautama Buddha who has followed the Noble Eightfold Path and attained the four stages of enlightenment. He has reached the state of Nirvana and is free of worldly cravings - the craving for sensual pleasures, earthly existence, ignorance and wrong views - are gone. He is subject to no more rebirths and karma. Shaolin Luohan Style Qi Gong (Shi San Shi Luohan) is a set of 13 postures/movements that was developed by Shaolin Monks, after contemplating and imitating different forms and expressions of Luohan (Arhat) statues in the monastery. It belongs to the classic repertoire of Qi Gong exercises in the Shaolin Arts around the globe. In comparison to the 8 brocades (Ba Duan Jin), the Muscle and Tendon Transformation Excercises (Yi Jin Jing) and the meditative circular movements (Chan Yuan Gong), the movements in this set can also practically be applied for martial application. Together with the other Qi Gong sets, this routine develops a strong fo