Is gi (氣) a superstition? You already use it every day

“Gi healing? Come on. How can I believe in something I can’t even see?”

Is that what you’re thinking? Here is the interesting part: Koreans can hardly say a word about how their bodies feel without gi (氣).

We know by instinct that there is some fundamental life force, different from the calories we get from food. The proof is hidden in the words we use without thinking.

1. “Ugh, I’ve got no gi-un.” (氣運, vital energy)

You’ve eaten and you’ve slept, yet you can’t be bothered to lift a finger. The fuel is there, but the battery that starts the engine is dead. Without gi-un, the force that moves gi, a person is just a listless lump of flesh.

2. “My gi-bun is off today.” (氣分, mood)

Have you ever looked at the characters in gi-bun, the Korean word for mood? It means gi (氣) being divided and spread (分). When gi spreads evenly through the body, we say our mood is good; when it is blocked, we say it is bad. Needing a change of mood is the body’s signal that it wants to clear a blocked flow.

3. “That person drains my gi.”

After talking with someone you dislike, you feel as worn out as after a day of hard labor. Nobody hit you, so why are you so exhausted? Because their negative waves soaked up your life force. Koreans describe it precisely: “my gi is being sucked away.”

4. “Gi-ga makhine!” (My gi is blocked!)

When something truly absurd happens, the back of your neck stiffens and your chest tightens. Our ancestors called this moment, when shock stops the circulation of energy dead in its tracks, “the gi is blocked.” Koreans still say it today to mean “that’s unbelievable.”

See? You already feel gi, and you already talk about it.

Gi is not reserved for Taoist masters. Like your smartphone’s battery, it is the bio-energy itself that keeps you alive and moving and lets you feel.

RE:SONANCE is not a place that asks you to believe. When you say “I have no gi-un,” it recharges the drained battery; when you say “my gi is blocked,” it releases the blockage. It is a thoroughly commonsense wellness space.

Now restore your flow, and let your gi-bun lift.