chi
Vital life force
Chi is the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ), used in English mainly in scientific and mathematical notation.
Separately, chi (also qi or ki) is a concept from Chinese philosophy denoting vital life force or energy believed to flow through the body: Tai chi cultivates chi, The acupuncturist worked to unblock my chi.
This sense appears in practices like feng shui and traditional Chinese medicine.
Vital life energy
- pranaVital breath energy
- energyPower to do work
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- essenceFundamental nature of something
spirit · force · meridians · acupuncture · qigong · breathwork · cultivation · shen
Focused attention practice
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- kundaliniDormant spinal life force
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
consciousness · awakening · mindfulness · healing · reiki · holistic · channels · vibration
Feminine cosmic force
- yangBright masculine cosmic force
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- equilibriumState of balance
- flowUnbroken forward movement
circulation · blockage · imbalance · restoration · alignment · centering · grounding · polarity
qi
Vital life energy
essence · spirit · force · meridians · acupuncture · qigong · breathwork · cultivation · shen · blockage
meditation
Focused attention practice
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- kundaliniDormant spinal life force
enlightenment · consciousness · awakening · mindfulness · healing · reiki · holistic · channels · vibration · attunement
yin
Feminine cosmic force
- yangBright masculine cosmic force
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- equilibriumState of balance
flow · circulation · blockage · imbalance · restoration · alignment · centering · grounding · polarity · duality
qigong
Chinese health cultivation art
internal · external · cultivation · sifu · power · strike · breathing · stance · rooting · projection
alpha
First Greek letter
epsilon · zeta · eta · theta · iota · kappa · lambda · mu · nu · xi
- kung fukung fu, wushu, Shaolin, Shaolin Temple, taijiquan
- Chinese Wordser, san, si, qi, ba
- Eastern SpiritualityBuddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto
- Greek lifefraternities, fraternity, sorority, sororities, frats
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
chistagnation
Absence of flow or progress
blockage · depletion · lifelessness · death · exhaustion
chimaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
mechanism · biomedicine · physicalism · reductionism · anatomical model