Back to Nature

“Back to Nature” is the translation of Vietnamese words “Hoan Nhien” , a theory of Vietnamese qigong training to achieve a good life in both mental and physical fields. This theory has been handed down from generation to generation in Viet Nam.

“Hoan” means return, be back. Attune. “Nhien” means nature. “Hoan Nhien” means “Back to Nature,” attune to the flow of Nature energy; Heaven and Earth. “Back to Nature” is a way of living, for a normal life of each person. “Back to Nature” is a way of training in order to attain a peaceful life of a whole Body and Mind. “Back to Nature” is a way to activate a natural healing source hidden in the human connection to natural energy while training the body and soul, aiming at recovering the living force of body and soul that exhausted by time.

Either we pay attention to the Body or Spirit improvement, we must train in a Nature law.

Heaven, Human, and Earth are basic elements of the philosophy of life of Vietnamese Ancestors. Human is a bridge of Heaven and Earth. Earth is the supporter of the Human physical life. Heaven is a spacious spirit of human. Human cannot be whole without the connections of Heaven and Earth.

Being a whole “human,” we need the support of Earth and the guidance from Heaven. Without Earth, there is no source for us to survive in the physical aspect, our spirit have no accommodation to take shelter to participate in life. Without Heaven, we have no guidance in life and our spirits cannot evolve. To recreate the connection of Human to Heaven and Earth; completion of Human between these two basic elements is the basic perquisite and first step for all improvements of body and spirit.

“Back to Nature” concept is: We are Human, we need to be normal before being an expert. We need to use a mean to reach a goal of higher spirit; that means our bodies. We need to eliminate all of body’s illnesses before confronting hindrances in the soul; illness of soul. What will we enlighten in our lives if we are not really living in this world. The enlightenments of spirit are flowers, which are the result from years of cultivation. How could we have fresh and healthy flowers from withered trees? Tree grows from Earth, flowers blossom directly to the vast Heaven.

A man training with “Back to Nature” is a man growing like a tree. He grows a tree because he wants to have beautiful flowers and good fruits. He knows the beauty of flowers and good taste of fruit through his study from past knowledge. His daily job is not dreaming of the picture of flower, of the good taste of fruit but takes care and fertilizes the tree. Flowers will blossom and fruits will ripe when all necessary conditions come from his labor and appropriate weather from Nature.

Flowers and fruits are hidden in seeds. Wanting for beautiful flowers and good fruits, we need to chose good seeds and give them good care as much as possible. Creating good conditions for the seeds, we will be able to have perfect results, which are beautiful flowers and tasty fruits. Taking good care of the planter is necessary for hidden things; flowers and fruits; that will appear to our senses.

Body and spirit are two parts of a human; the connection between them cannot be separated. To survive and evolve in this life, we cannot lack or forget either one of them. The physical body is the outside shape of spirit and the spirit is the inside shape of the body. If there is anything that impacts body, it will affect the spirit. In reverse, if there is anything that influences the spirit, it will have an affect on the body as well. Body and spirit have a connection in all aspects of our lives. In this concept, we can tell that the body is spirit and spirit is body. If someone asks which is more important flowers or trees? We do not know the answer, because the flower is hidden in the tree and the tree is hidden in the flower as well. Flowers and trees is a circle without beginning and end.

 “Back to Nature” training starts with the body first, then the spirit. Training is from outside to inside, from shallow level to profound level, from simple level to complicated one. For that reason, “Back to Nature” Qigong creates a body-training program; through this training, a person will recognize the body’s weakness and difficulties resulting from illness or lack of exercises in life. At the same time, while training the body, a person will recognize all hindrances deeply dwelling in his soul, all the hidden bad habits staying in his mind caused by his laziness.

Nature; Heaven and Earth not only give us the accommodation, food, and air as we know, but are the miracle energy sources as well. If we know how to take advantage of these sources, we can change and evolve our life in a better way in both physical and mental condition.

Harmonizing with Nature is the key to opening the door for a better life.

Heaven, Earth, and Human have closed connection.

“Back to Nature” balances our physical and mental conditions by our will of training in harmonizing and using the miracle energy ready in Nature.