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<\/p>\nBailongBall and Energy Work<\/p>\n
\u201cBe in dialog with the person opposite of you \u2013 play the way your energy allows you to\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cEnergetic Playing\u201d \u2013 that is how the author experiences BailongBall. In her recently published book \u201cSpirale des Gl\u00fccks\u201d (Spiral of Happiness), she dedicates an entire section to this sport, explaining how BailongBall helps to bring body and soul in motion.<\/p>\n
But let us start at the beginning: Susanne Ritz is a passionate BailongBall player and trainer. For more than ten years now, she teaches the racket sport, as well as QiGong, TaiJi Quan and instructs QiGong trainers in her studio. But her energy work reaches back even further than that. Years of training and her practical experience with QiGong formed the foundation of the energy work she is practicing, today.<\/p>\n
It all started with the sports she had tried, that drained her of energy, more than anything else. Every game or training left her more depleted. It was when she discovered QiGong that she realized that there were better options. The \u201cvitalizing effects\u201d of her QiGong training sessions made her curious. How can such \u201cunassuming exercises\u201d provide such a source of energy and power?<\/p>\n
This curiosity paved Susanne\u2019s way to energy work. The book covers the energy surrounding us, as well as that of our body. She details how execrcises can be embedded in every day activities to fill our body\u2019s energy reservoir, rather than deplete it. And she covers how energy work can help overcome physical problems as well as anxieties we may experience.<\/p>\n
For Susanne, BailongBall has a \u201cplayful\u201d as well a creative component, that reaches beyond the energy work experienced with QiGong and TaiJi. In her book, she lays out how to improve your body\u2019s agility, while you are having fun at the same time. All the while removing enrgetical blockages. To that end, she provides practical exercises, to demonstrate how BailongBall positively influences respective parts of your body.<\/p>\n
Here is an excerpt of her book (courtesy of the author):<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen playing BailongBall, one realizes how little we are like machines. As hard as I may try, to repeat a certain rally or move during practice, most attempts are slight deviations from the ones before. Be it while receiving of passing the ball. The unconventional ball lays bear the details of my every move: as my move is always a little different, the ball allways shows a slight variation in its trajectory.<\/p>\n
It is through this unconventional phenomenon, that BailongBall also helps in training your individual rhythm. You begin developing a certain sensitivity towards your own movements. Albeit not consciously. It is a subliminal process.
\nThis was certainly one of the big differences I experienced with respect to Tennis or Badminton. With those sports, rhythm clearly took a back seat. To put it in other words: the opponent clearly limited my options when reacting. While with BailongBall I also receive a ball, I am left with more choices when returning it. My rhythm allows me to control how to play the ball back. This is more my way, my body\u2019s way. And as a \u201cside effect\u201d, this leads me to more controlled and healthier movements.\u201d<\/p>\n
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