I prefer qigong as well.
A good ‘everthing including the kitchen sink’ reference book for learning qigong is “The Root of Chinese Qigong” by Jwing Ming Yang.
Mantak Chia is a prolific and also very well respected author on the subject.
You can find interviews on you tube with both of these and moving qigong exercises that are great to start with, and it looks a lot like Tai Chi, only without the martial intention. I like Wuji Qigong, but other styles and forms will all help. 8 pieces of brocade is a gold standard form for balancing and developing your energy.
My go to is still meditation, with pore breathing and running the microcosmic orbit, which I do every day.
I posted a bit of info here that uses the methods from qigong: