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Qi and Body Awareness: Week Four
Video 1: 4 Tips to Improve Our Qigong Practice
The Three Rules for Qigong were to study the physical movement, understand the internal application of each movement, and to apply the internal and external awareness to the practice. Now we further refine our Qigong practice by understanding some concepts that we may apply for developing flowing Qigong movement. This in turn promotes greater Qi flow.
Video 2: Reverse Abdominal Breathing
Here we use our hand as tools to clear (move Qi through) seven energy gates (including the opposite side of each energy gate) in correspondence with physical movement. We thus coordinate the movement of the body with the energy gate on the body that we are clearing.
Video 3: Waving Body Collecting Qi
Here we use our hand as tools to clear (move Qi through) seven energy gates (including the opposite side of each energy gate) in correspondence with physical movement. We thus coordinate the movement of the body with the energy gate on the body that we are clearing.
Video 4: Clouds Pierce Through
This practice was adopted from a Tai Chi movement and it follows Qigong principles of gathering Qi and moving Qi through the Central Channel (Zhong Mai) and through the crown point on the head (Bai Hui).
Video 5: Vitality Qigong
This is a form of Qigong learned in Wudang Mountain, China, taught directly by Master Ming Yue.
Video 6: Two Hands Hold the Sky
This is one of the “Eight Great Movements for Health”. This exercise is described as a practice to regulate the internal organs of the heart, the lungs, the kidneys, and the intestines. It is said to relieve fatigue and invigorate the muscles and bones of the back and waist, while also helping correct poor posture.
Video 7: Wood Fish Separates
TThis practice gathers Earth Qi and Heaven Qi and compacts and expands this Qi between our hands.
Video 8: Shifting Left and Right / Waving Head & Tail
“Waving Head & Tail” and also “Looking at the Opposite Heel” practice are two of the “Eight Great Movements for Health”. “Looking at the Opposite Heel” practice strengthens the flow of Qi in our legs and feet and it also trains us to shift left and right in a way that we can protect our knees from damage. “Waving Head & Tail” practice is stated to have a powerful effect on the nervous system and the circulation of blood and Qi. It is said to help relieve heartburn, stimulate the power of the kidneys, and strengthens the eyeballs, the muscles of the neck, and the muscles of the shoulders. It is also said to be excellent for alleviating high blood pressure.
For questions or comments regarding your practice, you may contact us at harhar@shenrenqigong.com. Questions will be directly answered from the instructor. For questions regarding health issues, we recommend you contact your physician or health provider. Thank you.