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Shen Qigong classes at San Bao School

The Shen Qigong exercises in these classes are a mixture of Active and Passive Qigong. They are Spiritual in that they are working with the consciousness and can be used to alter states of awareness, giving access to higher levels of being and increasing perception. In addition to the Shen exercises we also incorporate Qigong from other sets (Shibashi, Ba Duan Jin, Connecting Heaven and Earth, the Orbits, etc.) so that a deeper understanding and more profound experiences gained from them.

Shen Qigong Classes: 2023.05.04

Building our awareness of the different qualities of Qi in the meridians.

• The Four Shen Qigong – exercise 1.
• Listening to the Yin meridians and the Yang meridians in the arms.
• Circulating the Qi of the Yin and Yang meridians of the arms.
• Awareness of the flow, or a quality that is being carried in the flow.
• The Sun and the Moon, from the Embroidered Brocade: Guidance and awareness of the Qi in all the Yin and all the Yang meridians.
• Passive Qigong: Using the Yi to Guide the Qi in all the Yin and all the Yang meridians while having tangible feedback.
• Switching the awareness from the Leg Yin to the Leg Yang and back.

Shen Qigong Classes: 2023.05.11

Increasing awareness of Qi. The expansion and contraction experienced during Qigong.

• Exercise 1 from the Four Shen Qigong. Practiced slowly without using the breath.
• Palms to Infinity, from the Ten Shen Treasures.
• Holding up a Single Hand, from the Ba Duan Jin.
• Drawing Down from the Heavens, from the Ten Shen Treasures.
• Following the Qi, the body following rather than guiding. Looking at the Qigong called Drawing the Taiji.

Shen Qigong Classes: 2023.05.18

Each of the Five Elements has its own qualities. Each has a different essence, different flavour, texture, colour and smell. These, if you are listening to your Qi become more apparent.

Each of us has a dominant sense when working with Qi. Yours may be tactile, it may be colour. In this lesson were are working with taste and smell.

• The Four Shen exercise 3.
• Metal: The Wise Owl Looks Backward. From the Ba Duan Jin.
• Water: The Commencement. From the Shibashi.
• Wood: Holding the Fists Tightly and Staring with Glaring Eyes. From the Ten Fundamental Treasures.
• Fire: Circle the Arms to Part the Clouds. From the Shibashi.
• Earth: Spleen. From the Five Taoist Yin.