Embroidered Brocade Qigong class – 2024.09.24

The Embroidered Brocade Qigong

These Qigong have huge depth and, with some of them, we can work with a variety of Qi flows and qualities. They are well worth exploring.

Although having similar names, the Embroidered Brocade Qigong and the Eight Pieces of Brocade (AKA the Ba Duan Jin) are two entirely different sets. The Embroidered Brocade is a set of seven Qigong exercises, namely: Folding Over, the Circle of Light, the Billowing Sail, the Sun and the Moon, the White Crane, the Snake, and the Taiji Walk.

Benefits

The numerous benefits of these exercises include:

• Stimulating Qi flow in the Yin and Yang meridians of the legs.
• Stimulating Qi flow in the Arm Yin & Yang meridians.
• Opening Ming Men and Dazhui (Du Mai 14). AKA “Big Bone” this is the first thoracic vertebra, where the Qi can often get stuck.
• Bringing awareness of and building the skill of sinking the Qi while raising the Shen.

In this Embroidered Brocade Qigong class

• Daoyin warm up exercises.
• The Taiji Walk: Stillness.
• Folding Over: Awareness of the Leg Yang meridians in the head.
• The Circle of Light: Arm Yin meridians: Building the awareness of these three meridians.
• The Billowing Sail: Structure, alignment and listening to KD1.
• The Snake: Correct posture and working with the Arm Yin meridians.
• The White Crane: Ways of using the breath.