Embroidered Brocade Qigong class – 2023.11.07

The Embroidered Brocade Qigong

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.
• Q&A: Why do the Yin meridians sometimes feel warmer than the Yang?
• Q&A: I am unstable during the Taiji Walk. Is there a way of dealing with this?
• Q&A: Why am I not feeling anything at the Heart Chakra during The Sun and the Moon?
• The Sun and the Moon: Enhancing the connection between the three Chakras and why we do this. Increasing the focus and awareness in all the meridians.
• The Taiji Walk: Settling the body and the Yi. Connecting the heavens and the earth, creating that quiet space so that the Qi becomes more apparent.
• The Billowing Sail: Alignment, connecting the heavens and the earth, once again creating that quiet space.
• The Snake: Getting into proper stance. Creating quiet and listening to the Qi moving around the face and head.
• Focus and awareness: Switching between the Arm Yin and the Arm Yang meridians.
• Folding Over: Awareness of the Qi in the torso (Yin and Yang) and the head (Yang).