Shen Qigong class – 2023.05.18

Shen Qigong – Expanding awareness

The Shen Qigong classes is 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. This means that the classes are often organic and they find a direction of their own, that direction governed by the needs and wishes of the participants.

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 Qigong 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.