Shen Qigong class – 2023.07.06

Shen Qigong class – Using all of our senses.

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.

In this lesson we are targeting the way that Qi manifests as taste, smell and colour. We are making use of the Controlling Cycle of the Five Elements as we do so and using a range of commonly practiced Qigong.

• The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3.
• Secondary Fire: Turning to Gaze at the Moon.
• Primary Fire: Turning to Gaze at the Moon.
• Metal: The Wise Owl Looks Backward, from the Ba Duan Jin.
• Wood: Painting Rainbows, from the Shibashi.
• Earth: Spleen, from the Five Taoist Yin.
• Water: The Commencement, from the Shibashi.