Taiji Shibashi class 2022.06.07

Taiji Shibashi Qigong

These archived recordings of the Taiji Shibashi classes taken from our live (streamed) classes and can also be used as a follow up to the on-demand Taiji Shibashi course.

These classes are suitable for beginners and intermediate practitioners of Qigong.

The content that is listed for each lesson only overs the exercises practiced during the lesson. It does not include all of the advice and guidance that is given.

Using the Controlling Cycle to balance the Five Elements.

• Primary Fire: Circle the Arms to Part the Clouds.
• Secondary Fire: Turn to Gaze at the Moon.
• Metal: Broadening the Chest.
• Wood: Painting Rainbows.
• Earth: Waving Hands Like Clouds.
• Water: Scooping From the Sea to View the Sky.

There are a number of combinations that can be used within the Taiji Shibashi Qigong when working with the Five Elements (in this case we are using the Control Cycle). Here, Des has chosen six examples and has started with Fire (Primary Fire and Secondary Fire).

Practicing a Five Elements regime brings the meridian system into balance and then maintains that balance. This can be done through either the Controlling Cycle or the Nurturing Cycle.

With the Controlling Cycle, once the imbalance is ascertained a combination of two, or three, Qigong is used to address that imballance. Then the balance can be maintained by using the Nurturing Cycle, or the Controllong Cycle.

All too often these wonderful Qigong are taught as physical exercises with no mention of the Internal workings. What does that mean? It means the movement of the Qi, your life energy. That is what Qigong is all about! Qigong is the art, the skill, of working with Qi and without the Qi there is no Qigong. So, if your only experience of these exercises has been a physical one be prepared for a few surprises.

The benefits of the Shibashi Qigong are numerous, sometimes too numerous as claims are sometimes made that don’t hold water. Those benefits may well be found after a very long period of practice, or over a shorter period if the appropriate exercise is practiced. However, that practice must be accurate.

In these lessons, Des Lawton guides you through every aspect of these Qigong: –

• The basic physical movements and postures.
• The Dantien (abdominal) respiration.
• Where you should be focusing the Qi (What points and what meridians).
• How to become aware of the movement of the Qi throughout the entire body (energy body).
• What the health benefits are for individual exercises.
• How to get the most from your Qigong.