Taiji Shibashi class 2022.12.06

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.

Understanding the Shibashi

• Sinking the Qi and raising the Shen.
• Lowering and raising of the body.
• The start and end of each Qigong.

Examples

• The Commencement.
• Broadening the Chest.
• Holding a Ball in Front of the Shoulder.
• The Flying Dove (the three levels of understanding).

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.