Taiji Shibashi Qigong Course

As part of our online Qigong courses, the Taiji Shibashi course contains everything you need to practice this set as true Qigong. This is probably one of the most practiced Qigong on the planet but 99.9% of people practicing it are not doing Qigong. They are moving their arms and legs about in the manner of slowed down aerobics………….. They are not moving their Qi. In this course we deal with the Qi.

This course contains the fundamentals of Qigong and each of the 18 exercises is explained in depth with the specific meridians and acupuncture points highlighted.

The Ba Duan Jin Course

The vast majority of Qigong (this includes the Ba Duan Jin) currently being taught is of a physical nature with no real focus on the Internal. Bobbing up and down while moving the arms and having vague thoughts about Qi is not Qigong.

• You need to know proper stances and postures.
• You need to have accurate focus.
• You need to know what meridians and points are being stimulated.
• You need to be fully aware of the Internal movement. Aware of the Qi.

As with all of our online Qigong courses, the Ba Daun Jin covers everything you need to practice the set as true Qigong.

The Five Taoist Yin Course

Five Taoist Yin is also known simply as the Five Yin Qigong. The name of this set is a bit of a misnomer as there are six yin meridians and these exercises work with all six.  In all, there are nine separate exercises in this course as it also covers variants for some of them.

In this Qigong course, the set being taught as true Qigong. Here we work Internally.

The Ten Fundamental Treasures Course

The Ten Fundamental Treasures is an ancient Qigong that is little seen let alone practiced nowadays.  These treasures share, in name, a number of exercises that are in the Ba duan Jin (The Eight section brocade) and the exercises look similar.  However, the focus in the Ten Fundamental Treasures, the emphasis, is not the same.  I practice both of these sets and they are, internally, completely different.

This Qigong course is for intermediate to advanced practitioners and is not really suitable for beginners.  The emphasis, as with all Active Qigong, is on creating internal movement that has been stimulated, in part, by external (that is physical) movement.

Makko Ho Course

Makko Ho means “the practice of facing things” and the exercises originally developed from temple prostration practice by the Japanese yoga teacher, Nagai Wataru, in the 1930s. They were then further developed by Shizuto Masunaga, the founder of the Shiatsu massage system that I practice.

The Silk Exercises Course

The Silk Exercises are ancient. They are the ancestors of sets like the Ba Duan Jin and the Ten Fundamental Treasures. They, themselves, are treasures and provide us with a road map of the development of this branch of Qigong.

Qigong did not appear overnight. The Internal understanding developed from the external as practitioners (those early Masters) became more and more aware of movement that was not physical. Of sensations that were not physical Of beyond body experiences that could not be explained adequately using physical descriptions.

In this course we have the opportunity to walk in their footsteps.

The Orbits Course

The exercises in this course help the practitioner to, tangibly, circulate the Qi in both of the Orbits. To do this successfully there are a number of things that need to be in place. Among these are: –

• Proper posture.
• A quiet body and a quiet mind.
• The Kua (the Energy Gates) must be open.

Meditation, visualization, or imagination is not enough. The Orbits are already there but, because of our lifestyles (bad posture, etc.) they tend to be weak and fragmented. The methods taught in this course are designed to help the practitioner to access them tangibly, to locate any weakness in the flow, any blockages, any sluggishness and rectify them.

The Four Shen Qigong Course

The Four Shen exercises are Active, Spiritual, Qigong. That is to say that the body movement is one of the tools used to help guide the Qi and the exercises are used to alter states of awareness, giving access to higher levels of being and increasing perception.

• The exercises involve the Shen, that finer quality of Qi that is connected to our consciousness, our Mind, our Higher Self.
• They entail raising the vibration of the Shen, and the awareness of self, the Qi of our body and mind.
• They entail awareness of other as our awareness is expanded beyond our physical body.
• Finally, they allow access to our Higher Self so that we can have meaningful dialogue and receive guidance.

The Eight Exceptional Vessels Course

The Qi in the Exceptional Vessels has a marked difference in quality to that found in the 12 meridians. So, if you have only been practicing meridian Qigong do not expect the same experiences, the same feelings, with these exercises.

The Exceptional Vessels govern three physiological functions: –

· They are likened to reservoirs of Qi. Continuing with this analogy, the meridians can be likened to rivers.

· They store energy for the body by regulating the flow of Qi into the meridians, providing homeostasis.

· They drain excessive energy from the meridians, again with the function of bringing about homeostasis.

Connecting Heaven & Earth Course (8 Exceptional Vessels)

This Eight Exceptional Vessels Qigong is an Advanced Qigong that requires more focus and accuracy than meridian Qigong. A lot more.

We access the Vessels via the Master and Coupled points. You can think of them as gateways to the vessels.
Individual points need to be activated/stimulated/triggered – not the meridians.

Knowledge of the location of these eight points is crucial to attain feedback of any activation. This is covered in the course.