Shen Qigong class – 2024.09.26

Description

Shen Qigong class – Manifestations of Qi

In this Shen Qigong Lesson

Awareness of how our energy body (our perception of it) can change. Awareness of the colours, smells, tastes, sounds, textures and emotions linked to the various Elements. Working with the Extraordinary Meridians and noting the difference in the quality of the Qi when compared to that of the meridians.

Qi Qualities – Tastes, smells & colours

• Daoyin warm up.
• The Four Shen: Exercise 3 using the Water Path position.
• Listening: Moving between Elements and noting the changes in the qualities experienced.
• Du Mai Pump: The effect on the Dantien.
• Listening to the Dantien: Perception of its dimensions and movement.
• Palms to Infinity: Expansion & contraction.
• Extending (sinking) through the hands, then the feet, in stages.
• Separating the Heavens and the Earth: Consolidating at the Dantien and listening to what is occurring.

The Shen Qigong exercises in these classes are 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.