Silk Exercises Qigong Class – 2023.07.19

Description

In this Silk Exercises Qigong class – Set 1

• • Hands Holding up the Sky: Awareness of the effect of pushing upwards as the hands are raised.
  • Archery: Using the breath. Awareness of the stretch (Lu1, Lu2 & LI15 area).
  • Single Arm Lift: Focus on correct hand posture and where your attention is drawn to.
  • Looking Backward: Awareness drawn to both Stomach and Gallbladder meridian. There is a noticeable stretch on the front and back of the neck.
  • Head Shaking and Buttock Swaying: The turn of the body starts prior to the weight shift. A marked swaying motion of the buttocks.
  • Holding the Toes: Awareness of where the stretch is most prominent.
  • Fist Play with Glaring Eyes: Using the eyes – “glaring”. Awareness of what is happening in the neck (St & GB).
  • Heel Lifting: Correct structure, piston-like movement.
  • The full set.

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In these Silk Exercises Qigong classes we are working with these movements and how they have developed over the millennia to include the Ba Duan Jin and the Ten Fundamental Treasures.  Initially, we are focusing on and consolidating the Ba Duan Jin while taking one of the Qigong and showing the variants that are seen in the Silk Exercises and in the Ten Fundamental Treasures. As the classes develop, we will learn each of the four sets of the Silk Exercises Qigong as well as the Ten Fundamental Treasures. These recordings are of the Silk Exercises Qigong classes. These are Intermediate level classes and you will need to be familiar with the various stances used (Wuji stance and Horse Riding stance. Even so, we begin with the basic, physical, movements before working with the Internal. If you are unsure of the basics I recommend that you do the Qigong for Beginners course.