Classes Archives: Shen Qigong classes from 2024
These classes are not suitable for beginners. The Qigong contained in these lessons is of an intermediate and advanced level.
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.
- The exercises involve the Shen, that finer quality of Qi that is connected to our consciousness, our Mind, our Higher Self.
- They are used to increase the vibration of the Shen, and the awareness of self, the Qi of our body and mind.
- They can increase awareness of other as our awareness is expanded beyond our physical body.
- Finally, they can be used to gain access to our Higher Self so that we can have meaningful dialogue and receive guidance.
These recordings, from the Shen Qigong classes are now available as an added asset to our live classes and the our online Qigong courses. Using these classes will help you to delve deeper into these Qigong than a fixed, on-demand, course. However, without previous experience, or without doing that course these lessons may be hard to follow.
If you are new to Qigong please do our Qigong for Beginners course before joining these classes.
If you already experienced in practicing Meridian Qigong but have no experience in Shen Qigong then I recommend that you complete the Four Shen Qigong course before trying these classes. That way, you will get much more benefit/insight from them.
The list for each class only covers the exercises done. Each class has much more in the way of guidance.
Shen Qigong – Working with the consciousness
These classes work, in depth, with a variety of Qigong
2024 already! A new year and a change of focus……………….. I asked what direction you wanted to go in and you answered with most of you wanting to delve deeper into the other manifestations of Qi. Things like colours, tastes, etc. but also the interconnectedness of Qi.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.01.04
Listening does not mean the ears
- Daoyin preparation.
- Shen Exercise 3: Opening the mind.
- Broaden the Chest: Metal.
- Circle the Arms to Part the Clouds: Primary Fire.
- Shen Exercise 3: Listening to the activity at the Third Eye.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.01.11
Awareness of the colours, smells, tastes, sounds, textures and emotions linked to the various Elements.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Shen Exercise 3: Using either the Fire Path, or the Water Path. Opening the mind and expanding awareness.
- Broaden the Chest, from the Shibashi: Metal.
- Harmonizing Stomach and Spleen, from the Ten Fundamental Treasures: Earth.
- The Commencement, from the Shibashi: Water.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.01.18
- Daoyin preparation.
- The difference between the Fire Path and the Water Path.
- Shen Exercise 3: Using the Water Path. Opening the mind and expanding awareness.
- Spleen, from the Five Taoist Yin: Accessing Earth Qi. Awareness of colour around the hands.
- Opening the hands, projecting from the thumbs and the index fingers. Observing the colour of the projected Qi.
- Spleen, from the Five Taoist Yin: Projecting from the thumbs and the index fingers. Observing the colour of the projected Qi.
- Shen Exercise 3: Awareness of colour changes as you work with the Chakras, in turn. Awareness of stimulation of all of the senses.
- The need for regular, quality, practice.
- Liver, from the Five Taoist Yin: Familiarisation prior to awareness of the qualities.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.01.25
Awareness of the colours, smells, tastes, sounds, textures and emotions linked to the various Elements.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Water Path.
- Shen Exercise 3: Opening the mind and expanding awareness.
- The Commencement, from the Shibashi: Awareness of the qualities of Water.
- Circling the Arms to Part the Clouds, from the Shibashi: Awareness of the qualities of Primary Fire.
- Holding a Ball in Front of the Shoulder, from the Shibashi. Awareness of the qualities of Secondary Fire.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.02.01
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.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Water Path.
- Listening to our Qi and setting a base-line.
- Shen Exercise 3: Opening the mind and expanding awareness. Listening to the changes.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth: Working with the connections through the Hundred Meetings and through the Bubbling Spring. Listening to the effect.
- Separating the Heavens and the Earth: Working with the connections through the Hundred Meetings and through the Bubbling Spring. Listening to the effect.
- Broadening the Chest, from the Shibashi: Awareness of the qualities of Metal.
- Settling the Shen.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.02.08
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.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Fire Path.
- Listening to our Qi and setting a base-line.
- Listening to the Kua in the fingers,
- Shen Exercise 3: Opening the mind and expanding awareness. Listening to the changes.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth, From the Ten Shen Treasures: Working with the Hundred Meetings and the Bubbling Spring. Listening to the effect.
- Separating the Heavens and the Earth, From the Ten Shen Treasures: Working with the Hundred Meetings and the Bubbling Spring. Listening to the effect.
- Palms to Infinity, From the Ten Shen Treasures: Expanding outwards.
- Looking at the aura (Qi) around the hands.
- Settling the Shen.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.02.15
Awareness of the colours, smells, tastes, sounds, textures and emotions linked to the various Elements.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Fire Path.
- Extending awareness above the Hundred Meetings.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Connecting the Heavens and the Earth.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Separating the Heavens and the Earth.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Palms to Infinity.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Fingers to Infinity
- Settling the Shen.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.02.22
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.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Fire Path.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Palms to Infinity.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Fingers to Infinity.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Connecting the Heavens and the Earth.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 4.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.02.29
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.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Water Path.
- Extending from the Hundred Meetings: Working with spirals.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Separating the Heavens and the Earth.
- Folding and sinking: Awareness of the spirals in the Qi.
- Raise the Heels: Activating Kidney 1. Awareness of the spirals and waves.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Palms to Infinity.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 4.
- Closing.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.03.07
Awareness of the colours, smells, tastes, sounds, textures and emotions linked to the various Elements.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using the Water Path.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3.
- Viewing the Qi on and around the hands.
- The effect of that Qi as a lens.
- Waving Hands Like Clouds: Viewing the Qi between the hands.
- Variant of Waving Hands Like Clouds: Viewing the Qi between the hands while noticing the corresponding changes in the sensations felt.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Separating the Heavens and the Earth.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Drawing Down from the Heavens.
- “Packing” the Qi at our base.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.03.14
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.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Using choice of the Fire Path, or the Water Path.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 1.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 2.
- Observing the Qi on and around the hands.
- Scrying, viewing between the hands.
- Variant of Waving Hands Like Clouds: Viewing the Qi between the hands while noticing the corresponding changes in the sensations felt.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Palms to Infinity, following the Qi.
- The Four Shen: Choice of Exercise 1, or Exercise 2, following the Qi.
- Advice on intensity and quality of practice.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.04.18
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.
- Listening to our Qi..
- Daoyin preparation: Working with the Cervical Kua then listening to the changes in or Qi.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 1, using the Fire Path position. Then listening to the changes in or Qi.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3, using the Water Path position. Then listening to the changes in or Qi.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Separating the Heavens and the Earth, using the Water Path position. Then listening to the changes in or Qi.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Connecting the Heavens and the Earth, using the Water Path position. Then listening to the changes in or Qi.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.04.25
Awareness of the colours, smells, tastes, sounds, textures and emotions linked to the various Elements.
- Listening to our Qi..
- Daoyin preparation: Working with the Cervical Kua then listening to the changes in or Qi.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3, using the Water Path position. Then listening to the changes in or Qi.
- Using the Yi to guide the Qi: Holding up a Single Hand, from the Silk Exercises.
- Awareness of the Qi moving the body. Listening Jing.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Palms to Infinity. Yi guiding the Qi, then listening as the arms “float” as they follow the Qi.
- Awareness: Listening to the Qi during the Commencement, from the Shibashi.
- Are you actually practicing Qigong?
- Awareness of colour: A Qigong that can help enhance that ability.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.05.02
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.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Varying the way that we work with the Hip Kua.
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 1, using the Fire Path position. Working with Du Mai and listening to the changes in or Qi
- The Four Shen Qigong: Exercise 3, using the Fire Path position and listening to the changes in or Qi.
- The nebulous shape pf our energy body.
- The Ten Shen Treasures: Palms to Infinity. Yi guiding the Qi, then listening as the energy body expands and contracts with this Qigong.
- Awareness: Listening to the Dantien and its relationship with Mingmen and the Exceptional Vessels.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.05.09
Following on from last week’s lesson, we are off at a tangent again. The feedback about the sensations you experienced from working with the three of the Extraordinary Meridians and the connection between them, the Dantien and Mingmen has triggered this.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: The Exceptional Vessels (Extraordinary Meridians) version.
- Pressing Palms in Calmness (Shen).
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.05.16
- Daoyin preparation.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: The Exceptional Vessels (Extraordinary Meridians) version.
- Change the Sinews: The Exceptional Vessels version.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.05.30
- Daoyin preparation.
- Change the Sinews: The Exceptional Vessels version.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Introducing the Master Points in the feet.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.06.06
- Daoyin preparation.
- Q&A: The difference between the Exceptional Vessels and the Five Elements Versions.
- Change the Sinews: The Exceptional Vessels version.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Using all eight of the Master Points.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.06.13
- Daoyin preparation.
- Q&A: Accessing SI 3 while “Saying a Prayer”.
- Change the Sinews: Focus and awareness on the Master Points.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Using all eight of the Master Points.
- Change the Sinews: Focus on Master Points and awareness on the Coupled Points.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.06.20
- Daoyin preparation.
- Building awareness of Yin Wei Mai and Yang Wei Mai.
- Change the Sinews: Focus and awareness on the Master Points. Awareness of the Vessels.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Using all eight of the Master Points.
- Triggering Master Points using the Yi while listening to the effect on the Coupled Points.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.06.27
- Daoyin preparation.
- Questions and answers.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Using Qigong, then Neigong methods.
- Change the Sinews: Focus on the Master Points. Awareness of the Coupled Points.
- Change the Sinews: Awareness of Du Mai and Ren Mai.
- The Du Mai Pump, from the Ten Shen Treasures.
- Freeing blockages in Du Mai at the Upper Back Kua.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.07.04
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
- Practicing as Neigong.
- Using the Yi to stimulate the Master Points in the feet.
- Change the Sinews: Listening to the Coupled Points in the feet.
- Change the Sinews: Attention on Du Mai and Ren Mai.
- Change the Sinews: Attention on Yin Wei Mai and Yang Wei Mai.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth.
- The Du Mai Pump: Awareness of the Qi.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.07.11
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
- Change the Sinews: Additional focus on Du Mai and Ren Mai.
- Passively stimulating Du Mai and Ren Mai.
- Change the Sinews: Increasing the awareness of the Vessels as each Master Point is triggered.
- The Du Mai (Governing Vessel) Pump. Beginning to work with the Microcosmic Orbit.
- Increasing the awareness of Dai Mai (the Belt Vessel).
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Working with all 8 Master/Coupled Points.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.07.18
Using the Water Path position.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
Protecting yourself from others’ Qi. - Change the Sinews: Additional focus on Du Mai, using the Fire Path.
- The Du Mai Pump: Using the Fire Path.
- The Du Mai Pump: Using the Water Path.
- Connecting Heaven and Earth: Switching between the Fire Path and the Water Path.
- Awareness of our energy field: Seeing the Qi.
- Awareness of our energy field: Feeling the same Qi.
- Corelating the colour with the sensations.
- Releasing blocked Qi in the upper back.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.07.25
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
- Meetings of the Vessels at Bladder 1.
- Change the Sinews: Awareness of the Vessels.
- Change the Sinews: Awareness of change at BL 1.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth: Listening to each Vessel in turn.
- Passive Qigong: Listening to each Vessel in turn.
- Awareness of the entire energy field.
- Tactile awareness of a section of the energy field.
- Visual awareness of the same section of the energy field.
- Settling the Qi.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.08.01
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
- Change the Sinews: Awareness of Yin Wei Mai and Yang Wei Mai.
- Exceptional Vessels Qigong Exercise 1.
- Exceptional Vessels Qigong Exercise 2.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.08.08
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
- The Exceptional Vessels: Exercise 1.
- The Exceptional Vessels: Exercise 2.
- Awareness of the Qi.
- Change the Sinews: Awareness of the Coupled Points.
- Awareness of the Qi in different parts of the aura.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.08.15
The Extraordinary Meridians
Paying attention to the changes occurring as each Master Point is stimulated.
- Daoyin preparation.
- Qs&As.
- The Exceptional Vessels: Exercise 1.
- The Exceptional Vessels: Exercise 2.
- Change the Sinews.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.08.22
Working with the Four Shen Qigong.
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen: Exercise 1.
Working with and the Ten Shen Treasures.
- Du Mai Pump.
- Holding a Bowl.
- Separate the Heavens and the Earth.
- Connect the Heavens and the Earth.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.09.05
Working with the Four Shen Qigong.
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen exercise 1: Inward.
Working with and the Ten Shen Treasures.
- Du Mai Pump.
- Holding a Bowl: Using the Water Path.
- Separate the Heavens and the Earth: Extending outwards.
- Connect the Heavens and the Earth: Extending inwards.
- Palms to Infinity: Extending outwards.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.09.12
Dealing with barriers
- Daoyin preparation.
- Wuji Stance: Listening and setting a base line.
- Separating the Heavens and the Earth: Awareness outwards and inwards.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth: Awareness outwards and inwards.
- Palms to Infinity: Awareness outwards and inwards.
- Fingers to Infinity: Awareness outwards and inwards.
- Qi projection.
- Switching between Yin and Yang in the hands: Listening to the effect elsewhere.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.09.19
Dealing with barriers
- Daoyin preparation.
- Wuji Stance: Listening and setting a base line.
- The Four Shen: Exercise 3 using the Water Path position.
- Connecting the Heavens and the Earth: Water Path. Awareness of Chong Mai.
- Separating the Heavens and the Earth: Water Path. Awareness of Chong Mai.
- Holding a Bowl: Water Path. Awareness of Chong Mai.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.09.28
Qi Qualities – Tastes, smells & colours
- Daoyin preparation.
- 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.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.10.03
Fire and Water
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen, exercise 1: Using the Water Path.
- The Four Shen, exercise 2: Using the Fire Path.
- The Du Mai Pump: Using the Fire Path.
- The Du Mai Pump: Using the Water Path (effectively using it as the Chong Mai Pump).
- Separating the Heavens and the Earth: Fire Path.
- Connecting the Heavens ad the Earth: Water Path.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.10.10
Colour and Patterns
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen Exercise 3: Fire Path, then observing the Qi.
- The Four Shen Exercise 3: Water Path, then observing the Qi.
- Separating the Heavens and the Earth: Fire Path, then observing the Qi.
- Connecting the Heavens ad the Earth: Water Path, then observing the Qi.
- “Seeing” beyond the physical fabric.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.10.17
Varying the practice sequence can often change the results.
Awareness of colour, patterns and images.
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen, exercise 1: Using the Water Path.
- Observing the Qi on and around the hands.
- The Four Shen, exercise 2: Using the Fire Path.
- Observing the Qi on and around the hands.
- The Four Shen, exercise 3: Using the Water Path.
- Settled body (Wuji): Awareness of the Third Eye. Awareness of images and colour.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.10.24
Varying the practice sequence can often change the results.
Awareness of colour, patterns and images.
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen, exercise 3: Using the Water Path.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
- The Four Shen, exercise 1: Using the Fire Path, or the Water Path.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
- The Four Shen, exercise 2: Using the Fire Path.
- Settled body (Wuji): Awareness of the Third Eye. Awareness of images and colour.
- Closure: Settling the Chakras.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.10.31
Varying the practice sequence can often change the results.
Awareness of colour, patterns and images.
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen: Exercise 4.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
- The Four Shen: Exercise 4 closure.
- The Four Shen, exercise 1: Using the Fire Path, or the Water Path.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
- The Four Shen, exercise 2: Using the Fire Path.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.11.07
Varying the practice sequence can often change the results.
Using the mind’s eye.
- Daoyin preparation.
- The Four Shen: Exercise 4.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
- The Four Shen, exercise 2: Using the Fire Path.
- Observing the colours and images in the mind’s eye.
- The Four Shen, exercise 1: Using the Fire Path, or the Water Path.
- The Four Shen: Exercise 4 closure.
Shen Qigong Classes: 2024.11.14
Using Passive Qigong Zhan Zhaung
- Daoyin preparation.
- Zhan Zhuang, posture 1: Meditating on and having awareness of the Lower Dantien.
- The Four Shen, exercise 3: Using the Fire Path.
- Zhan Zhuang, posture 1: Meditating on and having awareness of changes at the Lower Dantien.
- The Four Shen, exercise 1: Using the Water Path.
- Zhan Zhuang, posture 1: Meditating on and having awareness of the Chong Mai Vessel.
- Passive Qigong: Moving and increasing the awareness up through the 100 Meetings and down through the Bubbling Spring.
- Active Qigong: Separating the Heavens and the Earth.
- Active Qigong: Connecting the Heavens and the Earth.
- Zhan Zhuang, posture 1: Meditating on and having awareness of changes at the Lower Dantien.