Meditation
LEAP Gentle QiGong
This gentle exercise video combines Tai Chi and Qi Gong with a variety of adaptations to help make the routine safe and comfortable for you. Developed by the therapists in Toronto Rehab's LEAP Service (Living Engaged and Actively with Pain), this routine is great for starting a gentle exercise program at home.
Fire and Summer QiGong
These exercises focus on forms that uplift and nourish the heart, which is the main organ related to Fire in Chinese medicine and qigong.
5 Element Qigong Practice
This full, 12-minute video includes practices for the elements of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water and their associated organs and meridians. Each element is demonstrated with some instructions and repeated a few times. Once you have learned them, it's a wonderful practice to do on your own.
Qigong 18 Forms - Shibashi
This is a recorded livestream class on YouTube that has a focus on gentle, relaxing warm-ups (00 - 29:00). It includes Mimi's approach to the Qigong 18 Forms (29:00 - 1:03:00) and ends with a practice of etheric cleansing and Embrace, or Opening the Qi (1:003:00 - 1:18:19).
Winter QiGong - Element Water
These are the exercises to strengthen, cleanse and stretch the Bladder and Kidney Meridians. To aid relaxation, meditation, and focus on the breath and movement. The exercises can also be performed in a seated position and are suitable for all ages.
QiGong The Five Animals (Standing Version)
The Five Animals is a powerful sequence of movements that moves every joint, muscle, and energy channel in the body. The slow and smooth sequence of moves also relaxes the body. It calms the mind… reducing stress and anxiety… at the same time, clearing the energy flow in the body and boosting the body’s capacity to rejuvenate and heal.
The Eight Silk Brocades
Also called Ba Duan Jin in Chinese, is the most popular Chinese Qi Gong Form. It dates back to 168 BCE. This practice as a whole is broken down into eight separate sections, each focusing on a different physical area and Qi Meridian. The Ba Duan Jin training not only has its own great benefits but is also complementary to Tai Chi practice.
5 Elements QiGong
In this video, Franziska Rüscher is showing the full sequence of the 5 elements QiGong set in silence. These exercises are also known as "QiGong of the 5 Phases" or "5 Elements Harmony." The 5 elements are rooted in Daoist philosophy and aim to explain natural developments in the nature surrounding us as well as in human life itself.
Seated QiGong for Seniors
This Seated Qigong program is great for seniors or individuals who have lower body injuries that don't allow them to perform a standing Qigong program.
Seated QiGong - Guided Meditation
Created by Marisa Cranfill (YoQi)
This routine is a perfect combo of qigong and meditation designed to facilitate a deep state of tranquility and energetic balance. Seated qigong is used to enliven the spinal cord and move energy through the central meridian channel.
QiGong Universal Flow
In practicing Qigong there are both external and internal movements. These internal movements or flows in China are called neigong or “internal power”. It is these internal neigong movements that make Qigong a superior health and wellness practice.
Class Outline
8 Weeks New Fall Session (Tuesdays and Saturdays)
A detailed description of the content of each class, including the programmed training and activities.
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Meditation Essentials
Helpful Information
Important knowledge that will assist you with your training.
Warm-Up Exercises
Breathing and Stretching
These movements are very helpful in bringing calmness and warmth into your body. You should add a few of them to your daily practice.