Body Works Qigong – Six Workshops Over Six Weeks
SPECIAL INTRO OFFER: $50 per 3 hour Workshop, or buy all 6 upfront at $250
Week 1 (Sunday 7th of Feb 9am to 12 noon):
Working with the breath, body & mind
• Discussion: Understanding Health 1
(What is qigong?; The three regulators of qi; the role of the nervous system).
• Qigong Practices - Embracing the Tree & Ba Duan Jin form
(working with breath, body & mind).
• Chinese Self Massage
(acupressure, tapping, 12 meridian reset).
Week 2 (Sunday 21st of Feb 9am to 12 noon):
You are only as old as your spine
• Qigong Practice: Embracing the Tree
(Allowing the nervous system to reset, getting to know your monkey mind)
• Discussion: Understanding Health 2
(DisEASE, working with the body to heal; e-motion; you are as old as your spine; excess & deficiency).
• Qigong Practice: Opening the Nine Gates
(Chinese self abdominal massage for releasing stuck tensions and emotions)
• Dao Yin Practice: Dao Yin of the Spine
(Developing awareness and mobility in the spine and pelvis)
• Chinese Self Massage
(acupressure, tapping, 12 meridian reset).
Week 3 (Sunday 28st of Feb 9am to 12 noon):
Youth is a gift, aging is an art
• Qigong Practice: Embracing the Tree
(The five postures)
• Discussion: Understanding Health 3
(The six levels of healing, symptom based treatment versus root cause based treatment).
• Discussion: Seated Meditation Posture
(Creating stability & safety in the posture)
• Qigong Practice: Silk Reeling & Walking Meditation
(Yin & Yang, connecting movement to the earth & using the structure of the body to move with ease and harmony)
• Qigong Practice: Seated Meditation
(Allowing and observing)
• Chinese Self Massage
(acupressure, tapping, 12 meridian reset).
Week 4 (Sunday 7th of Feb 9am to 12 noon):
Releasing Tensions to the Earth
• Qigong Practice: Embracing the Tree
(Yin & yang, eating bitter)
• Discussion: Understanding Health 4
(Symptoms Vs. root cause recap, excess & deficiency review, obstacles in practice, the healing crisis).
• Qigong Practice: The Eight Extraordinary Vessels
(releasing stuck tensions, shining a light on blind-spots in the body)
• Chinese Self Massage
(acupressure, tapping, 12 meridian reset).
Week 5 (Sunday 14th of Mar 9am to 12 noon):
The inter-connectedness of the body & beyond
• Qigong Practice: Embracing the Tree
(Ten thousand times)
• Discussion: Understanding Health 5
(Discussion on Qi, five element theory, looking after the 5 organs and 6 viscera).
• Dao Yin Practice: Dao Yin of the Meridians
(emotional balancing through gentle stretching, sounds and directing awareness)
• Chinese Self Meridian Massage
(a new self massage that follows the 12 meridians using a bean bag).
Week 6 (Sunday 21th of Mar 9am to 12 noon):
Nourishment and the body
• Qigong Practice: Embracing the Tree
(Ten thousand times)
• Discussion: Understanding Health 5
(Nourishment, food lenses, alkaline vs. acidic).
• Cleansing Techniques: The Seven Excretory Organs
(practices to help your body clear waste and heal)
• Cleansing Practices: Healing Qigong
(Opening the Joints, Bouncing, Nine Gate Abdominal Massage, Meridian Stretching)
• Lymphatic Self Massage
(An easy and fun massage to do by yourself or with a partner).