The last of the five animal frolics is bird, an ancient medical Qigong healing practice that invoke the energy of bird that is light, ease, effortless, free and intelligent. When we imitate the movement, action, characteristic and spirit of the bird, it circulate energy to the lung and help balance the metal element for autumn season. When you have lung issues, skin problems, hair loss, feel sad or depress, the bird practice will help harmonise the Qi and transform sadness to courage. The yin poses at the end of the practice settles the Qi and help to regulate energy in the lung meridian.
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The forth of the five animal frolics is monkey, an ancient medical Qigong healing practice that invoke the energy of monkey that is smart, playful, active, quick and cheeky. When we imitate the movement, action, characteristic and spirit of the monkey, it circulate energy to the heart and help balance the fire element for summer season. When you are feeling emotional, not being able to express the voice from your heart, have high cholesterol or high blood pressure, the monkey practice will help harmonise the Qi and transform hatred to joy. The yin poses at the end of the practice settles the Qi and help to regulate energy in the heart meridian.
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The third of the five animal frolics is bear, an ancient medical Qigong healing practice that invoke the energy of bear that is gentle, shy, crave comfort, firm and stable. When we imitate the movement, action, characteristic and spirit of the bear, it circulate energy to the spleen and help balance the earth element for late summer and in between seasons. When you have problem with your digestive system including digesting life or emotions, have difficulty with changes, and often worry or have doubt, the bear practice will help harmonise the Qi and transform worry to trust. The yin poses at the end of the practice settles the Qi and help to regulate energy in the spleen and stomach meridians.
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The second of the five animal frolics is deer, an ancient medical Qigong healing practice that invoke the energy of deer that is elegant, serene, gentle, soft and graceful. When we imitate the movement, action, characteristic and spirit of the deer, it circulate energy to the kidney and help balance the water element for winter season. When you are stress, fatigue, fearful, have problems with the ears or weak bones, the deer practice will help harmonise the Qi and transform fear to calm. The yin poses at the end of the practice settles the Qi and help to regulate energy in the bladder and kidney meridians.
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The first of the five animal frolics is tiger, an ancient medical Qigong healing practice that invoke the energy of tiger that is fierce, brave, powerful, strong and focus. When we imitate the movement, action, characteristic and spirit of the tiger, it circulate energy to the liver and help balance the wood element for spring season. When your energy is low, feel tired, pre-mentrual that causes anger, the tiger practice will help harmonise the Qi and transform anger to kindness. The yin pose at the end of the practice settles the Qi and help to regulate energy in the gallbladder meridian.
Read moreAliveness of your soul
Move beyond the boundary of your skin to expand energy to connect to the aliveness of your soul through this Qigong practice. Use the power of the energy and Qi that you cultivate in this practice to light up your soul purpose, the part of you that is bigger than just your physical body. Remember, you are more than just your physical body, you are also an energetic being!
Read moreActivate spiritual wisdom
Once you feel the aliveness of energy within your body and beyond, you are ready to tune in to the divine guidance and call in your divine and sacred guide who specialise in you for your health and healing. This seated meditation can be done anytime when you need guidance for healing the root of your physical dis-ease. This healing meditation is taught by Tina Zion, a medium and a medical intuitive healer.
Read moreOcean of your heart
This guided yet intuitive flow help to activate your deep energy of the heart to cultivate love, joy, peace, compassion, radiance and light. Open yourself to your heart calling when you dive deep into the ocean of your heart. Music credit: Forgotten by Liam Thomas
Read moreClear energetic charge in the aura
We are energy beings in a physical body. Our energy field called the aura can extend up to 50 feet beyond our bodies, which can shrink or grow depends on our thoughts, breath, interaction with the external environment. Aura records and carries an energetic frequencies of emotions, beliefs, memories and traumas. This powerful Qigong practice was passed down from my Qigong teacher that helps to dissipate the energetic charge in the aura and to strengthen the auric field. We will be purging and clearing the energy within our body followed by aura charging breath that helps to strengthen our auric field and to charge it with a vibrational mantra and finish with dantian integration to hook up the energy. Music credit: Om Mani Padme Hum by Veet Vichara & Premanjali
Read moreActivate emotional wisdom
Once you have cleared the energetic charge of the emotion, you are ready to activate your emotional wisdom for healing. This dao yin Qigong will initiate your connection with the energy flow within and around the body to prepare you for deep insight and healing meditation as taught by Tina Zion, a medium and a medical intuitive healer.
Read moreClear monkey mind
Do you have a monkey mind? Constant and scattered thoughts, hard to switch off the mind, and cannot focus? This practice is perfect for you to clear the ten million thoughts that goes on in your mind through head tapping and massage, clear stagnant energy in the head, neck and shoulders.
Read moreActivate mind wisdom
Once you have cleared the mind from the cycle of thoughts to drop you into a mindful and present state of awareness, you are ready to activate your mind wisdom to cultivate the energy and healing that is needed in your body. Using Qigong flow, yin and mantra to elevate the kind of energy you need to create a shift in your mind.
Read moreActivate body wisdom
Once you have cleared out your body to welcome yourself to come home to, you are ready to activate it's innate wisdom to connect with the energy for balance and healing. The physical part of the practice combines Dao Yin, acupressure massage and yin poses to open the hips so you can sit more comfortably. The energetic part of the practice is moving the energy within the meridians so you can be more sensitive to feel energy and use it to dissolve tension in the body for healing.
Read moreShake it out
Just as the Chinese saying goes "Don't pour clean water into a dirty cup", this practice helps to clear your body which is your vessel, container and temple. Anything that makes you feel heavy, drag you down or hard to get moving needs to be shaken out. This Qigong includes Qi clearing, energy crossover, detoxifying organ healing sounds and flowing movements to get your Qi moving and circulating.
Read moreSilent qigong
When Qigong is done silently, it gives you a meditative experience that drop you into the flow state. Taking you out of your head and into your body. With minimal verbal cues, we will be moving through some warm ups, followed by the five elements which are all familiar movements. If you haven't done any Qigong classes, you may like to go through some of my other classes before you take this one or simply give it a go and follow the flow. Feel yourself in nature as you move with gentle background nature music.
Read moreRelease overuse pattern
Are you aware of your blind spots in the body that are overuse? A very common body blind spot is the lateral side of the body which make sense because we tend to move primarily in the sagittal plane (walking, running, biking, etc) and for women who often carry their babies on one hip or hold a handbag on one shoulder, it can result in an uneven wear and tear in the body. This practice focus on releasing pattern of tension, ache and pain in the overuse side of the body (serratus anterior, obliques, gluteus medius).
Read moreA breath of fresh air
How well are you breathing today? When your body is restricted, it restricts the breath. Learn to open your lungs for full capacity of breath and more efficiency to breathe and draw energy into the body to access high octane energy through tapping into Qi.
Read moreBirth of the five elements
One birth two, two birth three, three birth the five elements. The five elements reside in nature and also within you. In Chinese Medicine, the creation cycle of the five elements bring balance into you and your life through nourishing each element. In this Qigong integrated yin practice, we will be stimulating energy in the meridian that follows its corresponding element. Starting with Metal that feed energy to Water, followed by Wood, Fire and Earth.
Read moreMicrocosm of the universe
You are the microcosm of the macrocosm. What you do reflects the entire universe, simply by watching nature. How you integrate with nature is how nature integrates in your life. When you follow the Dao "the path", you have the power to tap into the infinite resources of the universe. It begins by cultivating your life force that opens up to more energy potentials. This Qigong flow expands your small universe into untapped resources of the greater universe.
Read moreLove affair with life
Do you love life? Through our breath, we are able to itimately live in the moment. This moment is what life is, as we know breath is life and without breath there is no life. Life arise from formless, and Qi is formless. This Qigong flow will give you Qi and life.
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