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 moreBody as temple
Do you treat your body like your home? Think of your body like your home that you want to create a beautiful, nurturing and loving space. Through loving, accepting, honouring and respecting your body like a temple, it allows you to feel the peace and comfort to be in your own home and to allow your body to do more for you. Let's practice loving your body and treat it as a temple that you respect deeply.
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 moreAmplify simplicity
Need to declutter and find simplicity? Simplicity can give you more joy to life when you eliminate all the unnecessary things you really don't need. By amplifying simplicity, it clears the thinking mind and to declutter all the demands and stressors that can suffocate your life. This simple yet powerful practice connects your mind to the breath to keep you in the present moment.
Read moreFeel all the feels
Do you often live in your head? Moving from the linear thinking mind into the feeling sensory body with this myofascial release combined yin practice to tune you deeper into the sensations for healing. The moment you feel is the moment you heal. Let's tap into the wisdom of the body to heal itself.
Read moreHappy head, neck and shoulder
A quick office friendly practice to bring some circulation and ease tight neck and shoulder, to train your head and neck to find their optimal alignment by rebooting the muscles on the neck and finally to free up tension in the shoulder and upper ribs.
Read moreStrengthen underuse pattern
Are you aware of your blind spots in the body that are underuse? The fascial web wraps around the sides of the body can weaken from underuse which limits the range of motion, poor balance and may trigger pain in the shoulders and lumbar spine. Often results to disliking poses like side plank, half moon or movements that require lateral strength and stability. When you strengthen the lateral side of the body, you keep your back, shoulders and hips happy and avoid unnecessary deterioration. This practice focus on building strength on the underuse side of the body (lateral stabiliser - serratus anterior, transverse abdominals, obliques, quadratus lumborum).
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 moreLet's play
Explore your inner child and have some fun in this practice with the intent of letting go of perfection, let loose, have a sense of wonder, just like children do. Get excited and let's play!
Read moreThe beauty of not knowing
A don't know mind is an open mind, an open mind is a clear mind. Learn to use this yin practice to declutter your thoughts, drop in to where the body needs to be and trust the process of unfolding, releasing and surrender to spaciousness for clarity.
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 moreYin yang transformation
At the beginning of life, there is complete stillness "The Dao". The Dao give birth to one, "Wuji" and Taiji spins like a wheel to birth two, "Yin and Yang" before the creation of everything in life. Yin and yang are opposite life forces that are relative to each other and interact with each other, which can be seen through the cycles of the day, season and life. In this practice, you will experience the four stages of yin yang which gives you a perspective of how you live in the different states within you and around you.
Read moreThe gift of being
The great beginning of life begins with nothing, stillness, emptiness. It is through this state of being that allows us open to new potential, inspirations and ideas.
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.
Read moreA date with spirit
Are you connected to your spirit? This heart opening practice will open into your heart energy to connect with your spirit to bring more aliveness that live within you and open you to your higher potential.
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