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Learn effective methods to calm the mind and relax the body, from nourishing breath work, meditation for self compassion, to Taoist meditation practices. Join the class via Zoom and learn at your own pace, guided throughout by meditation instructor Nicola. These lessons are open to everyone, new beginners welcomed.
Welcome to the ‘Eight Pieces of Brocade Qigong for Beginners’ video course. A foundation level routine that is a great introduction to Qigong as a movement system. Learn the movement choreography, structural alignment and applied relaxation. Develop your Qigong movements at your own pace and from the comfort of your home.
Learn the eight postures in a circle walking Qi Gong and discover the energies of the eight trigrams in Taoist philosophy. There are many health benefits of circle walking, from helping to balance emotions, connecting the upper and lower body, increase circulation, help create more energy and harmonise the activities of the brain and heart.
Learn the popular Ba Duan Jin Qigong routine over this 8 week video course. A foundation level routine for all levels. New beginners are especially encouraged to join this course, as it is one of the easiest routines to learn and is a great introduction to Qigong as a movement system. Learn the movement choreography, structural alignment and applied relaxation. Currently the live classes on Zoom for this Qigong routine are on pause. You can study the course via videos as below.
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Learn a variety of breathing practices that aid health, relaxation, focus and grounding. In ancient Eastern cultures breathing is seen as fundamental to life-long health. Oxygen is vital to a healthy mind and body. Learn how to bring more oxygen into all body systems, how to switch on your natural relaxation response and how to improve toxin removal from your body. It’s all in the breath!
In ancient Eastern cultures breathing is seen as fundamental to life-long health. This has become lost in the modern world, leaning more on pharmaceutical companies to provide us with ‘better health’. Learning to breathe more effectively can have a profound effect on how all of the systems in our body function. Oxygen intake is vital to staying alive. In this meditation session you will learn to breathe correctly and be guided through a variety of breathing practices that aid relaxation, focus and grounding. This lesson is for private online tuition where you will learn at your own pace and be guided throughout by meditation and Qigong instructor Nicola. These lessons are open to everyone looking to improve their health and wellbeing through effective breathing techniques.
Instructor Nicola has been a regular Tai Chi and Qigong blogger since 2010. This E-Book is a collection of her Tai Chi, Qigong and meditation musings, covering the learning process, expectations, principles and movements. Purchase of this book helps support this website and is an opportunity to read all of the articles in a formatted way without advertisements.
An introduction to the ancient Qigong routine of the ‘Five Animals’, known as Wu Qin Xi. Join our online livestream covering the 10 animal postures over a 6 week course. Learn to imitate the animals characteristics and movements for health preservation. This Qi Gong routine is dated circa 25-220 A.D., with the source attributed to Hua Tuo, a Classical Chinese Medicine doctor from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Beginners welcome to join, open to all levels to practice together. Join anytime, each lesson is a stand alone class.
Join me in Ryde on the Isle of Wight for a Qigong celebration of the summer solstice 2024. Learn to release physical tension and balance the heart-mind through mindful movements, breath work and Taoist meditation. In the Chinese calendar this is the time of absolute yang, known as Xiàzhì, and marks the beginning of summer with the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The summer solstice is the 10th solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, beginning on the 21 June and continuing for 15 days. In ancient Chinese culture Xiàzhì is a time for festivities, family gatherings and a time for the farmers to pray to the god of agriculture for a fruitful harvest, and a time to honour their ancestors through worship. Come along to our studio in Ryde to celebrate the sun sitting over the Tropic of Cancer where it becomes the “upright pole with no shadows”.
Earth Qigong for women is a soft and powerful mindful movement routine, making it accessible to women of all ages. Draw from ancient traditions and Traditional Chinese Medicine to restore balance in the body and heart-mind. The focus is on supporting female health naturally using the internal healing and strengthening art of Qi Gong. Learn to re-align your posture, nourish through breath work, develop embodied awareness and foster the skill of listening inwardly. To aid inner healing, improve flexibility, release physical tension, level the emotions, support menopause & menstrual health, whilst fostering a calm state. Places are limited to 8 students per workshop, please book early.
Strengthen and nourish the mind, body and spirit with Earth Qigong for Women. Gentle and powerful movements to support female health, aid inner healing, foster a calm state, improve flexibility and release tension. Currently the live classes on Zoom for this Qigong routine are on pause. You can study the course via videos as below.
Video on Demand via Patreon YIN or YANG Subscription
Join our cross continent Zoom class focusing on spine health with students of Earth Balance Tai Chi in Europe and Long Island Tai Chi from the United States. Instructor Nicola will guide you through a variety of nourishing movements that open the spine, loosen the joints, soften physical tension and soothe the nervous system. This class is the ultimate self care tool for relaxation and release.
The Eight Energies circle walking Qigong is an integrated mind and body movement practice exploring the 8 Trigrams through movement. The routine helps to integrate the lower and upper body through dynamic movements that loosen the joints, lengthen the connective tissue, open the lower back and mobilise the waist. Explore the art of alignment efficiency and physical release whilst harmonising the heart-mind. The external movements exercise the whole body, coiling and spiralling to help coordination and balance. Learn the art of walking the circle in this foundation level Qigong workshop open to all levels including new beginners.
Join me virtually on Zoom for Qigong, nourishing breath work and Taoist meditation near the winter solstice 2024. Learn relaxing movement and stillness techniques to foster a calm state and release physical tension. Dip into the world of internal cultivation practices for health, happiness and longevity.
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Join me in my virtual studio on the autumn equinox to celebrate this wonderful relaxed time of mellowing, contracting and softening. Follow along with Soma Dao Qigong movements and breath work techniques that help strengthen the lungs / metal element in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Take time out to help loosen physical tension and mobilise the body whilst changing gears down into a centred and balanced state of being. This class is for anyone looking for a healthy dose of self care!