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10 Qigong Health Benefits

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:14:54 +0000

10 Qigong Health Benefits This article will look at the top 10 Qigong health benefits from regular training of this ancient Chinese health preservation system. There's no special equipment or clothing needed. The majority of the movements are performed standing up. Take 20 minutes out of your day, to spend time in your body, moving...

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Qi Gong Beginners Video Course

admin — Wed, 14 May 2025 16:36:07 +0000

Qi Gong Beginners Video Course Begin Your Movement Journey For those new to Qigong as a movement practice, follow along with my six week Qi Gong beginners video course. The lessons take you through the learning process of traditional Qigong practice. Using the Soma Dao Qigong syllabus to develop alignment principles, applied principles, breath work,...

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Mental Health Awareness Week

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 09:15:48 +0000

Mental Health Awareness Week "This years focus for Mental health awareness week is COMMUNITY so we thought why not bring people together to raise awareness, find coping techniques and mindful activities in a safe space." Join me for a somatic movement session, as part of the many fabulous practitioners sharing their arts across Mental Health...

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Mindful Movement

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:32:36 +0000

Mindful Movement Somatic Qigong is a mindful movement practice exploring embodied awareness, state shifting and reunion with your authentic self. Through slow, focused movements, breath work, and mindfulness. Unlike traditional exercises that focus purely on choreography and external movements, somatic movements and breath work creates a mindful space to come into a natural state of...

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Is Qigong A Somatic Movement Practice

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:00:04 +0000

Is Qigong a Somatic Movement Practice? You may have heard of the somatics within the study of human movement and bodywork, however did you know that Qigong is one of the origins of somatic movement practice? At circa 5,000 years old Qigong was originally called Dao Yin pre circa 1960's, and is a health preservation...

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Yule Qigong & Meditation

admin — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:54:37 +0000

Yule Qigong & Meditation Masterclass Live on Zoom Friday 20 December 2024 at 10am UK Join me for a nurturing virtual workshop designed to ease physical tension and revitalise your energy as we enter into winter. Experience the soothing flow of Soma Dao Qigong, calming seated stillness, and nourishing breathwork, all from the comfort of...

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Zoom Qigong Autumn Equinox

admin — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:42:19 +0000

Zoom Qigong Autumn Equinox Soma Dao Qigong Masterclass On the autumn equinox, join me virtually to embrace the calm and introspective energy of the season. We’ll delve into Soma Dao Qigong, blending movement and breathwork rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine’s metal element for the lungs. This online masterclass will include Qigong movements and Taoist breath...

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Hypermobility Support Programme

admin — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:50:23 +0000

Hypermobility Support Programme Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation and relaxation practices can help support the hypermobile body. Whether you live with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility Joint Syndrome, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder or other Hypermobile Syndromes. It is possible to learn how to stabilise the joints, self manage pain, self manage fatigue, learn the skill of pacing, develop stability...

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Stages of Awareness

admin — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:01:00 +0000

Stages of Awareness When starting out as a beginner Chen Tai Chi student, as you learn the movements and copy the instructor you begin to develop different levels of awareness. This article "stages of awareness" looks at common progression to expect when learning Tai Chi. The duration of time spent in one stage is down...

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Ba Duan Jin on Zoom

admin — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:08:41 +0000

Ba Duan Jin on Zoom The Eight Pieces of Brocade / Ba Duan Jin is a popular Qi Gong routine and will return into our Friday morning Qigong class in January 2024. With eight signature postures that nourish, mobilise and strengthen the body, settle the heart-mind and calm through breath work. Open to new beginner...

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