Gentle Qigong for Health (柔和養生氣功)
Feng Zhiqiang's Hun Yuan Qigong -
Sinking Qi and Washing the Internal Organs
"The process of dispelling staleness and absorbing freshness is a manifestation of the body's movement."
Jiao Guorui
Qigong Master and TCM doctor
Welcome to the Gentle Qigong for Health website.
Qigong is a Chinese exercise system that helps us recover from ill health and develop increasing levels of wellness. These are exercises that can be used by people of all ages and can be modified to help people at various levels of health.
The exercises are meant to be practiced slowly and gently.
The first level of study is to learn the physical movements.
The second level of study is to observe the breath throughout the movements.
The third level of study is to imagine the flow of breath, blood, and energy as one practices the movements.
I have created this site to help my students as they practice the Qigong exercises that are taught in my classes. I have created video clips of the warm-ups and exercise sets and placed them on the following pages of this site.
I hope you find them useful. Remember, move slowly, move gently, and breathe.
Kevin Siddons, Ed.D.
The exercises are meant to be practiced slowly and gently.
The first level of study is to learn the physical movements.
The second level of study is to observe the breath throughout the movements.
The third level of study is to imagine the flow of breath, blood, and energy as one practices the movements.
I have created this site to help my students as they practice the Qigong exercises that are taught in my classes. I have created video clips of the warm-ups and exercise sets and placed them on the following pages of this site.
I hope you find them useful. Remember, move slowly, move gently, and breathe.
Kevin Siddons, Ed.D.
Jiao Guorui's 15 Taiji Movements Qigong - Movement 1: Relaxing the Body/Calming the Mind
The essence of Qigong is to mobilize the body's functional activities and stimulate movement so as to maintain the equilibrium of Yin and Yang which adjust to and inhibit each other, harmonize Qi and blood, dredge the channels and collaterals and cultivate vitality and Essential Qi.
Jiao Guorui - Qigong Master and TCM doctor
Beginning of Hunyuan Taiji form 13 Postures.
The butterflies came along for the ride.
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What is the difference between Qigong and Tai Chi?
Both Qigong and Tai Chi are Chinese exercise systems. Both have health benefits. What are the differences? Tai Chi is primarily a martial art. Also known as 'shadow boxing', it is a series of movements that are attacking and defensive moves. Done slowly and gently, it can be a marvolous moving meditation. Qigong is for self healing and self improvement. The exercises are shorter in length and done repetetively. The movements are also done slowly and gently. There are also exercise sets that can be done in sitting positions. |
Jiao Guorui's 15 Taiji Movements Qigong - Movement Two: Holding the Moon
From the Chinese University Textbook - Chinese Qigong Science (1999)
Basic management of Qìgōng exercises consists of regulation/adjustment of the body, breath, and heart/mind, often simply referred to as the “three regulations”. All the myriad forms of Qìgōng practice consist of these three regulations. Their only difference is in how these three regulations align with each other, but it would never be such that one of these regulations would be missing. Within the three regulations, in fact, is a complete system for self-regulation of the body. Not only do we never depart from the three regulations in training, all the basic operations ...... of a human being inextricably linked to the body, and to the regulation of one’s mind and breath. From an operational perspective,
Qìgōng is a system of self-regulation for one to grow beyond one’s limitations, develop the potential of one’s body, and cultivate skills that benefit the health of the body and mind.
Basic management of Qìgōng exercises consists of regulation/adjustment of the body, breath, and heart/mind, often simply referred to as the “three regulations”. All the myriad forms of Qìgōng practice consist of these three regulations. Their only difference is in how these three regulations align with each other, but it would never be such that one of these regulations would be missing. Within the three regulations, in fact, is a complete system for self-regulation of the body. Not only do we never depart from the three regulations in training, all the basic operations ...... of a human being inextricably linked to the body, and to the regulation of one’s mind and breath. From an operational perspective,
Qìgōng is a system of self-regulation for one to grow beyond one’s limitations, develop the potential of one’s body, and cultivate skills that benefit the health of the body and mind.
updated: 2020-03-16
