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Qigong methods
Qigong Methods
Qigong Method classes are running every Tuesday from 7:30–8:30 PM at the Yee´s Hung Ga Kung Fu Academy, and can be followed in person or online via Zoom.
What is Qigong?
Qigong (pronounced chee-gong) is an ancient Chinese practice dedicated to cultivating and balancing the body’s vital life energy, known as Qi. It combines gentle movements, mindful breathing, and meditative awareness to restore harmony within the body, mind, and spirit.
Rooted in the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Qigong views health as the natural result of balanced energy flow. Through regular practice, it enhances both physical vitality and mental clarity, helping practitioners feel centered, relaxed, and deeply connected.
The Essence of Qigong Practice
Qigong methods are designed to align movement, breath, and intention. Each practice involves:
- Gentle, flowing movements that open the body’s energy pathways and improve circulation and flexibility.
- Controlled, rhythmic breathing that calms the nervous system and nurtures internal balance.
- Focused awareness and meditation that quiets the mind and harmonizes internal energy.
Together, these elements awaken the body’s natural healing capacity, strengthen resilience, and promote overall well-being.
Benefits of Qigong
- Improved physical health: Enhances flexibility, balance, posture, and muscle tone.
- Reduced stress: Promotes relaxation and emotional ease, relieving tension and anxiety.
- Mental clarity and focus: Cultivates mindfulness, concentration, and inner awareness.
- Emotional stability: Encourages calmness, compassion, and resilience.
- Increased energy and vitality: Restores and strengthens the flow of Qi for sustained health and balance.
Qigong Methods Taught in Class
- Dynamic (Moving) Qigong – gentle, flowing sequences that circulate energy through movement.
- Static (Standing or Seated) Qigong – postural practices that cultivate stillness and inner strength.
- Breathwork & Meditation – techniques to deepen awareness and refine energy flow.
- Healing & Medical Qigong – methods focused on restoring health and supporting the body’s natural healing processes.
Each class combines these approaches, exploring a different theme each month to cultivate a well-rounded understanding of Qigong Methods.
Recorded Qigong Sets available for purchase
If you have missed the previous classes, now it is possible to access them through the recorded videos. Contact us and let us know which one you are interested in:
- Intro to Qigong & Fragrance Qigong Set - 8 classes
- Six Healing Sounds Qigong - 4 classes
- Eight Pieces of Brocade Qigong Set - 4 classes
- Five Elements Qigong - 4 classes
- Tao Tan Pai Qigong - 4 classes
Fragrance Qigong
This set was originally practiced by Buddhist monks over 2,000 years ago, and was kept as a closely guarded secret. The name comes from the fragrance that practitioners often notice while performing these exercises, an indication of the body's energy transformation. The Simple yet powerful exercises of this high-level set, do not follow strict rules and are performed in a natural fashion.
8 Pieces of Brocade
This Qigong set of the Chinese General, Ngok Fei, also known as Baduanjin in Mandarin, Baat Dyun Gam in Cantonese, is one of the most famous Qigong exercises in all of China. These breathing, stretching, and strengthening movements activate the Qi and blood circulation in your body, helping to stimulate your immune system, strengthen your internal organs, and give you abundant energy.
5 Elements Qigong
Delve into the powerful understanding of the Five Element theory as it relates to the Body, Organs, emotions and the negative effects they can have on you. Learn Qigong methods with a focus on de-stressing and regulating the Emotions. The understanding that comes from this set will last you a lifetime and bring about an overall sense of peace in your life.
6 Healing Sounds
This famous Qigong Sequence Methods, has a history that dates back over 2,000 years. The Six Healing Sounds are truly less actual sounds than they are vibrations. Each sound produces a particular vibration that resonates within a given organ. These vibrations can detoxify, clean and balance an organ’s energy. In this journey we will also learn the emotions that affect each organ and how to balance them.
Tao Tan Pai Qigong
Also known as the Taoist Elixir Method, this ancient internal alchemy practice, was created over 1000 years ago, to ignite and cultivate the inner cauldron fire through precise movements, breath control, relaxed structure, and focused intent. Explore 16 of the 31 Tao Tan Pai exercises - the standing portion - learning how to gather, condense, and refine Qi, strengthening the lower dantien, and building a solid foundation for Taoist internal cultivation.
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