Qigong Exercises 

QIgong exercises are gentle movements with visualization.  Movement of the body and the joints will keep your Qi (chee) flowing.   The combination of movements, mental focus, and intention can have a dramatic affect on your health and wellness.  Qigong can be done by anyone and any age.  

Introduction to Qigong Exercises

A quick overview of what Qigong exercise is as well as the need to be mindful and visualize.  

The Wuji Stance

The Wuji stance is the basic stance used in almost all Qigong standing exercises and standing meditations. 

The Qigong Warm-up 

This 6 minute Warm Up Video helps get your QI moving and your joints mobilized.   We start at the head and work down to warm up most of our joints and body.  After you warm up your body and get your Qi moving, you are ready to begin a multitude of different Qigong exercises that can focus on different organs of the body or different illnesses.

Nourish Your Organs with Qi

This  seven minute Qigong exercise is used to nourish your organs. It purges out energy stagnation and revitalizes the organ with nourishing Qi.  Begin with the warm-up and Wuji Stance, then transition to the video to nourish your organs.  Here is the transcript of the exercise.

Sitting Qigong

This is a sitting Qigong called "Heaven Earth Gong 1-5 of 16 movements" from www.shengzhen.org

Tai Chi and Qigong Introduction

Introduction of Tai Chi and Qigong exercises led by Dr. Adeline Ge from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the National Institute of Health.

Tai Chi and Qigong Exercise

Demonstration of Tai Chi and Qigong exercises by Dr. Adeline Ge from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the National Institute of Health. 

Tai Chi and Qigong Cool Down

Cool down demonstration by by Dr. Adeline Ge from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the National Institute of Health. 

Between Heaven & Earth

This is a really nice full QIgong practice called "Between Heaven & Earth" by Long White Cloud Qigong. 

Six Healing Sounds of Qigong

This video is led by Rachel Johnson, a sound therapist, & includes the phonetic pronunciation of each healing sound.

Qigong with Ken Cohen

Ken Cohen walks us through four stages in the Qigong process: 

1. Whole body breathing to open the body to a stronger flow of Qi (posture, relaxation,breathing)
   
2. Purifying the Qi (such as with bone marrow cleansing & healing sounds)
   
3. Gathering & circulating the Qi to recharge the body with a fresh supply of healing Qi (standing & walking meditation)
   
4. Self massage (warm skin to disperse stagnation)

5 Element Qigong Practice

Mimi Kuo Deemer takes us through a full 12 minute Qigong session emphasizing the elements of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, recommending to repeat each element 6-9 times.  

This is a lovely and gentle Qigong exercise emphasizing balance and flow, led by Francesco Garripoli & Daisy Lee.

This is a standing meditation, a method of exercising by standing still and using breath.