According to the Chinese calendar the next new year starts on January 29th, 2025 and ends on February 16, 2026. As determined by the ..read more

Qigong is more that physical exercise, it;s about moving energy to promote health and wellbeing of our selves and others. Some of the ..read more

If you enjoying practicing and learning about qigong consider joining the National Qigong Association ("NQA") . The NQA is a ..read more

According to BBC Science Focus "Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, in the US, have found that how long you can balance on one ..read more

For today's blog I thought I'd pass on the thoughtful words of Shifu Yan Xin. "Sometimes when it gets all a bit much and crazy, we can work a different way through the training. Thinking more inward, working towards our self.  In Jin Ji Du Li [Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg], for example you have to feel yourself, you have to balance, you have to stick with yourself, as soon as all your awareness goes out you lose balance. Sometime we just need to concentrate, find simplicity. More simple is better. So often the things we think are important, are really not! Finding clarity wh ..read more

I recently received a two posts from Toward Harmony Tai Chi & Qigong that I thought were worth passing on. In they first they wrote the following: "Spring Stretch Method A few weeks ago we suggested that when spring begins to stir, that's a good time to begin to stretch out a bit in your exercise practice.  As spring advances, it's good to go for more and more gentle stretching.  Spring is the best time of the year to establish a stretching program. If you wish to "grow" your body, then you want to get that growth started well in the spring, just like you would if you were tr ..read more

The Chinese calendar is based on a lunar year and the starting date varies each year. According to ChineseNewYear.net "The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history and is the longest holiday of the year. In the 21st century, the national holiday begins on the first of the Lunar Calendar and lasts until the 15th of the first month. In 2024, Chinese New Year begins on February 10th and ends February 24th with the Lantern Festival. In China, all stores are closed during the first five days of the Spring Festival, with some not opening until the very end ..read more

One of the reasons for doing qigong is to become more aware of our interconnectedness. As Lynne McTaggart explains in her book" The Field" everything is connected by the Zero Point Field (ZPF), a sea of energy. As described by quantum physics, Hans Andeweg writes in his April 21, 2016 article Everything is Energy, Everything is One, Everything is Possible, "We could say that everything is connected to everything else by an unending ocean of zero-point energy, covered by morphic fields of information, acting like a kind of matrix. From the connection between this life energy and information com ..read more

With the new moon brings a new year according to many of the world's calendars. The Chinese designate each year according to a 12 year cycle using the animals of the zodiac. The lunar new year starts today. We have left behind the Year of the Tiger, which according to Erica Sloan, was a yang energy, "associated with fast-paced movement and action - which is why the Year of the Tiger was “unpredictable, and sometimes even aggressive and chaotic,” she says." and we move into the Year of the Rabbit. The Rabbit is embodies yin energy, “an animal known in the Chinese zodiac for its sense of calm an ..read more

Allergy season is here and by many accounts it's a doozy. Runny nose, sinus congestion. itchy eyes, it's all here. Here are a few suggestions to try and get some relief. Try the Nose or Sinus Clearing Dao Yin found in the handouts section. Tom Bisio of New York Internal Arts LLC writes the following: "The nose is the opening to the lung, so to some degree any sinus problems have to do with imbalances in the lung and its paired organ, the large intestine. Nose Dao Yin can be done several times a day, and combines well with other Dao Yin methods like Comprehensive Daily Dao Yin and Spirit Calmin ..read more