Bend the Bow--Spinal Qigong Course Details

1. The first phase of learning Bend the Bow Spinal Qigong warms up and loosens the spine and relaxes the nervous system.
2. During the second phase, basic physical movements and reverse breathing techniques help teach you to control spinal energy.
3. In the third phase, you are taught how to:

• Link together the physical and energetic movements of the internal organs to the spine and all the joints
• Move each vertebra independently, one by one, in any direction at will without external physical motion
  
• Regulate the fluids that surround your spinal cord and brain
  
• Pulse the space between each spinal vertebra, one by one
  
• Introduce how to apply and integrate Bend the Bow within the internal martial arts of Tai Chiⁱ, Hsing-Iⁱ and Bagua, and Qigong in general 
  
• Open and close all your spinal vertebrae simultaneously as one integrated unit
• Become aware of and correct left and right imbalances in the body in general and in the spinal vertebrae in particular.