Qigong for Health

Qigong for Health

The path to learn qigong can help you feel, move and work with energy in your body. It is a powerful way to become more fully alive and conscious. Although qigong is gaining popularity in the West, there are hundreds of styles, many different teachers and also many...
Qigong Sets (Exercises)

Qigong Sets (Exercises)

The Energy Arts Qigong Exercise System makes your body more conscious by increasing your internal awareness, moving chi and activating your acupuncture meridians.  Five of the qigong sets are linked to the Five Elements: Wood, Earth, Water, Fire and Metal.  These...
Benefits of Qigong

Benefits of Qigong

Loosens the Muscles and Builds Power Qigong (chi gung) works with the muscles quite differently than the typical exercises practiced by Westerners. Aerobics and vigorous stretching build strength and flexibility; qigong and other internal exercises build effortless...
WHAT IS QIGONG?

WHAT IS QIGONG?

Qigong (chi gung, or chi kung) is a form of gentle exercise composed of movements that are repeated a number of times, often stretching the body, increasing fluid movement (blood, synovial and lymph) and building awareness of how the body moves through space. When you...
TAI CHI AS MEDITATION

TAI CHI AS MEDITATION

Tai chi has been called moving meditation. Most often in the West we think of meditation is something that is to be done while sitting cross-legged, or in a chair.  Moving meditations, however, are very useful. If you can learn to meditate while moving, then you can...
TAI CHI FOR HEALTH

TAI CHI FOR HEALTH

In 2007, according to the US Census Bureau, 45.7 million people in the U.S. (15.3% of the population) were without health insurance for at least part of the year. As Baby Boomers reach the age of 50, America, like many developed nations, faces a healthcare tsunami of...
Tai Chi Styles (Practices)

Tai Chi Styles (Practices)

Choosing the appropriate tai chi style is one of the most important decisions you will make once you decide to practice. Most beginners think of tai chi as just one art form and don’t realize the multitude of styles available. Even if you’re already practicing a...
Benefits of Tai Chi

Benefits of Tai Chi

Tai Chi for Body Support Tai chi’s gentle, non-jarring movements support bodily functions in three basic ways: Tai chi trains the major ligaments that serve as the springs of the body. Anatomically, the human body is kept upright by ligaments, not bones, as is...

Common Mistakes in Tai Chi

In this video, I talk about some common mistakes that people make when doing tai chi. If you find yourself doing some of them, no worries…it is all a road and by recognizing any of these in your form you can move to your true potential. Good practicing, Bruce...

Relaxation in Tai Chi

In tai chi, you must relax three things. Relaxation is the hallmark of great tai chi yet many people are way too tense. Watch the video here:  

Tai Chi and the Lower Tantien

In this video, I talk about the importance of the lower tantien in tai chi and also for general health and vitality. The lower tantien is the place all the energy circuits pass through.  
New Zealand Travels and Qigong Tui Na Teaching

New Zealand Travels and Qigong Tui Na Teaching

I was recently in New Zealand and wanted to share some of my experiences while traveling. New Zealand is a beautiful country, one that I have wanted to travel to for a long time. In this blog I talk about the qi glowworms, the Maori festival, Kauri trees and the...

Learning Tai Chi with T.T. Liang

In this short video I talk about learning tai chi from T.T. Liang. I enjoyed being and studying with T.T. Liang immensely and he was both a great person and a brilliant tai chi master....
Tai Chi for Back Pain

Tai Chi for Back Pain

In this tai chi video on back pain I explain how I used tai chi to help my own back recover. I offer several ideas on how tai chi can be used with anyone that has back pain. Please share this video and leave a comment...

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