Five Elements Zhan Zhuang & Qigong
Recording will be shared after each live session January 20 - March 24, 2025 Mondays 7:15am-8am There is a well-known saying: “Ten thousand movements are not as good as one moment of stillness, and ten thousand practices are not as good as one stance.” Zhanzhuang is a good way to improve physical fitness. Long-term practice can help the body's qi and blood flow. "In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that 'when qi moves, blood moves, and when qi stagnates, blood stasis'. Zhanzhuang not only strengthens the legs, but also makes breathing smoother." People's energy and spirit will also become sufficient through Zhanzhuang. Zhanzhuang can adjust the body's yin and yang qi, the eight extra meridians, muscles and collaterals, as well as the balance of muscles and internal organs, allowing all qi and blood to be focused and relaxed through breathing. In this 10 week course, we will be focusing on Five Element Zhan Zhuang and Five Elements Qigong. We will be practicing each element: Water stance, wood stance, fire stance, earth stance and lastly the metal stance as well as five element qigong form to coordinate the stance. The variation of stances and positions of the arms along with beautiful elemental movement will surely help you align with three treasures of Jing, Qi and Shen. We will be starting every Monday morning with qigong warm up, then dive into Zhan Zhuang. Throughout the course, we will be gradually increase the length of our Zhan Zhuang. At the end of class, we will be finishing with Huang Zhuang (relax and loosely circle and sway movement), to lose up our body's intension might created while practicing Zhan Zhuang. We will letting go excess of turbid qi in the body and clear out all that is no longer service us. This routine is promised to charge vibrant qi into your body and start the week with abundant qi flow. It's the beautiful form to support and balance both Yin and Yang energies of our body. Pricing: $176 for 10 weeks (Currently registered student) $196 for 10 weeks (Others, this is also include the ones who are not currently registered)) To register, please make your payment via Venmo (Lorelei Chang) or Paypal (please select family & friends to avoid additional service fee) by Dec 30, 2024. Cost will be $20 more when registering after Dec 30, 2024 |
