Moving Meditation QiGong

31/10/2025

It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain.
Samhain marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the ‘darker half’ of the year.” This is about halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. Winter is usually the coldest and most Yin time of the year. The days are shorter, colder, darker, and usually damp.
In TCM, it's linked to the Water element, which is about stillness, inner strength and conserving and storing energy, like a hibernating bear. In the winter months, qi flow is more easily affected in Water organs and meridians kidneys and urinary bladder, which affect how we use energy, regulate our temperatures, and manage our stress levels.
Put simply, it means earth-based celebrations; celebrating in connection with the rhythms, cycles and seasons of the earth.

29/10/2025

Thank you and well done for those who ventured out in the horrid weather and ridiculous traffic to the Wootton Bridge class today. We have learnt 13 moves of the 18 needed to complete the set. Join us next week for the last 5 moves!!

21/10/2025

Join us for Qigong every Wednesday in Wootton Bridge

17/10/2025

Zhàn zhuāng (站樁), commonly translated as "standing post," is a fundamental training method found in many traditional Chinese martial arts and qigong systems. At first glance, the practice may appear deceptively simple: the practitioner stands motionless, often in a posture resembling the embrace of a tree. Yet within this apparent stillness lies a deeply transformative method of cultivating internal strength, structural integrity, and mental focus.

New article at: www.qi-journal.com/3413

15/10/2025

Reminder that class continues throughout half term.See you next Wednesday

11/10/2025

09/10/2025

Wow , its been 2 years already, time does fly

This morning we had our monthly visit from Julie Thomas. Julie does our QiGong class. Qigong combnes meditation with gentle movements to relax the mind while increasing circulation. The weather was so lovely this morning we all went out to our beautiful garden here at Millway House Care Home. It was a great start to the day for us all. Afterwards some of the residents enjoyed a walk in the garden to make the most of this late summer sun.

08/10/2025

Great class again today - well done everyone - we learnt the next 5 forms of ShiBaShi Set 2. As requested, here is a link to Master Wing Cheung performing the set in its entirety. I hope it helps with the transitions from each form to the next ..
see you all next week

Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi second set performed by Master Wing Cheung at 2007. New home study course (2014 edition) of this qigong is now available at https://...

01/10/2025

WOW - a fabulous turnout today - Thank you all for coming along!!
An interesting session; learning new forms is always a mishmash class. You all did so well, and hopefully we can enhance them a bit more next week and learn a few more!
Apologies for the card machine not playing ball today, all sorted now, so available again for the next session

29/09/2025

Here's a sneek peek at one of the new moves we will be learning on Wednesday....
Shibashi set 2 form #10

25/09/2025

……. LOADING……. SHIBASHI SET 2
On the 1st of October, we will begin learning a new set of forms.
This set of 18 movements is slightly more challenging than Set 1; however, for those who have attended my class before, you now have all the basics to improve your balance and coordination with Set 2.
Come along and embrace these new forms – ‘Yellow Dragon shows their claws’ & ‘Searching for Needles in the sea’ to name just 2!!