Wednesdays, Noon (CST)
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Build Strength, Energy and Balance

Learn to use your breath, body and mind to improve energy and health! The gentle, easy-to-learn movements of Ting Sing Qigong pack a powerful punch when it comes to strength, energy and balance. 

These exercises work on 36 main pressure points to jumpstart powerful whole-body connections that help you get stronger mentally and physically. You will learn to breath and move in a way that builds muscle and bone, strengthens heart, lungs and kidneys, and reduces stress. 

Our Qigong (Jook Lum Ting Sing Tong Long Pai) comes from the southern China Missionary Jook Lum Temple and was for many generations the exercise of the Temple monks. The philosophy and technique of Jook Lum Ting Sing Qigong is to learn how to use the breath, in conjunction with mind, motion, relaxation and control to influence the body's 36 main pressure points, along your meridians.

Here is a basic overview of class progression.

First: learn the basic stance, breath and arm positions for the practice sequence which includes taking your place on the earth, yin/yang and pacing breaths, close connection, Q and A.

Second: review stance, movement and breathing concepts, 2 short practice sequences followed by qi river washing, Q and A

Third: review stance, movement and breathing concepts, 1 short practice, 1 long practice through Qi river washing

Ongoing: add pre-practice stretching, add post-practice movements including circle walk, plucking stars, drawing swords and more.

You will need a space that is large enough for you to stretch your arms above, in front, and to each side or your body. Clothing need not be athletic wear, but you should be able to move freely in what you are wearing. Avoid shirts with buttons. Your space should be quiet and free from distractions. 

Ting Sing Qigong teaches us to connect our center of balance to our hands to do our work more efficiently. We want to develop good habits, and optimize abilities to minimize fatigue. In Qigong as well as most martial arts, you are entirely relaxed until you need the tension. This qigong is specific and precise, and gives notion of where our body has tension and where it is relaxed. We also learn about the lower/middle/upper energy centres and how to connect to them during our axing.

Everything about efficiency of energy is built into the way we stand. The Ting Sing stance is enormously helpful in keeping a neutral tailbone, engaging the core, connecting hips and shoulders, breathing steady and calm. When you incorporate these elements into your work, you will use your energy more efficiently.