Qigong

• Poor oxygenation – your body needs a strong flow of oxygen-rich blood to thrive –  without it your organs simply cannot function as well as they should.  Poor oxygenation also creates stress on your heart and lungs which can cause fatigue. 
• Constant state of stress – your body is constantly in fight or flight mode/on edge because it simply doesn’t not have enough oxygen.  Higher stress results in your body elevating your cortisol (your stress-response hormone).  Higher cortisol is associated with a host of conditions including weight gain, insomnia, mood swings and memory and concentration.
• Tension – your body and all of your organs are tense impacting how well they work.

Put one hand on your chest and one hand on your abdomen and breathe normally.  Which hand moves? If the hand on your chest moves more than the hand on your abdomen, then you are not breathing properly.

Sit there and breathe normally.  Time your breathing for 30 seconds.  How many times did you breathe (this means a full breath in and out)?  If you take 4 or more breaths then you are not breathing properly (note: short breaths mean that you are breathing too shallowly).

• People who are stressed, busy-minded or anxious. At any time you can quickly and easily steady and calm yourself by focusing on proper breathing. You are also retraining yourself to be calmer at all times.
• People who are tired all the time. Full use of your lungs and the high levels of oxygenation that ensues does wonders for your energy levels.
• People who are in pain. Using your breath to focus your blood flow can help to self-heal and reduce pain.
• People who have long-term, unresolved health problems.  

Energy breathing can be learned and practised by anyone regardless of health status, medications, treatments they are receiving and age.

Energy breathing is taught in three, 1.5 hour weekly workshops.  You will learn in stages so you can practise what you have learned at home before we move on to the next stage.

Dr Bruce will cover some of the anatomy and Chinese medicine principles involved.  However, most of the time is spent on practical breathing exercises.

You will also be given access to online resources to help with your practice and be provided three months email support should you have any questions.

The workshops are delivered by Dr Bruce.

Qigong (pronounced ‘chee-goong’) means energy work. You are using breath, movement and intent to develop and move your internal Chi and blood flow. 

I often say that the daily practice of Qigong is like giving yourself acupuncture, but without the needles.  You are aiming to achieve the same outcome as if you were getting regular acupuncture.

The history of Qigong, the Chinese taoist practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and martial arts training, extends back more than 4,000 years.

The Taoists spent thousands of years learning how to breathe properly. They knew the enormous importance of this to their health and longevity. They also practised martial arts and meditation, but perhaps their greatest focus was on breathing.

In fact, breathing properly is at the foundation of getting the greatest health benefits out of any other health discipline like tai chi, yoga, meditation or even your daily walk.

Self-healing Qigong is a series of specific movements designed to improve blood and energy flow in your body.  It’s like giving yourself acupuncture, but without the needles. 

Good blood flow is critical to good health.  Your blood contains oxygen, nutrients and hormones – everything your body needs to function well.  Whether you are younger or older, good blood flow only improves your health.

The movements, although specific, are not difficult to learn or do and can be done by anyone regardless of age.

In fact, Qigong is a wonderful form of exercise because you can do it well into older age.

Ideally, Self-healing Qigong is done along with Energy Breathing, however, it can certainly be done in it’s own right.

Bruce is a Dr of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncturist and Western Medical Herbalist.  He has been training in martial arts for over 35 years. He is an instructor in the internal martial arts of Tai Chi Chuang, Hsing-I and Qigong.

Dr Bruce has treated many thousands of patients in his busy Chinese medicine clinics.  He realised early on that at the root of most people’s health problems was poor blood flow to internal organs.  Qigong and learning how to breathe properly is the foundation of developing strong internal energy and blood flow.  Bruce knew that if people learned how to breathe properly, moved to improve their blood flow and practised for 15 minutes a day, that it could make an enormous difference to their health.

Dr Bruce’s aim is to teach you these critical skills so it is yours to own and practice to help you take more control of your own health and wellbeing. 

The objective of better base-health is that you do not have to rely as heavily on practitioners and medications and that you feel better in yourself for a much better quality of life. 

Good health means you can spend more time doing the things you love to do in life.

• By the end of the three week Energy Breathing program you will have learned the skills you need to be able to breath properly again.
• By the end of the three week Self-healing Qigong program you will have learned the skills to help improve your energy and blood flow

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