Qigong aids anti-aging, active aging, ageless living, healthy aging, vitality and longevity with flexibility, optimum function and expanded awareness! How? 5 Ways Qigong promotes Longevity 1. Reduces blood pressure & pulse rate 2. Builds muscle strength 3. Improves Balance 4. Aids weight loss & distribution of weight 5. Builds new neural pathways in your brain […]
Category Archives: qigong lifestyle
What’s Age Got To Do With It? Keep Moving in 2017!
No matter the year of your birth, good health is a lifelong pursuit. It happens to become more important as the decades pass and you realize that you’re an older adult, purchasing Senior theater tickets. Maybe you’re not quite there yet, maybe you’re well passed that; it’s important to embrace your best life Now. Cultivate […]
Grateful for You!
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. Martha Graham […]
Is there a Secret Knowledge of Self-Healing?
Energy is not created but it can be transformed! Qigong means working with your body’s energy. The key to self-healing is knowing that your body is designed to heal itself. When you are not feeling well or sick and your energy is out of balance, how do you heal? It’s necessary to bring balance back […]
Finding Balance
“The brain can grow and adapt, this is neuroplasticity” John J. Ratey. M.D. Brain plasticity is the unique quality of every brain to adapt as long as you live, good news for aging gracefully. Being an “ageless” warrior or beauty happens when you find BALANCE. We stay fit and agile by paying daily […]
I’m in a Qigong State of Mind
Every Qigong session begins with the intention of moving into a Qigong State of Mind. This intention begins as muscles are engaged but my breathing allows the Qi energy to effortlessly move my body. An archer, athlete or dancer may feel something similar as their mind relaxes and their body effortlessly performs what its been trained […]
Qigong, Cultivating a Healthy Habit
Did you know that according to The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi millions worldwide have and are experiencing the healing benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi? Qigong, (grandparent of Tai Chi, pronounced chee gung) means “breathing exercise” or “life energy exercise”. Modern medical research indicates Qigong and Tai Chi can reduce anxiety and depression, […]
If you can breathe and do gentle movements, you can get fit and stay flexible at any age!
“Feel the Rapture of Being Alive.” Joseph Campbell It’s not too simple to be true. You do not have to sweat, wear tight clothes and work really, really hard to get fit. You can feel better, breathe deeper, have clarity of mind and be more balanced in every aspect of your life. Do you want […]
MINDFULNESS: engage mind, move body
“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” Ashley Montagu Have you ever been in the Flow Zone? Many dancers, surfers, sailors, musicians and pro athletes know the feeling. When I asked an actor what makes a good performance, the reply was: “ […]
On the Moves: Qigong and Neuroscience
“We all age, it is how we age, however, that determines the quality of our lives.” Anthony Ong, Cornell University Oliver Sachs, M.D. , a noted neurologist and author of many books, including Awakenings, Musicophilia, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , once asked, “To what extent are we shaped by, and […]