5 Animals Qigong
Winter Course: Deer Forms
Located online via Google Meet
10 Week Course
January 2nd 2024 - March 12th 2024
Tuesdays 8:00am - 9:00am
Tuition is $375
The 5 Animal Qigong is one of the oldest and most ancient forms in traditional Chinese medicine. We learn to imitate the movements, strategies and energies of animals in order realign ourselves with nature and its cycles, move the body in a relaxed and open way, and improve our qi, breath, and blood circulation throughout the body. The 5 animals are Tiger, Deer, Bear, Ape, Bird. Each animal is also associated with a specific organ and season.
In this class, we’ll be working with the Deer, associated with Winter and the Kidneys. Deer is a rather simple set of 5 movements and helps with releasing fear, strengthening the kidneys, and gently stretches and twists the body. Its a nice feeling to imitate the animals. You gain a sense of the power of nature entering your life in a strong way.
What you can expect in class
During each class, we’ll spend time warming up and loosening our bodies, followed by standing meditation to gain deeper self awareness and to develop the internal structure and strength needed for health and wellbeing.
We’ll then shift into working with animal qigong movements and energies, exploring the fundamental principles and methods of qi circulation and cultivation as they manifest in the postures.
Students will also receive energetic assistance during each class. This means that I work with your energy field to balance, protect and amplify your energies. This helps you flow with a higher level of energy (Qi) and also helps make this subtle field less subtle so that you can integrate the techniques and methods more effortlessly into your everyday life. It’s two hours of bonus energy work each week!
This Program Focuses On
Developing balanced, stable structure and alignment
Stabilize and develop better balance
Facilitating release of tension
Identifying and harmonizing blockages
Developing and expanding your sensitivity and awareness of energy (Qi)
Zhan Zhuang (Standing Meditation)
Animal Qigong - Deer Forms
Schedule
Class is held on Tuesdays from 8am - 9am.
Tentative dates are as follows:
January - 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
February - 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
March - 5th, 12th
How to enroll
We're currently accepting applications for Qigong - Winter Program: 5 Animals - Deer
The registration window ends December 20th at 11:59pm.
Space is limited. Learn more about what’s required for the Application Process.
If you’d like to enroll, please click on the button below.
After your application has been reviewed, you’ll be contacted about next steps.
Tuition
Tuition is $375; you have the option to pay in monthly installments ($175/month).
Tuition payments can be made in person with cash or a check and are due on the first class of the month.
Scholarship
I don’t want money to be a major hindrance or road block to you being able to grow and deepen your Tai Chi experience.
With this in mind, I’m also offering a scholarship rate for the full course.
Scholarship tuition is $300 for the course; you have the option to pay in monthly installments due at the first class of the month ($100 per month).
If you’re able to pay the full rate, I strongly encourage you to do so as it supports me, the growth of the studio, and the development of our Tai Chi curriculum and teaching tools in general.
If this scholarship rate is still too much of a burden to your financial life, please feel free to contact me and we can discuss further sliding scale rates and perhaps you can assist in other non-monetary ways.