5 Animals Qigong
Spring Course: Tiger Forms
Located at Frances Anderson Center
700 Main St, Edmonds, WA 98020
10 Week Course
March 26th 2024 - May 28th 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 Tiger, associated with Spring and the Liver. Tiger is a vibrant and fun set of 5 movements that helps with releasing anger, strengthening and cleansing the liver, and gently stretches and twists the body. The movements of tiger stimulate and excite your energies, building them up for a more vital and energized feeling.
It’s 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 - Tiger
Schedule
Class is held on Tuesdays from 8am - 9am.
Tentative dates are as follows:
March - 26th
April - 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
May - 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
How to enroll
We're currently accepting applications for 5 Animals Qigong - Spring Program - The Tiger
The registration window ends March 19th 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.