Eight Brocade's Qigong Postures & Standing Forms
The Eight Brocade's Qigong is a series of poses and movements that are designed to improve and manintain health. It is important firstly to understand that your body is a system of channels through which vital energy courses and circulates throughout the entire body from head to foot. Qi is the energy that makes the nervous system and all other bodily functions work. By stimulating certain channels through breath, stretching and movement the energy in the body can circulate and do its work. Keeping the energy balanced and circulating throughout the body are the main principles of Qigong. Certain movements and exercises increase the flow of Qi to and around the internal organs. This in turn increases personal health and general well-being. It is recommended that the practioner do 2 or 3 of the the Eight Brocades each day to insure optimum health.
The standing poses are done with little or no movement. Focusing on the breath while holding the pose is all that is needed to gain the benefits of these forms.
2. Shooting the Arrow: Pull back one hand as if drawing a bow. One side then other side. Croaching down and breathing from the belly.
3. Hand Hold up Sky: One hand palm up other hand palm down next to body. Inhale up exhale down. Then reverse sides.
4. Stretch Neck Left Look Behind: Up on toes look left. Then rock back on heels.
Look right up on toes then rock back. Turn head to look behind each way. Breathe deeply with the movements.
5. Sitting Posture: Rotate head in circular manner. Go around one way then reverse other way.
6. Grasp the Feet Look Forward: Head looking forward then looking down. Inhale moving up. Exhale moving down.
7. Squat Swinging Arms: Swing arms together left move head looking right. Swing arms together right move head looking left.
8. Resting Body Position: After each pose finish with standing with hands and arms at sides looking into distance. Gently rotate hips around one way then reverse other way. Return to standing pose and finish.
1. Resting Stance: Gather Qi from earth. Breathe from belly. Genltly rock forward on toes on inhale. Rock back on heels exhale. Stop and be still with the energy.
2. Bring Qi to Belly. Breathe in and out from belly.
3. Uphold Qi extended outward, Knees slightly bent. This is a good pose to do under a tree to receive its energy.
4. Gather Qi at Chest: Inhale energy of earth coming in through feet to chest from hands. Knees slightly bent. Inhale belly out. Exhale belly in.
5. Gather Qi from Earth: Both hands and feet receive Qi from earth. Breathe from belly inhale and exhale.
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