Chinese Health Qigong

Ba Duan Jin – 8 Brocades Qigong

1- Prop up sky with fingers interlocked

2- Draw the bow on both sides

3- Raise single arm

4- Turn head and look behind

5- Sway waist, looking behind

6- reach down to toes

7- clench fists, eyes wide open

8- On toes, rise and fall.

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Wu Qin Xi – 5 Animal Frolics Qigong

1- Tiger 1 – Raising the tiger’s paw

2- Tiger 2 – Seizing the prey

3- Deer 1 – Colliding with the antlers

4- Deer 2 – Running like a deer

5- Bear 1 – Rotating waist like a bear

6- Bear 2 – Swaying like a bear

7- Monkey 1 – lifting the monkey’s paw

8- Monkey 2 – Picking fruit

9- Bird/Crane 1 – Stretching upward

10- Bird/Crane 2 – Flying like a bird.

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Yi Jin Jing – 12 Tendons Stretching Qigong Exercises:

1- Presenting the Pestle 1

2- Presenting the Pestle 2

3- Presenting the Pestle 3

4- Plucking a star

5- Pulling nine cows by their tails

6- Displaying like a White Crane

7- Nine ghosts drawing swords

8- Three plates falling to the floor

9- Black dragon displays its claws

10- Tiger springing on its prey

11- Bowing down in salutation

12- Swinging the tail.

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Liu Zi Jue – 6 Healing Sounds Qigong:

1- Wood Element – Xu (shu) exercise

2- Fire Element – He (her) exercise

3- Earth Element – Hu (hoo) exercise

4- Metal element – Si (se) exercise

5- Water element – Chui (tchui) exercise

6- Fire element – Xi (sea) exercise.

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