Qi Gong Meditation Classes, One Thousand Hands Buddha
Qigong Meditation Classes:
Corinne Wolcott is now taking over Elie’s Qi Gong classes.
Days & Times: Mondays 6.30pm-7.30pm from Jan 9th-Jan 30th then switches to Thursdays 6.30-7.30pm from Feb 2nd – Mar 22nd Location: Cypress Beauty & Wellness, 1616 SE Bybee Blvd. Cost: 4 class series with a sliding scale: $40-60.Returning student drop-in: $5/class.
About Qi Gong Meditation
The ancient Chinese described the mind as being housed in the heart whereas we modern people describe the mind as residing in the head. One of our gifts in modern society is the ability to train our minds to hold information and to think critically. While this is very useful, it can also be very stressful on our bodies if this is the only thing we use our minds for. What would it be like to drop down into our hearts and give our minds a little vacation from thinking? Scary, boring, luxurious, calming? Maybe all of the above and more.
Qi Gong has been practiced for millennia in China for preventing and curing both physical and mental illnesses. There are countless forms of Qi Gong and many families have their own form that has been handed down to them over many generations.
My teacher, Madame Liu He is from the Ji Lin province of China. Her grandfather, the personal physician to the last Emperor of China, broke with the tradition of handing down the lineage to the males in the family when he taught his granddaughter Qi Gong at the age of four. She left China in 1989 to live in Europe and now lives in the US.
Madame Liu He observed me after many hours of practice and has certified me to teach a form called “One Thousand Hands Buddha”. This form is intended to open the heart and calm the mind. It is done seated on the floor or a chair. It combines graceful arm movements and hand mudras with quiet breathing.
To learn more about Qi Gong, please visit: www.linggui.org.
The following is from the Ling Gui International Healing Qi Gong School’s website about One Thousand Hands Buddha:
This is a superior, spiritual healing Qigong method, inspired by the symbolic positioning of Buddha’s fingers, referred to as “mudras” by Buddhists. It is an approach that produces calmness and which inhibits the heart from “galloping away,” thus leading the practitioner into a state of silence and peace, a little at a time. The interest of this Qigong method is fourfold: it removes suffering, fortifies energy, calms the heart, and helps the spirit attain wisdom. The method also helps fight stress and maintain the memory.