Cow Post - Gloucester Beach, MA
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Showing posts with label Cow Post. Show all posts
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday Night Qigong || May 20th, 2013
Workout schedule:
Warmup
5min Dr. Ma Li Tang Gathering Qi
5min Turning Cow
15min Cow Post
10min Natural Post
10min Friction Step (forward/backward)
5min Friction Step (side to side)
5min Leg Qi
Wash/Seal
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Monday Night MIT Qigong (4/22)
Warm-up
10min Gathering Qi
15min Universal Post
5min Turning Cow
5min Cow Post
10min Leg Qi
10min Ma Li Tang Gathering Qi
Wash/Seal
Monday, February 25, 2013
18 Qigong Practitioners Tonight
Warm-up
10 min Gathering Qi
5 min Gathering Qi
5 min Leg Qi
Seal/Wash
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Blizzard Qigong
I decided to do a little Nemo qigong
in my grocery store parking lot...
Share pictures of your practice with us: qi@mit.edu
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday Night Qigong with Jim Roselando
MIT Qigong Club
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Time: 7:00-8:00
Where: Student Center/491
Cost: FREE
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5min Gathering Qi
5min 3-point Leg Qi
5min x 8 Posts (40min total)
5min Twisting Step
5min Gathering Qi
Seal/Wash
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Soft Qigong is an extremely powerful tool for bringing out ones natural human potential and optimal fitness. Physical health and mental well being are a direct result of this practice. The core of our training is known as Zhan Zhuang "standing post" meditation. The effects of this training are rapid with deep therapeutic results producing a unified and healthy mind, body and spirit.
Zhan Zhuang Qigong provides the simplest possible platform for many levels of cultivation. If you are looking for results then look no further. Our training requires a "1/4" of the time and produces double the results of any other health system. Come see why some say Zhan Zhuang Qigong is Yoga, Taiji and Meditation all in one simple posture. Minimal Effort/Maximum Results. Perfect for the modern lifestyle.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday night Qigong with Jim Roselando
MIT Qigong Club
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Time: 7:00-8:00
Location: BUILDING 1/ROOM 242
Cost: FREE
20 gathering qi
5/5 heaven&earth
5min #1 zhang zhuang
5min #5 zhang zhuang
10min #1 zhang zhuang
5min #3 zhang zhuang
Seal n wash
5/5 heaven&earth
5min #1 zhang zhuang
5min #5 zhang zhuang
10min #1 zhang zhuang
5min #3 zhang zhuang
Seal n wash
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Qigong
forges a direct link between the conscious mind and the immune system, a
link already acknowledged though not well understood in Western
medicine as 'psychoneuroimmunology'. Master Luo Teh Hsiou cites the
'harmony of the nervous and endocrine systems' as the very essence of
Qigong practice, and modern medical science has clearly established a
close biofeedback connection between neurochemicals and hormones.
Stress and excitement activate the sympathetic circuit of the autonomous
nervous system, which triggers release of adrenalin, cortisol, and
other hormones. These hormones then further reinforce sympathetic
nervous response by biofeedback, setting up a continuous cycle of
depletion and exhaustion. Qigong, from moving exercises to still,
counteracts the exhausting stress and excitement of daily life by
turning on the calming parasympathetic circuit of the autonomous nervous
system, which releases neurochemicals that stimulate secretions of
hormones with healing, relaxing, and restorative properties. These
hormones in turn sustain secretions of parasympathetic neurochemicals by
biofeedback, establishing a cycle of repair and rejuvenation.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Video Tutorials
We often receive emails asking for video instruction or tutorials. As soon as it gets warmer, we plan to make a Year One DVD. In the meantime, we thought it might be useful to re-post the links to Lam Kam's Ten Day Tutorial, which walks you through many of the same exercises in the MIT Qigong Curriculum:
Another great resource are the videos of Coach Jim Roselando:
Enjoy!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Monday November 7 MIT Qigong
Hello,
Big thank you for such an enthusiastic session on Monday night! We had twenty people all practicing Yiquan Qigong's simple and highly effective standing meditation postures. Natural conditioning, natural dynamics, natural breathing and natural meditation all from standing still! Rise, sink, open, close, yin and yang all from standing still! Master Wang Xiang Zhai stated: The ordinary is the extraordinary. I truly feel that there has never been a more accurate statement made about the art of Yiquan Qigong!
Monday Nights Session:
5 Gather Qi
5/5 Heaven & Earth Post
5 Gather Qi
8 Turning Cow
2 Gather Qi
20 Zhuang #1
5 Zhuang #3
Seal & Wash
I look forward to working out with everyone on Monday!
Peace,
Jim Roselando
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
MIT Monday Qigong: Year Three Exercises
Date: 8/17/11
From: Jim info@apricotforesthall.com
Subject: Monday Night Qigong
Hello,
Monday night we continued with our review of the MIT Qigong "Three Year Program". Working on year three exercises we covered the Classical Eight Posts as well as introducing the Three Point Leg set. This training is designed to holistically link the entire body. Allowing whole body circulation and awareness. I would like to say that I am very impressed with everyone in our class. Zhan Zhuang is very demanding and coming to class and holding still postures for 40-60 minutes is amazing. GREAT JOB!!!
Last night training set:
10 Gather Qi
5 Zhuang #1
5 Zhuang #2
5 Zhuang #3
5 Zhuang #4
5 Zhuang #5
5 Zhuang #6
5 Zhuang #7
5 Zhuang #8
5 Gather Qi
5 Leg Work
Seal & Wash
See you next week!
Peace,
Jim Roselando
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Zhan Zhuang Instructional Video: Day 5
In Day 5, we visit the Fa Wang Temple situated at the base of Mount Song in Henan Province. The warm-up exercise is done by pushing one hand toward the sky and the other toward the ground - then changing to the other side. Lam Kam then shows us the Third Position, the Cow Post. It is written in the Tao te Ching: "A wise person watches the seasons rise and fall and he knows how things grow, he knows they are fed by their roots and they return to their roots to grow and flower and flow. This quiet feeding is the way of nature. A wise person never tries to break up the whole." Professor Yu explains: "This is different from other forms of exercise. It does not place undue stress on the heart, but instead works accordingly to your body's ability to adapt... If you go running, you get out of breath. Zhan Zhuang doesn't do this. Most forms of exercise cause a lack of oxygen... Zhan Zhuang replenishes the body's oxygen, so it's biologically different."At the end of the practice, we rotate the hips to relax any tension that remains in the waist and lower back. "Try to be more aware of how you are sitting and breathing in your every day life. A little relaxation can go a long way!"
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
MIT Qigong Program: Monday, June 13
While Coach Jim recommends just 20 minutes of zhan zhuang training every day, our club meets every Monday for a full hour of soft qigong practice. The power of group mentality enables even first time participants to endure an advanced routine of postures. Last Monday, we had five new students join us in Kresge Auditorium for a full hour of year one and year two exercises.
(10m) Gathering Qi
(5/5m) Crane Left/Right
(5/5m) Hun Yun Zhuang
(5m) Turning Cow
(10m) Cow Post (#5)
(10m) Universal Post (#1)
Seal/Wash
Friday, June 10, 2011
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