Three Geese Wild Goose Qigong

27/11/2019

I. What is Kunlun Bagua Qigong?

Using the easy left-right turns of the body, together with the circular and center-periphery movements, this qigong has created a delightful and effortlessly way in training the "walking the circle" in Kunlun Bagua steps, both in the clockwise and counter-clock-wise directions.

II. What are Kunlun Bagua Steps?

Kunlun Bagua steps are unique in that we practice them in a meditative and self-fulfilling state of mind. Since there is no potential enemy to guard against, we can shift our body weight for further relaxation. We can enjoy observing and sensing the qi-flow inside our body.

Kunlun bagua steps are important to every student of Wild Goose Qigong due to its potential power in balancing the yin and yang aspects of our body. We know that the yin-yang balance in our body is ever developing, with one receding and its opposite increasing. Therefore, one of the most natural ways to balance the yin and yang of our body is through the bagua circle, which represents the different shades of the yin-yang balance. This is what we call "walking the circle" in bagua steps.

Aside from balancing the yin and yang aspects of our body (Bagua itself is the sub-division of yin and yang), they are also used for inducing the qi to rise up from the bottom--both for relaxation and for balancing our nervous system.

Please also notice the coiling of the wrist movement at the beginning of each "walking the circle" in bagua steps. The turning over of the palms serves to further balance the yin and yang aspects of the body.

III. Health Benefits of practicing Kunlun Bagua Qigong?

1. Trains body and mind coordination; stimulates more neuron connections in the brain.


2. the left and right brain cells' activities through constant shifting of the body weight left and right.


3. Develops the core stability and the body center, and at the same time, offers an excellent agility training.


4. Opens up the conception and governing vessels, so as to nourish the internal organs.


IV. The Contents of Wild Goose III

This qigong consists of two parts, and can be divided into four sections:

Section 1. Hands and feet coordination (1-8)

Section 2. Whole body balancing (9-17)

Section 3. Introduction to Kunlun Bagua steps (8-19)

Section 4. Kunlun Bagua steps in 4 circles (20-24)

V. How to practice Wild Goose-III?

In this workshop, our training focus is on how to use an "initiating point" to make our circular movements smoother, and how to pivot our feet to make our body turn left and right easier.

1. What is the "initiating point"?

a. Whenever you are making any big circular movements, whether you are using one arm or two, you should try to have the image of a full circle in your mind.

b. The circle should have an "initiating point" where you push a little more forcefully.

c. After you have accented the "initiating point", you should relax yourself to complete the whole circle, till you accent the "initiating point" again and go on to finish the second circle, and so on.

2. Coordination between the ankle and waist movement

a. Review the coordination between the wrist and waist movements.

b. Observe and practice how to make the body turn toward the left and right easy through pivoting the outside foot.


Workshop Details

Location:
Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington Ave., Kensington, CA map

Date and Time:
Saturday, December 7, 2019
10am to 4pm (with a 1-hour break for lunch)

06/10/2018

Functions of Reverse Abdominal Breathing
Wild Goose IV https://www.facebook.com/wildgooseqigong/videos/10155091135086438/
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Kensington, CA (Berkeley)
Reverse Abdominal Breathing (RAB) is widely used in Wild Goose (WG) Qigong. But unfortunately, many learners sometimes misunderstand RAB as always being a type of forceful breathing. Since breathing-movement coordination is indispensable in learning WG Qigong, we hope this workshop can help learners improve their RAB by explaining in detail the exact situations where a RAB inhalation is called for.

1) RAB can help us expand our body and limbs. Therefore, when we need to stretch our body with ease, our first choice is using RAB.
Ex. a) Lifting up our arms
Ex. b) Stretching forward our arms
Ex. c) "Wild Goose is Flying", etc.

2) RAB inhaling can often be added after a normal abdominal inhalation, thus making our breathing much longer. Since this practice is gentle and meditative, we can safely use this technique to get rid of our bad habit of holding our breath unconsciously.
Ex. a) "Drawing an Arch Figure while Walking Sideways"

3) Unlike normal abdominal inhaling, when we use reverse abdominal breathing to inhale, our breath goes to our back right away. This shifting of our breathing space from our front to our back can naturally induce our body weight also to shift from front to back. As a WG Qigong learner, we already know how to shift our body weight front-and-back for the sake of relaxing our whole body without using both "arrow steps" and "empty steps". But if you use the RAB approach, it is simpler and more convenient.

4) When we practice movement-induced MCO, we also need to use RAB breathing. This is because our Qi needs to be coming up the Governing Vessel, from the "gate of life" acu-point to the crown, then it goes down to the Conception vessel in the front. Our whole body also needs to be relaxed.

5) Several WG movements, such as the "spiraling circular movements", are always done with RAB, so that we can feel they can be stretched with ease.
Ex. a) The conclusion of WG-4
Ex. b) "Dog Paddling"

6) In all kinds of "center-periphery" movements, we also use RAB.
Ex. a) "Chain-locked step" (selected from WG-2)
Ex. b) "Chin-locked steps with Fists" (selected from WG-8)

7) RAB also can be used together with the accented and strong movements, but it is used in a different way. In this workshop, we are only analyzing one example. In the second half of WG-10, there are many strong and forceful moments. To coordinate our breathing with our movements, we need to change our RAB into a short, staccato-like inhalation followed by a long and deep exhalation.

Registration Info

Location:
Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington Ave., Kensington, CA map

Date:
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Date:
10am - 4pm (with a 1-hour break for lunch)

Cost:
$85 pre-payment by mail by October 6
$95 after October 6 (pay at the door)

Information & Registration:
Email [email protected] or call 510 496 2728.

http://www.wgqigong.com Learn the relaxing fourth set of movements in the Wild Goose Qigong. A favorite set of movements for many practitioners.

09/08/2018

Welcome Wild Goose Qigong practitioners! Visitors from the wild goose qigong website will temporarily be forwarded to our page while it undergoes a redesign.
While most qigong masters only teach the first two sets of movements (first and second 64 movements) in the wild goose qigong system, Dr. Hu's training offers a rare chance to learn the first NINE sets in their entirety.
The training videos are now available on several platforms. The DVDs are available on Amazon. Renting and Streaming is also available on Amazon or through the VHX.TV service. Here are the links:
On Vimeo's VHX service you can rent or buy episodes or the entire set of training videos to stream:
https://wildgooseqigong.vhx.tv/browse

On Amazon, the streaming versions are available on the same page as the DVDs:

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As always – Enjoy your practice!

12/01/2018

It is much easier for Amazon Prime Video users to the find the Wild Goose Qigong training videos now that there is a dedicated page just for streaming those titles. Enjoy your practice!
https://www.amazon.com/v/qigong

15/10/2017

This years retreat includes movements from many Wild Goose selections including WG 1,2,3 and 9.

http://drhuqigong.com/newYearsRetreat_0118.htm

Technically speaking, the therapy is based on the effective use of the practitioner�s Qi. In learning Wild Goose Qigong, you first start using the physical movements, and then together with proper breathing and specific awareness, you succeed in moving your Qi all over your body. This is the first s...

23/09/2017

Dr. Hu's next monthly Qigong workshop in Kensington will be on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 in Kensington, CA (next to Berkeley). The topic of this workshop is: "Leg Movement and Its Related Meridians".

We all know that "whole body movements" involve both arm movements and leg movements. But in our last workshop, we only emphasized the importance of training our arm movements. Why? It is because Wild Goose Qigong skillfully uses the "walking Qigong form" to naturally move our legs forward or backward.
https://youtu.be/563-3_UBZbI

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chi moves continuously through our 12 meridians. Here is an introduction to those energy channels by Dr. Hu from Wild Goose ...