natural awareness
relaxed presence, unfabricated,
flowing, just as it is
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natural awareness |
relaxed presence, unfabricated, |
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Tai Chi ~ Qigong group practice & individual coaching
206-659-1954 |
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George Draffan offers instruction in sitting, standing, breathing, and moving qigong for health and awareness. more hereQi-gong (pronounced chee-gung), which means energy cultivation, is a gentle form of exercise that reduces stress, supports health, and promotes awareness in activity.The aim is to cultivate stability, clarity, and flexibility in body, emotions, and mind. These practices are suitable for beginning and experienced practitioners from any tradition, in any physical condition.
If you are coming for a class, please: * Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing. * Please don't eat a heavy meal before class. For more information call 206-659-1954 or email
I want to help people to make the impossible more possible, the possible more pleasant, and the pleasant more elegant.
"To administer medicines to diseases which have already developed and thereby suppress bodily chaos which has already occurred is comparable to the behavior of those who would begin to dig a well after they have grown thirsty, or those who would begin to cast weapons after they have engaged in battle. Would these actions not be too late?" |
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Forms I practice and teach include: * Eight Pieces of Silk Brocade VIDEO * Shibashi (18 taiji-qigong movements) VIDEO* Tai Chi Moving for Better Balance VIDEO* Whole body breathing * Standing Like a Tree (zhan zhuang)
Health benefits of daily qigong practice: Besides increased flexibility, stretching, healthy breathing, and hormonal balance, long-term qigong practice supports many health benefits, including: Arthritis: reduces pain and physical functioning Asthma: enhances blood circulation, oxygen distribution and relaxes bronchi Balance: improves sense of balance, muscle strength, and flexibility Blood sugar: improves indicators of metabolic syndrome and glycemic control Blood pressure: lowers high blood pressure Bone density: improves bone density for post-menopausal women Breast cancer: aerobic capacity, muscular strength, and flexibility Cancer: improves immunity, blood circulation, metabolism, respiration, and cardiovascular Cardiovascular: lowers blood pressure, increases aerobic capacity Cerebral arteriosclerosis: improves blood flow to the brain Endocrine gland functions improved Fibromyalgia: reduces pain, fatigue, and other symptoms Heart disease: improves blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and insulin Hormones: improves balance Hypertension: lowers blood pressure, improves serum levels Immune system: increases T-cell production Pain: raises pain threshold and response Parkinson's disease: improves balance Sleep: improves the quality and duration Stroke: fewer strokes for those who practice qigong daily; improves balance after a stroke Some medical studies are cited at the Qigong Institute webpage here. |
