September Qi Class Notes
Hi Qi Friends! It was good to practice today with you all in the Westlake Community Services Center. Thank you for joining me and being a part of this Qigong/Tai Chi group. Some of you wanted notes on what we do in class so you can practice at home. By practicing these mind, body, spirit practices you are igniting the healer within. The founder of Tai Chi Easy and the Healer Within Dr. Roger Jahnke believes that self care is health care, I agree. Dis-ease is caused by stagnation. During practice we expand and flow in all directions,...
read moreReveal Yourself as Your True Self
This Story/Poem might hit Home for those of you who have said 100% ‘Yes’ to the path of Love, Truth, and Freedom, which is an automatic ‘No’ to the path of comfort and security. It’s a ‘Yes’ to experience yourself AS Freedom. ‘Yes’ to Feel the embodied experience of your Wholeness. ‘Yes’ to Remembering WHAT you really are, beyond personality and identity… It is most certainly a path of stripping away all that you are not, to reveal YourSelf AS your True Essential Nature… incredibly uncomfortable at times the dismantling of...
read moreThe Greatest Healer is Within Us
Qigong Practices in Daily Life Here are several easy guidelines to make these new aspects of your life most effective while keeping your interest and not taking up too much of your time: Do some of these practices every day. Put them at the core of your life. Consider them as central in your day as you do rest, bathing and oral health care. Keep it simple and fun. Start with less and allow more to come as it is appropriate. If this practice becomes a stressful issue in your life, it is more of a problem than it is a solution. Make up your own...
read moreHealing Sounds for Meditation
Were you aware that fear based emotions stimulate the release of toxic chemicals? Love based emotions stimulate the release of healing chemicals. Let’s discuss healing sounds for meditation Emotions are energy. Negative fear based frequencies attract negative energies. While positive frequencies attract positive energy. Thousands of years ago the ancient healers looked to nature and they saw that humans and animals make specific sounds to release emotions in different situations. Certain sounds resonate with particular organs in the...
read moreQigong: What You Need to Know
What is qigong and how does it work? Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being. Qigong has both psychological and physical components and involves the regulation of the mind, breath, and body’s movement and posture. In most forms of qigong: Breath is slow, long, and deep. Breath patterns may switch from abdominal breathing...
read moreTai Chi Principles
The 10 Tai Chi Principles: 1.Straighten the head. Stand straight, relax your neck and suspend the head naturally erect from the crown point without strain or tension. The image to model is “hanging by a string from the top of one’s head” such that the head and neck align by the force of gravity alone. Correct position of chest and back. The chest is kept slightly depressed inward which helps enables one’s breath to sink to the lower belly. The upper back is slightly bowed outward while the pelvis is tucked under. Remain relaxed...
read moreSummer Reading 2023
Here are some of my favorite books on Qigong, Tai Chi and Taoism. Fun and easy to read. Enjoy! ...
read moreToday’s Tai Chi with Annamarie 3/11/23
Hi all you beautiful people! Today’s class in the metroparks was a lot of fun. We mixed meditation with movement. Voices with sound. Authentically created a space of non-judgment, joy and letting go. For those of you interested, the t-shirt I was wearing today came from Bonfire.com then look under The Healer Within. Here’s the link. There are different styles and colors too:) Here is the I Am meditation song by Roger Griffith. I invite you to try this mantra at least once by yourself. Forgive yourself. Love...
read moreTime for a Cleanse
Feeling Sluggish? Foggy? Maybe your body could use a cleanse. At least once a year we like to cleanse our bodies from all of the excesses of the recent months. We use a 2-week cleanse combining several additional resources and have found this to be gentle and effective. If you decide to follow along, come aboard the cleansing train into 2023! The Easy Cleanse This is a two week gentle cleanse (can be done in 1 week). Nourish and support your body’s organs with citrus, lean protein, vegetables and water. Re-invigorate, re-charge. Fill...
read moreBuilding Your At Home Practice
The foundation of a holistic practice includes 4 easy ways to boost your mood, energy and sense of well-being: Breathing Body Posture and Movement Self-Applied Massage Meditation Keep it Simple: ten times, ten minutes, ten consecutive days Breathing: 2-4 breathing: breathe in for 2 counts, out for 4 counts Movement: bend side to side like a will tree. Shaking. Massage: Tapping arms, legs, hands and feet Meditation: Hug the Tree Mediation for one minute. Then repeat these four steps. Repetition helps us learn and helps us develop...
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