The No. 1 QiGong Movement, Breathwork & Meditation course.

What is QiGong? In this video Michaël will give a short explanation about what QiGong is.

Some practical notes how to get most out of your QiGong practice sessions.

In this session you will learn: 

• QiGong stance

• Basic Warm-up

• 'Rising Sun' / Whole body breathing

• 'Turtle breathing'/ Spinal breathing 

• 'Sweeping arms'

• 'Shooting arrows'

• 'Pushing up the heavens'

• Standing meditation for lower Dan Tien

Meditation is a very important aspect of QiGong practice. After doing a QiGong movement session, take time to feel what is happening in the body and mind and learn how to work with these energies.

Keeping a gentle, kind and relaxed state of mind is SUPER important in QiGong practice (and in all aspects of life really :) ) In this lecture Michaël will explain why this is so important and how to apply this in your practice.

QiGong practice is much more than just moving the body and becoming strong and healthy. It is also about how to use the mind, awareness and energies to cultivate your spirit on a deeper level.

A Qigong sequence: '5 opening movements' to open up the energy system.

Do a warm up session yourself before doing this sequence.

In this session you will learn: 

• Basic Warm-up

• 'Making waves' / Grounding

• 'Holding a ball of Qi behind the back'

• 'Floating hands, open heart'  

• 'Pushing mountains'

•   Standing meditation for middle Dan Tien

Meditation is a very important aspect of QiGong practice. After doing a QiGong movement session, take time to feel what is happening in the body and mind and learn how to work with these energies.

In this session you will learn the movements to cultivate and expand the energies of mind and body.

QiGong is an energy practice. But what is energy? In this video Michaël will give you a clear and straightforward explanation about what energy in QiGong is and how to start using it.

In this session you will learn: 

• Shorter warm-up

• Perfecting the QiGong stance

• Separating heaven & earth

• Pulling down the heavens

• Bringing energy into the Dan Tien centers

• Standing meditation for upper Dan Tien

• Opening the heavenly circuit

  
  

Another guided meditation session to bring the awareness deeper within and cultivate mind, body and consciousness on a deeper level.

The 3rd QiGong movement sequence to open up, expand and harmonize.

As most of us are already familiar with, there is a whole network of nerves, bloodflow and energy flow through the body. In acupuncture and acupressure the healer works with these systems. In this session you will learn that with gentle tapping and massaging you can greatly enhance the flow of energy through the body.

A very powerful practice to strengthen, harmonize and balance the energies on a very deep level. Just by standing still in certain special postures for longer periods of time you can use the awareness to cultivate mind and body.

We will do a complete QiGong session with all the QiGong sequences in one session followed by breathing and meditation session. This is a very powerful QiGong to open up, energize and harmonize. This session will take about 50 minutes. 

Here you can find a downloadable PDF overview of all the QiGong movements, breathing and meditation techniques used for the complete Ocean of Energy QiGong session.

How should one sit when doing the breathing and meditation practices? Michaël will explain you how in this video.

In order to breathe properly, one should learn to connect with all different breathing muscles and feel how the deeper layers of the breathing system can be used as well.

Learn to breathe deep and connect the breath with the nervous system to harmonize and balance.

Open up and expand both mind and body with deep proper breathing.

In QiGong the contraction of the area around the anus and perineum is called `blocking the gates` or ´Anal Lock´. This practice is also done in Yoga where it is called Moolha Bandha or Root Lock. In this video Michaël will guide you to the process of applying this technique into some of the practices.

There are different energy centers in the body. In QiGong there are 3 main energy centers called 'Dan Tien'. Learn more about them in this lecture.

In this video Michaël will explain how to breathe through the energy centers to activate, cleanse and expand them. A very powerful practice, however, you need to have a very focused and calm awareness to work with the subtler layers of your being.

This is a yogic breathing technique which is very useful to feel and connect with the upper Dan Tien center.

In this breathing session Michaël will teach a simple and beautiful breathing practice which is very helpful in balancing mind and body. Make sure you do it all nice and gently with kindness.

This is a video from the ´Breath Is Life´ breathing course that you can also find on Udemy. It is a wonderful breathing course that makes it very easy to cleanse and harmonize the mind and body.

In this session we will go a little deeper into the practice of Ocean breathing.

A very powerful spinal breathing technique in combination with `inner cosmic smile' technique to open up and cleanse the energy meridians in the body and bring mind into a deep meditative state.

An explanation about Qi and breath and the importance of making breathing more than just a physical practice. There will also be an explanation on the importance of experiencing  vs 'knowing with your mind'.

We are going a little deeper into the meditation practice now. It is good to understand that meditation is not just a relaxation exercise. In this video Michaël will explain the technique of Vipassana meditation. Vipassana means : To see reality 'as it is' .
This is very important to keep your practice real and don't get caught up in creations of your own mind.

A guided meditation to observe reality as it is and watch how the mind creates it's perception of it.

It is very important to know how to control your breath, however, it is also very important to let go of control of the breath. In this session you will learn to breathe more than just air and also learn to let go of the control of breathing.

A deeply meditative session to let go of the breath and let the awareness go deeper within.

In this video Michaël will explain how to make a breathing practice more than just moving air in and out of the lungs. Learn to breathe more than just air; breathe energy and awareness and move this energy with the breath.

Read more about the QiGong breathing practices to make your practice go deeper.

Breathing from the foundation of your being, the belly. In this video Michaël explains what it means and why this is important.

A breathing session to connect with the lower energy center.

Another way of breathing towards the 'foundation' in the belly. Learn to move the awareness and energy into the lower Dan Tien center.

A Taoist breathing session to bring more connection and awareness to the lower Dan Tien center.

An embryo is constantly being given energy and nourishment by the mother. Learn how through breathing you can nourish and energize with very calm gentle breaths. 

A complete movement - meditation - breathwork session from the 'Life Design Course'. A course to tap into the true power of mind and emotions to realize your full potential and create a beautiful life for yourself and others. Search Michael Bijker Life Design Course on Udemy to find the course.

In Qigong practice there is a wonderful method of sound healing. Through making certain types of breaths with sound you can start to harmonize, strengthen and purify the internal organs.