Qigong Principle Based Training Explained
Our unique, proven training model invites you to explore our 8 Qigong Principles, one month at a time. These principles focus on developing physical, mental and emotional integrity. Each SimplyAware instructor is specially trained in these 8 Principles and shares them with you though the filter of their training and personal experience. Because these Principles are about the human experience, they can be applied to virtually any training discipline.
Focused Attention = Greater Results
Each month, we bring attention to a different Qigong Principle . We invite you to bring that specific Qigong Principle into your focus and explore how it can impact your training and personal life. This concentrated attention heightens your awareness and understanding in a way that no other training can.
Second Half of Year
June
We take a pause from deep training to provide a 4 Principle Review. This is an opportunity for new students to catch up and long term students to review and deepen their perspectives and understanding.
May
Expanding / Absorbing teaches us about healthy boundaries. We learn to open the joints, increase deep tissue circulation to stimulate both strength and healing.
(PDF) April
Minding the Breath is an exploration of all things breath. We learn how to manage and maximize our breath through powerful training techniques. Increasing oxygen uptake will nourish the whole body.
(PDF) March
Rising Energy introduces us to our spine and how to develop flexibility, alignment and deep strength. Stimulating spinal fluid and deep tissue circulation.
(PDF) February
Grounding Energy involves building core to floor structural integrity while developing mental and emotional stillness and clarity.
(PDF) January
Introduction to Qigong Principles 1 - 4 and how they affect our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
December
We take a pause from deep training to provide an 8 Principle Review. This is an opportunity for new students to catch up and long term students to review and deepen their perspectives and understanding.
November
Smiling Energy is the culmination of a years worth of work. You will learn to tap into joy, wonder and a sense of peace. This is a relaxation of your being which can only be achieved through hard work and perseverance.
(PDF) October
Listening Energy gives us the skill to listen inside ourselves and integrate the other Principles, deeply. From this internal dialogue, we learn how to manage pain, increase all manner of personal control and develop a deep, calm.
(PDF) September
Sinking Energy gives us the opportunity to let go. We learn to use only the muscles necessary to achieve a technique, increasing performance, efficiently and power.
(PDF) August
Exploring Yin Yang teaches us about opposing forces and how to use them to develop strength, release tension, create balance and deeper structural integrity.
(PDF) July
Introduction to Qigong Principles 5 - 8 and how they affect our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
First Half of Year