Our Medical Qigong Level 1 Course Class Started

Our Medical Qigong Level 1 November class started yesterday evening the 9th November 2023, and it went really well. The lesson started with some interesting history and theories of Qigong and the Medical Qigong, followed by half of the movements teaching and real-time practising together. Erica was very meticulous with the accuracy of movements, which are not only crucial to the effectiveness of this exercise as a self-treatment method, but also to avoid unnecessary adverse effects too. 'My teacher was as strict like this to us when I was learning from her', said Erica.

Erica's teacher, Dr Li Qiduan, has both western and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) background, also has been teaching medical qigong for more than 40 years. She previously served as Vice Chairman of the World Medical Qigong Society (set up by Chinese Ministry of Health) after serving in Chinese State Administration Bureau of Qigong. In late 1990s, Dr Li moved to Germany and continued to research and promote various medical Qigong. She promoted medical Qigong in major hospitals across Germany and accumulated extensive clinical and teaching experience in medical Qigong, and reached remarkable clinical results. Over the years, she has given numerous medical qigong presentations at international medical qigong conferences which inspired lots of people to find this wonderful self-management therapy.

She said out of all the medical Qigong, this type of medical Qigong has three outstanding advantages which makes it the first choice of Qigong to practice except for some exceptional conditions:

• It's very easy to learn and practice

• It's suitable for all age groups from 5-90 years old

• It's effective for a wide variety of health conditions (over 360)

While serving in Chinese State Administration Bureau of Qigong, in the 80s and 90s, Dr Li investigated countless Qigong practices, and the Bureau approved this type of Qigong to be promoted as Medical Qigong. With 3000 clinical cases submitted with the application, all of which were registered with hospitals and certified independently, the Medical Qigong demonstrated itself successfully treating over 360 different types of diseases. We broadly group these conditions in 5 big groups, which are:

Physical benefits: Firstly, medical Qigong level 1 movements are all on the upper half of the body, therefore it directly benefits physical parts like the neck, shoulder, chest, and upper back. Secondly, it benefits the organs and relevant meridians that relate to the upper half of the body.

Respiratory and Skin conditions: Respiratory allergy, Asthma, Hay Fever, Common Cold, the novice Long Covid, Atopic Eczema, Psoriasis, Shingles …

Cardiovascular conditions: Tachycardia, irregular heartbeat, slow heart pulse, mild heart disease, e.g. tight chest, shortness of breath, stabbing pain in throat and shoulders, hypo or hypertension …

Gastrointestinal: Mild gastritis, chronic stomach problems, flatulence, constipation, diarrhoea, IBS (although some of these conditions will need the level 2 Xianggong to irradicate if they are related to the Spleen or Liver organs disorders in Chinese Medicine terms…)

Nervous and mental conditions: Sleeping disorder, anxiety, migraine, MS, epilepsy, post-stroke pain, Parkinson's disease …

After students practiced level 1 for a couple of months, there will be level 2 taught as part of the course plan. Level 2 will be stimulating the meridians and acupoints of the lower half of body as well, and beneficial to different types of health conditions from Level 1, as well as strengthening effect from Level 1, from symptom release to reducing of recurrence, because the lower organs are the foundation of the body.

If you are interested in joining Erica's next class please send us an email. We should have regular new classes opening all the time. For course information please see below.