Spring Qi Chats | Week 13
What you eat - how you eat - it’s all so important to have a healthy moving digestive system. But when we look at the grand picture, it becomes overwhelming. So we can begin small, just one bite at a time!
Spring Qi Chats | Week 12
Imagine yourself on a sandy hill. You can't just stand still. You'll slide backwards. You don't need to start running upward, you'll get exhausted and won't go far. To move up this sandy hill, you need to take one steady step at a time.
Spring Qi Chats | Week 11
You might be missing a key component in how you practice movement. Bamboo Bodies has a ‘secret’ spice that you need in order to age well and TRULY train for the unexpected!
Spring Qi Chats | Week 10
Getting down may not be the issue. But once you’re down there - there’s a lot we can do before you have to worry about training to get back up off the floor!
Spring Qi Chats | Week 9
It’s around this time of the year that we need to emphasize self massage to ensure Qi and blood circulation. The simple practice of massage can be used with Shi Xuan 十宣穴 from hand to foot - so everything runs smoothly.
Spring Qi Chats | Week 8
Your brain is trying to protect you but if you have chronic low grade inflammation, you might be lowing the battle and you’re increasing your risk for Alzheimer’s dementia.
Spring Qi Chats | Week 7
Aw the power of reaching. We want to extend ourselves from time to time so we can test our abilities to adapt. Most don’t move their shoulders and we begin to close up. Not on my watch!
Spring Qi Chats | Week 6
The mind, aka the Wandering Organ needs a connection that goes beyond just ‘keeping focused’. Take the connection our brain’s biochemistry has in regards to the practice of focus training.
Spring Qi Chats | Week 5
Tendon Training needs to be about the speed, direction and load. Challenge your sinews with slow directional training to challenge the tendon strength and agility for a stronger you.
Spring Qi Chats | Week 4
Balance is a multi-system function. We aren’t just feet, spine and inner ear. Our reflexes, cerebellum, vision and MORE are part of our amazing skill of keeping upright!
Spring Qi Chats | Week 3
The eyes are the windows to your soul. To nurture all that is important to you, it’s time to learn how to really focus in on what matters…
Winter Qi Chats | Week 13
Your glucose habits are shaping your health, whether you are aware of it or not. It’s time to wake up and realize the if you’re eating to heal or to harm. Let’s learn about food order and how you can customize your nutritional health!
Winter Qi Chats | Week 12
Every day should be Kidney day and yet we don't take enough time or care to truly nurture our foundational health. Let's dive into a deeper look at how Kidney care can help you in the long run.
Winter Qi Chats | Week 11
Swipe away the chaos and come into stillness with this Qigong meditative form known as “Brushing the Clouds”. This form is intended to reduce stress and clear those busy thoughts.
Winter Qi Chats | Week 10
Take a load off and get your body down on the floor. An apparatus that many of us forget as it’s directly underneath our feet! Use the floor as a Yin space to calm the mind, mobilize and strengthen the body.
Winter Qi Chats | Week 9
Your feet and midline can affect the knees but there are times when the brain is telling you that it’s your actual knee that needs some tending to. Let’s learn how to treat your knee!
Winter Qi Chats | Week 8
Each season, there’s an emotional and spiritual component that we address because we are only as healthy as our minds. When we can maintain a balanced psyche, then we can balance the rest.
Winter Qi Chats | Week 7
Like the story of ‘Beauty and the Beast” the neck and the shoulder also has a love/prisoner relationship. Learn how to increase shoulder stability by looking at your cervical spine’s mobility..