8 Pieces of Brocade Medical Qigong

Focus: Standing Set

TCM Time Course

Saturdays 10:30-11:30AM (EDT) | 4-week course | June 6th-27th | 2020

• Learn a simple yet effective set of Medical Qigong exercises
• Keep your body healthy and Qi (energy) circulating in just 10 to 20 minutes a day
• A "brocade" is a shining and beautiful cloth—practicing these exercises regularly and correctly is as if you add a shining and beautiful life force to protect your body
• Accredited to Marshal Yue Fei for improving the health of his soldiers
• Theory and exercises of the standing set will be taught in-depth

Standing Set

• Introduction
• 1st Piece: Double Hands Hold up the Heavens
• 2nd Piece: Left Right Open Bow (Shoot the Hawk)
• 3rd Piece: Separate Heaven and Earth
• 4th Piece: Turn and Look Behind (5 Weaknesses and Seven Injuries)
• 5th Piece: Sway the Head and Swing the Tail
• 6th Piece: Two Hands Hold the Feet
• 7th Piece: Punching with Angry Eyes
• 8th Piece: Seven Bounces of the Heels and Hundred Illnesses Disappear

5 Animal Sports Medical Qigong

Focus: Tiger (Liver Health)

TCM Time Course

Saturdays 12:00-1:00PM (EDT) | 4-week course | June 6th-27th | 2020

**Note: June 6th class will start & end 15 minutes earlier (i.e. 11:45-12:45pm EDT) to accommodate for students attending Dr. Yang’s online live seminar.

• Learn one of the most fun and popular sets of Medical Qigong exercises
• Imitate natural movements of 5 animals to benefit your health and reduce stress
• Accredited to the legendary doctor Hua Tou—aka the father of Chinese Medicine
• The Tiger set will benefit your Liver health—especially in the spring season
• Each movement of the Tiger will be taught in-depth

Tiger Set (Liver Health)

• 1. Tiger Searching
• 2. Tiger Clawing
• 3. Tiger Pouncing
• 4. Tiger Piercing
• 5. Tiger Revolving

5 Elements Correspondences

• Element: Wood
• Yin Organ: Liver
• Yang Organ: Gall Bladder
• Sense Organ: Eyes
• Color: Green
• Season: Spring
• Tissue: Tendons
• Emotion: Anger
• Healing Sound: 噓 XU (sounds like "shu" or "shooo")

Tai Chi Sequence—First Part

Focus: Taiji Coiling

TCM Time Course

Sundays 12:00-1:00PM (EDT) | 4-week course | June 7th-28th | 2020

**Note: June 7th class will start & end 15 minutes earlier (i.e. 11:45-12:45pm EDT) to accommodate for students attending Dr. Yang’s online live seminar.

• Learn to calm your mind and relax your body with Tai Chi
• Practice gentle breathing, stretching and strengthening movements
• Improve your flexibility and balance as well as your mood and sleep
• The Yang Style Tai Chi Sequence (Traditional Long Form—108 movements) is commonly practiced for relaxation and numerous health benefits
• The first part of the form will be taught—coiling will be emphasized in-depth*

• Introduction to Yin-Yang Symbol Silk Reeling
• 1. Beginning Taiji
• 2. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail: Right
• 3. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail: Left

• 4. Ward off (Peng)
• 5. Rollback (Lu)
• 6. Press (Ji)
• 7. Push Forward (An)

• 8. Single Whip
• 9. Lift Hands to the Up Posture
• 10. The Crane Spreads Its Wings

• 11. Brush Knee and Step Forward: Left
• 12. Play the Guitar
• 13. Twist Body, Brush Knee and Step Forward: Left
• 14. Twist Body, Brush Knee and Step Forward: Right
• 15. Twist Body, Brush Knee and Step Forward: Left
• 16. Play the Guitar
• 17. Twist Body, Brush Knee and Step Forward: Left

• 18. Twist Body and Circle the Fist
• 19. Step Forward, Deflect Downward, Parry and Punch
• 20. Seal Tightly
• 21. Embrace the Tiger and Return to the Mountain
• 22. Close Taiji

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