Qigong for anxiety: Befriending the monkey mind and settling the heart Friday 15th January 2021 The conditions of contemporary life are ideal for stimulating the “monkey mind,” a mind that is constantly busy, jumping into the future or scrabbling around in the past. This monkey is playful, energetic and creative, but can easily become [...]
Qigong for anxiety workshop: taming the monkey mind In the practice of cultivating energy known as qigong, there is a well-known move called “Repulse the monkey.” Many movements in qigong have names that relate to animals or elements of the natural world, reflecting its origins in rural China, where practitioners lived in harmony [...]
I started practicing qigong five years ago after meeting a wonderful teacher at Kundalini House, Nicole Lee, who now teaches from her own qigong studio in Balaclava, Chi Space. Qigong offered a gentle but surprisingly powerful way to work with my body and mind that complemented the yoga and Buddhist meditation practices I already knew [...]