Learn an immunity-boosting Women's Qigong 气功 and Yoga Metal sequence for the lungs rooted in traditional Chinese medicine theory to support yourself and loved ones and students to breathe freely, stay strong and healthy against COVID through the year, especially during Autumn and Winter.

With this training you will:

• Learn 9 effective Qigong and Yoga forms to boost Lung health & COVID recovery, including the Lung Healing sound, Lotus blossoms from the mud and more

• Learn 4 gentle but potent breathwork exercises from Qigong and Yoga, including Xi Xi Hui breathing

• Learn the Chinese medical theory underlying these forms relating to Lung meridian health

• Learn how to integrate these forms and exercises in your self-practice and classes through relevant themes to heal the emotional, psychological and spiritual body

• Receive a pdf download detailing the forms and theory

• Receive a certificate of completion

• Receive Yoga Alliance USA CEUs with Yoga Alliance USA (for Registered Yoga Teachers)

• Receive lifetime access to all prerecorded video trainings

You will learn:

• THEORY: The underlying principles & benefits of the practice

• PRACTICAL: How to do the practice

• APPLICATION: How to sequence the practice within your Yoga classes

• Q&A: Common mistakes, questions & how to address them

QIGONG COULD HELP WITH COVID-19

Qigong as a mind-body and breath regulation healing modality has been demonstrated through various clinical studies to be beneficial for different conditions, particularly for respiratory health, for women and potentially beneficial as well for COVID.

• Shu-ting Liu, Chao Zhan, Yun-jing Ma, Chao-yang Guo, Wei Chen, Xiao-ming Fang, Lei Fang,

  Effect of qigong exercise and acupressure rehabilitation program on pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial,

  Integrative Medicine Research, Volume 10, Supplement, 2021, 100796, ISSN 2213-4220,

• Kin-Chung Wilson Leung, Yi-Jian Yang, Stanley Sai-Chuen Hui, Jean Woo, "Mind-Body Health Benefits of Traditional Chinese Qigong on Women: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials", Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2021, Article ID 7443498, 16 pages, 2021.

• Cheng FK. How is qigong conducive to women’s health? Int J Complement Alt Med. 2015;1(3):78-85. DOI: 10.15406/ijcam.2015.01.00018

• Feng F, Tuchman S, Denninger JW, Fricchione GL, Yeung A. Qigong for the Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of COVID-19 Infection in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Aug;28(8):812-819. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.05.012. Epub 2020 May 15. PMID: 32425471; PMCID: PMC7227578.

• Acupressure and Qigong in Chronic Fatigue Post COVID-19 (ongoing)

• The effect of qigong for pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with covid-19 (ongoing)

You might be wondering, if I am a man, or if am supporting men with lung health problems like COVID, is this course suitable for me?

Though this course has been designed specifically for Women, men can also benefit:

• Chinese Medicine (which Qigong is rooted in) especially values nourishing Yin (Blood) for women, as opposed to Yang (Qi) for men, owing to hormonal differences between the two genders, though both Yin and Yang are important for both genders.

• Just like within Yoga there is Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa flow, Yin, Qigong has many styles and lineages, ranging from more active / up-regulating (sweat-inducing) to gentle / down-regulating.

• This course is rooted in gentle, flowing Qigong forms rather than strong, martial Qigong forms to support the practitioner to nourish Yin, with the added focus on the Lung meridians, since this is for Lung health and to support COVID prevention and recovery.