Qi Gong Pics - Breathing - Keller...

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Breathing Qi Gong – Exercises explained Great Bear Swimming Wave Breathing Accordion with final side bend Qi Gong increases the awareness of the body and helps with mapping movement and sensation in the sensori motor cortex. It also helps to facilitate deep abdominal breathing in an active, yet calm way. It loosens up the thoracic spine to decrease sympathetic nervous system upregulation. It teaches you to move without tension, and helps to decrease stress. It is an active way to improve the mindbody connection. Never push a movement beyond your comfort level. Your eyes can be open or closed depending on what feels better for you. Move slowly and smoothly at your own pace. If your arms or legs get tired, gently shake them out before moving to your next exercise. If exercises seem too difficult for you to do, then just visualize doing those exercises until they feel comfortable enough to try it. Listening to the audio clip through fully at least one time and imagining the positions that you will go into can be really helpful, especially if you have a lot of pain. Take it easy. Be gentle with yourself. This is a gentle practice, and there is no hurry to rush through it. The breathing qi gong routine can also be used to improve mindbody connection as an active, mindful meditation routine. Please go to www.guidedtherapeuticexercise.com if there are any questions about how to perform any of these exercises. There are video demonstrations of each exercise on this website.

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Breathing  Qi  Gong  –  Exercises  explained    

                                                                                       

Great  Bear  Swimming  

Wave  Breathing   Accordion  with  final  side  bend  

Qi  Gong  increases  the  awareness  of  the  body  and  helps  with  mapping  movement  and  sensation  in  the  sensori-­‐motor  cortex.    It  also  helps  to  facilitate  deep  abdominal  breathing  in  an  active,  yet  calm  way.    It  loosens  up  the  thoracic  spine  to  decrease  sympathetic  nervous  system  up-­‐regulation.    It  teaches  you  to  move  without  tension,  and  helps  to  decrease  stress.    It  is  an  active  way  to  improve  the  mind-­‐body  connection.    Never  push  a  movement  beyond  your  comfort  level.    Your  eyes  can  be  open  or  closed  depending  on  what  feels  better  for  you.  Move  slowly  and  smoothly  at  your  own  pace.    If  your  arms  or  legs  get  tired,  gently  shake  them  out  before  moving  to  your  next  exercise.      If  exercises  seem  too  difficult  for  you  to  do,  then  just  visualize  doing  those  exercises  until  they  feel  comfortable  enough  to  try  it.    Listening  to  the  audio  clip  through  fully  at  least  one  time  and  imagining  the  positions  that  you  will  go  into  can  be  really  helpful,  especially  if  you  have  a  lot  of  pain.    Take   it  easy.    Be  gentle  with  yourself.    This   is  a  gentle  practice,  and  there   is  no  hurry  to  rush  through   it.    The  breathing  qi  gong  routine  can  also  be  used  to  improve  mind-­‐body  connection  as  an  active,  mindful  meditation  routine.    Please  go  to  www.guidedtherapeuticexercise.com  if  there  are  any  questions  about  how  to  perform  any  of  these  

exercises.  There  are  video  demonstrations  of  each  exercise  on  this  website.