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A Guide to Spring Forest Qigong Beginner Exercises

Spring Forest Qigong Beginner Exercises serve as the foundation for entering Spring Forest Qigong’s self-study program and are vital for progressing to higher levels of Qigong energy work with others. Also referred to as Active Exercises, they play an essential role in your daily practice as a Spring Forest Qigong student, and we’ll explain why.

What Are Active Exercises?

The term “Active Exercises” might evoke thoughts of intense effort, heavy sweating, and extreme fatigue. However, this perception doesn’t match Qigong practices.

Qigong is accessible to everyone and doesn’t demand excessive physical exertion. The focus is on regulating the body’s energy flow to achieve optimal health, which is the core goal of Spring Forest Qigong.

Active Exercises involve slow, deliberate movements that are suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels. These exercises help regulate energy flow, promoting balanced and freely flowing energies when combined with SFQ meditations and techniques.

Spring Forest Qigong Fundamentals Active Exercises

SFQ Fundamentals stands as one of the most popular courses at the Spring Forest Qigong Center, with hundreds of thousands of participants over the years. Many experts began their journey with this course. It offers a comprehensive practice, including meditations, healing techniques, and several active exercises.

Among these exercises is a trio designed to be performed together:

Moving of Yin and Yang: Shake up the energy in your body, get it moving up and down your torso, and prepare it for the exercises that follow.
Breathing of the Universe: Open yourself up, embrace the energy of the universe, and get ready to accept it while releasing energy that you no longer need.
Joining of Yin and Yang: Complete the set with an exercise that gives you transformed energy, capable of working wonders for your body.

They are also incredible easy to follow. Master Chunyi Lin performs all the exercises on a recorded DVD along with detailed instructions.

Where to Find Active Exercises

Active Exercises are a key component of most primary courses at the Spring Forest Qigong Center. The SFQ Fundamentals course, which is recommended for new students, serves as the starting point. Completing this course opens the door to advanced levels like Qigong for Healing and Qigong for Advanced Healing.

Additionally, Active Exercises are a central topic at many of the annual retreats hosted by the SFQ Center, held both onsite and at various locations across North America. Online courses are also available as alternatives.

100 Days of Qigong

In all Qigong practices, teachers recommend practicing for 100 days continually. Spring Forest Qigong is no different. Active Exercises should be practiced for 100 days straight to begin proper energy transformation.

Spring Forest Qigong Active Exercises How to Guide

Learn more about Spring Forest Qigong basic classes. Alternatively, learn more about the founder Chunyi Lin before venturing deeper.
Purchase the Qigong Beginner Course available online.
Begin practicing on your own time or at available locations. Qiful Life also offers 1 on 1 private courses for these by private appointment.

Alex Wolfgram

Alex Wolfgram is the creator of Qiful Life. After spending nearly a decade in Asia learning Qigong, Meditation, Tea Chinese Medicine concepts and Buddhism, he decided to move back to the U.S. and begin sharing what he absorbed. Alex currently teaches Qigong and Meditation by private appointments via Qiful Life's platform. He also hand picks each of the teas offered on the site. Currently, Alex is developing the Qiful Life podcast covering subjects related to Chinese health concepts, Spirituality and the Dao De Jing.