A recording of the "live" Qi Chat from January 2024 on "Kidney – Fortify Essence.” Welcome to 2024! 🎉 Throughout this year, we will be taking a journey through the 12 meridians and systems during our monthly Qi Chats! ✨ Each month we will focus on one meridian, starting with Kidney. We will discuss some of the main functions according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and explore Qigong concepts that can support each system. *The routines we will practice will be from the Full Body Flow series – so you can even practice ahead of time if you like (but you certainly don’t have to!) Just show up and we’ll learn and practice it together!

In this “live” Qi Chat, we will discuss the Kidney system according to TCM, Five Elements and Qigong, the concepts of Jing, Essence, Yin and Yang, and how to balance the Kidney energy. Then we will learn and practice the Fortify Essence routine together! The routine practiced in this Chat can be found on its own here: https://qigongforvitality.vhx.tv/videos/fortify-essence-routine

Timestamps for topics covered:
Beginning of topic, discussing details of exercises: 5:55
Strengthen Dan Tian and Ming Men 29:00
Turn and Gaze at the Moon 31:20
Lifting the Ball 33:35
Wild Goose Spreads Wings 35:40
Beginning the Routine - Fortify Essence 38:20

Questions:
Are there particular foods to eat or avoid for the kidney energy? 1:05:15
Is there any one movement that one can use at periods during the day to help to build kidney Qi? 1:06:00
An exercise for panic and fear: 1:07:10
Sometimes I find it difficult to connect with the dan tian due to being bloated - do you have any suggestions? 1:08:30
TCM and Qigong perspective on ice baths and cold showers 1:10:10
Should you ‘trace the meridians’ daily? 1:12:30
Comment about practicing the routine 1:13:25
Running Piglet! 1:13:55
Feminine energy in Qigong 1:14:15
Dark blue color and the relationship to the Medicine Buddha 1:16:45
How to balance ‘fear’ 1:18:00
Can you practice more than one style of Qigong at the same time? 1:20:40
What Qigong supports the adrenals? 1:22:25
Review 1:24:15
Word of the Day 1:25:40

Outdoor version of this routine (from Full Body Flow series): https://qigongforvitality.vhx.tv/full-body-flow/videos/full-body-flow-kidney-fortify-essence-22-mins
Theory (from Full Body Flow series): https://qigongforvitality.vhx.tv/full-body-flow/videos/full-body-flow-kidney-60-mins