Conn Club

22/08/2022

Everything can be changed. If it is too void, fill it, if it is too full, empty it some; too hot or to cold, change it; too calm or too active, change it. High and low can be changed by rising and sinking; first or latter can be changed by slowing or speeding; stagnant can be changed by moving around; danger changed into safety; disorder changed into order; ritual changed into freedom; disaster changed into luck; fear changed into calm. Ultimately the Qi being numbered (a limited lifespan) can be changed and saved.

But let's start with changing our bodies, from suboptimal to vibrant. Change from slow to agile, from rigid to flexible, from small to powerful, from aloft to grounded, from weak to strong, from living to alive.

Join us Monday-through-Friday, mornings or evenings. First three classes are free!

07/08/2022

QiGong is also a way of life. Much of it based on the ancient martial arts concept of Wude (the spirit of morality). Choosing this path must come from willingness to improve one's life. Wude is part of that change. Join us, to become energy!

26/07/2022

When you practice Qi Gong you must first ask: What, Why, and How?

Join us every weekday from 7 AM or 7.30 PM (19.30).

Bless!

22/07/2022

Want a better way to get some dopamine after all the festivals!?

02/07/2022

Tired of feeling tired?

The biology of Qi Gong is quite complicated, working on different levels. But one of the most basic functions it has it's to give the brain a bigger dataset about what is happening in the body. Any decision will have a more beneficial effect if it based on more information, it is that simple.

For that purpose Qi Gong works very much with the Vagus Nerve. It's main function is to tell the brain how things stand in the organs, that is why it has so many ramifications.

One of the things we understand poorly about our insides in western culture is the illusion of stability. We imagine that things in our body are nailed down in place, while, in truth, they sort-of float, held together by fascia and many other discrete parts of our bodies.

Because things are moving around in there, each change in posture we do in our exercises prompts the brain to ask for a status report from the vagus nerve,. Again and again and again and again, instead of a couple of times a day, like we would normally do if we would not be engaging in any type of mind-body practice.

So, in short, Qi Gong is empirical exercise. It develops, enhances and regulates the body not exactly by "moving" our Qi, but by understanding it better and better with each exercise, may it be external (physical work) or internal (mediation).

To start working (Gong) with your life (Qi) join our daily classes at 7AM (weekdays, location in the description, please do let me know you are coming)!

Bless!
Vlady

21/06/2022

Hi,

This is Vlady from Become Energy. Let me tell you a little about what we are doing.

The essence of Qi Gong can be found in a practice called Yi Jin Jing, or Muscle-Tendon Change. Based in chinese medicine, this practice aims to, simply put, enrich our lives.

Within this practice we ignore muscles and work on what modern medicine now calls fascia, the subtle web/membrane that holds organs, muscles and everything inside us together. (tendons - connecting muscle to bone and ligaments - connecting bone to bone are also like a rope made of many fibers of fascia. think of those thick ones they use for climbing or boats).

Not only that, but fascia is the medium/transmitter for all neural commands flowing in our body. All of our neural connections rest on sheets of fascia, it is the highway of information itself. So, in fact, while developing our flexibility and resilience we are also working on making our body more... conductible and more efficient.

So, let's remember this:

We are making the highway of information in our bodies smoother.
We change this highway from a dirt road to a glass or crystal bridge.
Flexibility equals conductivity
Resilience equals efficiency.

Join us each morning starting 7 AM (location in page description). For now we learn the basics, we get familiar with our breath and our body and with the forms. The muscle-tendon change work will start, gradually, until we make it our main practice.

Bless! 🙏