Cultivation

Here we will be mostly working. This is where we will build an experiential understanding of what we are intellectually discovering in the other classes. We put the theories into practice and learn how the long tradition of Chinese physical culture expresses the ideas put forth in the Neijing. The cornerstone of this exploration is the Jingluo Qigong of Dr Li Ding. In addition we will draw on exercises and methods from Chinese gongfu, particularly taiji quan, xingyi quan and bagua zhang as well as tie in relevant ideas and practice from modern research and exercise science.