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Smile, it’s the Equinox!
Smile while you practice! Make your efforts enjoyable, your hard-work fun, and your diligence delightful!
Equinox, Transition to Metal
With the Equinox we welcome the Metal Element! Develop courage and perseverance, and live with purpose! Let go of limiting beliefs!
Finding your Purpose
The joy and enthusiasm of a healthy Metal Element stem from a strong connection to your purpose and higher calling in life. When you are sure of your life purpose and keep it in mind at all times you are continuously energized and inspired to carry on in your endeavors, despite any adversity.
Qigong Chest Breathing
This video outlines the principle of how to lead with the energy to take deep, satisfying breathes into your chest, which is a powerful way to quickly release feelings of stress and anxiety – and to make your sensations of qi come alive!
Qigong Breathing
Lead with the Energy! This breathing method helps relieve anxiety and opens the heart to establish an energetic connection between the mind and body.
Qigong to open your Heart
The exercises in this video are great precursors to the Energy Meditation we’ve been practicing in our Five Element Sync that helps to calm your mind and relieve anxiety.
Qigong Energy Meditation
This video gives you some simple steps to follow in Energy Meditation that will make the energy come alive in your practice and assist you in keeping your heart open!
Create Your Vision
If you've found yourself stuck in the muck and mire of the day to day, take a few minutes with the videos I share in this post to lift your perspective out of the here and now (just for a time) to visualize what dreams you'd like to manifest.
Qigong for the Earth Element
We just finished our monthly Five Element Sync on Saturday, covering the unique physical, energetic and spiritual characteristics of this special season of late Summer. I wanted to share this portion of the Sync with you so you can follow along and experience the energy of Earth Element Qigong. This video also contains a powerful… Continue reading Qigong for the Earth Element
Qigong for Balance
Join me LIVE for the next Five Element Sync! Get ready with the Fire Element Qigong form in this post, and we'll practice when we get together on the 12th!
Earth Element Sync
Thank you to those who joined me live for the first Five Element Sync in the beginning of July. If you want to review the content you can take a look at a blog post I shared shortly after the event with full audio of the presentation. Here’s what one participant had to share: “Thank… Continue reading Earth Element Sync
5 Meditations to Shift Your Mind-Set
Here's the full audio of the first 5 Element Sync for you to enjoy! I had a great time hosting our first live zoom session and I look forward to seeing you all again for the next Sync on Saturday, August 12th. I'll be sharing more details on that soon. Until then, please enjoy these… Continue reading 5 Meditations to Shift Your Mind-Set
5 Element Sync
We’ve just passed through the Summer Solstice, and I am celebrating by launching a FREE event, 5 Element Synchronization. For short, I am just going to call it 5 Element Sync. Perhaps the greatest take-away from these sessions is that I will show you how to generate perseverance, patience, concentration, trust, and clarity - at will. You have… Continue reading 5 Element Sync
Wait For It
This phrase came to me as a magically healing affirmation recently; and at the same time as it provided me relief from some impatience and anxiety I was experiencing, I also realized how trivially the words are commonly used these days. I usually only hear this phrase when I am watching YouTube with my kids… Continue reading Wait For It
The 5 Elements and Spiritual Healing
What is spiritual healing, anyway? What does it mean for you? Let me give you a quick explanation of how spiritual healing is approached within the framework of the 5 Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The 5 Elements: Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, and Fire, are related to every component of our being. Let me lay… Continue reading The 5 Elements and Spiritual Healing
Qigong on June 5
To my fellow local qigong enthusiasts! We're one week away from a new round of qigong classes at Holistic Path for Wellness, in Medford. I will be teaching a Bowing and Meditation class from 8:45-9:45am, and a regular Qigong Class from 10:00-11:15am. The Bowing and Meditation class is a routine that I have been practicing and developing for over… Continue reading Qigong on June 5
Qigong in Medford
Hello Local Qigong Enthusiasts! The schedule is set for an Open House this weekend at the Holistic Path for Wellness, in Medford, formerly the location of the Rasa Yoga Studio. I will be giving a "mini" qigong class from 11-11:45am on Saturday if you'd like to join me - it would be great to see you all and… Continue reading Qigong in Medford
World Tai Chi & Qigong Summit
Join me tomorrow at this year's World Tai Chi & Qigong Summit. I will be joined by over a dozen other Tai Chi and Qigong instructors from around the world for a full day of presentations and panel discussions - you don't want to miss it! The entire day of presentations is FREE to view… Continue reading World Tai Chi & Qigong Summit
The Quadrant and 3 Phases
Free resources are now available at my website, http://www.adamholtey.com, and my YouTube channel, VeriWell, to help you take full advantage of the content in my book, The Quadrant and 3 Phases. Navigate your life consciously I've uploaded the full Quadrant Workbook at my website so you can complete the 3-Phase journaling component outlined in my… Continue reading The Quadrant and 3 Phases
Sharpen Your Metal Element
An excerpt from, "The Five Elements," on the Element of the season It's Fall, and I'd like to share some insights for the season from my upcoming book on the 5 Elements. This information will help you thrive in Autumn! Read on to learn the basic principles of the Metal Element, and find links at… Continue reading Sharpen Your Metal Element
Qigong’s “One Thing”
I’d like to share about the 5 Elements and how to use the framework they provide for achieving greater health and well-being. But first, in order to show you how amazing the 5 Elements are I need to give you a little background about Qigong.To me, Qigong is about “one thing,” as Curly famously says… Continue reading Qigong’s “One Thing”
Earth Element Calligraphy
Here's the final of my calligraphy practice for the day. It's currently Indian Summer, which is the season of the Earth Element, so I practiced the characters associated with this time in the cycle. This is so much fun, and I will share calligraphy videos in the near future! The character at the top is… Continue reading Earth Element Calligraphy
Online Qigong
I've recently added all of my newly produced Qigong and Meditation videos to my Patreon account. Become a member today! Become a Patron! My Patreon already has hours of content uploaded and I'll be adding more content every week!
Quadrant Journaling
Check out the introduction to Quadrant Journaling. Journaling is just one component of The Tao Channel, where you'll find all of the video and audio content from my book, The Quadrant and 3 Phases.
How Meditation Relieves Pain
How meditation relieves pain, and a simple method of practice.
Qigong Intensive & Instructor Training
Here's your chance to immerse yourself in Qigong!
Qigong Cured My Anxiety
It's been 20 years now since I first started dealing with major anxiety issues. I was 18 years old and in my first year of college at the University of Oregon. At the height of my panic attacks I considered consulting a healthcare professional for help with what I was going through: sleeplessness, stress, shortness… Continue reading Qigong Cured My Anxiety
Healing Practices for the Water Element
We're still in the thick of Winter and it's the ideal time to be practicing the Qigong form for the Water Element. The Water Element governs the kidneys and the bladder, and these meridians flow up the inside of the legs and the front of the body; and down the back of the body and… Continue reading Healing Practices for the Water Element
Smart People Swear a Lot, Stay up Late and Have a Messy Desk: Bull#%@!
Articles with a similar title to what I give this one (minus the "bull#%@!") have popped up in my social media feeds from time to time over recent years, and seeing it again a week ago - in the dead of Winter - motivated me to dig into the studies that supposedly back-up this premise… Continue reading Smart People Swear a Lot, Stay up Late and Have a Messy Desk: Bull#%@!
Phase 1 Qigong
https://youtu.be/eZIA0F53WWY Phase 1 Qigong: Principles and Practices Enjoy this short video where I share a basic outline of 3-Phase Qigong, or read the following summary. 3-Phase Qigong The 3 phases of Qigong mark the different stages that occur in a Qigong or Meditation routine. In the weekly Qigong program taught at Community Acupuncture + Natural… Continue reading Phase 1 Qigong
“Lunar Breath, Lunar Vision” workshop
It's a new moon on the first weekend of January, 2019, and we're honoring the "Master of the Tide," with our "Lunar Breath, Lunar Vision" workshop.