World Health Qigong Day 2019

 We had a lovely time in Lilford Park this morning celebrating World Health Qigong Day with some qigong in the park.

I'm back from the Mediterranean and I brought the sun with me. 🌞 Classes started again last week, except for the Monday classes which will start after the bank holiday.

There is lots of exciting stuff coming up. First off is World Health Qigong Day on Saturday 14 September. We will meet at 10 am by the Chinese umbrella tree in Lilford Park, Elmridge, Leigh WN7 1HN. The weather was not kind to us last year, but a hardy few of us had a great time doing qigong sheltering from the rain under the tree. So, barring extreme weather, the event will go ahead.

I'm also looking forward to starting my first regular weekly health qigong class on Wednesdays at 10am at Leigh South Community Centre, 32 Hope Carr Road, Leigh WN7 3ET. The first form we will look at is Ba Duan Jin (Eight Strands of Brocade).

Pictures from World Health Qigong Day

 In spite of the rain a few hardy souls turned out for World Health Qigong Day in Lilford Park. We were sheltered by the Chinese parasol tree and did ba duan jin, wu qin xi, yi jin jing and dao yin yang sheng gong before we decided to finish off with coffee and chat in Costa. Thanks to David Clarke for the pictures.

World Health Qigong Day

I had a fabulous time at the European Health Qigong Games. It was inspiring being there with so many world class qigong players and teachers.

Now I'm home, the next thing to look forward to is World Health Qigong Day on Saturday 8 September.

More than 40 countries and regions will be taking part. Here is a map of the events organised by British Health Qigong Association instructors. As you can see on the map we will be having an event in Leigh, weather permitting. It will be held in Lilford Park, Elmridge, Leigh WN7 1HN from 10am to midday. I will be there along with other BHQA and Deyin Taijiquan Institute instructors Terri Owen and Joanne Barton.

If you are entering the park through the main entrance, go straight ahead and we will meet under the tree. You can also get into the park from the guided bus route along the side. The nearest stop is Holden Road on the V1 route.

But the qigong doesn't stop there because the week after I will be taking part in a qigong conference in Liverpool organised by the Qigong School at the Personal Energy Centre. It runs 14-16 September and you can book a place on Eventbrite here.

And there is still time to book a place on the Deyin Autumn Bootcamp. I have already booked mine. While this event is more focused on tai chi it does generally include some qigong as well.

Holiday and upcoming events

This is a reminder that there are no classes next week as I will be at the European Health Qigong Games in Hertfordshire. If you would like to go along you can find out more information here.

Classes start again the week beginning Monday 3 September, and as soon as I get back we will be getting ready for World Health Qigong Day on Saturday 8 September. There will be events all over the country and all over the world, and ours will be held at Lilford Park, Elmridge, Leigh WN7 1HN, starting at 10am.

On the same day, Master Tary Yip will be giving morning and afternoon workshops in Liverpool on qigong and 13 step Sun style tai chi. You can book with Angela here.

And of course it is never too soon to book a place on the Deyin Autumn Bootcamp on Saturday 6 October as these popular events often get booked up early. Free for members of the Deyin Taijiquan Institute there is always a good variety of quality teaching.

Pictures from World Health Qigong Day

Apologies for the late post - just catching up with things. You can see lots more pictures from World Health Qigong Day in Liverpool on Angela's Flickr feed here.

World Health Qigong Day 2017

"Let me teach you health qigong" is the slogan of the first World Health Qigong Day. Starting at 10am local time all over the world in more than 40 countries and regions people will be practising health qigong. Come along and join us for this free event in the Festival Gardens in Liverpool where five British Health Qigong Association instructors will lead you through six health qigong sets.

The address is Festival Gardens Liverpool, Riverside Drive, L17 5BU. Meet up at 10am at the Chinese pagoda.