QiGong + Belly Dance Based Movement Practices

Name: QiGong + Belly Dance Based Movement Practices
Rating: 4.3 (20 reviews)

Three 20-minute movement sessions for relaxation, strength and grace; begin, re-set or end your day in a delicious way!

Created byRegan Drouin Halas

Last updated 9/2024

English

What you'll learn

integrate exercise with ease into your busy life
move with more strength, grace and fluidity
develop a more subtle felt-sense of your body
increase range-of-motion and circulation
release tension and stress
apply fresh vocabulary to your existing practice

Course content

4 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 17m total length

Who are these classes for?1:25
Who was this course made for?
the Philosophy behind this approach...1:44
Hors D'Oeuvres2:58
Enjoy a taste of class to get a sense of how and what I'm sharing.
Hors D'Oeuvres2:20
Enjoy a taste of class to get a sense of how and what I'm sharing.
Hors D'Oeuvres1:43
A sample from class.

Introduction to Class 10:29
A brief description of class #1.
Class 1: 20-minute practice22:39
In this 20-minute class, we will explore some techniques to mobilize the joints and activate energy in the extremities. We will play with fluid weight-shifts, balance and sequencing movement through the spine and limbs and visit some simple imagery to clear negative thought forms...all in the context of smooth movement vocabulary that helps to build strength, flexibility, agility, awareness and overall good health.

Introduction to Class 20:26
Welcome to Class 2!
Class 2: 20-minute practice21:14
In this 20-minute class we will wake-up awareness and circulation in the skin and superficial fascia and learn a simple meridian-clearing exercise. We will open up range-of-motion in the ankle and knee joints, lengthen and strengthen the side-lines of the body, practice mobilizing and sinking into the hip joints and initiating movement with the hips and pelvis. We will explore sequencing movement through the spine through flexion and extension and so much else!...All while floating and grooving to Michael Wall's atmospheric compositions.

Introduction to Class 30:28
Welcome to Class 3!
Class 3: 20-minute practice22:16
In this 20-minute class we will delve into more subtle sensation and movement as we mobilize the torso around a stable base and practice the difficult art of releasing tension from the arms and hands. We will practice moving from a connection to our root through the entire length of the body and work with subtle and sensuous hip work that feels delicious and can help release small, deeply-invested muscles in the pelvis.

Requirements

Those with experience in a movement-based practice will find this content subtly complex.
Beginners will find these classes a fun challenge.
You should be reasonably sound-of-body before engaging with this material.

Description

This course jumps right in with three cohesive, 20-minute, standing movement sessions. These practices are a non-traditional approach to vocabulary based in Qi Gong and peppered with elements from Tai Chi and Tribal Fusion dance. They can be done in a small space, even wearing work-clothes.

Accompanied by a unique sound-score by Music-for-Movement composer Michael Wall, and filmed in the scrappy tropics of Providence, Rhode Island, the idea here is that the body is profound and movement practice is meant to be something interesting, delicious and part of an inspired life.

A Different Approach...

Looking to integrate exercise that is interesting and sustainable?
Looking for a different flavor, a fresh approach to movement?
Interested in a fluid series of low-impact movements that are as profound and beautiful as they are practical?
Tired of gimicky, new-agey, aggressive or super-sexed approaches to exercise?

Course Goals

integrate exercise with ease into your busy life
increase range-of-motion and circulation
release tension and stress
move with more strength, grace and fluidity
develop a more subtle felt-sense of your body
apply fresh vocabulary to an existing practice

Course Level

Those with experience in a movement-based practice will find this content subtly complex.
Beginners will find these classes a fun challenge.
You should be reasonably sound-of-body before engaging with this material.

Who this course is for:

Looking to integrate exercise without it being tedious or un-sustainable?
Looking for a different flavor, a fresh approach to movement?
Interested in a fluid series of low-impact movements that are as profound and beautiful as they are practical?
Tired of gimicky, new-agey, aggressive or super-sexed approaches to exercise?

QiGong + Belly Dance Based Movement Practices

What you'll learn

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Course content

Welcome5 lectures • 10min

Part 12 lectures • 23min

Part 22 lectures • 22min

Part 32 lectures • 23min

Requirements

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