Welcome to Wei Qi Chi Kung Online Meditation. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Irene. I am a gypsy witch doctor. I weave Eastern and Western medicines with multi-faith spiritual technologies to guide people. It’s a way of helping folks remember and reconnect with their true nature.

One of the technologies that I love to offer is qi gong. It is a bioenergetic practice similar to yoga. Yoga is also a bioenergetic practice because we tap into the physical and energetic bodies, the nadis, the meridians, and, in Chinese medicine, the internal organs.

I want to share this with you today because wu kung means defensive energy. This is the first layer of our bioenergetic field. The etheric aura protects our field and bioenergy from summer to fall and fall to winter.

In transitions, there is always a tiny opening or a void where we become more vulnerable. So, staying strong in our vessels and energy is essential to moving quickly in transitions. Also, it’s widespread that we tend to get sick during the fall season with allergies, flu, and colds.

What element is connected to fall? 

In Chinese medicine, the fall season is connected to the element of metal, which is related to the internal system organs of the lungs and the large intestines. The lungs and the large intestines are very much theirs; their function is to detoxify the body of things that no longer serve us.

So it helps us release so that we can create space spaciousness to breathe more, bring more life force, and bring more vitality. It is connected to the purpose of creating a stronger defensive chi field with the Wei Chi, a defensive one you can also think about as your immune system in Western medicine, but it’s a little bit more esoteric than that.

It’s connected—the body, the mind, the emotions, the energy—they’re always connected. This practice will help you cultivate a strong vessel for this fall season. And anytime you’re going through a transition of any sort, you can always return to this practice. All right.

What is qi gong? 

Qi means life, and kung implies discipline. You can think of Qi gong as the practice of managing life force. In qi gong, we want everything to be relaxed. We never intend to bring Qi from our environment through our breath and the movements we will be doing.

Qi gong is a practice of breathing, movement, and visualization. With that, let’s practice. 

How does one perform qi gong? 

So come and stand. So from here, bring your feet hip-width apart and bend your knees; you want your body to be loosey-goosey—no muscular energy. And from here, like that, start bouncing. 

Inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. Inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. And one more time. And exhale. 

And we want all our joints to be loose. We want the energy to flow through our channels, through our meridians. Twist to one side, twist to the other, and then shake your arms, legs, head, and whole body.

And then, with one movement, you will stop and feel that in your body. Maybe you feel a little bit of tingling, perhaps you feel a little bit more warmth, maybe you feel your tissues more alive. Just pay attention. Be aware of the sensations in your body. Good. Now, you will rub your hands, creating some heat and bringing that heat to your knees.

Rub, rub, rub your knees. And then we’re going to make some circles. Circles with your knees, inhale, exhale, and then to the other side, inhale, exhale, and then bend and straight, bend and straight, bend and then come on down, let go of your head, let go of your shoulders, and take a deep breath in, and then sigh it out. Micro-bend your knees, take one more deep breath in, and then sigh it out.

And make some circles with your hips on one side. And then to the other.

Good. Natural posture comes to your center; micro bend your knees and relax your arms to your side. From here, I want you to imagine that two lines of energy flow through your legs down into the earth’s center. A third one goes down to the earth’s center from your perineum, and you become a tripod.

And just through your intention, you create this connection to the earth, grounding you and connecting you to the yin energy, which is that the planet is a yin energy. And then, simultaneously, from the crown of your head, projecting a line of energy into the heavens. And you feel this like pull up, upwards towards the sky, connecting you to the sun, the moon, the stars, to the center of the universe.

And you are connecting to the yang energy. The heaven is the yang energy. So you become this bridge between heaven and earth. And there are two energetic poles, one up and one down. And so you become tall, like a giant in the center of the universe. Very good. From here, you will bring your arms up, inhale the earth’s energy up to the heavens, and exhale, bringing the power down to the planet.

Inhale up and exhale. And in qi gong, the movements are soft; they’re slow. It’s like moving through water or honey. Inhale your arms up to the heavens and exhale your arms down to the earth. It’s like moving through honey or water, allowing the energy to move you. Energy follows the mind, so just by making the intent.

Of bringing the energies and energy down to heaven, bringing the power of the earth up to the sky and then down to the planet. The energy moves you. There’s no muscular energy. And one more time, exhale.

Good. And now, feel that in your body.