Qigong West Sussex

Hi,

As you can see I’ve added a video for Shibashi Set 1 above and re-uploaded the one for Set 2 (which I’d like to redo at some point).
If the camera fails to turn up what I’ll probably do is also record a lesson(s) for you to follow along to. Then you can just watch it in a “non-live” setting…..

Best,
Richard

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately, the camera that I ordered has still not arrived. I tested zoom yesterday with my tablet’s camera but it wasn’t really up to the job. I’m not sure what the audio will be like on the camera but the audio through the tablet was very bad. Therefore, I think it will be very frustrating if we try this way. 

As soon as the new camera arrives I will test it out and hopefully it will be better. Even if the audio is not so great, you can just follow along in silence. Perhaps that will be a bonus! 🙂

I’ll keep keep you updated as soon as I can. In the meantime, practise what you can, and there is also the video above to follow along with. Just do a little warm up beforehand, settle into your standing posture, and then click play…..

I’m sorry for those of you who couldn’t see the above video. This was a Youtube error, believe it or not. The software wasn’t saving the settings, but I found a workaround by switching to the old Youtube editor….

Please find above the video streamed through YouTube at the moment.
If you’d like the original file which is much higher quality please let me know by email and I’ll happily send you a link to download it. It’s a large file and you’ll then be able to play it without an internet connection.

A few of points about the video:

1. I’ve kept it under 30 minutes, so that if you include a quick warm up you can have a 30 minute session. The movements could be done slower though, but I didn’t want to make it too long.
   However, it’s quite easy to make these movements into a good 45 minutes practise…. If you do each move for 3 minutes (24 mins) and stand for 2 minutes between each move (7 x 2 mins, 14 mins) then you’re already up to 38 minutes without a start or close.
2. Please remember that when we watch a video it’s natural for us to be “taken away from ourselves” in that through the watching we aren’t as connected to our own body and feeling as we could be. So, after watching a few times to remember the moves then remember to switch the focus back on to yourself to a deeper level.
3.  It was quite windy and I should’ve covered the microphone, so you may want to turn off the sound.

Sorry, my plans to make the video were scuppered this afternoon. I will do it tomorrow morning so should be up by the end of Sunday afternoon. Thanks.

Hi all,

I really, really disliked having to cancel the classes. Sorry! I did wonder if we could have carried on a bit longer, so thank you to those of you who have been in touch and agreed it is the right thing to do – I appreciate that.

I also hear that it’s often not ourselves that we are worried about, deeming ourselves fit to cope with the virus, but that we are concerned if we do catch it then we risk spreading it to our friends, family, wider population and of course our elderly neighbours and parents etc. So, of course, we all need to keep healthy.
Though our sessions may not be classed as “essential contact” by some, Bronwynn said to me that she considers it an essential practice, something I’m sure we all agree with. Or at least that we continue to do similar things which support our health.

So, moving forward, and to help us all to look after ourselves and keep our practice going I’m got a couple of things I’d like to mention/propose.

1. I will make a video of our Fundamental/Foundations Practices this weekend and post it on this page. (You know those 8 moves thing that we do!)
   So, you’ll be able to download it and follow along whenever you want.
   I would like to do it outside so I’m looking at this Saturday when the weather is meant to be better, and failing that on Sunday. So, please check back on this page Saturday evening, or failing that Sunday evening. I’m not sure my camera will cope with producing any clear audio so it may be without any instruction… but just follow along.
2. For the time being I would like to offer our evening classes online instead of our physical meetup.
   I ordered a camera last night but it may take five days to arrive. (Took me two hours as everywhere is sold out!) So, I’m looking at using Zoom meetings which means that we could all login and join together that way.
   I would run a session at the same time as the existing classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
   I’m not sure if I can get this set up by next Tuesday – depends on the camera arriving, and just generally working it all out, but I am committed to doing this if you can bear with me. Assuming, of course, that there is interest?