Qigong is far superior to ordinary exercise for overall wellness.  I love physical exercise. I have practiced sports, hiking, and every type of fitness activity. However I always find qigong to be the greater system for muscle tone, strength, and overall health. Here are the reasons: Qigong encompasses the whole body, mind, and spirit. Qigong helps me relax and fall in love with my body. Qigong heals and detoxifies the body in miutes, infinitely faster than ordinary exercise. Qigong is more energy-efficient. It gives you boundless energy, far more than you spend doing it. Qigong is easier to do, more…

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When your meridians are open, vital and flowing through your body, they flush toxins and move energy. 10 minutes is all it takes – and before you know it, your brain is clear, your mood dissolves, your circulation is deep, and you feel great. Srijana’s classes teach how to practice Qigong and Taichi at home in just a few minutes a day to uplift your body equilibrium and your level of health for the rest of your life. Srijana offers 4 classes each week: Mondays 5:30-7:00 pm, Qigong Wednesdays 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Qigong Fridays 9:30 – 10:45 am, Taichi Saturdays 9:30…

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Are you taking time to energize your inner life? Are you integrating your body, mind, and spirit? Five Seasons Medical Qigong represents the most authentic, efficient and detoxifying Qigong we know. It builds strength, flexibility and helps connect to inner joy. With this system you can vitalize your immune system, increase oxygenation, and stimulate meridian flow in just a few minutes a day. Srijana offers 4 classes each week: Mondays 5:30-7:00 pm, Qigong Wednesdays 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Qigong Fridays 9:30 – 10:45 am, Taichi Saturdays 9:30 – 10:45 am, Qigong Srijana teaches Yiquan Qigong in the lineage of Master Lam Kam Chueng…

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Srijana is in the Himalayas for Tibetan New Year! Festivities begin on the new moon Friday February 16th 2018, and last for several weeks. This year is Tibetan Year 2145, the year of the Earth Dog, which represents loyalty, protection, and friendship. Losar, the Tibetan New Year celebration, can be traced back to pre-Buddhist times when Tibetans practiced Bön. The Tibetan word Lo means Year, and Sar means Fresh or New. It was an annual spiritual ceremony in which people offered incense to local spirits, deities and protectors. Traditional Tibetan Losar celebrations are observed for for fifteen days with incense, mantras, offerings to monasteries, monks, and lamas, prayers…

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Five Seasons Medical Qigong is a total approach to health in body, mind, and spirit. You could call it a kind of meditation that penetrates, clears, and enlightens first the body tissues, then the mind, and finally the spirit. These three are ultimately inseparable. This lineage goes by several names including Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung, Yiquan, Xingyiquan, Taikiken, etc. Since its primary emphasis is the five element system for health, I am using the name Five Seasons Medical Qigong. Master Wang Xiangzhai, Master Yu Yong Nian, and Master Lam Kam Chuen Why I chose this lineage: I studied intensively with Master Lam…

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How are the Daoist Energy gates similar to Yogic chakras? Did these two traditions arise from a common origin in Tibet? And do these subtle body centers correspond to points on our physical anatomy? If you are familiar with either the Yogic or Daoist energy systems, chances are you’ve learned to use it as a tool to vitalize your spiritual body. As I practice both the Chinese and Indian systems every day, striking similarities and critical differences stand out. My innate curiosity somehow requires me to compare them. Which system is best? Which one do YOU prefer? Which one will truly carry you to the flowering of your awareness most efficiently and elegantly?…

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What is Taichi? To answer that question, we need to go back to the roots of Chinese culture – 6,000 years ago – to the story of Fuxi and NüWa. Chinese legend tells that the land was swept by a great flood in which civilization was lost and all people perished. Only Fuxi and his sister Nüwa survived. They lived on Mount Kunlun in Northern Tibet, and asked for a sign from the Emperor of Heaven to be man and wife. Their union was approved and they began to create a new human race. Fuxi is said to have showed…

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In ancient times, both Chinese and Yogic traditions developed sacred writings on the highest spiritual practices. It turns out both systems have eight branches, and they are somewhat different. Shall we compare them? In this article we look at the Eight Branches of Chinese Medicine, and the Eight Limbs of Yoga. In Eastern wisdom, medical practice and spiritual work were considered one and the same path. By noticing what the ancients believed to be the most important elements of a spiritual life, we can learn a lot about ourselves and the world around us! The 8 Yogic Branches originate from the Yoga Sutras written by Patanjali in the…

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