Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water - the Five Elements of Daoist Qi Gong
Week 1 - What Qi Gong Is, and Meeting the Earth Element
Dan Brierley · 67 minutes · recorded June 3, 2026
Dan opens by explaining what qi gong actually is: movement for health, rooted in the breath and close to Dao Yin and Chinese medicine. Warm ups turn the joints and hips before the class meets its first earth movement, the lion plays with the ball, rolling and pressing an imagined ball between the hands to settle digestion. He links earth to the stomach, spleen and the emotion of worry, then closes with massage along the kidneys, hips and legs.
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