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Chi Kung

Level: Practitioner level 3

By successfully completing this course, you will:

Gain skills and knowledge to practice Chi Kung – graduates of this course can also obtain professional liability insurance
Become a Registered BSY Chi Kung Practitioner
Be awarded the professional BSY Diploma
Be eligible to become a member of AHCP (Association of Complementary Practitioners)

You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors.

For advice or to enrol, please call 01409 220 400

Course overview

Chi Kung is the underlying practice for Tai Chi and Kung Fu. It is the Chinese art of healing the body and calming the mind using gentle movements, postures, breathing and focus. The course covers basic exercises to advanced Chi Kung systems, Standing Tree and Eight Pieces of Brocades that have been practised in China for centuries. It explores basic principles and methods of practice as well as advanced practices of generating and moving chi around the body.

Syllabus

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Lesson One
- Introduction
  - What is Chi Kung?
  - How Chi Kung Works
  - History
  - Basic Principles
  - How Long Should I Practise for?
  - When Should I Practise?
  - Posture and Body Alignment
  - Making Adjustments
  - Breathing
  - Dantien
  - How to Sense Chi
  - Yin and Yang
- Exercises
- Standing Tree: First Position
- Lifting and Sinking
- Ending Chi Kung Practice
- End Note
Lesson Two
- Standing Tree
  - History
  - How to Practise
  - Moving Tree
- Wu Chi and Tai Chi
- Prenatal and Postnatal Chi
- Meridians
- Eight Pieces of Brocades
  - Exercise 1: Lifting the Sky
  - Exercise 2: Drawing the Bow
Lesson Three
- Chi
  - Natural Breathing
  - Deep Breathing
  - Sighing
  - Drawing in Extra Breath
  - Chi Flow
  - Identifying Blockages
  - Increasing and Raising Chi
- Eight Pieces of Brocades (Continued)
  - Exercise 3: Separating Hands
  - Exercise 4: Turning to Look at the Moon
Lesson Four
- Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  - Five Elements
  - Specific Body Movements, Meridians and Organs
  - Seasons
- Chi Kung, Depression and Learning Difficulties
- Exercises (Continued)
  - Standing Tree: Second Position
  - The Bird
  - Pushing Mountains
Lesson Five
- Yin and Yang
  - Expansion and Contraction
  - Tension and Relaxation
- Visualisation
  - What is Visualisation?
  - Can Anyone Use Visualisation?
  - Learning to Visualise
  - Spontaneous Visualisation
  - How Do I Know it isn’t Just my Imagination?
  - Visualisation Exercises
  - What if it Doesn’t Work?
- Eight Pieces of Brocades (Continued)
  - Exercise 5: Turning the Waist
Lesson Six
- Point Focusing
- Chi Kung When You Need It
- Three Treasures
  - Ching
  - Activating Ching Energy
  - Shen
- Exercises (Continued)
  - Plucking Stars
  - Visualisation
Lesson Seven
- Martial Chi Kung
- Chi Kung Variations
- Eight Pieces of Brocades (Continued)
  - Exercise 7: Punching with Angry Eyes
  - Exercise 8: Shaking the Body and Massaging the Kidneys
- Ending Your Practice
Lesson Eight
- Pressure Points
  - Thirty Six Main Acupoints 1 – 12
  - Baihui
  - Tai Yang and Tai Yin
  - Knocking Teeth
  - Grinding Teeth
  - Fengfu and Fengchi
  - Jianjing
  - Opening the Back of the Neck and Throat
- Devising a Training Programme
  - Walking Chi Kung
  - Diet and Grain Chi
Lesson Nine
- Pressure Points (Continued)
  - Thirty Six Main Acupoints 13 – 24
  - Jugu (Great Bone)
  - Shaohai
  - Neguan
  - Maimen (Pulse Door)
  - Hegu (Tiger’s Mouth)
  - Fengyan and Rudong
- Mastering Chi Kung
  - Setting Goals
- Healing with Chi Kung
- Exercises (Continued)
  - Drawing Steam from the Sea of Chi
  - Standing Tree: Third Position
Lesson Ten
- Pressure Points (Continued)
  - Thirty Six Main Acupoints 25 – 36
  - Zhubin and Weizhong
  - Xinkan and Danzhong
  - Huiyin
  - Yongquan
- Teaching Chi Kung
- Exercises (Continued)
  - Standing Tree Fourth Position: Rooting to the Earth
  - Standing Tree Fifth Position: Carrying the Basket
  - Advanced Standing Tree Sixth Position: Heaven and Earth
  - Advanced Standing Tree: Seventh Position
  - Advanced Standing Tree: Eighth Position
  - Advanced Standing Tree: Ninth Position
- Final Word

Practical training

No practical training is required to complete this course.

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Prerequisites

You do not need to have any additional qualifications before studying this course.

Level

On successful completion of this course you will have received professional training at level 3. This is ideal if you wish to start a practice, or expand a career. Graduates of this course wishing to start their own practice can also obtain professional liability insurance.

Certification

On successful completion students will receive the following award: The professional BSY Chi Kung Diploma and will become a Registered BSY Chi Kung Practitioner.

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Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.

You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.

At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.

Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.

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Your tutor will mark your lessons, giving valuable, constructive feedback - helping you to master each step before moving on to the next. You can contact them for support or advice throughout your studies.

You can also contact the support team who are here to help you Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

We are proud of our friendly, caring ethos and aim to do all we can to help you succeed.

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How to enrol

Please call 01409 220 400 - Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

If you are calling from a landline, please dial 0800 731 9271.

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