Personally Decorated Shoes During this Year’s Trip to Spain
Many participants have found nice solutions to the face that the training shoes we use are so similar. During our longer courses with many participants, e.g. the Summer Course, you can easily mistake someone else’s shoes for your own, since there’s so many of us. To separate their shows in the crowd, some has decorated them, something that also makes them nice and personal. We have before published two articles with other decorated shoes which you can find if you click here and here. Below follows pictures of personally decorated shoes during this years training trip to Spain.
A participant during this year’s trip to Spain shows her embroidered shoes.
Another participant on the course has put a little decoration on her shoes.
“I Don’t Live With Pain Anymore and I Feel Strong and Calm.”
Getting rid of pain can remarkably enhance the quality of your life. Read about how qigong has helped some of our practitioners reduce their pain.
Ylva
“I don’t live with pain anymore and I feel strong and calm. I’m in charge of my health situation. I’m constantly increasing my awareness of how to live and practise to be healthy.”
Thor Sanne
“Since the course (9 weeks have passed now) I haven’t had what I call pain attacks! A couple of times during the week directly after the course I felt similar to the way I used to feel prior to my pain attacks starting, but as stated no real pain attacks. It’s new for me to experience such long periods of time with so few symptoms, and I connect the qigong training directly to the change in my state.”
Read more about Thor Sanne here.
Samsom
“I attended a basic course. I was actually going to see season opening of AIK that weekend but I couldn’t due to the pain. Straight away, during the first day of the course I felt that the training was something special. I decided to go for Zhineng Qigong. I continued to practice. Gradually my knee improved. Quite soon my pain was completely gone.”
Johanna
“What an incredible feeling when things started happening straight away during the first weekend course! Immediately after the first day I felt a lightness and softness in my shoulders that I hadn’t felt before and I slept like a baby through the entire night, already the first night.”
Anita
“…when I came back home I noticed marked improvements. The painful ache I had had earlier was gone. I was walking with my husband to a café when he said ”You don’t limp at all now”. “
We organize courses in different cities, you can read more about our courses here.
Thank you for sending us your photos from the Summer Courses, we would love some more!
We have received many nice pictures and we are very happy about that, so thank you! We have used some of the photos in the course report of Summer Course 2, which you can find here. Maybe some of you have more photos, if so, please send them to us. Meanwhile, here is the photo collage from the Summer Courses, that we promised you!
If you want to have a look at the pictures from last years Summer Courses, you will find them here.
Hope you are doing well!
Do you have photos from this years summer courses you would like to share?
Now this year’s summer courses 1 and 2 have ended. Many of us have returned home with good results and great memories. You can read about the results from the training in the course reports here on the webpage. We all carry the good memories within us but as a way of helping us remember, those of us who would like to, now have the opportunity to send pictures taken during the summer courses to feedback@zhinengqigong.eu It can be photos of Nossebro, the surroundings, of nature or from the excursions. We plan to use the pictures in different publications here on the web but first, if we get enough photos , we’ll make a collage of the summer courses. With the new data protection regulation in mind, we ask you not to send pictures with people in them.
Have a great summer!
This Year’s Summer Courses has Started!
The Summer Courses 2018 has started and first is Summer Course one where we this year are 179 participants and a bunch of mischievous, accompanying children. As usual we are in Nossebro and so far the weather has been warm and sunny. During Summer Course one we have practiced a lot and several participants have already shared positive training results, such as increased wellbeing. Something else that many value a lot is the community and simple togetherness that are created when we live, practice and eat together during the weeks of the Summer Courses. Here comes a few pictures as inspiration if you feel like practicing a little extra at home during the summer.
Practice
Excursion to Magnolia in Nossebro
Thinking of What to Pack for the Summer Course?
Very soon the summer courses are here and there are many who will take the course for the first time. With you in mind we have put together a proposal for a packing list that you can use to get some inspiration when it is time for you to start packing. We also gathered tips from experienced summer course participants about things that might be good to bring. If you where to forget something at home, it is not the whole world. Grocery stores and a pharmacy are within walking distance.
You can get a copy of the list here.
“Through Practising Qigong I’m Becoming More of my True Self”
I started practising qigong with European Zhineng Qigong in 2008. My brother Kaj who had been to the Summer Course thougt I should give it a try. So I did.
The more I practise, the more I notice that I need the qigong. By practising it feels like all the stupid things that have gathered from growing up just washes away.
It gives a lot to practise qigong. Everything gets better. Both professionally and in all kinds of relations with other people. Through practising qigong, I’m becoming more of my true self. Going to the Summer Course is the highlight of the year.
“People who Practise Qigong are Very Kind and Welcoming.”
The yearly Summer Courses are approaching. They are two 9-day residential courses with one following the other, a total of 18 days. Read here about some of our participants’ positive experiences from the Summer Courses.
Lilian
“It’s nice that I can be here without anyone expecting anything from me. I can participate without the duties of everyday life. Things work anyway. One has the possibility to socialize with others, but one can also be alone and withdraw if one feels like it. Here one can be oneself.”
Bodil
“It is also nice to have met so many fantastic people while practising qigong. Many of my fellow students have managed to build up a new life after getting through extremely though phases in their life.”
Ylva
“I’ve also noticed that people who practise qigong are very friendly and welcoming. There is no competition, instead everyone is competing with themselves and helping others.”
Carina
“And it’s lovely to see everybody getting improvements. Not to speak of all the lovely people at the Summer Course. Everyone socializes with one another, like a big family. If I get to feel as good as I’m doing here at the Summer Course, it’s fantastic.”
Camilla
“I can divide my life into before and after the Summer Course. The change in my life was that huge. The atmosphere was fantastic, and I met a lot of wonderful people.”
We organize courses in different towns, read more about our courses here.
Greetings from Almuñécar
We are now in full swing in Almuñécar where we both practice and have time during the afternoons for other activities. Very wonderful company, during the shorter as well as the longer breaks. A few pictures from the first days of the week:
Many think it is wonderful to sit on the terrace outside of the training hall between practice sessions.
On Wednesday we made an excursion into the mountains. First to the village of Pampaneira, where we strolled around in the little shops.
Then we went to the olive oil museeum where we got to hear about the process of producing olive oil and had the opportunity to buy some products.
”In my line of work, which is often characterized by difficult decisions, I am much clearer and calmer”
Read how some of our participants experience that training qigong has a positive impact on their work.
Monika
”In my work as a school principal I daily meet a lot of people. I have many meetings which can sometime be strenuous. Now I feel a safety in knowing that the qigong training strengthens me. After practicing I know that I sleep well no matter what I’ll do the next day. The calm I get from training also makes me listen well and ”be there” for everybody.”
Magdalena
”My attitude toward difficulties and problems is different and I am much more secure and confident as a person. In my line of work, which is often characterized by difficult decisions, I am much clearer and calmer when I meet clients and in difficult encounters.”
Read more about Magdalena here
Jonas
”I’ve also become a bit more humble and I can handle e.g. anger better. It is very useful in my contact with students and colleagues. You can not scream and yell as a teacher. That doesn’t solve any problem!”
Lina
”I got insights into how I can work with nervousness, stage presence and timing. The last few years I have had problems with a stiff arm and not gotten the arm up properly, now it’s not a problem anymore, and the play has become much more relaxed, although the sound has been affected positively and I know clearly how to keep posture that does not strain the body.”
Gittan
”I worked several years as a masseuse for different companies and got good results after I had done a Tuina course organized by European Zhineng Qigong. It brought my work as a masseur on a new dimension. I actively practised qigong and often got comments of my clients when I had been on a weekend course. They said they felt the difference in my way of massaging after I attended a course.”
We arrange courses in many different places, read more about our courses here.
Does sitting in front of the computer tire you out? Practising Qigong can help you!
A lot of work in front of the computer and sitting still for a long time can be a strain on the body. It can make you stiff and tired, reduce your ability to concentrate, and cause headaches and pains in shoulders and neck.
If you have spent more time in front of the computer during the last months, practising Qigong can be a way of removing the bad effects of sitting still for a long time.
*Think of your posture when sitting in front of the computer
Alternate between standing and sitting if possible, and keep your posture straight but at the same time relaxed. During our basic courses we teach how to stand and sit in a way that is relaxed and can help us to conserve our energy instead of getting worn out. How we stand and sit has an impact on our health and the more we use the body in a good way the better we will feel.
*Take short breaks for training during the working day.
One way to avoid health problems due to too much sitting down is to find a moment to train during the working day. Practising Qigong is a good method to improve the circulation without working up a sweat. The practise does not take much time since you do not need to shower afterwards. If you have already attended our courses and are now working from home – practise Hold Qi Up, Shenxin Qigong or La Qi, even just a short while, during your working day.
*Do not forget the eyes
A general feeling of tiredness often starts with the eyes. Several hours in front of the screen or reading can tire the eyes and it is good to give them some rest from time to time. An idea can be to let the eyes shift focus, i.e. look away from the screen and instead look at something further away. A more powerful way of relaxing the eyes we teach in the course ‘EasyCare for Eyes’. By taking a break from your work in front of the computer and doing the ‘EasyCare for Eyes’ the health of your eyes can improve. The eyes influence the rest of the body so the practise is also good for general well-being throughout the body.