Reduce Depression with Qigong #5
Below is the fifth of five videos on Reducing Depression with the “Old Man” Qigong Set.
The final video in this series puts each part of the the form together into a flowing whole.
The Ratio of Moves
Once you have practiced each of the 3 moves separately and can perform them well–with good amounts of feeling and healing–then you put them all together. The connected movement ratio is as follows:
1, 2, 3
2, 3
2, 3
Put Another Way, You Do
1. Lungs
2. Heart
3. Middle Burner
2. Heart
3. Middle Burner
2. Heart
3. Middle Burner
Then start over, again starting with the Lungs.
The Daily Exercise Prescription
The basic formula for practicing the full “Old Man” exercise is to do it for set amount of time. Get into a flowing groove by the set over and over and over again for 5, 10, 20 or more minutes at a time.
As you practice, you don’t need to count reps. Just glance at a clock every once in a while.
Urgent Prescription
Those who need to get their bodies on track quickly can elect to do 25 minutes of the “Old Man” 3 times a day.
