Lou Walker Wellness

Lou Walker Wellness Energy & Somatic Movement guide - based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Focusing on Mind- Body healing & energy flow. Guiding people to tune into their bodies.

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Honestly, it still blows my mind a little that the tent sold out this year and last. 80 people, most of whom had never h...
01/09/2026

Honestly, it still blows my mind a little that the tent sold out this year and last.

80 people, most of whom had never heard of or done Qi Gong before, turned up to the Energy Garden Lost Village and were willing to try something completely new.

There’s something about being in a space where people are curious, playful and open to having a go at something they might not normally choose.

Planning for this festival is always fun for me. I get to think about how to make the session as playful and accessible as possible, while still giving people a little taste of what Qi Gong can be.

And the Energy Garden is such a beautiful space to do it in. Pip Roberts does such a brilliant job creating it, it really feel like a little world of its own.

I loved seeing people arrive not knowing quite what to expect, and then settling into the practice together.

We rode our fire horses to The Chemical Brothers and swam like swimming dragons to soft watery like music.

Qi Gong can be playful too. It doesn’t always have to be slow and serious.

Sometimes you don’t need to know anything about something before you try it.

You just need to be curious. 🤍

What can Qi Gong actually do for your body?And the answer depends a little on how we’re looking at the body.We often app...
24/08/2026

What can Qi Gong actually do for your body?

And the answer depends a little on how we’re looking at the body.

We often approach movement by thinking about muscles, joints, strength, flexibility and mobility.

But when I began studying Traditional Chinese Medicine, I was introduced to another way of understanding what is happening in the body.

Qi.

Often translated simply as energy, Qi is understood within TCM as something that moves, circulates and transforms throughout the body.

The meridians provide pathways through which Qi is understood to flow, with relationships to the body’s organ systems.

So when we practise Qi Gong, we’re not only thinking about the physical movement.

We’re also working with flow, circulation, breath, attention and the quality of the movement.

This is one of the things I find so fascinating about Qi Gong.

The movements can look simple from the outside, but underneath them is a whole framework for understanding the body.

And the more I’ve studied TCM and Qi Gong, the more it has changed the way I understand movement, including the way I teach any of my classes.

I’m increasingly interested not just in:

What are we doing?

But:

Why are we doing it?
What are we cultivating?
What is the quality of the movement?

For me, that’s where Qi Gong becomes so much more than a series of exercises.

It’s another way of learning to listen to the body.

I always feel a bit sad at this time of year. I’m a summer person through and through, I thrive in the heat, I love the ...
16/08/2026

I always feel a bit sad at this time of year. I’m a summer person through and through, I thrive in the heat, I love the long evenings, being outside, heading off for a hike when there’s still hours of light left.
There’s something about the transition, knowing summer’s slipping away and the days are getting shorter, that I’ve never found easy to sit with.

This year feels a bit different though.

The heat has genuinely been a lot. Brutal in a lot of places, and even up here in the North, where it’s been nowhere near as extreme, the lack of rain has taken its toll and I see the trees dropping leaves early, my allotment really struggling too.

So oddly, I think I’m more ready for the change this year than I usually am. I’m still grieving the end of summer, if I’m honest though, the long days, the warm evenings, hiking till it’s nearly dark. But there’s also a part of me looking forward to what’s next. Cooler days, cosy evenings, warm food, a slower pace.

I think that’s what I find so interesting about late summer. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this season belongs to the Earth element which is a time of ripening, gathering, taking stock of what’s grown. Earth is also tied to stability, to our centre of gravity, the place we come back to when everything around us is shifting.

Maybe that’s it. I’m a bit more ready to come back to my centre this year.

Still sad to say goodbye to summer. Still ready for what’s coming. Both at once, I think.

Over the last few years, more and more yoga teachers started coming to my Qi Gong classes.At first, I didn’t really thin...
03/08/2026

Over the last few years, more and more yoga teachers started coming to my Qi Gong classes.

At first, I didn’t really think much of it but after a while, it became a pattern and I realised it wasn’t just a coincidence.
You wanted to understand the Five Elements, Meridians and why certain movements could create different experience from another.
You were fascinated by the somatic movements of Qi Gong and about the energetic organ system of TCM and how movement can support this.

Then, as I began teaching on a Yin Yoga teacher training, those conversations carried on there too. Things like how do I weave this into the yoga classes I already teach?
How do I understand the energetics behind the movements?
Where do I even begin?
Some of you had actually already completed a Qi Gong training but you still weren’t quite sure how it all fitted into your yoga teaching.

That’s when it really clicked for me that you weren’t looking to become Qi Gong teachers you were looking for another way of understanding TCM and Qi Gong movement and maybe a way of weaving Qi Gong into the yoga you already love teaching.

That’s why I’m creating Qi Gong for Yoga Teachers CPD. Not to replace yoga and not to teach you endless new sequences but to explore the principles behind the movements, so they begin to make sense… and so weaving them into your classes starts to feel natural.

I’ll be sharing more over the coming weeks, and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been creating.

Yesterday I picked up a friend from the airport and the funny thing is… we’d never actually met before! Yesterday I met ...
01/08/2026

Yesterday I picked up a friend from the airport and the funny thing is… we’d never actually met before!

Yesterday I met Thalia Economo in person for the very first time.

Although, if I’m honest, it didn’t really feel like meeting for the first time at all.We’ve been seeing each other’s faces through a screen for the last few years.

We met during my first 200-hour online Qi Gong teacher training in 2024. Along with a few others in the group, we clicked almost immediately.

Since then, all of us have continued learning and practising qi gong together, trained again together and stayed in touch, despite living on opposite sides of the world.

People often assume online trainings can’t create the same sense of connection as learning in person. My experience has been completely different.

Some of the people I’ve met through these spaces have become genuine friends. Friends who continue to learn together, support one another and, years later, are still showing up for each other.

Yesterday was a beautiful reminder that meaningful connection isn’t created by geography. It’s created by shared experiences, curiosity and the willingness to learn alongside one another.

And for that, I’ll always be grateful and also to the other beautiful women in our training circle. Hema Michaela | Fertility AcuReflex & Qigong Corrine Francesca

As I’ve been creating my new Qi Gong for Yoga Teachers training, I’ve found myself returning to a handful of ideas I wis...
29/07/2026

As I’ve been creating my new Qi Gong for Yoga Teachers training, I’ve found myself returning to a handful of ideas I wish every yoga teacher knew about Qi Gong.

This is the first.

One of the biggest misconceptions I see is that Qi Gong is simply another slow movement practice.

Sometimes it is.

But Qi Gong can be dynamic, playful and powerful. What matters isn’t how fast or slow we move, but the intention behind the movement itself.

Understanding that changes more than how we see Qi Gong.

It changes how we begin to see what Qi Gong can bring to the yoga classes you already teach, whether that’s dynamic flow, Yin, or something in between.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing some of the ideas, principles and perspectives that have shaped this training.

If you’re a yoga teacher who’s curious about Qi Gong, I hope this series helps you see the practice through a different lens.

Taking it back to the beginning… 🍃Over the last few years, I’ve shared lots about Qi Gong here and different practices, ...
28/07/2026

Taking it back to the beginning… 🍃

Over the last few years, I’ve shared lots about Qi Gong here and different practices, reflections, classes and the ways it continues to shape how I move, teach and experience life.

As this community has grown, I know there are many of you who are new here, and I realised I’ve never really gone back to the beginning.

So I thought it was time to revisit a simple question…

What is Qi Gong?

Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qi Gong is an ancient practice that combines movement, breath and intention.

Although it’s often recognised for its slow, flowing movements, Qi Gong isn’t always slow. Some practices are dynamic and energising, while others are soft and meditative.

What connects them all isn’t the pace.

It’s the awareness.

For me, Qi Gong isn’t about performing movement perfectly. It’s about learning to pay attention.

To notice the breath.

To notice the body.

To become curious about what we’re feeling, rather than simply moving from one shape to the next.

That’s why I keep returning to this practice, and why I love sharing it with others.

So whether you’ve been practising Qi Gong for years, you’ve joined one of my classes, or you’ve only just found your way here…

Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here.

I’d love to know if you’ve ever tried Qi Gong, or is it something you’re curious to explore?

24/07/2026

Why does Qi Gong use so many circles and spirals?

It’s not simply because they look beautiful.

Spirals are one of nature’s most fundamental patterns. We see them in the unfurling of a fern, the shape of a shell, the flow of water and even the galaxies above us.

Our bodies are designed to move as connected, integrated systems rather than as isolated parts. That’s one of the reasons spiralling movements can feel so natural and effortless.

In Qi Gong, these circles and spirals aren’t just choreography. They encourage the body to move with greater ease, connection and flow.

Perhaps that’s why so many people say, “This feels so good,” even if they’ve never practised Qi Gong before.

We’ll be exploring these gentle, nourishing movements together at Sacred Sundays this weekend.

Have you noticed how your body responds when you move in circles instead of straight lines? 💚

As I’ve got older, I often find myself wondering whether I was made for our modern way of living.But then I come out her...
19/07/2026

As I’ve got older, I often find myself wondering whether I was made for our modern way of living.

But then I come out here and I feel truly alive. Human. Everything softens.

Out here I know who I am. My instincts know this is where I’m meant to be. Where we all come from.

I feel like my truest self out here. Feral and alive.

It feels so natural. Like I could thrive out here in a way I find harder and harder in our modern world. A world of constantly hustling, working under fluorescent lights and feeling like we’re always trying to keep up.

And out here, I don’t need to do more. Be more. Constantly striving in a world that often doesn’t feel natural anymore. Yet as humans we’ve somehow come to accept it all as a way of life, and it feels so far removed from our nature that I sometimes find it hard to understand.

Of course, I know I can’t stay here forever. Life is waiting for me down there…

But I know now that I need places like this.

I need to keep coming back to the mountains so I can return to everyday life feeling a little more like myself.

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