Centreline Qigong

15/09/2025

Now with the change of season, we restart the Qigong workshops in Highbury, North London. We start on Sat 20th with the Deer Qigong.

Each workshop begins with Hua Gong forms; after a break we go fully into one of the Five Animals; and now we will finish each time with an Internal Alchemy meditation. The combination of these three levels of practice can be truly transformational.

Five Animals practice leads us to embody more fully these essential Qigong qualities: being grounded, our energy centred, the body more supple and stronger, greater mental focus, a joyful and lively spirit... In the Qi-field of the class we can go further and absorb the teaching more fully.

Five Animals Qigong workshops, Saturdays, 2pm to 6pm
20 Sept - Deer, 4 Oct - Tiger, 18 Oct - Bird, 15 Nov - Bear, 13 Dec - Monkey

For more info and booking, email [email protected]
or message me here!

20/05/2025

The 5 Animals Qigong workshop for this month is on Saturday (24th 2pm to 5.30) and we come to the Bear Qigong.

The Bear transmission opens the inner space of the body all the way down to the ground, clearing congestion, releasing tension and heaviness, allowing the pure Qi quality to come through fully. Primarily Earth element, the Bear is good for the joints, for digestion, transforming anxiety, clearing stagnation.

Newcomers are welcome, whatever level of experience - the form is quite easy to do. Message me here if you're interested or get in touch by email - [email protected]

This Bear is really doing the form!

06/05/2025

We're now half way through the current sequence of Five Animals Qigong workshops - which relates to the Five Elements, but the sequence is more according to the Animals and their particular qualities. Next up is the Bear Qigong ... followed by a special weekend in June where we will do all Five!

2pm-5.30, Saturdays (and one Sunday)
15 Feb - Bird
15 Mar - Tiger
27 Apr - Deer
24 May - Bear
14 June - Monkey
and then 11am-6pm on Sunday 15 June - Five Animals Qigong all day workshop!!!

All held "in person" only at the Liverpool Road Community Centre, Laycock St, London N1 (Highbury and Islington tube)

21/04/2025

Five Animals Qigong workshops - the Deer

Sunday 27 April, 2pm-5.30pm
London N1 (Highbury & Islington tube)

19/03/2025

If you'd like to catch up with the Soul Portals podcast, where I was the invited guest last week, attempting to answer some searching questions about Qigong and leading a short intro session, then the sound recording is here: https://psychospiritualhorizons.com/2289914/episodes/16785179-energetic-centering-with-qigong-practice

And the Zoom video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrnQcUGCik

Our March ’25 Soul Portals guest views Qigong energy practices and his musical vocation as intertwined spiritual paths. In this episode we will explore how Q...

13/03/2025

Workshop this Saturday on the Tiger Qigong

2pm to 5.30pm, London N1, Highbury and Islington tube. We start with Hua Gong forms and the workshop is open to newcomers.

The Tiger Qigong is powerful and yet playful, combining strength with softness, unifying the body by reaching beyond it ... working through the physical and yet reaching the intangible, connecting fully with the airy Qi and brightness in the space around us.

An excellent way to recharge, reach out, flex the limbs, brighten the eyes, clear the head, sharpen the mind and open the heart!

04/03/2025

Looking forward with some trepidation to next week Weds, when I'm the invited guest on the Soul Portals podcast. We'll be talking about Qigong, particularly Hua Gong - my practice and my own journey with it, closely entwined as it is for me with being a musician. And with life of course ...

Soul Portals is based in Toronto, but the event is on Zoom and you can attend *live online* with this link https://onlinevents.co.uk/event/energetic-centering-with-qigong-practice-6/

21/02/2025

Had the good luck yesterday to see this in real life - a murmuration by the pier in Brighton. A truly wonderful thing, it continued for quite a while, more and more birds arriving and joining in. And this only a few days after the Bird Qigong workshop …

12/02/2025

Workshop on the Bird Qigong coming up this Saturday, 2pm-5.30 in Islington, North London...

The Bird Qigong has many aspects: grounding completely, all heaviness into the earth; opening up heart and lungs, Qi breathing into the spine; going above the earthly level, freeing the mind and connecting with pure spirit.

The workshop begins with fundamental Hua Gong forms and newcomers are welcome! Please get in touch quickly if interested.