Chi Flow with Jo

04/09/2026

A Parkinson’s diagnosis can leave you feeling as though your body, confidence and independence are slipping away.

But you are not alone, and there are gentle, practical things you can do every day to support movement, sleep, digestion, energy and emotional balance.

Find Your Flow: Live Well with Parkinson’s brings together our lived experience with Qi Gong, acupressure, food medicine and simple self-care tools that can help you feel more connected to your body again.

Order your copy now, or send this to someone you love who may need hope, support and a reminder that there is still so much life to be lived.

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04/09/2026

In Chinese medicine, the pearl of Shen/Spirit energy rests in the Heart and is anchored by the Blood. When Blood is not sufficiently housing the Shen, sleep becomes disturbed, dreams become vivid and anxiety can rise more easily.

The pattern has a name. It has acupressure points. It has food medicine. It has a Qi Gong movement that helps. You can find out more about it in this months Blog and Podcast

September in Chi Flow with Jo, we are working with anxiety.

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04/09/2026

Nobody talks about the fear that comes with a Parkinson's diagnosis.

The tremors, the stiffness, the medication. Yes. But the anxiety? The lying awake at 3am wondering what your life is going to look like in five years? That part doesn't always make it into the conversation.

When Davy was first diagnosed, the fear of what was coming became its own condition. The uncertainty was relentless. And at one point, his anxiety became so intense he was hospitalised. He hadn't slept properly in months.

Sleep deprivation affects your mood, your movement, your ability to cope with anything the day throws at you. For someone living with Parkinson's, it compounds every other symptom.

What helped him turn a corner wasn't one big thing. It was the daily practice.

Qi Gong, done consistently, gave Davy something he could actually do for himself. Every weekday morning in Chi Flow with Jo, he moves, breathes and reconnects with his body. Not to fight his diagnosis. Not to push through it. Just to be present in his body, gently and with intention.

He sleeps soundly now. He feels calmer and more grounded. And that steadiness carries through into the rest of his day.

It doesn't replace medical care. But it sits alongside it, quietly and consistently doing its work.

If you or someone you love is living with Parkinson's and the anxiety that can come with it, you don't have to just wait and see what happens next. There are things you can do. Small, gentle, daily things that genuinely make a difference.

We have a free Chi Flow class coming up and Davy and I would love for you to join us.
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03/09/2026

Overthinking is exhausting, and your body knows it.

In Chinese Medicine, worry and overthinking are not just mental experiences. They affect Spleen Qi, the energy that keeps us grounded, steady and able to think clearly. When Spleen Qi is weakened, we can feel more tired, more anxious and less able to settle. It becomes a loop that feeds itself.

Gentle Qi Gong, breathing and acupressure can begin to shift that. Not by pushing through, but by drawing the energy down from the busy mind and back into the body, where it belongs. This is what we practise every weekday morning in Chi Flow with Jo.

In September, our monthly theme is reducing anxiety through Qi Gong, acupressure and Five Element food medicine. Every morning at 8:30am we practise live together online. Recordings go out afterwards if you can't join live. Everything can be done seated or standing, and no experience is needed. Membership is €39 per month, reducing to €20 after three months as a thank you for showing up consistently.

More than 400 people practise with us. Many have been here for years because of the daily rhythm and the community around it. If you have been looking for something gentle and practical that you can actually sustain, this might be it.

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03/09/2026

There's no cure for Parkinson's but we can help with secondary symptoms such as constipation, digestion, sleep and anxiety with complimentary therapy such as acupressure, diet and exercise.

That is what this book is all about. Get your copy today or give to someone you know who has been diagnosed.

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03/09/2026

You didn't move a muscle. Your mind did.

This is what Qi Gong teaches us every single morning in Chi Flow. The body follows the mind. The mind shapes the flow of Qi. And when both are working together, things that felt stiff, stuck or out of reach start to shift.

It is not complicated. It does not require flexibility you don't have or fitness you've lost. It just requires showing up and paying attention.

That is the whole practice, really. Showing up and paying attention.

This is exactly why Chi Flow with Jo is live every weekday morning at 8:30am. Because showing up consistently, even for twenty or thirty minutes, is what creates change over time. Not in a week. Over time.

More than 400 people practise with us. Around 100 join live each morning. The rest use the recording sent afterwards. Many have been here for years, not because they had to stay, but because the daily rhythm became something they didn't want to give up.

Chi Flow combines Qi Gong, self acupressure, breathing, meditation and Five Element food medicine into one weekday morning practice. Everything can be done seated or standing. No experience needed. If you have Parkinson's, chronic fatigue, anxiety, stiffness or simply a body that doesn't move like it used to, you are in the right place.

Membership is €39 a month to start. After three months of consistent practice, it reduces to €20 a month. Most programmes charge more the longer you stay. We do the opposite. Consistency is worth rewarding.

If you are not sure yet, try a free class first. See how it feels in your own body before you decide anything.

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03/09/2026

Your menstrual cycle has seasons, and each one asks something different of your body.

Like the Five Elements, your cycle moves through phases of building, rising, flowering, contracting and releasing. Each phase connects with different organs, emotions and energy systems, helping us understand why our mood, energy and anxiety may change throughout the month.

When we learn to recognise these natural rhythms, we can work with our body instead of fighting against it.

Discover more in the full Ask Me Anything podcast and blog. Comment ANXIETY and I will send you the link. 💗

03/09/2026

No grasping for achievement of clear mind or getting rid of anything, simply turning up and enjoying the practice . How is your chi flowing?

More wisdom from the Masters. Here are words from my teacher, Daoist Abbot Huang Gengshi (1910-1999).

“I have to be very careful about my diet. After my terrible car accident in the 1960s, now ten years later I still have a blood clot in my brain.” I asked him if he was able to cure himself with his herbs. He said, “Sure, but the clot keeps coming back. As long as I eat properly and do my yoga morning and evening, I am fine. Also, helping others helps my own circulation of qi.”

"Too much qi in the dan tian will cause sickness in the lungs and heart. Keep the abdomen soft, relaxed."

“All this business of jing changes to qi, qi to shen, and shen to emptiness only makes the mind more confused. Make emptiness and relaxation the foundation, the start, not the goal! If you are truly song (relaxed), then there is nothing there!”

“All religions have their good and bad points, so we must choose carefully. Most people don’t want to see this so they follow a religion blindly.”

02/09/2026

An anxious mind is exhausting.

When the thoughts just keep turning, Chinese Medicine looks at what's happening in the body, not just the head.

Worry and overthinking can weaken Spleen Qi. And when Spleen Qi is low, we feel more tired, less grounded and more prone to that spinning, restless thinking.

Gentle Qi Gong, breathing and acupressure can help bring the energy back down out of the mind and into the body. Slowly. Quietly. Without force.

In September, this is exactly what we're focusing on in Chi Flow with Jo.

Every weekday morning at 8:30am, live online. Seated or standing, no experience needed.

€39 for your first three months, then just €20 a month after that. We reward the people who stay.

Over 400 people practise with us. Around 100 join live each morning.

If you'd like to try it first, comment YES and I'll send you the link for a free class.

02/09/2026

Parkinson’s can change your experience of time.

Everything may feel slower, everyday tasks can take longer and moments of frustration, sadness or agitation can become part of the journey.

But Parkinson’s does not define the whole person.

There is still courage, humour, love, connection and the possibility of living fully. Davy and I have learned that we do not have to rush or compare ourselves to how life used to be. We can meet each day at the pace the body needs, supported by movement, breath, community and one another.

That is the heart of Find Your Flow: Live Well with Parkinson’s, honest experiences and practical tools to help people live as well as possible alongside a diagnosis.

Order your copy or send this to someone you love.

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