Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water - the Five Elements of Daoist Qi Gong
Week 4 - Bringing Thought and Feeling to the Movement
Dan Brierley · 67 minutes · recorded June 24, 2026
Dan spends longer on how thought and feeling change the practice: bringing an image, a memory or an intention to each element rather than moving through it blankly, and explains how weight should sink through the hips and glutes rather than the knees. The class runs the five Daoist breaths and the full earth to water form, the lion plays with the ball, the tree, the crane, the tiger and the lake, closing hands on the lower dantian.
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