In each class, the focus is on refining movemnts with an emphasis on proper body structure, breathing, balance, and body coordination.  Each successive class reviews and practices previously learned movements, going deeper into each.  Movement modifications will be examined for physical considerations.   The goal is to relax, have fun, and promote health through the practice of Tai Chi.

To join this class, a person must first get clearance from the instructor.  Please contact Donald Alf at diamdon@comcast.net or leave a message at 703-370-5375 if you are interested or if you have any questions you would like answered.

Sessions are 45-50 minutes in length and take place with the fully clothed client lying on a treatment table.  The practitoner’s hands may be placed lightly on the surface of the client’s body or suspended slightly above it.  Although each session and experience is unique,  clients commonly report sensations of warmth, gentle tingling, internal spaciousness, and a profound sense of relaxation as the treatment cleanses, renews, and balances the qi of the body, mind, and spirit.   As with any healing modality, the client has the choice of providing feedback and actively interacting during the session, or may chose instead to simply relax.  After the treatment, the practitioner will often offer the client a “prescription Qigong exercise,” an easy Qigong movement to practice at home to encourage further health and maintain the beneficial effects of the Medical Qigong treatment. 

Like acupuncture, Medical Qigong treatment and prescription Medical Qigong exercises are appropriate and effective ways to help address physical illness and emotional distress.  In China, Medical Qigong is used alongside of advanced, western-oriented medical techniques for the treatment of cancer with profound results.  It is a highly effective way to strengthen the immune system, re-charge or re-energize after a period of prolonged stress, and help maintain a sense of harmony with life. 

Treatment frequency is based upon the client’s personal goals for health and the diagnostic information gathered by the practitioner during the first session.   

• Private classes have the advantage of individualized instruction, flexible scheduling, and learning at your own pace.
• Small group classes form when family and friends decide to enjoy good company and learn qigong together. These classes offer a lot of fun and support as you learn and share qi with friends.
• Start office retreats with simple qigong movements to ‘warm-up’ and focus your staff for the day’s events. At the end of the retreat a qigong session helps to center and re-energize your staff, and leave them smiling as they walk out the door. In both scenarios, simple qigong movements will be taught to aid in relaxation, centering, focus and wellness.
• Pauline is also available to teach workshops.

If you are interested in any of these options, or would like to set up classes at your facility, please contact Pauline at 703-625-8431.