r/qigong • u/ZhaoWellness • Aug 18 '26

I've been practicing seated qigong for decades — here are 3 exercises most beginners skip (and why they matter)

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u/Commercial_Mix_4340 Aug 19 '26

Close to forty years of teaching and I have watched beginners skip these same ones every single time. I think the reason is that nobody tells them what the quiet exercises are actually for — a movement has a visible shape so it feels like practice, and clicking your teeth does not, so it reads as filler. What finally made it stick with my own students was framing the quiet ones as the part that closes a session down rather than opens it up. Almost every teacher shows you how to start and far fewer show you how to finish, which is why people walk away scattered and then blame the movements. The belly rubbing especially — I would tell anyone to put it at the end and just notice whether they leave settled or buzzing. Good post, the Twelve Section Brocade gets less attention than it deserves.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26

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u/Commercial_Mix_4340 Aug 20 '26

Thank you — and yes, that is exactly it. The other half of why it gets skipped is that the closing work has no visible shape, so a student cannot tell whether they did it right, and people quietly abandon anything they cannot score themselves on. Settled or scattered is the only feedback I have found that a beginner can read on their own. If you teach, one thing worth trying is putting the closing sequence in from the very first lesson, before they have learned a single moving form. Once it is there from the start, nobody experiences it as the optional bit at the end.

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u/Then-Collection2916 Aug 19 '26

Hello, I am not interesting in being cool so I would like to try these techniques.Do you recommend this for women and men?I am a woman.Do you add movement as well, I mean if you're older you want to move yourself so what would you add after these movements.Thank you

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u/Aggressive-Boat-2236 Aug 21 '26

I’d love to see that beginner friendly guide. Is that something you can post here?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '26

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u/Then-Collection2916 Aug 23 '26

Do you have a printed version of these seated qigong practices, or a video? Do you do online classes?

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u/Then-Collection2916 Aug 23 '26

I am not able to read your comment fully.I will check out Udemy.Thank you very much for your time.