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Zhan Zhuang Gong
Qigong Standing Practice/Meditation

Wednesday 26th March 2025
12-3pm at Zen Garden Dahab

Zhan Zhuang Gong or Qigong standing practice is a corner stone of many traditional Chinese mind body practices. It can be considered a standing meditation of sorts where exact postural alignment, clear intention and sometimes specific breathing meet.

The purpose of the exercises is to create a natural strong structure, develop good grounding both physically, energetically and psychologically as well as a clear focused mind. Due to it's simplicity it is accessible to most people no matter their background or training status. Zhan Zhuang Gong has significant health benefits (see ore below) and is a valid tool to gain emotional balance, and calmness in ones mind leading to an overall sense of relaxed clarity, grounding and self confidence.

This workshop gives you all the necessary information and practice you need to be able to implement this method in your day to day lfe to enhance vitality, structure and health.

We will go over the most important structural aspects in great detail and you will learn ways to use your mind to gain deeper control over your physical and emotional status.

While standing the body posture supports the mind going into a more neutral present awareness state while at the same time initiating deep physical processes. There is a certain element challange to standing like this but it is more so mental than physical in nature when done correctly. All the how and why, both energetically, psychologically and scientifically will be explained in the workshop

Typically a practice time of about 15 min is already extremely beneficial to ones overall health, wellbeing and mental alertness all the while promoting a calm and centered base state.

Some of the benefits of practicing Zhan Zhuang Gong are:

- improves grounding

- supports a healthy effortless body posture

- gently trains the muscles

- improves bone density

- supports endurance in all forms

- builds self confidence

- increases energy levels

- boosts the immune system

- helps to access deep lying tension patterns

- can be used to dissolve deep rooted emotional blockages

- helps to train the mind body connection

- improves your ability to deliberately govern the body

- balances the hormonal system

- helps to balance emotions

- clears and centers the mind

- brings you into the present moment

- and many more

Your trainer:

Egwin practices Qigong and related arts for 35 years and has ever since been in the field of natural movement and consciousness development reaching far beyond just Qigong. With a background in both western and traditional Chinese medicine, body centered psychotherapy, and numerous complementary and energy healing modalities as well as martial arts, somatic practices dance, Alexander Technique and meditation, his approach is very rich and versatile focusing primarily on fundamental principles as opposed to dogmatic views and strict traditional ways.

He is the founder of Beyond Systems a system free basic principles based approach to natural movement, consciousness and spiritual development.

location: Zen Garden Dahab (can be found on google maps)

duration: 3 hrs

exchange:

regular price 800 EGP per person

650 EGP for Egyptians

500 EGP for repeaters if you have done the same workshop with me already

feel free to reach out with any and all questions you might have

I look forward to welcoming you in this beautiful workshop

Shaolin Basic - Qigong

online workshop 4,5h via Zoom

April 12th 2025

start at 8am EST

  • strengthen the body (muscles, tendons, bones)

  • build energy (increase levels of life force Qi, increase bioelectricity)

  • increase focus

  • support the immune system

  • boost the mood

no prerequisites required - open to all normally healthy

A powerful short set of 5 primary poses that are smoothly connected with linking moves guided by our breath. Preparation- and distribution exercises at the beginning and end of the set round up this gem of a training set to elevate ones energy levels and boost immunity at the same time. Whether as a morning starter or in between to refresh body and mind the set is uniquely suited to re-connect and elevate with comparably little time needed.

exchange: 80 USD

more details available shortly

start practicing daoist meditation

daoist meditation - foundation

online workshop 4,5h via Zoom

  • getting started - basic practices

  • philosophical foundation

  • main energy channels

  • directing Qi (life force energy)

  • reverse abdominal breathing

Daoist meditation is unique in it’s practice in many ways yet often provides a great starting point to ones meditative practice due to it’s natural clarity, use of ones mind and breath. In this foundation workshop we explore the basics of getting started with ones daoist meditation practice. Daoist meditation is well known for its rejuvenating, energizing and clarity fostering effects. It nourishes body, mind and soul, calms the nervous system and balances the bodies energies.

no prerequisites required

more details will be available shortly

Reset - Recharge - Expand
Energy and Grace

a 3 day immersive in person experience to re-calibrate the body, clear the mind and build energy

  • somatic stretching - to reset and relax the body

  • “movement hygiene” - to balance tension and connect to the body

  • developmental movements - to break out of old patterns

  • resting and recovery positions - to relax the body and re-calibrate posture

  • body centered meditation - to improve grounding and expand focus and energy

An amazing, short yet powerful experience to re-connect with the body, calm the mind, reset and balance the nervous system and come home to oneself.

no prerequisites