Wild Swan Flowing River Qigong - Marlow UK

01/08/2025

Swans eye view of our Qigong group in action ☯️🦢🏞

Thank you Mark Holmes 🙏

01/08/2025

☀️Welcome August☀️

August is the month of late summer—a time of harvest, reflection, and grounding. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this season is associated with the Earth element, which governs stability, nourishment, and balance.

💛 Ask yourself: What do I need to let go of? What do I need to nourish?

This August, try this simple Qigong practice to stay centered:

🌀 Qigong Flow for August

☯️ Stand tall, feet hip-width apart.
☯️ Inhale as you raise your arms out and up like a sunrise.
☯️ Exhale slowly, drawing your hands down the center line of your body—releasing stress.
☯️ Repeat 3–5 times, smiling gently as you do.

21/07/2025

If you love your local health food shop, vote for them Healthy Stuff 🥰

16/07/2025

☯️Laughing Qigong😂
🤣Laughter is the best medicine😆

Did you know that laughter is a powerful medicine? Laughing Qigong combines gentle movement, breathwork, and intentional laughter to boost energy, release tension, and uplift the spirit.

It might feel silly at first — but that’s the point! Your body doesn’t know the difference between real and simulated laughter — the benefits are the same:

💓 Boosts mood
🫁 Improves lung function
🧠 Reduces stress hormones
💫 Increases Qi (life force energy)

Join us in laughing for no reason — and feel your heart, lungs, and mind light up. 😃🌀

https://www.holdenqigong.com/blog/how-to-use-laughing-qi-gong-to-release-tension-and-awaken-joy

https://youtu.be/xxoltVXuTa0?feature=shared

15/07/2025

Wild swan drone art 🤍🖤🧡

13/07/2025

Highly recommend a visit to The Island Sauna if in the area. Really well looked after by Emma and Will 💛

https://www.theislandsauna.co.uk/

13/07/2025

Qigong anytime anywhere - our own Qigong Master Wild Swan Mark in Portland 🌞🌊⛵️

10/07/2025

🌕 Full Buck Moon – 10th July 2025 🌕

As the Full Buck Moon rises in the UK skies this month, it brings a powerful energy of growth, strength, and inner renewal. Traditionally named for the time when deer begin to regrow their antlers, this moon invites us to reflect on our own cycles of regeneration.

08/07/2025

☀️ Summer & Qigong: Moving with the Fire Element 🔥

As the days grow longer and warmer, summer invites us to expand, energise, and connect with joy — the very essence of Qigong's Fire Element.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, summer is ruled by the heart, our emotional and energetic center. It's the season of movement, vitality, and laughter — and Qigong is the perfect practice to nourish that fiery energy without burning out.

🧘‍♀️ Qigong in summer helps:
✨ Regulate heart energy and emotions
🌿 Harmonise with nature’s rhythms
💧 Cool and balance internal heat
💓 Cultivate inner joy and connection

Whether you're swaying in the garden, breathing with the sunrise, or simply slowing down in stillness, Qigong offers a gentle yet powerful way to align body, mind, and spirit with the season.

🌸 Tip: Practice heart-opening movements and focus on gratitude to stoke the right kind of inner fire.

🔥 Move with the season — feel the joy, and let your energy flow.

07/07/2025

05/07/2025

Not every day will be perfect,
some will test your patience,
your strength,
your spirit.

But if you pause,
slow down,
breathe deeply,
and turn your heart toward gratitude,
you’ll start to notice the quiet blessings,
woven quietly into your day.

Even in the midst of chaos,
when everything feels heavy,
there is still,
however small,
always something to be thankful for.

On these more challenging days
may we try a little harder
to stay present,
and truly appreciate the blessings
we often overlook.

Gratitude inspires wisdom,
reminding us that even on our hardest days,
there is light to be found,
if we are willing to look for it.

~ 'Embracing Gratitude' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Suzan Daniels

04/07/2025

☯️🦢🏞 Join us again for the Live Well Marlow, 30 day challenge ☯️🧘‍♀️☯️

Tomorrow Saturday 5th July - 10am
Qigong in the park

https://themarlowapp.com/live-well-marlow-30-day-challenge/

https://wildswanflowingriver.com/