Qigong For People With Parkinson'S

An exploration of Qigong to help reduce the impact of the diagnosis and symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

What you'll learn

Exploring the guiding principles of Qigong that are relevant and accessible to people with a Parkinson's diagnosis.

Experience the physical benefits of Qigong practice in an accessible way

Understand the mental health benefits of Qigong that are relevant to the issues arising from Parkinson's

Building your own Qigong practice using the resources and downloads available

Requirements

There are no prerequisites other than an openness to Qigong and an interest in learning about it's relevance for those who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Description

In this course we will explore some of the guiding Qigong principles that are relevant and accessible to people with a Parkinson's diagnosis.Alongside the widely recognised physical symptoms of Parkinson's, there are also significant issues to be addressed around Mental Health and the aim of this program is to address both the Physical and Mental wellbeing aspects of the diagnosis.Because it's important that the practice is safe and accessible, each section has a mixture of standing and seated practices. It's important when practicing to do so in a way that is both slightly challenging and safe, so if you have issues with balance, only use the standing practice when you have suitable supervision and/or precautions in place.This content is result of many years working with groups of people who are affected by Parkinson's diagnosis and are designed to work at a level that is adaptable and accessible to individual needs.This course has been made possible due to a collaboration between the following organisations:Qigong Academy - who provided the course material Calm Healthy Happy - who have financially supported the projectDigital Human - for their technical expertise in both design and editing Suffolk Yoga - who provided the studio space for the recordingN.B. This course was developed as a free course and the content is available free of charge through Calm Healthy Happy. Due to Udemy's rules, we are unable to offer a course which exceeds 2 hours of content for free so we have selected the lowest pricing tier for the training rather than attempt to reduce edit the course down.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Qigong for Parkinson's Introduction

Lecture 2 What is Qigong?

Section 2: Qigong for Mental Health

Lecture 3 An overview of Qigong for Mental Health

Lecture 4 Standing Qigong Practice for Mental Health

Lecture 5 Seated Qigong Practice for Mental Health

Section 3: Qigong for Physical Health

Lecture 6 An overview of Qigong for Physical Health

Lecture 7 Standing Qigong for Physical Health

Lecture 8 Seated Qigong for Physical Health

Section 4: Additional Practice Sets for Mental Health

Lecture 9 Standing Full Practice (no explanations)

Lecture 10 Seated Full Practice (no explanations)

Lecture 11 Seated L Breathing

Lecture 0 Seated Kidney Breathing

Lecture 12 Seated La Qi

Lecture 13 Seated Big La Qi

Lecture 0 Standing Full Practice (no explanation)

Lecture 0 Standing Big Shoulder Rolls

Lecture 0 Standing Big Spirals

Lecture 0 Standing Small Practice

Lecture 0 Seated Full Practice (no explanation)

Lecture 0 Seated Shoulder Rolls

Lecture 0 Seated Spirals

Lecture 0 Closing Comments

This course is designed for people who are affected by Parkinson's disease. Although the program is focussed on self help, anyone supporting someone with a Parkinson's diagnosis may find this program of interest.