Qigong: Adapting the practice

Put a complete seated routine in order

1. Arrive in the posture↑↓
2. Open and release the shoulders↑↓
3. Cloud hands↑↓
4. Open and close↑↓
5. Move feet and ankles↑↓
6. Close the practice↑↓

A reasonable adaptation or an error of judgment?

• Reducing steps and single-leg support if balance is fragileAdaptationError of judgment
• Practicing with a wall or chair nearbyAdaptationError of judgment
• Pushing through dizziness because “it passes”AdaptationError of judgment
• Doing the routine seated and with less rangeAdaptationError of judgment
• Practicing on uneven ground to train balanceAdaptationError of judgment
• Skipping the close to finish soonerAdaptationError of judgment

What is a seated routine within this material?

1. A reduced version for people who cannot do the real one
2. The reconstruction of a specific historical seated Daoyin lineage
3. A contemporary educational adaptation, with the same regulation structure
4. A warm-up before standing practice

Each difficulty with its adaptation

What separates an adaptation from a watering-down?

1. An adaptation lowers the demand and keeps the whole structure
2. An adaptation is temporary and a watering-down permanent
3. The student decides adaptations and the teacher decides reductions
4. No difference: adapting is doing less