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An Introduction to Wild Goose Qigong by Sue Johnson, Instructor

Lighthouse is very pleased to welcome our first guest blog by Wild Goose Qigong and Tai Chi Instructor Sue Johnson. Sue is an accomplished teacher and student of Chinese Martial Arts and someone we hold in high esteem.  We hope you will enjoy discovering Wild Goose Qigong with Sue and want to find out more. Wild Goose Qigong -  A Daoist Qigong System Almost 2000 years old, this Daoist system of Qigong is quite vast, originally consisting of 72 forms!   Wild Goose Qigong looks more like Tai Chi as the movements are forms and not separate movements.  Similar in length to the Chen Style Tai Chi, or the Long Yang style form, it takes around 10 minutes to perform the first routine, known as the 1 st 64 (number of movements).   Beginners should then repeat this routine twice daily. Yang Meijun Kept secret until 1978 the previous Grandmaster, Yang Meijun decided to make some of the system public, initially opening up 12 forms. Most are a little shorter than the 1 st   64! Each form has a s