The Missing Link In Your Qigong Practice – Free Class with Master Faye Li Yip
You can practice Qigong movements faithfully and still wonder why some sessions feel more powerful, connected, or meaningful than others. Master Faye Li Yip teaches that a deeper understanding of how Qi moves through the body can change the way you approach every posture, breath, and intention.
In the Five Animal Frolics tradition, movement is more than physical exercise. Faye explores how mindful movement, breathing, and focused awareness work together with the body’s meridians, the energetic pathways through which Qi is understood to circulate.
During this experiential session, you’ll be introduced to the Gentle Deer practice, the Water Element movement within the Five Animal Frolics. Faye will guide you through her framework of Shape, Breath, and Intention so you can explore how each element contributes to a more conscious Qigong practice.
You’ll also gain a clearer framework for understanding the relationships among movement, meridians, organs, the Five Elements, and emotional wellbeing. The aim is not simply to copy a sequence of movements, but to understand more of the traditional energetic principles behind what you are practicing.
Why Attend “The Missing Link in Your Qigong Practice”
Modern life can leave you feeling depleted, tense, overstimulated, or disconnected from your own sense of vitality. Faye approaches these familiar experiences through the traditional Qigong understanding of Qi and meridians, emphasizing the importance of restoring a freer sense of energetic flow rather than simply pushing through fatigue or tension.
Her teaching goes beyond reproducing graceful movements. By showing how Shape, Breath, and Intention work together, Faye offers a practical way to understand why particular Qigong movements are practiced and how they relate to the wider energetic framework of the Five Animal Frolics.
With more than 40 years of training experience in Tai Chi, Qigong, and Chinese martial arts, Faye brings both traditional knowledge and clear instruction to the practice. This session gives you an opportunity to experience her approach directly through the Gentle Deer movement while developing a more informed relationship with the principles behind Qigong.
What You’ll Learn
We’ll begin with the traditional idea of the body’s meridian network, so you can explore how Faye understands Qi as moving through energetic pathways that connect the practice with physical and emotional wellbeing. You’ll see why she considers this energetic framework an important part of understanding Qigong rather than treating the movements as exercise alone.
From there, you’ll explore the Five Animal Frolics and the Gentle Deer practice, which is associated with the Water Element in this system. Faye will guide you through gentle twisting, reaching, and mindful breathing, so you can experience how the form brings movement, attention, and energetic intention together.
Along the way, you’ll work with Faye’s three-part framework of Shape, Breath, and Intention, and then connect those principles with the larger relationships among meridians, organs, emotions, and the Five Elements. The session is intended to give you both an experiential practice and a clearer context for why these traditional movements are performed.
- How meridians function within the traditional Qigong understanding of the body’s energetic network
- Why the Five Animal Frolics combine movement, breath, and focused awareness
- How the Gentle Deer practice fits within the Water Element portion of the Five Animal Frolics
- The role of Shape, Breath, and Intention in Faye’s approach to energy cultivation
- How gentle twisting and reaching are incorporated into the Deer movement
- Why understanding the purpose behind a movement can deepen the way you practice it
- How the Five Elements framework connects Qigong practice with meridians, organs, and emotional themes
- Ways mindful breathing and focused attention can become part of a more intentional Qigong practice
- How the Gentle Deer practice is used to explore grounding, stability, and replenishing your deeper energy reserves
Who This Is For
This event may be especially relevant if you practice Qigong, Tai Chi, mindful movement, or another body-based discipline and want to understand more of the energetic principles behind the movements. It is also a useful introduction if you are curious about Qi, meridians, the Five Elements, or the Five Animal Frolics and want to experience these ideas through guided practice.
The session can also speak to people who feel depleted, tense, or disconnected from their usual sense of vitality and are interested in a traditional energy-cultivation perspective. Faye’s emphasis on explaining both what to do and why it matters makes the event relevant to newer students as well as experienced practitioners who want greater context for their practice.
- People curious about Qigong and traditional Chinese energy practices
- Qigong practitioners who want to understand more about meridians and Qi
- Tai Chi students interested in the relationship between movement, breath, and intention
- Those drawn to the Five Animal Frolics and Five Elements framework
- Mindful-movement practitioners who want more context for the energetic purpose behind a form
- Experienced practitioners interested in Faye’s Shape, Breath, and Intention framework
About Master Faye Li Yip
Born in China to a traditional martial arts family, Master Faye Li Yip is a practitioner, performer, and professional teacher of Tai Chi, Qigong, and Chinese martial arts with more than 40 years of training experience.
She is co-author of Wudang Tai Chi Sword and Tai Chi Kungfu Fan. After moving to the United Kingdom, she established the Deyin Taijiquan Institute and the British Health Qigong Association with the help and support of her husband, Tary, and has worked to raise awareness of physical and mental wellbeing through Tai Chi and Qigong.
More than 20,000 students across Britain and Europe have benefited from her teaching. Faye has also produced instructional DVDs and online courses, built a YouTube audience of more than 15,000 subscribers, and regularly speaks at international Tai Chi, Qigong, and integrated medicine forums.
Her work has included leading students in large-scale performances for the Queen’s diamond and platinum jubilee celebrations and the Tai Chi and Qigong countdown performance for the 2012 London Olympics. She has also been invited to teach Tai Chi at events including the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of the new champions and at the presidential palace of Ireland at the invitation of President Higgins and the First Lady.
Endorsements
“Master Faye Li Yip’s teaching of this ancient practice is wonderful. Learning to combine the sound, breath, and gentle movement caused me to experience some profound and healing internal shifts — in mind, body, and spirit.”
“Master Faye is an excellent teacher; it was so easy and clear to follow her instructions. I loved the way she took us step-by-step through the movements and sounds. It will require practice, of course, to be aware of any positive impacts. Master Faye, I feel, has given me the tools to continue being able to practice this beautiful Qigong practice. It was worthwhile getting up at 4:00am to be part of this course.”
“This course provided 90 minutes of good exercise, healing, and just quiet concentration that I would not normally have had. It was pure enjoyment!”
“The course with Master Faye Li Yip was a great and rewarding experience. It was a great blessing to practice with her and receive from her rich tradition and experience. My time in the course was like a kind of express alchemic process bringing me a lot of peace, clarity, stability, light, and a full revitalization. I recommend it to anyone interested in this kind of internal Taoist practice.”
“Faye was inspired by her family to practice Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi, and Qigong from an early age. Over the years, she devoted herself to the study and teaching of Tai Chi and Qigong to improve one’s physical health as well as mental wellbeing. She is a very experienced and passionate teacher, good at empowering and encouraging her students to thrive to their full potential. Her students are spread across the British Isles and Europe.”
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- Aug 22 2026
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- 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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- Date: Aug 22 2026
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