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It's been a very long time since I last posted anything on this blog, but here's a quick update. The next Qi Gong course/seminar will commence Sunday 12th September 2010. Find out all the details on the 'Seminars' page of my website (http://www.gigimirto.com/seminars.htm), by emailing me directly (gigi@gigimirto.com) or by calling me on 0433 005 666. I only teach groups of up to six participants, so make sure to book soon.

Be well. 

The next 'Traditional Qi Gong' course starts Sunday 1st November. Check the detail here: www.gigimirto.com/seminars.htm

This is the last course for the year, although there will be a few one-day workshops also coming up...

The Five Elements, a Taoist concept dating back to more than four thousand years ago, represent the cyclic alternating phases of Qi. They are, consequentially, best interpreted as the five phases or stages of transformation of one into the other, that Yin and Yang are costantly undergoing.

The Elements, their Yin-Yang trasformational phase and their colours are: 

[  Wood – beginning of Yang – Green

[  Fire – Yang – Red

[  Earth – Neutral/Centre – Yellow

[  Metal – beginning of Yin – Grey

[  Water – Yin – Black or White

There are many other things associated with each Element, besides a specific colour, including an Internal Organ (Zang-Fu) pair, a taste/flavour, an emotional state, an internal/external pathogen and a season. These are: