Video: Qi-gong — Mindful Movement Practices
A series of movement and breathing practices (57 minutes) drawing on principles found in Qi-gong, Yi-Jin-Jing and Hatha Yoga. The emphasis here is not on …
Two-Day Mindfulness Retreat: Walking in Peace
August 15, 2026 — Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong KongThank you to those who joined our 2-day immersive retreat led by Ven. Ngawang Tenzin (Dr. Alex Anderson), hosted by KFBG. Included mindful forest walks, meditation at Kwun Yam Shan, and gentle qigong with body awareness practices — centred on returning to the present moment through breathing, sensing, and reconnecting with nature.
Session review
We began our time with some basic Qi-gong and mindful movement practices. During our time together we used the framework of Four Elements meditation as a gateway into a felt connection with the natural world, both inside and outside the body. Participants also experienced an immersive “Deep Ecology” guided relaxation, linking felt experience of the Four Elements to Deep Time and the evolution of Life on Earth. Further resources can be found below.
Follow-up resources
Guided meditations
Audio: Embodied Practice — Body Scan and Total Relaxation
A guided body scan and total relaxation (32 minutes), building on earlier embodied-awareness and breath meditations to cultivate sensitivity to subtler …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Finding the Full Body Breath
A guided introduction (35 minutes) to rediscovering the full volume of the body’s natural, diaphragmatic breath — simple, safe preliminary practices …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Basic Breath Awareness
This practice expands on basic postural awareness, bringing in mindfulness of breathing, drawing on the Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118). Suitable for any level of …
Guided meditation and total relaxation Our Life as Gaia
Suggested reading
- The Sun My Heart — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
- Transformation and Healing — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
- Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10)
More on this theme in the full Suggested Reading list.
Related links
- The Gaia Forest Project
- Deep Ecology
- Plum Village Hong Kong
Further resources
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