Medical Qigong at The Jade Tortoise
Medical Qigong is a therapeutic practice rooted in classical Chinese medicine. It supports the body’s natural energy flow through movement, breath, and internal focus — meeting you exactly where you are.

It’s not fitness in the conventional sense, nor is it limited to stillness. Sometimes you move, sometimes you sit — but always with intention. It’s a quiet conversation between body and energy, a way of working with fatigue, tension, imbalance or pain through presence rather than effort.

The TQH Medical Qigong system combines precise movement, breath awareness, and focused attention to address the root of your symptoms. Benefits may include stress relief, energy balance, immune support, pain reduction, and emotional resilience.

Our Static and Dynamic forms are grounded in:

• Internal Martial Arts – aligning posture and energy flow

• Yinyang and Five Element Theory – from classical Chinese medicine

• Eastern Philosophy – including natural law and Buddhist principles

• Holistic Medicine – treating the whole system, not isolated parts

At The Jade Tortoise, Medical Qigong is practised as taught by Ajahn Toh: grounded, non-visual, and quietly rigorous. Each movement has a medicinal purpose. Each breath, a return.

Musculoskeletal issues often stem from stagnant circulation, chronic tension, or poor alignment. Medical Qigong addresses these at their root:

• Encourages natural alignment through soft, repeated movement
• Releases fascial tension without force
• Restores fluid motion to joints and tissues
• Supports nervous system regulation for long-term pain relief

Clinical Benefits

Medical Qigong is:

• Non-invasive – no manipulation, no impact
• Adaptable – suitable for those in pain or with limited mobility
• Supportive of recovery – complements physiotherapy and conventional care
• Calming – reduces stress-related inflammation and nervous system overload

Sessions are often experienced as grounding, spacious, and quietly effective.

Understanding Stress and Sleep Imbalance

Modern life asks a great deal from the nervous system. Constant stimulation, digital fatigue, and performance pressure can keep the body in a low-grade state of alert. Over time, this makes it harder to unwind, fall asleep, or stay asleep. Mental clarity fades. Emotional regulation becomes strained. The body holds on to tension it cannot discharge.

What to Expect in Practice

The experience is subtle and embodied. You won’t be asked to visualise or concentrate; instead, you’ll follow a sequence of postural cues and breath patterns designed to:

• Disperse internal agitation

• Soothe the chest and calm the heart

• Release tension from the diaphragm, neck, and lower back

• Improve circulation and oxygen flow, supporting deeper rest

Many feel lighter, steadier, and more present after even a short session.

Burnout isn’t simply tiredness. It’s a systemic fatigue—emotional, mental, physical—where one feels disconnected, scattered, or numb. Orientation falters: time blurs, decisions feel foggy, and the body’s sense of “uprightness” becomes compromised. Many experience symptoms like dizziness, heaviness in the limbs, short breath, or emotional flatness.

How Medical Qigong Supports Recovery

Rather than pushing through or tuning out, Medical Qigong invites you to come back into the body, softly and patiently:

• Movements ground awareness into the feet and centre of gravity

• Breath brings stability to the chest and clarity to the head

• Repetition restores rhythm and coherence

• No pressure, no goals—just quiet presence

Over time, this reawakens the body’s sense of orientation—physically, emotionally, and energetically.

Medical Qigong helps re-establish balance in both structure and sensation:

• Releasing patterns of over-effort and over-adaptation

• Strengthening the lower body (legs, hips, abdomen) to support groundedness

• Calming the upper body (chest, shoulders, jaw) to reduce overstimulation

The practice builds resilience gently—not through challenge, but through alignment, breath, and pacing.