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title: Daily qigong practice
description: Standing and seated qigong sets, described as movement and breathing rather than as energy work. What we will not claim for it is on the page.
url: https://tai-chi.app/for/qigong
source: Cloud Hands — https://tai-chi.app/
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# Qigong you can practise every morning

Qigong is the easiest part of this to start and the hardest part to describe without sounding like a brochure. Mechanically it is a short set of repeating movements paired with a slow breath: eight or ten gestures, each done several times, the same ones tomorrow. There is no sequence to memorise, which is why it survives being done at seven in the morning by someone who is not fully awake.

It is also the most portable thing here. 42 of the qigong classes below can be done sitting or with a chair to hold, and the sets are short enough to fit into a ten-minute session without being cut in half.

## What we will not say about it

Qigong comes wrapped in claims. Some of the classes in the list below have titles about immunity, organ health, energy or healing. Those titles are reproduced here exactly as their authors wrote them, because altering someone’s title while embedding their work would be worse than quoting it — but reproducing a title is attribution, not agreement, and the app never repeats those claims in its own voice.

What is left when you take them away is not nothing. It is ten minutes of gentle, continuous, weight-shifting movement with a long breath, done daily. That is a reasonable thing to do with ten minutes, and it does not need any of the rest of it.

The site’s position is written down rather than implied: nothing here supports claims about immunity, “energy”, organ function or disease reversal, as stated in [§4.7](https://tai-chi.app/method#47-what-the-evidence-does-not-support), and the rule about reproducing titles verbatim is part of the [attribution policy](https://tai-chi.app/method#83-attribution-and-fair-use).

## Gentle does not mean nothing is happening

Intensity in this tradition is not speed. It is set by stance height first and foremost, then by how far you extend, how long you spend with your weight on one leg, and how continuously you keep moving. A qigong set done with straight legs and small circles is genuinely restful; the same set with the knees bent two inches lower stops being restful within four minutes.

That is why the app’s intensity control says stance height and single-leg time rather than showing you a number. There is a conventional figure for tai chi — around three METs, light-to-moderate — but it is a design heuristic taken from a compendium rather than something measured here, so it is used to shape the ladder and never displayed as a fact about your session. The reasoning is in [§4.4](https://tai-chi.app/method#44-intensity).

Practically: if a session feels too easy, lower your stance before you look for a harder class. If it feels too hard, raise your stance before you shorten it. That single adjustment covers most of the range these classes can offer.

## Where qigong sits in a session

Qigong is one of the six phases, and it is the one that expands when other things are removed. Practise seated and the standing balance phase is deleted — there is no honest seated equivalent of single-leg work — and its time is added to qigong, weighted up by about a third, because weight shift and trunk control are trainable in a chair.

Choosing *calm* or *joints* as your focus also weights qigong up, for different reasons: on calm because a repeating set is easier to sink into than choreography, on joints because the shoulder, hip and spine opening in a qigong set is mobility work that happens to be pleasant.

Some blocks have no video at all. The app narrates its own short sequences, paced at about five and a half breaths a minute, and uses them when nothing in the library fits the block properly. They load nothing and depend on nobody.

## The 66 classes on this page

Every qigong set in the library, shortest first, with each teacher named and linked. Titles are their authors' own words, reproduced without editing and without endorsement.

- [Standing Meditation in 2 MINUTES with Master Gu](https://tai-chi.app/library/standing-meditation-in-2-minutes-with-master-gu-FRhkiYsEGbo) — Master Gu - Tai Chi, 2 min, chair-friendly
- [TAPPING QI GONG TO OPEN HEALING ENERGY #qigong #tapping #healingenergy #healinghands](https://tai-chi.app/library/tapping-qi-gong-to-open-healing-energy-qigong-tapping-healin-S7Jo2dWisQ4) — David and Marilyn Qi Gong, 3 min, chair-friendly
- [Closing movement Qigong (micro cosmic circuit)](https://tai-chi.app/library/closing-movement-qigong-micro-cosmic-circuit-PZlV8Ock2l8) — Qigong and Mindfulness , 4 min, chair-friendly
- [1 Min. Daily Standing Meditation (Zhan Zhuang Qigong) Follow-Along](https://tai-chi.app/library/1-min-daily-standing-meditation-zhan-zhuang-qigong-follow-al-kmbOW6chmlo) — Tai Chi with Dr. Andrew von Plitt, ND, 5 min, chair-friendly
- [Qigong Closing Sequence](https://tai-chi.app/library/qigong-closing-sequence-iaI3nKWjEHw) — Wild Oak Wellness, 5 min, chair-friendly
- [FIVE MINUTES OF HEALING | QIGONG](https://tai-chi.app/library/five-minutes-of-healing-qigong-r1QtNOYtUFU) — QiYoga With LuChin, 5 min, chair-friendly
- [3 Simple Exercises to Improve Balance - How to Improve Balance for Seniors](https://tai-chi.app/library/3-simple-exercises-to-improve-balance-how-to-improve-balance-xWxMYgcadWc) — Holden QiGong, 6 min, chair-friendly
- [Wake Up Your Qi | Easy Daily Qigong Routine for Joint Mobility](https://tai-chi.app/library/wake-up-your-qi-easy-daily-qigong-routine-for-joint-mobility-gpLYb8Rwqyo) — Glowpoint Acupuncture, 6 min, chair-friendly
- [3 Min. Daily Standing Meditation (Zhan Zhuang Qigong) Follow-Along](https://tai-chi.app/library/3-min-daily-standing-meditation-zhan-zhuang-qigong-follow-al-NRUZB9mzo_c) — Tai Chi with Dr. Andrew von Plitt, ND, 6 min, chair-friendly
- [Tapping The 'Eight Nests' - Simple Way to Get Rid of Toxins](https://tai-chi.app/library/tapping-the-eight-nests-simple-way-to-get-rid-of-toxins-sTEmaYkbIlU) — Dr. Alex Hui, 6 min, chair-friendly
- [Wudang Five Animal Qigong  氣功 Qigong for Health](https://tai-chi.app/library/wudang-five-animal-qigong-qigong-for-health-n5FMhYvxvPY) — WudangBing, 6 min
- [Easy Qigong Warm Up😃](https://tai-chi.app/library/easy-qigong-warm-up-FR7-XiyV4rM) — Qigong For Vitality, 6 min, chair-friendly
- [Eight Brocades Qigong | 6 Minute Daily Qigong Practice | Follow Me Version](https://tai-chi.app/library/eight-brocades-qigong-6-minute-daily-qigong-practice-follow-9cPYQoB1yik) — QIGONG TAICHI CENTRE | Yogalily Studio, 6 min, chair-friendly
- [Wudang Five Animals Qi Gong (武当五行气功)](https://tai-chi.app/library/wudang-five-animals-qi-gong-8Up2Mnq7JSM) — Wudang Wushu, 7 min
- [6-Min Shaolin Five Animal Qi Gong (Wu Qin Xi) | Nourish Organs, Boost Qi, Transform Emotions](https://tai-chi.app/library/6-min-shaolin-five-animal-qi-gong-wu-qin-xi-nourish-organs-b-MPHzKS8SMoQ) — KUNGFU.LIFE, 7 min
- [Shibashi - 18 form with instruction - Tai Chi / Qigong](https://tai-chi.app/library/shibashi-18-form-with-instruction-tai-chi-qigong-p-QHJowjU4Y) — Theresa Perry Wellbeing, 7 min, chair-friendly
- [Tai Chi Shibashi Full 18 Movements Seated](https://tai-chi.app/library/tai-chi-shibashi-full-18-movements-seated-T2SscwGK4oE) — My Simple Steps, 7 min, seated
- [Zhan Zhuang Qi Gong - Standing Meditation](https://tai-chi.app/library/zhan-zhuang-qi-gong-standing-meditation-3YsVj6Ia0w) — peakhousepractice, 8 min, chair-friendly
- [Shibashi - The 18 movements with instruction; Tai Chi/Qigong.](https://tai-chi.app/library/shibashi-the-18-movements-with-instruction-tai-chi-qigong-hHoQhLNaV30) — FreeMeditationInfo, 8 min, chair-friendly
- [5 minute Qigong Standing Meditation - Qigong Tree Pose Meditation for Beginners](https://tai-chi.app/library/5-minute-qigong-standing-meditation-qigong-tree-pose-meditat-_TYfLZQz-Pg) — Qigong with Kseny, 8 min, chair-friendly
- [5 Min. Daily Standing Meditation (Zhan Zhuang Qigong) Follow-Along](https://tai-chi.app/library/5-min-daily-standing-meditation-zhan-zhuang-qigong-follow-al-jp3scPTssXI) — Tai Chi with Dr. Andrew von Plitt, ND, 9 min, chair-friendly
- [STANDING QIGONG MEDITATION | ZHAN ZHUANG](https://tai-chi.app/library/standing-qigong-meditation-zhan-zhuang-LxXoCSZ8aM0) — QiYoga With LuChin, 9 min, chair-friendly
- [10 Minute Energising Qigong Warm-Up](https://tai-chi.app/library/10-minute-energising-qigong-warm-up-XuavsCtVeCQ) — Qigong with Kseny, 10 min, chair-friendly
- [Standing Meditation (Zhan Zhuang) Follow-Along | Boost Your Tai Chi Power and Energy](https://tai-chi.app/library/standing-meditation-zhan-zhuang-follow-along-boost-your-tai-MN6uXBSMt9A) — Internal Tai Chi, 10 min, chair-friendly
- [10 minute Qigong Tai Chi Warm Up Exercises | English Instruction](https://tai-chi.app/library/10-minute-qigong-tai-chi-warm-up-exercises-english-instructi-mYQ916xX4Os) — QIGONG TAICHI CENTRE | Yogalily Studio, 10 min, chair-friendly
- [Shibashi 18 Step Tai Chi Qigong form](https://tai-chi.app/library/shibashi-18-step-tai-chi-qigong-form-KpiOkD2SlFM) — Taiflow, 10 min, chair-friendly
- [10 Minute Qi Gong Evening Exercise](https://tai-chi.app/library/10-minute-qi-gong-evening-exercise-msjuEbtkA8o) — Tyler Trahan, 10 min, chair-friendly
- [18 Chi Quong Shibashi (Tai Chi Qigong 18)](https://tai-chi.app/library/18-chi-quong-shibashi-tai-chi-qigong-18-8_qwK8GykFA) — Tim Mooney, 11 min, chair-friendly
- [Warm-Up For Qi Gong Exercises](https://tai-chi.app/library/warm-up-for-qi-gong-exercises-SHtEAduetHc) — Dr. Alex Hui, 11 min, chair-friendly
- [Qigong Yi Jin Jing (Muscle Tendon Change Classic) - Yi Jin Jing for Beginners](https://tai-chi.app/library/qigong-yi-jin-jing-muscle-tendon-change-classic-yi-jin-jing-Q7oDEH53yAE) — Qigong with Kseny, 11 min
- [5 Element Qigong Practice - full version](https://tai-chi.app/library/5-element-qigong-practice-full-version-_6Y8QSVyYhM) — Mimi Kuo-Deemer, 12 min
- [Qigong Exercise to Start Your Day - Five Elements Qigong](https://tai-chi.app/library/qigong-exercise-to-start-your-day-five-elements-qigong-rTuJz5uYHMk) — Araya Holistic Pain Management Healthcast, 12 min, chair-friendly
- [Standing Meditation Follow Along: Elevate your Tai Chi and Qigong Practice](https://tai-chi.app/library/standing-meditation-follow-along-elevate-your-tai-chi-and-qi-cgJwfJ0iq9s) — Internal Tai Chi, 13 min, chair-friendly
- [English Commands - “Yi Jin Jing 2025” Health Qigong - China Official Demo Video released in 2025](https://tai-chi.app/library/english-commands-yi-jin-jing-2025-health-qigong-china-offici-rmXtcnggkgk) — TCM SHUNSHUN | Chinese Medicine & Medical Qigong, 13 min
- [Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi Set 2 (Follow along) | Mirrored version with breathing timing](https://tai-chi.app/library/tai-chi-qigong-shibashi-set-2-follow-along-mirrored-version-pypi7456Yso) — Qinergy, 13 min
- [Perth Taichi Academy: 18 Taiji Qigong](https://tai-chi.app/library/perth-taichi-academy-18-taiji-qigong-32tH89vBtTs) — Perth Tai Chi Academy, 13 min, chair-friendly
- [Five Animals Frolics Qigong (follow me) | Wu Xin Qi | 五禽戏](https://tai-chi.app/library/five-animals-frolics-qigong-follow-me-wu-xin-qi-at48P7E5zRs) — QIGONG TAICHI CENTRE | Yogalily Studio, 14 min, chair-friendly
- [Health Qigong "Five-Animal Frolics” (Wu Qin Xi) - English, General Administration of Sport of China](https://tai-chi.app/library/health-qigong-five-animal-frolics-wu-qin-xi-english-general-EoVnpj3MKpo) — TCM SHUNSHUN | Chinese Medicine & Medical Qigong, 14 min
- [10 Min. Daily Standing Meditation (Zhan Zhuang Qigong) Follow-Along](https://tai-chi.app/library/10-min-daily-standing-meditation-zhan-zhuang-qigong-follow-a-x1CJZ5MkuqI) — Tai Chi with Dr. Andrew von Plitt, ND, 14 min, chair-friendly
- [Eight Brocades Qigong Practice with English instruction](https://tai-chi.app/library/eight-brocades-qigong-practice-with-english-instruction-BQ42w9NZHfA) — QIGONG TAICHI CENTRE | Yogalily Studio, 14 min, chair-friendly
- [Five Animals Qigong with English Instruction | Wu Xin Qi](https://tai-chi.app/library/five-animals-qigong-with-english-instruction-wu-xin-qi-FOQQxtmVBIA) — QIGONG TAICHI CENTRE | Yogalily Studio, 14 min, chair-friendly
- [Simplest + Most Effective Qigong Warm Up Routine](https://tai-chi.app/library/simplest-most-effective-qigong-warm-up-routine-wuhq16ays8) — Regeneration Tai Chi, 14 min
- [18 Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi Set 1 with Karen](https://tai-chi.app/library/18-tai-chi-qigong-shibashi-set-1-with-karen-8C53mwM9ddE) — Karen Soo, 15 min
- [15 Minute Qigong For Joint Mobility - Full Body Warm Up Exercises](https://tai-chi.app/library/15-minute-qigong-for-joint-mobility-full-body-warm-up-exerci-0oGhBgGjsKM) — Qigong with Kseny, 15 min, chair-friendly
- [Sitting Qigong Routine to Relax and Restore - w/ Jeffrey Chand](https://tai-chi.app/library/sitting-qigong-routine-to-relax-and-restore-w-jeffrey-chand-ppM9FRRX-Uo) — Qigong For Vitality, 16 min, seated
- [Zhan Zhuang (Standing Meditation) for Strength and Focus](https://tai-chi.app/library/zhan-zhuang-standing-meditation-for-strength-and-focus-3GBnc-kNosw) — Jenny Lu Yoga+, 16 min
- [八段锦 · Ba Duan Jin (8 Brocade Exercise) Qi Gong](https://tai-chi.app/library/ba-duan-jin-8-brocade-exercise-qi-gong-3FJy0EDoYK0) — Shaolin Temple Europe 歐洲少林寺, 16 min
- [15 Min - Ba Duan Jin | Eight Brocades | 八段锦 - Qi Gong - to Strengthen Organs & Health](https://tai-chi.app/library/15-min-ba-duan-jin-eight-brocades-qi-gong-to-strengthen-orga-CtJ3j9cCAyY) — KUNGFU.LIFE, 16 min
- [易筋經 · Yi Jin Jing (Muscle Tendon Change Classic) Qi Gong](https://tai-chi.app/library/yi-jin-jing-muscle-tendon-change-classic-qi-gong-GvQUttWLVWc) — Shaolin Temple Europe 歐洲少林寺, 17 min
- [Qigong with Karen: Warm Up & Immune Booster](https://tai-chi.app/library/qigong-with-karen-warm-up-immune-booster-ZL34Q2xjE_Y) — Karen Soo, 17 min, chair-friendly
- [15 Minute Qigong for Beginners: Standing Meditation](https://tai-chi.app/library/15-minute-qigong-for-beginners-standing-meditation-joHmJqUID_Y) — Tai Chi & Qigong with David, 17 min, chair-friendly
- [Quick Qigong Warm-Up | Prepare Your Body for Exercise](https://tai-chi.app/library/quick-qigong-warm-up-prepare-your-body-for-exercise-qMp2fIedlnk) — White Tiger Qigong, 18 min
- [15 Min. Daily Standing Meditation (Zhan Zhuang Qigong) Follow-Along](https://tai-chi.app/library/15-min-daily-standing-meditation-zhan-zhuang-qigong-follow-a-H2CgkkBM32k) — Tai Chi with Dr. Andrew von Plitt, ND, 19 min
- [八段錦 - Ba Duan Jin - 8 Brocades Qi Gong | TCM Healing Center](https://tai-chi.app/library/ba-duan-jin-8-brocades-qi-gong-tcm-healing-center-9e4j7mmUa4s) — TCM Healing Center, 19 min
- [18 Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi Set 2 with Karen](https://tai-chi.app/library/18-tai-chi-qigong-shibashi-set-2-with-karen-fuCtnR4Iv4A) — Karen Soo, 20 min
- [Tai Chi Qigong 18 Form (Shi Ba Shi) 太極氣功十八式 with Vivien Chao](https://tai-chi.app/library/tai-chi-qigong-18-form-shi-ba-shi-with-vivien-chao-ADVMFVirsjU) — Balance For Life, 20 min, chair-friendly
- [Qigong Full 20-Minute Daily Routine](https://tai-chi.app/library/qigong-full-20-minute-daily-routine-cwlvTcWR3Gs) — Eight Pieces, 20 min
- [Ba Duan Jin / Eight Silk Brocades 八段錦](https://tai-chi.app/library/ba-duan-jin-eight-silk-brocades-irCaKtqWmik) — Yoqi Yoga and Qigong, 21 min
- [Eight Pieces of Brocade (Ba Duan Jin) | A Qigong Exercise with Brother Dao Hanh](https://tai-chi.app/library/eight-pieces-of-brocade-ba-duan-jin-a-qigong-exercise-with-b-_3hvwHj2aag) — Plum Village App, 22 min, chair-friendly
- [Five Element Qigong - Foundational Chi Exercises for Health & Healing - Traditional Chinese Medicine](https://tai-chi.app/library/five-element-qigong-foundational-chi-exercises-for-health-he-X5na_P8204I) — Nick Loffree, 22 min
- [Five Animal Qigong Full Routine](https://tai-chi.app/library/five-animal-qigong-full-routine-98AliPKDtFk) — Dr. Alex Hui, 23 min
- [Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi Set 1 - by Master Wing Cheung](https://tai-chi.app/library/tai-chi-qigong-shibashi-set-1-by-master-wing-cheung-JHQmY2sLhbI) — Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi, 24 min, chair-friendly
- [Easy 25-Minute Qi Gong Routine (Introduction to Chinese Five Elements Qi Gong)](https://tai-chi.app/library/easy-25-minute-qi-gong-routine-introduction-to-chinese-five-fADrBXkVruY) — Holden QiGong, 25 min, chair-friendly
- [Qi Gong Warm Up Exercise for Joint Health](https://tai-chi.app/library/qi-gong-warm-up-exercise-for-joint-health-d7o2FY2aCto) — Aaron Daniels, 28 min
- [林厚省 太极气功十八式](https://tai-chi.app/library/class-TskBi0XCsLM) — Keem Yap, 37 min
- [Qigong for Health - Five Element Qigong | Dr Paul Lam | Free Lesson and Introduction](https://tai-chi.app/library/qigong-for-health-five-element-qigong-dr-paul-lam-free-lesso-T2CGqL1oqR4) — Dr Paul Lam - Tai Chi Productions, 39 min, chair-friendly

## Setting it up

There is no qigong-only mode, and adding one would be the wrong shape: choose *calm* or *joints* as your focus, or tell the app you practise seated, and qigong becomes most of the session by weighting rather than by a switch.

Or start from the material — [the full library](https://tai-chi.app/library) lists every class with its real runtime and where it fits in a session.

## Related

- [Tai chi and qigong for winding down](https://tai-chi.app/for/stress)
- [Ten minutes of tai chi a day](https://tai-chi.app/for/ten-minutes)
- [Tai chi you can do sitting down](https://tai-chi.app/for/seated)