Three Treasures Qigong

Three Treasures Qigong Three Treasures is the Qigong practice of Lindsay Trevarthen. Suitable for all ages & abilities.

Daytime classes in Leek and Ashbourne, workshops & one-to-one sessions in Qigong & therapeutic healing. Qigong (pronounced chee gung) is an ancient and powerful system of healing and energy medicine from China: it means ‘vital energy (Qi) cultivation (Gong)’

It uses breathing techniques, gentle movement and meditation to cleanse, strengthen, and circulate Qi. Qigong practice leads to better heal

th and vitality and a tranquil state of mind: it will help accelerate healing, slow ageing, relieve stress and enhance learning.

People follow earth, earth follows heaven,heaven follows the Way,The Way follows what is.Tao Te Ching, chap. 25, trans. ...
28/08/2026

People follow earth,
earth follows heaven,
heaven follows the Way,
The Way follows what is.

Tao Te Ching, chap. 25, trans. Le Guin

24/08/2026

MEDITATION

Every meditation asks you to sit still, with a straight back and a relaxed body. That puts you in a vigilant posture, and it lets your chest and abdomen move freely.

Meditators consider three kinds of breathing: chest, abdomen, and clavicles. Chest breathing is our normal everyday mode. Abdominal breathing means that your abdomen expands and contracts like an infant’s. Clavicle breathing means those bones open up. While that usually happens when people are frightened, meditators use that movement to maximize their inhalations. The increased breathing nourishes the body and calms the mind.

This is why the breath is the gateway to the spiritual: chanting, prayer, song, recitation, reading, blessing, and breath control—we utilize all of these to commune with the holy. We do that by stilling our everyday preoccupations and opening ourselves fully.

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One of a twenty-part series published every Friday here on Facebook only.

23/08/2026

WATER OVER STONES

No matter how long I live,
how much I paint,
or how much I remember,
it isn’t enough

to explain mystery.
No matter how much
I use all of history,
it still isn’t enough.

So I turn to water over rock,
and how much they persist,
devoid of human thinking
and daily effort.

Water moves, but doesn’t think.
Rock remains, but doesn’t strive.
Yet both are examples
of what is enough.

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Water Over Stones
Deng Ming-Dao
Ink and watercolor on paper
22 x 30 inches
25_028
https://www.dengmingdao.com/art/2025-paintings-ink/

Solar term: Limit of Heat

Man doing qigong - Draw the Bow? Ming Dynasty (16th century)
23/08/2026

Man doing qigong - Draw the Bow? Ming Dynasty (16th century)

21/08/2026

If you want wisdom, empty your heart of ignorance. If you want contentment, empty your heart of greed. If you want serenity, empty your heart of ill will.

~Buddha

The Way of the worldis as a stream to a valley,a river to the sea. Tao Te Ching, ch. 32, trans. Le Guin
19/08/2026

The Way of the world
is as a stream to a valley,
a river to the sea.

Tao Te Ching, ch. 32, trans. Le Guin

In love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we are to the spiritual experience ~ Paolo Coelho
19/08/2026

In love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we are to the spiritual experience ~ Paolo Coelho

All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. For there is a force of love moving throug...
14/08/2026

All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. For there is a force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go.

Julian of Norwich

13/08/2026

THE LIMITLESS MIND

The mind is limitless.
The mind is formless.
The mind is endless space
from which entire worlds
emerge in an instant
and return to mystery.

There are no boundaries,
unless a mind, deluded
by religion, schooling, addiction,
weariness, and false foods,
believes itself to be small.

But that's an illusion.
Any mind can become vast.
Let your mind be unconstrained,
for out of that silent formlessness,
it can take any shape it wants,

at any speed, and over any distance.
Don't question it. Don't try
to measure or probe it.
Let it be in utter liberty.
Release its brilliance,
and flare into infinite light.

One who understands others has knowledge;one who understands himself has wisdom.Mastering others requires force;masterin...
13/08/2026

One who understands others has knowledge;
one who understands himself has wisdom.

Mastering others requires force;
mastering the self needs strength.

If you realise you have enough,
you are truly rich.

One who gives himself to his position surely lives long;
One who gives himself to the Tao surely lives forever.

Tao Te Ching, chap. 33, trans. Dyer

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