The Flowerlounge With Katie Hess

This week I invited Frank Banuelos to talk about his new moving meditation class that’s based on Qi Gong-style healing movements that are centuries old, passed down to him by his Tai Chi teachers. It’s an hour-long class of simple, gentle movements that cleanse the organs and build up internal chi energy. He weaves together three different movement systems. My favorite? The 5-Animal Play: you embody five different animals -- bear, tiger, deer, monkey, and crane -- which balance the five major organs of your body.  If you’re the type of person that wants to meditate, but finds it hard to sit still, this is the perfect moving meditation practice. Or if you’re interested in learning how to direct and work with your own chi energy for more radiance, vitality and strength, you’ll love this episode.   I interviewed Frank about Tai Chi in episode 28 -- for over a decade he’s devoted himself to the martial arts, self-defense, and meditative aspects of a Yang Style form of Tai Chi brought to America by Master Fu Ya