Ursula Asp is a teacher for Yang Taijiquan and Qigong. She studied sinology at Würzburg university and got in touch with Taijiquan and Qigong during her year abroad in China.
In autumn 2000 Ursula came to Tenerife and took courses to become a teacher for Taijiquan and Qigong. In 2003 she began to study Traditional Chinese Medicine at the institute CENAC at Barcelona.
Currently she is holding classes in the social centre of La Orotava on behalf of the Cabildo (island administration).
Qigong is an old form of work (“gong“) with the energy of your body and the energy of “heaven and earth“, i.e. the energy of the nature surrounding you and cosmic energy (“Qi”). One of the oldest references references to this kind of work can be found in the book of the daoist philosopher Zhuangzi (4th century BC), who talks about the “wise, who take their breath from the soles of their feet”.
Qigong is, without any doubt, very much older than the more popular Taijiquan. However, on the contrary to Taijiquan, you do not have to learn a complicated choreography to practice Qigong. You can just start straight away.
In the course of history there were three main groups of Qigong developing in China:
Medical Qigong with the aim to harmonise the body energy and foster the defenses against illness, to raise the basic energy level of the body and improve well being in general.
Qigong as a basis for martial arts with the aim to strengthen the muscles and to enable the practitioner to endure pain more easily.
And finally meditative, religious Qigong which was practised in Buddhist and Daoist monasteries with the aim to reach spiritual enlightenment.
Ursula’s focus is on medical Qigong.
According to Chinese Medicine, all illness has its origin in an alteration or blockade of the flow of energy in our bodies. Practicing Qigong we can harmonise this flow again and build up resistance against common diseases. After some warm up and a self-massage to stimulate the flow of our energy we will take the basic position and start to concentrate on our breath. Concentrating on our breath we will get aware of our tensions and will be able to relax them consciously. We will “strike roots” and take up the energy of heaven and earth, uniting Yin and Yang in our body harmoniously.
Ursula will practice static Qigong and the eight brocades. Some basic “pushing hands“-exercises and, upon request, instructions for Chinese massage will conclude the class in the morning.

You can practice Qigong with Ursula at Finca Verde from Monday to Friday, from 7:45 – 8:30 in the morning before breakfast.
Upon request you can also receive private tuition in Yang Taijiquan & Qigong.

Prices:
Depend on the number of participants:
Single tuition is 25.- Euro per person for 45 minutes,
for two participants the price is 15.- Euro each and as of three participants the price is 10.- Euro each for 45 minutes.
Advance reservation requested!

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