This beginner qigong practice flows through the first four flows of the Ji Ben Qigong, or Eight Foundational Flows. Enjoy a peaceful practice on the shore of the Lower Blue Lake on one of America’s favorite 14-ers, Mount Sneffels near Ouray, Colorado.

This practice includes:

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:53 Knocking on the Door of Life & Picking Cherries
• 2:53 Elephant Swings Its Trunk
• 4:02 Animal Daoyin Dragon
• 6:15 Shaking
• 7:35 Compressing the Pearl
• 11:00 Flying Hands
• 12:52 Opening the Chest
• 14:54 Upholding the Moon
• 16:49 Centering & Bamboo in the Wind

Filmed on Mount Sneffels on the Blue Lakes Trail in July 2026.

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