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Lou Walker Wellness Energy & Somatic Movement guide - based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Focusing on Mind- Body healing & energy flow. Guiding people to tune into their bodies.

Supporting women during Peri/ menopause.

Qi Gong is more than exercise. It has roots in a traditional system of health.I first came to Qi Gong when I was burnt o...
23/10/2026

Qi Gong is more than exercise. It has roots in a traditional system of health.

I first came to Qi Gong when I was burnt out and having acupuncture.

It was my acupuncturist who suggested I try it, and I’m so glad she did.

I fell in love with it. And I’ve been fascinated by it ever since.

Part of what drew me in was discovering that Qi Gong wasn’t simply a series of movements to learn. It was a practice with roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine, connected to a different way of understanding health and wellbeing.

I wanted to know more.

About Qi. About the principles behind the movements. About the role of breath, awareness and intention. And about how we can actively participate in our own wellbeing through practice.

The more I explored, the more I realised there was so much to Qi Gong beyond what you see on the surface.

And that’s what continues to fascinate me: the relationship between movement, health and the traditional principles that underpin the practice.

What began with a suggestion from my acupuncturist has become a lifelong interest, and there is still so much I love discovering. 🌿

What if there’s more to Yin Yoga than the postures we hold?One of the things that fascinates me about the relationship b...
16/10/2026

What if there’s more to Yin Yoga than the postures we hold?

One of the things that fascinates me about the relationship between Yin Yoga, Qi Gong and Traditional Chinese Medicine is the depth of understanding that sits behind these practices.

Qi Gong has a long tradition within Chinese health practices, bringing together movement, breath, visualisation, intention and meditation to cultivate Qi and support health.

Through TCM, we explore principles such as Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the meridian system and the relationships between the organ systems.

These offer another way of understanding the body and the energetic principles that inform our practice.

And I think this brings something really interesting to Yin Yoga.

When we look beyond the postures themselves, we can explore the meridian system, seasonal energetics and the Five Elements, bringing another layer of understanding to our practice and the classes we create.

Qi Gong offers a way to experience some of these principles through movement and breath.

Yin invites us to slow down, become still and listen.

For me, studying the two alongside TCM has opened up a much deeper appreciation of both practices.

Because Yin isn’t just about the shapes we hold. There’s a whole world of understanding to explore beneath them.

Come and explore how both weave so well together on our upcoming training Rise Academy Wellness School

We start on 29th November.

Booking link in bio

I get asked quite often where you can practise with me, so I thought I’d put everything in one place. From weekly Qi Gon...
05/10/2026

I get asked quite often where you can practise with me, so I thought I’d put everything in one place.

From weekly Qi Gong & Yin to one-off workshops and teacher trainings.

Plus the gorgeous women’s community we are building The Gathering | Peri menopause + Beyond

Have a look through the slides and see what catches your eye as there are quite a few ways to move and learn with me.

And if you’re a yoga teacher, you’ll find something for you towards the end too.

All the details and bookings are via the link in my bio.

The Resonance Centre
Rise Academy Fold Yoga
The Gathering | Peri menopause + Beyond

Something I want yoga teachers to know about Qi Gong:We repeat simple movements. Often, many times.Not because there’s a...
01/10/2026

Something I want yoga teachers to know about Qi Gong:

We repeat simple movements. Often, many times.

Not because there’s a sequence to perfect, or because we need to keep moving on to something new.

Repetition is part of what allows Qi Gong to become a moving meditation.

As the movement becomes familiar, there can be more space to notice the breath, the rhythm, the sensation, the quality of the movement and your intention.

The movement may stay the same.

But what you notice within it can change.

It’s one of the things I love about practising Qi Gong, and one of the ideas I want to bring more of into the way we think about movement.

Everything I wish yoga teachers knew about Qi Gong.

What if you brought another lens to the way you experience movement and started playing with energy?If you’re a yoga tea...
26/09/2026

What if you brought another lens to the way you experience movement and started playing with energy?

If you’re a yoga teacher, you may already explore movement through breath, sensation, awareness and intention.

But Qi Gong offers another way of experiencing movement through energy.

What happens when you play with gathering, opening, dispersing, containing and directing energy?

Does the movement feel different?

Does changing your intention change the experience?

What do you notice when you become curious about the energy moving through a practice, rather than simply following the shape of a movement?

This is what we’ll be exploring in MOVING WITH ENERGY — an experiential workshop bringing together Qi Gong, Traditional Chinese Medicine, somatic movement and Yin.

You don’t need to know anything about Qi Gong.

Just come curious.

Sunday 1 November · 2–4pm
Rise Academy, Macclesfield · £35

For yoga teachers, movement practitioners and anyone curious about exploring movement through energy.

More about the workshop → link in bio

I think we can sometimes make a very clear distinction between Yin and Qi Gong.Yin is still.Qi Gong is movement.But the ...
15/09/2026

I think we can sometimes make a very clear distinction between Yin and Qi Gong.

Yin is still.
Qi Gong is movement.

But the more I study and practise both, the less useful that distinction feels.

Qi Gong isn’t simply movement. It can involve movement, but it can also be breath, awareness, meditation and stillness.

And this is one of the reasons I love bringing Qi Gong into Yin.

Not simply by adding Qi Gong movements to a Yin class, but by bringing in some of the ways Qi Gong invites us to feel, notice and work with what is happening inside.

Sometimes that’s gentle movement between poses.

Sometimes it’s the breath.

Sometimes it’s practices like bone breathing or kidney breathing.

And sometimes it’s simply becoming still enough to notice.

Within the TCM framework, the body is understood as a living system of movement and flow. Even when we’re physically still, there is still activity within us.

Yin gives us the stillness. Qi Gong gives us more ways to experience it.

And I think that’s where TCM adds another layer too.

It gives us another way of understanding the body we’re already working with.

Guiding the experience from the inside, not by the shape.

I’ve been quiet on here for a week or so.I went to lost village, I went into a training container at the weekend with my...
10/09/2026

I’ve been quiet on here for a week or so.

I went to lost village, I went into a training container at the weekend with my gorgeous family Rise Academy Fold Yoga then……. I’ve been quiet.

I have so much to share, so bloody much…. but then sometimes… nothing at all.

Overwhelm can creep in and I go inwards. I’m still working away in the background, but I’m not very present here.

And I know I’m not the only one who does that.

Building something new from the ground up can be all-consuming.

I’ve mentioned before that when I went through redundancy during the pandemic, I set up my own interior design business. It took off within a few months — but I’d worked in that industry for years and had so many existing contacts.

This time feels very different.

I’m building something from the ground up, while navigating perimenopause, and it’s brought up and unravelled more than I expected.

It’s shown me things about myself I didn’t know were there.

But alongside all of that, I’m also incredibly excited about what I’m building.

The communities I’m growing. The work that feels valuable.

And honestly, I bloody love learning about TCM and then sharing what I’m discovering with you all.

I’ve also starting my third — and FINAL — 200-hour Qi Gong teacher training, and I’m loving every minute of it. More to come on this too.

The more I learn about the body, TCM, Qi Gong and yoga, the more fascinated I become by how much there is to understand.

And seeing how all of this can support people is what keeps me going. It’s my why.

So, that’s where I’ve been.

Quietly working away in the background.

Juggling work, trainings, building regular classes in many different communities…

And figuring it out as I go.

Lots of exciting things to launch over the next few weeks. Really appreciate all the support from everyone who comes along.

I’m here again. 🤍

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