Complete Online QiGong Course 

Movement, Breathwork & Meditation

Discover the Power of Qigong: Cultivate Your Mind, Body, and Energy System.

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  • Dive into this ancient practice and learn powerful techniques to harmonize your mind, body, and spirit. Improve your physical health while nurturing mental clarity and spiritual well-being.

  • This comprehensive online Qigong course is designed for individuals of all ages and experience levels.

“The essence of QiGong lies in the harmony of movement and stillness, teaching us to flow with life.”

 
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  • Dive into the ancient practice of QiGong and learn the techniques to optimize your mind, body, and spirit. Enhance physical health and promote mental and spiritual well-being!

  • This comprehensive online QiGong course is designed for individuals at all levels of experience and age.

“The essence of QiGong lies in the harmony of movement and stillness, teaching us to flow with life.”

 
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QiGong Movements & Flow

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QiGong Breathing Practices

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Energy Cultivation & Meditation

QiGong is a method of slow movement, breathing and meditation techniques to develop strength, health and inner peace. These gentle, yet powerful techniques will train the mind and body to be in optimum condition and to realize one’s “True Nature”.

It is one of the most powerful ways to calm your nervous system, strengthen your body, and bring your energy back into balance. Gentle movements, conscious breathing, and focused awareness work together to release tension, clear stagnant energy, and restore a deep sense of ease.

This is one of the most extensive online QiGong courses and therefore interesting for the advanced practitioners, and people that are new to QiGong.

Scientifically Proven Benefits

Transform Your Health & Well-being

Stress Reduction:

Studies show QiGong can significantly lower stress levels by reducing cortisol, the body’s stress hormone. This effect promotes a state of calm and relaxation.

Brain Empowerment & Better Focus:

Research suggests that QiGong improves energy levels and cognitive functions such as attention, memory, and processing speed.

Improved Sleep Quality:

QiGong practitioners report better sleep patterns and fewer insomnia symptoms.

Enhanced Immune Function:

QiGong has been linked to increased levels of immune cells, strengthening the body’s defenses.

Enhanced Cardiovascular Health:

QiGong can lower blood pressure and improve heart rate variability, reducing the risk of heart disease.

Increased Energy and Stamina:

Practicing QiGong enhances physical energy, endurance, and vitality.

Improved Mental Health:

QiGong helps regulate the nervous system, alleviating symptoms of anxiety and depression, elevating mood, and promoting overall well-being.

Better Balance and Flexibility:

Studies show QiGong improves balance and flexibility, reducing the risk of falls, especially in older adults.

Boost Energy Levels:

Certain QiGong practices invigorate the body and mind, leading to greater energy and alertness throughout the day.

Learn QiGong online: movement, breathing and meditation

Michaël Bijker practising QiGong movements above the ocean

This online QiGong course teaches you the three pillars of QiGong: QiGong movements, QiGong breathing and QiGong meditation. The gentle exercises are easy to follow on video, for complete beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Learn QiGong online, practise at home whenever it suits you, and develop strength, health and inner peace.

What you will learn in these online QiGong classes

Four parts that work together: movement, breath, healing and the mind. Every practice is taught step by step on video, so you can follow along at home.

QiGong movement at sunset, part of the online QiGong course
16 movements

QiGong Movements

Graceful yet powerful movements that strengthen the body, improve flexibility and support both physical health and spiritual growth.

  • Energy Stance
  • Rising Sun
  • Shooting Arrows
  • Separating Heaven & Earth
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  • QiGong Energy StanceStrengthens the legs and stabilizes the core, creating a grounded and centered feeling both physically and mentally.
  • QiGong Warm-UpIncreases blood flow and flexibility, preparing the body and mind for deeper practice while enhancing overall vitality.
  • Rising Sun / Whole Body BreathingFosters a deep connection between breath and movement, energizing and opening the entire body while encouraging mental clarity.
  • Turtle Breathing / Spinal BreathingActivates the spine to promote flexibility and nerve health, while calming the mind. It also improves lung capacity and detoxifies the body.
  • Sweeping ArmsLoosens the whole body, clears blockages, and increases the flow of Qi throughout the body.
  • Shooting ArrowsBuilds strength, sharpens focus, and cultivates concentration and inner power.
  • Pushing Up the HeavensStimulates energy flow in the upper body, supporting emotional balance and spiritual upliftment.
  • Standing MeditationsImproves postural alignment and fosters inner stillness, deepening spiritual awareness and mental tranquility.
  • Making Waves / GroundingEncourages emotional grounding and stability, while soothing the mind and strengthening your connection to the earth.
  • Holding a Ball of Qi Behind the BackOpens the heart and lungs, fostering emotional healing and enhancing energy circulation.
  • Floating Hands, Open HeartExpands the chest and heart area, promoting emotional openness and compassion while increasing lung capacity.
  • Pushing MountainsStretches and awakens the entire energetic system, instilling a sense of inner strength and resilience.
  • Separating Heaven & EarthStretches and strengthens the whole body while balancing energy between earth and sky.
  • Pulling Down the HeavensBrings focus and clarity to the mind while deeply energizing the body and clearing mental fog.
  • Bringing Energy into the Dan Tien CentersCenters and consolidates energy in the body’s core, enhancing physical stability and fostering inner power.
  • Opening the Heavenly CircuitActivates major energy pathways, facilitating spiritual awakening and a deeper sense of connectedness.
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6 breathing techniques

QiGong Breathing Techniques

Breathwork grounded in Taoist tradition. Learn to direct your vital energy (Qi) for full-body revitalization and a calm mind.

  • Taoist Breathing
  • Embryonic Breathing
  • Snake Breathing
  • Dragon’s Breath
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  • Stage BreathingControl your breath in three distinct phases to enhance oxygen intake and energy flow, an essential method in all QiGong practices.
  • Taoist BreathingPractice deep abdominal breathing to cultivate and balance your internal Qi, following ancient Taoist tradition.
  • Buddhist BreathingSlow, mindful breathing to achieve calm, presence and clarity, central to Buddhist meditation practices.
  • Embryonic BreathingLearn to channel energy into your system to rejuvenate body and mind, enabling deep states of meditation.
  • Snake BreathingRejuvenates the spine and releases dormant energy from the Qi system, a powerful practice to awaken vitality.
  • Dragon’s BreathEnhances energy flow across all systems, rejuvenates body and mind, and clears energetic blockages.
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The Six Healing Sounds

QiGong Self-Healing Techniques

An ancient QiGong practice that rejuvenates the body, calms the mind and balances emotions, clearing stagnant energy and restoring harmony.

  • Six Healing Sounds
  • Healing sound theory
  • Sound, intention & posture
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  • Healing Sound Theory and Practical LecturesLearn how to integrate sound, intention and posture to detoxify the body, boost vitality and reduce stress. This practice strengthens the immune system, fosters inner peace and aligns you with your natural healing abilities.
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4 practices

Meditation & Mind Training

Meditation and mindfulness practices that flow naturally with the QiGong movements, for mental clarity, inner peace and joy.

  • Inner Cosmic Smile
  • Cultivating the Qi
  • Vipassana
  • QiGong in daily life
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  • Inner Cosmic Smile MeditationVisualize a radiant smile flowing through the body, encouraging positivity, relaxation and healing from within.
  • Cultivating the QiQiGong exercises and meditations to gather, circulate and harmonize Qi, the vital life force, for health, vitality and spiritual balance.
  • Vipassana MeditationA technique of self-observation that focuses on the deep connection between mind and body through attention to physical sensations.
  • Applying QiGong in Daily LifeBring these teachings into everyday situations to live more healthily, joyfully and meaningfully. Not just practising QiGong, but living it.

What is included in this QiGong course?

VIDEO TUTORIALS:

Access over 40 online instructional videos and sessions on QiGong movement, breathwork, and meditation (over 9.5 hours of content).

QiGong Theory:

Learn the theory about QiGong that will help in your practice. Understand about the history of QiGong, tips to improve your self practice and a downloadable posture sheet.

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CERTIFICATION UPON COMPLETION:

Receive a certificate of completion when you finish the online QiGong course.

BRAIN ENHANCING AUDIO:

2 downloadable sessions to harmonize your brainwaves for better sleep, deep relaxation, and pineal gland activation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

For everyone who wants more energy, calm and balance, whatever your age or fitness.

  • Complete beginners: you start with the basics and build up step by step. No flexibility or experience needed.
  • Experienced practitioners: deepen your practice with flowing sequences, Taoist breathing and the Six Healing Sounds.
  • Yoga and meditation lovers: add QiGong’s methods for body awareness, breath and energy to your own practice.
  • Anyone who wants to feel healthier: strengthen body and mind for more vitality, calm and joy.

Yes. The course starts with the QiGong energy stance and warm-up, and builds up to flowing movements, breathing practices and meditation.

QiGong movements and flows, QiGong breathing techniques, self-healing techniques, and meditation and mind training.

A short daily practice works best. Even a few minutes of QiGong movements and breathing a day can help you feel calmer and more energised.

Michaël Bijker practising QiGong at sunset, manifestation and mind training

Meet The Teacher: Michaël Bijker

Michaël Bijker, breathwork and meditation teacher

A Mission to spread Knowledge, Well-Being and Wisdom.

Yogalap founder Michaël Bijker is one of the world’s leading voices of Pranayama & Breathwork. 
With over 25 years of personal practice and 15+ years of teaching experience, he has developed a unique way of guiding that helps people around the world access deep, transformative experiences in a simple and approachable way.

Michaël Bijker began his journey into meditation and mind training at 14 years old.

After surviving a near-fatal car accident in 2001, his practice deepened from personal interest into a life mission. Experiencing firsthand how breathwork, QiGong, and yoga can restore mentally, physically, and emotionally, he committed himself to mastering these powerful methods to share with the world.

As the founder of Yogalap, Michaël has since helped tens of thousands of people across the world improve their well-being. His work reaches people of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life.

With decades of dedication, lived experience, and global teaching impact, Michaël Bijker is widely recognized as a true master in his field. 

“We all have an incredible power within us—the power to heal, create, and transform our lives. My mission is to share these life-changing tools with as many people as possible, empowering individuals to awaken their potential, live with greater purpose, and help create a healthier, more conscious world.”

Michaël 

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What you get

  • 16 QiGong movements, from the energy stance to flowing sequences
  • 6 QiGong and Taoist breathing techniques
  • The Six Healing Sounds for self-healing
  • Meditation and mind training to open your energy system
  • 40+ video lessons (9.5 hours) on web and in the Yogalap app
  • Certificate of completion

Bonuses:

  • Extra guided QiGong, meditation & breathwork sessions
  • 2 brain-enhancing audio sessions
  • Learn about the different types of QiGong
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A QiGong Course to Cultivate Health, Strength and Inner Peace

QiGong is an ancient Chinese practice that integrates physical postures, breathing techniques, and focused intention to balance and enhance your life energy, known as "Qi."

These gentle yet profound techniques train the mind and body to achieve optimal health while fostering mental, physical, and spiritual vitality from within.

QiGong has had a life-changing impact on millions of people around the globe.

The beauty about QiGong practice is that anyone can do this, young and old.

"QiGong teaches us to move with intention, transforming our energy into a powerful force for health and healing."

What our students say about this course

Excellent course. Michaël teaches with a calm, authentic presence that’s both grounding and easy to connect with. The content is clear, practical, and delivered in a way that makes it simple to understand and apply.
James, Ocean of Energy QiGong course student
James Bonner
Great pranayama & breathwork teacher and brilliant topic for a course - useful, educational, practical, inspirational and potentially life - changing. Thank You for making this available.
Iva Peeva, pranayama and breathwork course student
Iva Peeve
Yogalap Student
Thank you so much for all the wonderful work that you do, I've done the breathwork course as well as Qi Gong now and what I love about them all is your kindness, stillness and the teachings in between the movement and breath.
Amanda Jane Williams, Yogalap student
Irma Williams
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This course will guide you, inspire you, and take your life to the next level of love, joy and inner piece. The most powerful course I have done so far. Thanks Michael
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What students say

4.93 out of 5based on 524 reviews

  • Valeria2 Sep 2026

    ★★★★★Sorriso interiore

    Amo la calma, la pace e la chiarezza con cui Michael spiega i movimenti. Amo il Qi gong. grazie

  • Yaris B.29 Aug 2026

    ★★★★☆Simple but effective

    I just started but i already can feel difference especialy in the relaxation and feeling of Energy !

  • Ma C.27 Aug 2026

    ★★★★★Excellent

    I absolutely loved the first part of this lesson! I’m really grateful to be enrolled in such an informative and inspiring course. I’m already super excited for the next chapter and can’t wait to continue learning! ✨

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