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Resilient Health Body Technologies

Locality: Mooloolaba, Queensland

Phone: +61 423 103 202

Address: shop3/18-20 Parkana Crescent, Buddina 4575 Mooloolaba, QLD, Australia

Website: http://resilienthealth.com.au

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25.01.2022 From "Yoga Chi Gung Pilates" to "Resilient Health Body Technologies": Why the Name Change? Those that have attended my classes or workshops will know that I have using the name Yoga Chi Gung Pilates for my classes. After due consideration I am changing the name of what I teach to Reslient Health Body Technolgogies. This website heralds that change. With regard what I teach, it will not change due to the name change, rather the name change better reflects the way the pr...Continue reading

19.01.2022 Dear enthusiasts, I will be away at a professional devlopment with Mantak Chia from Thurs 28 March and back on Wed 3 April. So no class Thurs, Mon, or Tues at Buddina this week. Warmest regards, Ben Gaffney

15.01.2022 This is the A4 poster advertising my upcoming "Qigong for Resilient Health" Workshop from 10 am to 4 pm on Sun 27 Nov 2016

14.01.2022 Dear all interested in health cultivation practices, You are invited to a workshop that I will be running titled "Qigong for Resilient Health" 27 Nov 2016 at Fresh Holistic Health 330 Mons Rd, Forest Glen. Topics covered will include: The Primacy of Improving Circulation in Taoist Health Cultivation The Historic Link Between Qi and Blood... Taoist Breathing: How is it Performed and Why? Erector Spinae Tension and Internal Organ Function/Dysfunction The Neutral Spine: Its Development in Primates, its Rise to Primacy in the Australian Physiotherapy Community, and How the Concept Can be Understood Through the Lens of Chinese Body Technology Treating & Preventing Back and Hip Pain: Re-Introducing Chinese Body Technology Practises to Western Physiotherapy Cost: $120 before 5pm 13thNov or $140 after. $20 student discount & for attendees of my previous workshops (contact Ben). Pay with Eventbrite visit https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/qigong-for-resilient-health Or contact Ben for bank transfer: Ph. 0423 103 202 or email [email protected]

10.01.2022 I am teaching a workshop on Sat 29 Oct at YogaFest 2016 - The workshop is titled: Introducing Resilient Health Body Technologies A mix of physical practice and theoretical information, suitable for all levels Resilient Health Body Technologies is a practice designed to improve health, longevity, and functional ability. Its strongest influence is Chinese Qigong (Chi Gung), a term which literally means Energy Practice or more accurately Health Cultivation Practice. The ...practice also contains elements of Taijiquan (Tai Chi), Hatha Yoga, and Physiotherapy informed Pilates. About Ben: http://www.yogafest.com.au/presenters-boajy #yogafest #yogachikung #chikung #qigung See more

10.01.2022 About Resilient Health Body Technologies. Resilient Health Body Technologies is a combination of the most powerful health giving body technologies I have experienced in my 19 years of practise. Its strongest influence is the Chinese Taoist body technologies of Qigong (Chi gung) and Taijiquan (Tai Chi). The practice also contains elements Hatha Yoga, and Physiotherapy informed Pilates (visit http://www.resilienthealth.com.au/about-resilient-health-b/ or continue reading here).... A central tenet of the practice is the traditional Chinese medical and Taoist belief that the circulation of both fluid and kinetic/potential energy inside the body must be free flowing without blockage for optimal health. This gives the practice a sense of fun fluid grace and a freedom from tension that I have rarely experienced any other way. The techniques are fun and enjoyable and the relief from pain and improved function they have afforded me personally is superlative. I have two Chinese martial arts/healing arts teachers. Wee Kee Jin is a dedicated Taijiquan (Tai Chi) teacher from a 400 year old teaching lineage. My other teacher, Zhen Hua Yang, also comes from a 400 year old tradition, although his differs by being a family lineage. He has two teachers that are over 100 years old (at last count). From their perspective their vitality and longevity is in large part due to specific Taoist exercise techniques with origins deep in antiquity based on assumptions about what is important for health that many Westerners may not be familiar with. For example, blood, its quality and circulation, is of particular concern in this regard because of the predisposition of red blood cells to clump together creating a significant barrier to optimal circulation. Breaking up these clumps with specific patterns of movement to afford better circulation to internal organs, joints, bone marrow, and the nervous system is considered of the highest priority for vitality and longevity. Furthermore in traditional Chinese body technology it is accepted that almost everyone has an excess of unnecessary tension that develops initially as a consequence of the way we all learn to stand up as infants and impedes circulation and fluid movement. This tension is often made worse by many types of exercise performed for the purpose of health in, for example, gymnasiums, yoga studios, or swimming pools world-wide. Learning how to release unnecessary tension and harness movement/breathing to improve fluid energy circulation takes time, but provides benefits for life from the beginning. Hope to meet you in classes or workshops. Kind regards and Namaste, Ben Gaffney PHYSIOTHERAPIST B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., MPhSt., Yoga Australia regd Teacher (Level 1)

09.01.2022 I will be presenting at this years YogaFest on Saturday 29 Oct 2016 just before the lunch break at 12:20 pm. Hope to see you there for the class/workshop or just for lunch. Namaste, Ben Gaffney

07.01.2022 I have a new time table flyer for Resilient Health Body Technology - Qigong. It is double sided. On side one (where the picture and logo are) it the text reads: Resilient Health Body Technologies is deep authentic therapeutic Qigong with integrated complimentary elements of Yoga, Tai Chi, and Pilates. The practice is based on a carefully considered understanding of the body from the dual points of view of Chinese/Taoist body technology and Western Anatomy & Physiology. In... common with Qigong, the primary goals of practice are to improve conditions for the function of internal organs and endocrine glands and for the circulation of nutrients throughout the body including the bones and bone marrow. The emphasis on circulation also creates fluid patterns of movement that convey grace without strain and served as the basis of the internal martial arts and healing arts in ancient China. P.T.O. On side two the text reads: The Development of Resilient Health Body Technologies: A Personal Narrative I loved sport from my youth. I skated and played ice hockey every day on an outdoor rink as a child growing up in the United States. Upon arriving in Australia, I played Australian Rules football and then athletics in my teens. Later in my 20s and 30s I played and loved touch football, Rugby League, and Rugby Union. In my 20s I did a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physiology at Griffith University. I then did a research Ph.D. at RMIT University on Ginseng and Siberian Ginseng and their effects on the stress response in athletes. In my late 20s I took up Yoga classes, up to three a week as well as home practice. I loved Yoga and benefited from it in ways other than just physical strength and flexibility. I could concentrate better and felt more confident in my academic-, social-, and emotional-life. Sadly, after eighteen months of Yoga I developed back and hip pain that I had to admit to myself were caused by the Yoga I was doing. I didn’t give up. Instead I just stopped doing many poses and looked for insight from teachers and from extensive reading. As part of this search I changed my career by studying Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland. I studied and wrote on the academic foundations of Clinical Pilates and taught the discipline for eight years. Although Pilates helped me, I still had back and hip pain. I eventually tried Qigong and Tai chi and learned as much as I could from Chinese teachers and from an extensive body of literature. The techniques I learned afforded me the relief from pain I was looking for and they form the core of the Resilient Health Body Technologies I teach. Hope to see you in classes and workshops soon. Kind Regards and Namaste, Ben Gaffney PHYSIOTHERAPIST B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., MPhtySt

05.01.2022 Dear students, Just letting you know that I will be leaving Thursday afternoon 25 Jan 2018 to go to teacher training with Yang, Zhen Hua at his Calligraphy Health retreat at Wongawallen Qld for 19 days and will recommence classes and Physio Wed 14 Feb 2018. So note there will be no class tonight Thurs 25 Jan 2018. See you again from Wed 14 Feb onwards.... Kind Regards and Namaste, Ben

04.01.2022 Dear Clients, My last day of work for 2019 will be Fri 20 Dec and my first day back at work will be Wed 8 Jan 2020. So my last Resilient Health Body Technologies class in 2019 will be Thurs 19 Dec 2019 at Buddina and my first class of the new year will be Wed 8 Jan 2020 at Forest Glen. My regular timetable, the same as the 2019, will resume then. Wishing you a Merry Christmass, Happy New Year, and a Sensational Solstice (22 Dec 2019), Ben Gaffney

03.01.2022 Please note there is no class today 3 Oct 2016 due to Queen's birthday public holiday. Namaste

01.01.2022 This Australia Day 26 Jan 2017 there will be no class. I am heading down to camp and Mt Tamborine to attend a couple of days of Zhen Hua Yang's teacher training part 3 workshop. Warm regards and Namaste