Qigong for the Wood Element: Nourishing Practices for Body, Mind and Spirit

This is a 17 minute qigong practice designed around the Wood element in Chinese medicine and qigong. It focuses on forms that create stability and root to support upward growth and rise. It was filmed in my back garden on a sunny, psrping day. These and other Wood-themed practices are included in my book, Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis, which is available on Amazon smarturl.it/QigongAndTaiChiAxis . Hope you enjoy it!

[@gemmadidit4118]

🙄I'll be honest. I've had this in my playlist forever and never got around to it🥺... but TONIGHT I was just in the right mood🤪and decided to try it😒. Well sir😀...let me just say...MIND BLOWN😆. The whole thing...the movements...your gorgeous explanations...the serenity of your voice😊...the beautiful locale. By the end of it I felt so blessed by your offering🤗. I know this post is three years old but I just HAD to say something. My body thanks you😊. My spirit thanks you🤗.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Gemma - my spirit thanks you too 🙏 ❤️

[@jean-jacquespothier6087]

Oh, Mimi, what a lovely session! This morning, when my mind was groggy and my body knotted and tired, those slow movements, so well inspired and explained, did me a world of good and, not often the case, I could feel in harmony with the practice. My back loosened up, my pelvis too, and above all my ribcage (compressed by a night of apneas) was freed. After this class, I feel so good and at peace that I wanted to express it now. I think I could really feel the Qi flowing through my body and head. Thank you so much for this beautiful class. JJ

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

This is beautiful!! Thank you for sharing your experience :)

[@gemmadidit4118]

Nice🤗.

[@ReeseDee]

mimi i have been going back to your old videos for years, thank you for keeping these up. they are gold.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad you like them!

[@AScreengazer]

Your style and routines are very unique. I'm glad I found your channel. Also, thanks for mirroring the moves! It's great for coordination-challenged people like myself.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad you like them!

[@ninettewachtel5650]

The positive words you speak in your videos feel like we're setting positive intentions together - It's wonderfully felt and connecting, thank you!

[@paulkaikwonglee]

Your soft and gentle voice guiding us through the movements is sublime.

[@evelani5953]

Thanks Mimi. Developing a practise with your videos has brought me peace and balance over the last 5 years. I'm so grateful for your sharing them and your energy with us

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

eve lani thank you eve, that’s so touching to hear! Thanks for watching and practicing 🙏😊

[@Joannabanana1989]

This might be my favorite video. My body responds so well to these movements so I know I must need it.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

I am super happy to hear your body is responding well to the movements - keep practice :)

[@davidlawrence8596]

Mimi, my life is better due to your practice. Thank you so much. Your garden is lovely.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

So nice of you to say - it is great to hear the practices are working so well for you x

[@loisjones2452]

Mimi you are the greatest. I have been practicing Qi Gong for 10 years. Your utube offerings are wonderful!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Yay, thank you!

[@GrindHardFilms]

Such a kind, informed and fluid instructional. Thank you so much for your care in your teaching, practice and students.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Thank you for your lovely words 💕

[@ms8183]

I’m grateful and blessed to come across your channel, I love these practices and it’s perfect time length and I feel QI in my body and able to visualise more, thank you Mimi 🙏

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

thank you for sharing this. I am very grateful you came across my channel

[@JCAM-z9r]

What a delightful routine! I am of Wood element with fibromyalgia, spinal and joint arthritis and degenerative disease of the spine and joints. Several spinal discs have already dissolved and my thoracic and cervical spine have straightened out of their natural curves. I’m going to use this practice to help loosen me up and strengthen what I still have. I was very active before my health turned and try more gentle practices now that don’t cause more pain. So thank you for making this so much fun. Namaste 🙏🏽

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Thank you or your reflections and for sharing your story here. Amazing that Qigong is supporting you, let me know how you get on and how your body responds.

[@MrJohnnykhoo88]

Thank you very much to Master Lady Mimi Kuo Deemer 🙏❤️Pray to Buddha May you be well and happy Sukhi Hontu, your Qi Gong practise is great and effect especially 8 Brocades

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Thank you too for being here and sharing the practice with me!

[@SoulAbundanceIQ]

This was such a great practice, thank you! Exactly what I needed as spring begins. And I really appreciate teachers who mirror so my brain can follow along more easily! 😄🌿🌱💛

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Happy spring!

[@ianyoung1405]

🙏 🙏 🙏 Thank you so much Mimi. Wonderful practice. Much appreciation. ♥

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You're so welcome!

[@derekdeblauwe7726]

I bought your book, and those videos support a lot to do the practice in a right way. Really one of the best practices I did till now. Thanks, Sifu Mimi!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing with me!

[@stevenramsey2802]

i'm using these videos along with your book, just starting out, so i'm giving myself about a week to learn each element. After the deer frolics, i feel a little sweaty and tingly all over and it makes me feel very aware of the air around me, like there's an invisible part of me that surrounds me.

[@jacobe8688]

I Returned to follow you in this session on a chilly (but still dry!) summer morning in Dublin. I feel more spacious, fluid and calm after this practice and i greatly appreciate your videos. They echo in me and make my interactions with the world softer and sweeter. J

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Wonderful! This is beautiful to read, thank you for sharing Jacob!

[@amaydilocontuvida8776]

Thank you so much for your new video, for spreading love & health. I love your classes, you are a wonderful teacher.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Ama y dilo con tu vida aww thank you Amy! So lovely to know, thank you for your kind words and for trying out this new session 😊🙏

[@BarbaraFaison]

Thank you for your beautiful, calm practices. Your spirit and energy just radiate peace.❤️🙏🏾❤️

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

thank you Barabara!

[@veredlaugh]

Mimi, thank you for the peaceful and strength you share and send far away up to Israel.

[@dianapaterson3545]

I alternate doing your seasonal practice and the Silk Brocades practice before work on a daily basis and, on the last day of Spring, as I was raising my hands for "Gathering Peaceful Qi", a flock of green parrots flew into the Primavera tree in front of which I do my qigong. I stayed like that a while, enjoying their raucous chatter and cultivating Ren, then, as I lowered my hands they flew away. i felt blessed by Nature and so blessed to have found your videos. I very much appreciate that you repeat the instructions for the movements and also include the medical and the spiritual/emotional benefits. Very complete tutorials. Thank you!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Thank you for sharing this Diana, how beautiful!

[@cacciato69]

I started Wood element .. today went to your book reading the intro to Wood. Amazing coincidence .. Tucson, AZ!! We have lived just east of Tucson for 26 years! Small ranch in san pedro valley at Cascabel!! btw Deer often watch me do tai ji in my yard which is in a small bosque. thanks for your book and videos.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Ahh love that the deer watch you practice. This is beautiful!

[@jamesweiss2712]

So thankful for your presence during the pandemic... Jim from New England

[@TheTmackey]

Thank you, Mimi. I too have and am reading your book and seeing you and feeling your vibe with the book is perfect.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Wonderful! I am happy to hear you are getting a lot from the book and the videos together!

[@annecoltre6104]

Mimi I love this patience building series that is so connecting to the early spring and deer. 💜

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Anne Coltre so glad to hear the themes resonate with you. Steadiness, spirit, deep roots and patience certainly help us expand more gracefully! ❤️

[@nickycorbett1694]

Mimi - I just love this routine. I'm a Doctor of TCM and went to a Taoist school so I've been doing Qi Gong a long time, but this routine really helps with so many things! Plus your descriptions are clear and your voice is calm and soothing. I sent this video to ALL my patients. Thank you. I also do your other videos too - helps keep my mind calm and my body pain free. Nicky C.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

I am so glad you enjoyed the video so much and that you shared it with your patients too. Spreading the Qigong magic far and wide!

[@SpirosAbatis]

Thank You Mimi for sharing this practice. I was drawn to it prior to knowing about the Wood Element, happily found my place in Spring energy. I really appreciate hearing the Chinese names too. I will continue to work on my Stag & Deer! Blessed Be!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Wonderful! so glad you have found the practice useful :)

[@sparkscommunication6430]

Beautiful! I just bought your book as I dive deeper into my qigong practice. Love how you always have that inner smile radiating love and light.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Yay, thank you!

[@VeraBousiou]

Wonderful practice, and I love the philosophy behind. Becoming more aware we're part of nature ourselves we can cultivate its marvellous qualities and truths in our existences.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Vera Bousiou thank you Vera, it’s so useful for me to bring in metaphors from nature to help me live as part of the world rather than with a feeling that I are somehow separate from it. Nature is our greatest teacher!!

[@VeraBousiou]

@@MimiKuoDeemer nature enriches our lives in so many ways, it hides so many meaningful secrets, you're blessed to know them and use them for good.

[@joannebaek4551]

Mimi, I love your teaching on Ren, and cultivating Ren, and that you teach with so much Ren! I learned that word “Ren” from you today. I’m really glad to hear explicit teaching of nourishing such positive qualities in practice. I’ve chosen, myself, to practice with smiling and inclination to joy, even before I found your vids - but it was getting harder until I found your videos where you embody and share a kind of delight in being. Even when practicing alone, I think cultivating joy and peace in practice puts us in a more happily relational state, more identified with and enjoying others, and feeling more “with” others, less separate. I’m so glad to have found your videos, overtly and totally sharing from these positive qualities, and demonstrating clear permission to align with joy in practice. It is truly a joy to practice with you.

[@skymartin9498]

came back to this practice a year later after doing it last spring! such support! bringing me back to myself and my blessings. Thank you, Mimi!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome! Thank you for writing!

[@lining5746]

Thank you Mimi, for all of your teachings -- Li Ning

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome!

[@kirstiabernethy6412]

Mimi, am feeling so grateful that you're sharing this wonderful rich practice in your unique and graceful way. thank you so much! nice daffs! ; )

[@SoulAbundanceIQ]

This is helping me integrate some challenging spring transitions I'm experiencing this year. Thank you 🦌🌷💕

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome - this is exactly what our practice is for.

[@jimesoprano]

Love these peaceful flow and the deer poses 😍 Thank you!

[@denisemader7529]

I loved these forms! And how you explained them and their meaning. Thank you!!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Great to know you enjoyed the practice Denise

[@bhaktideb6841]

It is spring in the desert here, and I am feeling the imbalances as the weather turned hot very fast. This sweet practice was lovely, and helped so much, thank you.

[@gonzameza5198]

wood element mudra...how beautiful, ... It was amazing,thanks Mimi!

[@LightPresident95148]

I was searching for a wood mudra. Now i have one

[@Rosebud9900]

Love the wood element mudra. Thank you for the spring practice 🌱 🪵

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome!

[@wimjanssen2181]

I bought your book and with this video it is a combination to grow . Thanks for your effort. Thanks for making this world more beautiful and peaceful 😊wim

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Thank you for writing

[@movetohealing]

Hello Mimi, so nice to see you uploaded a video for the spring practice ♥ thank you so much for doing so, for supporting us virtually in our practice. It reminds me of the few classes of yours I was lucky enough to attend to in London. Take care and have a beautiful spring 💕✨

[@GardenReflections]

I love the gentleness in your approach to movement and the tidbits of theory sprinkled in. Thanks for making more videos:)

[@carolinafleming2853]

thank you . excelent

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

🙏

[@GlitterGalactic]

A beautiful Qigong practice Mimi, deep gratitude and sending loving kindness your way. xx

[@seborojo1]

Wonderful

[@cindirottermond5837]

Thank you Mimi💕. I am reading your book and appreciate your videos to compliment your amazing book on the 5 elements. Your practice is always so beautiful and jointly with your book I can be further inspired by your beautiful qi! Namaste

[@deadlypalms]

Look forward to trying this! Always love the clear direction, along with insight into the therapeutic 5 element component of the exercise. Very calming and refreshing. Definitely one of the best qigong teachers on youtube.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

deadlypalms aww that’s very sweet of you to say. Hope you enjoy the practice and find it helpful!

[@poetry2024]

Thank you Mimi - I love working with you in the mornings, and have done for some years now. Besides supporting the rigging of my ship, I do appreciate your explanations which give a deeper understanding of the exercises such as the downward rooting and simultaneously upward reaching of the wood element, and the loving kindness with which you imbue each class which gives me a lightness of being. Love the book, too! Best wishes from Australia.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

fantastic! So glad the additional explanations are helpful :)

[@robinguthrie4328]

What a lovely sequence. Thank you!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You're welcome :)

[@seborojo1]

Mimi, Every Single Video is a Master Class of Relaxation Thank You So Much

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You're welcome 😊

[@madalineolson4778]

So excited that this popped up in my KZbin feed when I finished my yoga practice. This flow was so beautiful and perfect for this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Thank you and Peace and Blessings to all beings!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Madaline Olson so great to hear! Glad you enjoyed the practice. How beautiful as well to see your wishes and blessings to all beings! We need more of that in the world!

[@madalineolson4778]

@@MimiKuoDeemer I would say the same to you. Thank you for the practice and the wonderful positive energy your radiate out. That has become my ending sentence on a lot of posts. Just started doing it and it really sinks in every time I write. Thank you again and the light in me honors and respects the light in you. Peace.

[@22nawelle]

thank you so much these practices are fantastic for me, best practices i have found in months, i love qigong now it is part of my everyday life thanks to you. very grateful

[@debsjarrett7079]

Super!!! your winter video was so helpful. I am thrilled that you have done another for spring. thank you.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Great, hope you enjoy this one!

[@natashafigueroa9198]

During these COVID19 times, I am so grateful to have found this video series. A perfect time for me to begin this practice. Thank you ever so much, Mimi. Love from Copenhagen.

[@alexiabruce104]

Yey another one of your lovely videos, thanks xx

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Alexia Bruce 😊🙏

[@marshachevalier6631]

What a wonderful practice for Spring and wood element. I have been seeing a Chinese practitioner who has been making herbs for me to help me with liver/gallbladder issues and heart palpitations. But I do not have access to Qi Gong classes where I live. Finding your site has been a revelation! Thank you

[@LOEWE-MEDIA]

Beautiful... Thank You so much! Beautiful garden!

[@starseedawakeningco]

loving the book, and all the youtube practices! thanks mimi!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You're so welcome!

[@clarepover4978]

Perfect for ...now...Those unable to physically make the movements following visually is very beneficial. Thank you for your mirror presentation.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad they can still be beneficial. All of the movements can be modified and done to 1/3 of the effort level, too! Glad the mirroring helps.

[@karlplatzer9490]

Thank you so much for sharing this video with the world! The active wildlife in the background is very entertaining. The crows were obvious, and then the hawk was a nice surprise. Finally after many viewings, I spotted the cat at 7:57!

[@NatureMermaid]

Thank you; that was lovely. really enjoyed the deer form.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

great to hear :)

[@yahya2669]

and yet another brilliantly executed video lovely voice over as usual to tell u when to breathe etc and those deer movements talk abt getting a pull on the back ,loved it and thank you

[@carmebt64]

I so enjoy your classes! Thank you very much for sharing!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are very welcome! Thank you for practicing!

[@videonoire]

Thank you Mimi for sharing more gentle,free flowing, meditative expressions. My yoga groups and I are loving the new movements. ~

[@juliesilver1]

Thank you so much Mimi for another amazing and beneficial video. It was wonderful to meet you at the Mindful Living show recently and take part in the fantastic class you ran 🙏👌😍💝🧚‍♀️✨

[@jetsilla]

I have your book but I am quite visual and therefore really ❤️ your short videos teaching form. Book is great too!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Yay! Happy to hear that these videos are helping you absorb and digest the teachings :)

[@FiZ]

This practice is a wonderful balance between challenging and calming ❤️

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Steve VanSickle glad to hear it works for you as a balance! ❤️

[@rpsdarling]

Thank you so much for teaching this practice.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome!

[@leviarmstrong9723]

Thanks, Mimi. I enjoyed starting this routine today. I also ordered your corresponding book this afternoon. I'm looking forward to studying both in the next couple of months as we move into spring for the northern hemisphere. Warm regards.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Wonderful! Let me know how you get on!

[@earthessencesbeauty]

Mimi, this was absolutely wonderful! I've been practicing qi gong for a little over a year now, but I've never seen some of these moves. Lovely!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mariona.5261]

Your book is great. I'm working with it right now- very helpful. I can only recommend it.

[@VeronikaPoloni]

Another video! Yes! Thank you Mimi!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Your welcome :)

[@lindabb5745]

I love your work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your Qigong with us.

[@FaithNewEarh]

☀️💜🕊️ love and gratitude 😘

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

love and gratitude to you too :)

[@eternallyborn]

Glad to see another upload from you!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy this practice!

[@王玮-f6f]

+1

[@zuzana1832]

I am so excited to try this. Thank you for this practise

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@almaramos9601]

Onderful practices.... thank you Mimi

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You're so welcome!

[@gkchiang9]

Thank you, Mimi, for sharing all the videos. I have only recently discovered your channel, and love the clear instructions and positive intentions. I have just started on your book, and these videos are great in helping with learning the movements. I feel so fortunate and grateful for your teachings.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome! I am glad to hear you are enjoy the book too. x

[@wuxingqigong]

Thank you Mimi for another beautiful demonstration of the excercises from your book Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis! I'm personally very happy with the animal frolics! xxx

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Yvonne Alefs - Qigong Docente oh good! They’re tricky to teach, I hope it was clear enough to follow!! X

[@wuxingqigong]

@@MimiKuoDeemer Yes, very good to follow, Mimi! xx

[@CraigerIAm]

Thank you Mimi. Love your videos and energy !

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Aww, thanks! Thanks for watching and doing the practices!

[@krstivojgojkovic3896]

you do it and you explain it perfectly.i am very pleased with your explanations hello from australia greetins to you

[@baoradcliffe9738]

Thanks for posting this - I watch all your videos even back to the 8 brocades-

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad you like them!

[@mirandatamminga881]

You are really good, I can really feel my chi if I do your movements, Love you for giving me so much strenght in mind, body and soul. Much love from me xxxxxxxx

[@ananimason8744]

I feel energized after following this element. Love it! Thanks Mimi

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Anani Mason wonderful to hear!!! Thank you for trying out the session 😊🙏

[@MarniWallace]

Thanks for this beautiful practice Mimi!

[@nsaig2003]

Hi Mimi, thank you for this wonderful qigong practice! I really appreciate that you show us the front and back views of how to conduct the exercises. It's also so educational to know why these exercises are beneficial particularly in the spring. Blessings to you and see you in another video!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

You are so welcome! Thank you for this lovely feedback :) I am glad you are learning so much from the practice

[@popsugargurl1]

Lovely qigong practice, I feel very peaceful.

[@dr.bellamichaels3973]

Wonderful Mimi. Especially helpful right now during lockdown when frustrations can be high. Very much appreciated.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad the practices are helpful for you - especially in these more challenging moments.

[@vanithabastianpillai8585]

Thank you Mimi. Wood element practice really touched my spirit. Your instructions are very beneficial. Please post some more videos.

[@susiehosterman6490]

amazing, as always!!! Thanks so much Mimi. I've been watching your videos for a few years now and they've helped me so much

[@davebucklow7408]

Love this one Mimi & Your ever present smile.. I have just received your book... and I'm loving that too.

[@firehorse1518]

Loved it Mimi-thank you so much for sharing your gifts here! Your instructions were perfect for me. Much love and peace to you {♡♡♡} ~Jennifer

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

So glad to hear Jennifer, I was hoping to make these as clear as they could be! Much love and peace to you as well.

[@cycle9241]

This was so well presented. Thank you.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Glad it was helpful for you!

[@jillnewman5292]

Thank you Mimi. Your book is a gem. x

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

So glad to hear you enjoyed my book. Thank you for sharing x

[@catfedfarsil1949]

You blessed. This makes my day, today. My best wishes to you and your beloved.

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

Aww, thank you! That's very kind. Best wishes to you and your beloved, too! Have a wonderful day, and thanks for watching and practising. Hope you like this one - the deer forms are a bit tricky to get at first, but with practice they begin to feel very graceful and like a good stretch and strengthening all-body movement!

[@huggtrees]

So excited to see another beautiful qi gong video from you, thank you so much for sharing. Hope there are more to come!

[@FullCirclePhenomenal]

Perfect timing. Thank you for your sharing. ✨🙏✨

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

empathinity Jesse Hart Your welcome 🙏

[@sukhayogabcn]

THank you so much Mimi!

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

No problem 😊 thank you!

[@digimonsho0123]

Excellent. Mimi is great

[@MimiKuoDeemer]

S Harlem aww, thank you!!