Lotus Seed QiGong
About Lotus Seed QiGong
Laura Gurney, Qigong Practitioner & Ceremonialist
I am a Qigong coach, bringing Taoist movement and breathwork to the community. I am also a Ceremonialist, holding Cacao ceremonies for many of life’s transitional times. These range from baby blessings, to living funerals, funerals and every human experience in between. It is a real honour to do this work at such profound times.
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My career started as a passionate anthropologist; with a strong ancestral connection to South America, I learnt Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese and researched, wrote and taught on Shamanism, Candomble and Buddhism, as an undergraduate, then post-graduate student, then Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds. I was simultaneously fascinated by these spiritual practices and uncomfortable about the academic analysis that reduced them to pseudo-psychology and functional community apparatus.
After a return flight from Brazil in 2003, I experienced a first DVT, leading to a diagnosis of a genetic thrombophilia disorder and I began to train in Qigong to help get myself moving again when physically in pain. That was the start of my journey in learning the Chinese healing arts.
Later, facing another medical crisis during pregnancy when I lost all sensation and function in my legs, I worked with a Buddhist meditation and mantra practice, as well as increasing my qigong practice. I experienced great recovery without medical intervention and became resolved to bring these healing modalities to people who might need them.
I have been practicing the gentle arts of qigong for over 20 years and continue with on-going senior Taoist supervision to my practice. I retain contact with my Tibetan Buddhist teacher and have recently qualified as a spiritual celebrant. I am motivated by the connection to spirit beyond dogma and how that can aid healing in a wide range of conditions. I am so grateful to all my teachers and really happy to be passing these teachings along.
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" I am much more in touch with my energy. So positive. And Laura, you helped my back pain with one comment and being aware of that positioning has made a huge difference"