
UdemyDepression often gets treated as a chemistry problem solved by medication alone. This course offers a complementary path through qi gong—an ancient practice of breath, gentle movement, and energy cultivation. Rather than a quick fix, it teaches recognizable techniques for releasing stress and heavy feelings, reactivating your natural vitality, and quieting the negative thought spiral that perpetuates low mood.
The follow-along format provides structure without intimidation. Sessions are designed around practical goals: better sleep, sustained energy, emotional clarity. The instruction draws on decades of study and clinical experience, grounded in traditional Chinese medicine principles. For anyone seeking tools beyond medication—or alongside it—this offers a somatic pathway to genuinely shifting how you carry yourself through difficulty.
Various length follow-along workout options. 1 hour 31 minutes.
Qi Gong for Depression & Emotional Balance
In the West, we are not taught how to elevate our energy naturally. We aren't taught how to free ourselves from negative thoughts or heavy feelings that keep us down, or how to claim the power of our mind and heart.
Big Pharma promises that a "magic pill" will help you reclaim your life from the cold, blue grasp of depression, but medications only help you live with the problem. They don't address the root cause of depression.
Qi Gong for Depression empowers you to address the root of your problems. Through deep breathing, gentle stretches, and flowing movements, master teacher Lee Holden teaches students how to transform depression into inspiration and inner peace - without taking harmful medications.
You will learn
• A practical, straightforward qi gong routine to release stress, malaise, and "the blues" so you can free yourself from negative thoughts and feelings of self-blame for good.
• To activate your life-force energy (qi) for emotional balance and reconnect to your inner fire, which rekindles your motivation to get things done.
• To stop the "negative thought spiral" with natural, easy-to-follow, meditative movements so you can connect with the people you love.
• How to calm your body so you can get a good night's sleep and wake up feeling refreshed with abundant energy throughout your day.
Qigong Master Lee Holden studied with Master Mantak Chia, worked on staff with Deepak Chopra, and later attended Five Branches University in Santa Cruz earning a degree as doctor of Chinese medicine, and is now owner of the Santa Cruz Chi Institute.
Executive Producer: Lee Holden, Ben Cox
Director: Daniel Todd Villegas
Editor: Daniel Todd Villegas
Videography: Teresa Chu
DVD Authoring/Streaming: Ocean Silver
Music: Dean Evenson
Package Design: Axie Breen
Photos: Daniel Todd Villegas
2020 Lee Holden
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Not the best price we've seen. The lowest we've recorded is $12.99 on 3 Aug.
This is what we recorded in US pricing — not every price this course has ever had, and prices differ by country.