Zhan Zhuang

Standing practice, taught properly - live, online and one to one

From the outside, almost nothing happens in Zhan Zhuang: you stand still. Inside, it is one of the most demanding and rewarding practices in the whole of Qigong. "Standing like a post" builds structure, root, deep relaxation and - most importantly - a tangible, first-hand awareness of Qi that no moving form can shortcut. It is the practice that quietly upgrades every other practice you have.

This course teaches a special Yang form of Zhan Zhuang - a structured practice built from a number of different standing postures, each introduced, held and refined in turn. Far from "just standing", it is a complete method in its own right.

Zhan Zhuang is also the practice most often done badly. Locked knees, lifted shoulders, a collapsed chest, a tilted pelvis, forced breathing, gritted endurance mistaken for progress - small errors that turn a profound method into an uncomfortable chore, and that are almost impossible to catch on your own. This is precisely why the course is taught one to one by Seb: you are seen, corrected in real time, and the pace is adjusted to your body rather than to a syllabus.

What You Will Learn

Wuji standing: the full chain of alignments from the feet to the crown
The postures of this special Yang form, and how they progress from one to the next
Song: releasing unnecessary tension layer by layer without losing structure
Natural abdominal breathing, and how the breath settles the mind for the work
How to recognise and fix the common faults before they become habits
How to build duration safely, from a few honest minutes to longer stands
Listening awareness: tangible feedback of warmth, fullness and movement of Qi, felt rather than imagined
How to fold Zhan Zhuang into daily life and into any other Qigong or internal art you practise

Benefits

Within the tradition, consistent standing practice is valued for strengthening the legs and root, correcting posture, releasing chronic tension, calming the mind and cultivating the stillness in which real awareness of Qi becomes possible. Stillness allows awareness; awareness makes the Qi tangible; tangibility gives feedback; and feedback is what turns repetition into skill.

How the Course Runs

Eight live one-to-one sessions of 60 to 90 minutes each
Taught over Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet
Completed within four weeks of your first session, normally two sessions per week
Your course starts when you do - times arranged flexibly around your schedule and time zone
Generous space between sessions for your own standing practice, which is where the real change happens
Assessment is ongoing: you demonstrate, faults are corrected in real time
All teaching is live, with full-length posture checks - this is one-to-one tuition, not a video course

What's Included - €520 (approx. $560)

All eight live sessions, adjusted to your body and pace
Full notes and diagrams
Support between sessions - questions answered, feedback on your practice
Continued support for two months after the course ends

That's €65 per session, with everything else included.

Who This Is For

Complete beginners are welcome - this is the ideal place to start. It equally suits martial artists and Qigong or Taiji practitioners whose standing has never been properly checked, as well as Yoga teachers, therapists, bodyworkers and movement professionals who want a genuinely internal practice of their own. Anyone patient enough to discover how much is going on inside "just standing".