Qigong practice has 4 main pillars:

Slow, Gentle Movements (Tai Chi)

By far the best known and most widely practiced aspect of qigong is tai chi - the slow, effortless, graceful movements that were originally taught as a martial art that focused on the generation of inner power and flowing with the opponents attack rather than directly resisting it.

Although tai chi is around 2000 years old it has now come of age and is widely recognised to be the most effective system there is to relieve and control the effects of stress. Tai chi is highly effective in promoting effortless exercise that works the muscles, joints and also energises every one of your 50 trillion cells, balancing and tonifying every system in the body. Tai chi requires no special clothing or equipment and can be done in limited space so is an ideal exercise for the office. A regular tai chi routine will help reduce tensions in the office and make the employees happier, healthier and more productive.
However, amazing though tai chi is, it is just a part of what qigong has to offer...

Breathing

Any deviation from natural breathing results in tension and anxiety deep in the mind and body.

We all know that we breathe to take in oxygen that is needed by our cells and to get rid of carbon dioxide - a waste product.

What you may not know is that your breath is directly related to your emotions and your state of health. You may have noticed before how, when your emotions change your breathing also changes.

Most people's breathing is very poor - we live in a society of chronically shallow breathers. This habit of breathing shallowly from the chest comes from deep seated tensions in the stomach, an unwillingness to come to terms with negative emotions from our past and a culture that insists on a flat stomach.

Unfortunately it also has dire effects on our health, well being and sense of identity:

shallow breathing doesn't supply the body with enough oxygen so many organs and other systems are working below their full capacity.
shallow breathing means we lose touch with our sense of what is going on physically and emotionally inside us.
shallow breathing means we don't take in enough energy so often feel tired and have sleep problems.
Shallow breathing doesn't allow us to release anywhere near as much tension as as full, natural breathing so tension builds up inside and eventually creates many health problems.

Regular qigong practice could be the answer you have been looking for.

Posture

When the body is correctly aligned great strength can be produced with very little effort.

The human body has evolved to stand upright over millions of years. Our skeleton is designed so that the bones stack up and and balance on top of each other like a house of cards.

When the body is correctly aligned very little muscular effort is needed to hold the body in that position or to move it. The muscles should be able to relax around the skeleton but, unfortunately, this is rarely if ever the case. Most of us carry muscular tensions that permanently misalign the skeletal system and require permanent tension in opposing muscles to maintain an upright posture. We become so used to this permanent muscular tension that we don't notice it until it becomes so bad that is shows up as pain or injury. Poor posture puts enormous strain on the muscles, bones and joints:

It uses up unnecessary energy in holding on to all that tension thus leaving us chronically tired.
It can lead to back pain, headaches and other types of pain (around 90% of the pain you feel is due to excess muscular tension).
It puts great strain on joints and can lead to arthritis.

Learn how to use good body alignment to gradually relax all that tension and thus learn how to generate a lot of strength with very little effort and avoid the pain and loss of movement that increases year after year.

Regular qigong practice helps you align your body for maximum efficiency with minimum effort.

Meditation

Most people rush headlong through life without ever giving themselves time for mindful relaxation. This constant focus on events going on around us leaves little, if any time for focusing on what is going on inside us and our endless mental repetition of negative self talk leaves us feeling stressed out and exhausted. May people, when in a stressful situation, continally repeat to themselves statements such as "it's not fair", "why does this always happen to me", "how on earth am I going to get out of this problem" or "nobody cares about me".
These kinds of statements add to the physical and emotional stresses in our minds and bodies and it all becomes a vicious circle with the stress causing health problems and the health problems causing more stress.

Meditation can help and in an increasingly fast paced world it may be the best defence you have from chronic stress and illness. There are many different types of meditation and many different uses for it.

Most people assume you need to be able to completely clear your mind of all thoughts in order to be able to meditate successfully. However, this is virtually impossible for the beginner and this failure puts many people off even trying.

Using techniques of guided meditation I can help people achieve a deep and relaxing state of trance in a fraction of the time it would take them to accomplish this on their own. I will also teach them how to reach this deep meditative state at home and what they can accomplish with its use.

There are generally speaking two types of meditation:

The first is what the Chinese call ru jing (entering tranquility). This involves gradually training the mind to empty itself of the daily chatter, thoughts, emotions etc that go on ceaselessly. Allowing the mind to become still and focused. Practice in observing an internal state such as breathing or an external object such as a candle or sound such as a ticking clock is an excellent practice in clearing the mind.

The other type is known as cun si which is healing, visualisation and concentration exercises. There is virtually no limit to what you can achieve by using these techniques: increased self confidence, healing from various physical and emotional problems, more motivation etc. The mind is more powerful than most people think. We create our own reality from our imagination and beliefs. If you believe that flying is dangerous then you will go to many lengths to avoid flying. However through meditation techniques you can overcome the phobias and beliefs that may be holding you back in life.

Meditation can also help heal illness and disease. We all know of the placebo effect which is an excellent reminder of the power of the mind to heal when we believe we are being given a medicine or healing technique even when one is not present. Imagination and belief have a powerful influence on health. They can cause physical changes, manifesting in the production of neurotransmitters, hormones and immune cells and changes in the functioning of virtually all parts of the body.

Those who practice meditative techniques regularly can easily attest to the feelings of calm, centredness and inner stability that they begin to experience. These feelings enable them to cope with the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' with a clear mind, unclouded with stress, anger or fear.