How Qigong helped Lisa Leong reconnect with joy and presence

Executive overview

Feeling stuck in your head and unable to shift your mental state — even after trying every biohack — is a sign the problem may be physical disconnection, not a mindset issue. Lisa Leong found relief not through thinking her way out, but through embodied movement practice.

She learned Qigong from master practitioner Robert Peng after a 10-day immersion in the US. A practice like Tai Chi, Qigong reconnects mind and body through movement rather than stillness.

The core insight: when you can't meditate your way out, move your way back in.

Lisa's Qigong practice

• Qigong is a meditative movement practice, similar to Tai Chi
• The specific routine she uses is called Four Golden Wheels
• She uses it to stretch her body and return to physical awareness
• It replaced Tai Chi, which she had practised previously
• People close to her noticed a personality shift after the 10-day immersion

When biohacking isn't enough

• Lisa had tried infrared lighting, cryotherapy, and other interventions
• None broke through the mental fog and loss of joy she experienced early in the year
• She felt like "a prisoner" stuck in her head — aware of it but unable to escape
• Reading about Robert Peng in January prompted her to fly to the US for a 10-day course

The turning point

• Mid-week during the course, she noticed a bee dancing between flowers in a garden
• That moment of noticing — of being present — signalled she was back
• The shift was felt by others before she fully articulated it herself