{"id":183,"date":"2026-09-25T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/author-anatolii-yasinskii\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:07:23","slug":"author-anatoly-yasinsky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/author-anatoly-yasinsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatoly Yasinsky: A Physicist Who Explains Yoga and Qigong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky, qigong instructor and yoga therapist\" class=\"wp-image-1041 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a physicist by training, a health qigong instructor, a yoga therapist and a meditation teacher. I have been practicing Eastern disciplines for more than 25 years and have studied in Russia, China and India. Today I live in Burgas, Bulgaria, where I teach qigong classes and lead retreats around the country. I write about yoga and qigong the way a physicist understands them: through biomechanics, breathing and the nervous system, without esotericism.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list yvq-au-facts\">\n<li>Phystech (MIPT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25+ years of practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russia \u00b7 China \u00b7 India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burgas, Bulgaria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-short\">At a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list yvq-au-tiles\">\n<li><em>Education<\/em> <strong>MIPT<\/strong> Phystech, physicist by training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Practice<\/em> <strong>25+ years<\/strong> wushu, qigong and yoga<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Qigong<\/em> <strong>Instructor<\/strong> Russian state certificate as a health qigong instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Qigong<\/em> <strong>Beijing<\/strong> Beijing Sport University certificate in Daoyin Yangsheng Gong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Yoga<\/em> <strong>Yoga therapy<\/strong> diploma as an instructor-methodologist in adaptive physical education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Meditation<\/em> <strong>India, 2019<\/strong> meditation teacher training, registered with Yoga Alliance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Author<\/em> <strong>Book<\/strong> \u201cYoga vs Qigong: Basic Techniques\u201d in English, Bulgarian and Russian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Author<\/em> <strong>Yoga Journal<\/strong> articles on yoga and qigong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-path\">My path: from boxing and Phystech to yoga and qigong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky in a qigong stance against snow-capped mountains\" class=\"wp-image-1044\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-qigong-mountains-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Qigong in the mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have done sports since the age of fourteen, and almost always it was combat sports: boxing at school, sambo at university, hand-to-hand combat in the army. Alongside that came mathematics: a specialized math class, city olympiads, and then the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. I interrupted my studies at Phystech to serve in the Airborne Forces, and after the army I came back and graduated as a physicist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next twenty-five years were all about computers. I started out assembling circuit boards and ended up as the founder and head of Meijin, a company that built professional and gaming computers and was one of the first in Russia to fit them with water cooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All those years Eastern practices went hand in hand with work. Starting in 2000, I trained for twelve years at Valery Gusev\u2019s Western Dragon wushu school, three times a week at seven in the morning. Every session began with breathing exercises, yoga stretching and moving meditation, and only then came technique and sparring. That is where my habit comes from: I don\u2019t split practice into \u201cyoga\u201d and \u201cqigong\u201d, I take the best from both systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky in a wushu uniform\" class=\"wp-image-1047\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wushu-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wushu: where it all began<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-teach\">Teachers and schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-q\">Qigong \u00b7 China: Shaolin and Wudangshan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I studied qigong with Master Shi Yan Bin, a 34th-generation Shaolin warrior monk, and passed a qigong examination at his school. I traveled to Wudangshan in China, the home of Taoist practices, to study qigong and tai chi with masters of the Dragon Gate school. I am still studying the health qigong system Daoyin Yangsheng Gong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky by the Wudangshan stone in China\" class=\"wp-image-1050\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-wudangshan-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wudangshan, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-y\">Yoga and meditation \u00b7 Russia, India: Yoga therapy and meditation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I studied yoga therapy at the Institute of Eastern Methods of Rehabilitation in St. Petersburg and defended a thesis on hatha yoga exercises as a method of adaptive physical education. I learned meditation in Goa, India: in 2019 I completed the teacher training course of the Sarvaguna academy, registered with Yoga Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-meditation-india.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky meditating\" class=\"wp-image-1053\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-meditation-india.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-meditation-india-300x249.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-meditation-india-768x638.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-meditation-india-600x499.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meditation practice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-edu\">Education and certificates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"1100\" data-id=\"1074\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education.webp\" alt=\"Diploma: instructor-methodologist in adaptive physical education\" class=\"wp-image-1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education.webp 784w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education-214x300.webp 214w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education-730x1024.webp 730w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education-768x1078.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diploma-adaptive-physical-education-600x842.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"753\" data-id=\"1077\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor.webp\" alt=\"Certificate: health qigong instructor\" class=\"wp-image-1077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor.webp 1100w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor-1024x701.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor-768x526.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-qigong-instructor-600x411.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1100\" data-id=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong.webp\" alt=\"Beijing Sport University certificate, Daoyin Yangsheng Gong\" class=\"wp-image-1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong.webp 777w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong-212x300.webp 212w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong-723x1024.webp 723w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong-768x1087.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-bsu-daoyin-yangsheng-gong-600x849.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1100\" data-id=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb.webp\" alt=\"St. Petersburg Yoga Therapy Society certificate\" class=\"wp-image-1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb.webp 800w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb-218x300.webp 218w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb-745x1024.webp 745w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb-768x1056.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-yoga-therapy-spb-600x825.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1086\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india.webp\" alt=\"Meditation teacher training certificate, India\" class=\"wp-image-1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india.webp 1100w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india-1024x745.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india-768x559.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-meditation-teacher-india-600x436.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a 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data-id=\"1092\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-blackroll.webp\" alt=\"BLACKROLL certificate\" class=\"wp-image-1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-blackroll.webp 1100w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-blackroll-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-blackroll-1024x721.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-blackroll-768x540.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-blackroll-600x422.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1095\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica.webp\" alt=\"METAVITONICA certificate\" class=\"wp-image-1095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica.webp 1100w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica-1024x745.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica-768x559.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/certificate-metavitonica-600x436.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MIPT (Phystech): higher education, physicist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021, Institute of Eastern Methods of Rehabilitation (St. Petersburg): professional retraining, qualified as an instructor-methodologist in adaptive physical education, thesis on hatha yoga.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021, St. Petersburg Yoga Therapy Society: yoga therapy, nine subjects, from breathing to the nervous system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020, Southern Federal University (Russia): advanced training, state certificate as a health qigong instructor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020, Beijing Sport University (Beijing): Daoyin Yangsheng Gong, first duan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019, Sarvaguna academy (Goa, India): meditation teacher training, 100 hours, registered with Yoga Alliance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019, BLACKROLL AG (Germany): certified myofascial rolling trainer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018, METAVITONICA, Eduard Neimatov\u2019s school: the tissue approach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013, Shi Yan Bin\u2019s school: qigong, basic level Chuji.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-appr\">My approach: practice without esotericism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People often ask me how a physicist can practice qigong. In my view, that is the only way worth practicing it. Ancient traditions described real effects in the language of their time. Today the same effects can be explained in the language of physiology. Such an explanation does not cancel the tradition. It helps you see what in it actually works, and why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yvq-au-lang wp-block-paragraph\">qi, prana, meridians, chakras \u2192 diaphragm, gas exchange, deep muscle tone, proprioception, autonomic nervous system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why my classes and my writing contain no promises of miracles or energy channels. Instead, there is an honest conversation about where scientific evidence ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yvq-au-quote wp-block-paragraph\">There is a straight back, calm breathing, a strong body and a clear head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky sitting outdoors\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-seated-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-now\">What I do now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qigong classes in Burgas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morning group qigong classes: indoors at the Amrita Center and outdoors in the Sea Garden. We learn classic health qigong sequences, breathing and standing meditation. Schedule and sign-up are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/blog\/qigong-burgas-new-season\/\">Qigong in Burgas<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/qigong-class-burgas-sea-garden.webp\" alt=\"Morning qigong class in the Sea Garden, Burgas\" class=\"wp-image-1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/qigong-class-burgas-sea-garden.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/qigong-class-burgas-sea-garden-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/qigong-class-burgas-sea-garden-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/qigong-class-burgas-sea-garden-600x338.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morning class in the Sea Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retreats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weekend yoga and qigong retreats in beautiful places around Bulgaria. The first one takes place in October 2026 in Madzharovo, in the Eastern Rhodopes. I lead them together with Anastasia Yasinskaya, PhD in medical sciences, yoga and yoga therapy teacher and nutritionist. Details are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/blog\/madzharovo-retreat-october\/\">Retreats<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-id=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/madzharovo-retreat-arda-valley.webp\" alt=\"The Arda river valley near Madzharovo\" class=\"wp-image-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/madzharovo-retreat-arda-valley.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/madzharovo-retreat-arda-valley-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/madzharovo-retreat-arda-valley-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/madzharovo-retreat-arda-valley-600x338.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Madzharovo, the retreat venue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anastasia-yasinskaya.webp\" alt=\"Anastasia Yasinskaya, yoga therapist\" class=\"wp-image-1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anastasia-yasinskaya.webp 767w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anastasia-yasinskaya-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anastasia-yasinskaya-600x801.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anastasia Yasinskaya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The book \u201cYoga vs Qigong: Basic Techniques\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the book I brought together the foundations of both systems: <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/how-to-sit-correctly\/\">how to sit correctly<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/pranayama\/\">pranayama<\/a>, the yoga sequence <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/eye-of-revelation-complex\/\">Eye of Revelation (the 5 Tibetan Rites)<\/a>, the Shaolin qigong sequence <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/qigong-complex-i-jin-jing\/\">Yi Jin Jing<\/a>, the standing meditation <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/zhan-zhuang\/\">Zhan Zhuang<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/meditation-practice\/\">relaxation meditation<\/a>, plus a theory section on the physics of the body. 235 pages, more than 200 photos and video lessons via QR codes. The book is available in English, Bulgarian and Russian, as an e-book and as an audiobook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/yoga-vs-qigong-book\/\">Buy the book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-book.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky with the book Yoga vs Qigong\" class=\"wp-image-1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-book.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-book-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-book-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-book-600x375.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications and videos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I write for Yoga Journal: about the physiological similarities and differences between yoga and qigong, and about how breathing practice changes at high altitude. The Russian magazines Era Zdorovya and Moi Goda have written about my project \u201cYoga and Qigong without Esotericism\u201d. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@yoga-qigong\">YouTube<\/a> I publish the video lessons for the book and the project \u201cQigong from Behind\u201d, where the sequences are filmed from the back, so you can follow the instructor without mirroring the movements in your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-off\">Off the mat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier.webp\" alt=\"Anatoly Yasinsky on a glacier\" class=\"wp-image-1071\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-glacier-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love the mountains. In winter it\u2019s snowboarding and skiing, preferably off-piste; in summer, mountaineering and rock climbing. I ride a bike every day, lift weights now and then, and used to freedive, going down to 35 meters without scuba gear. In all of this I rely on what yoga and qigong teach: a flexible body, the ability to relax unnecessary muscles and to breathe deeply under load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list yvq-au-chips\">\n<li>snowboarding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>skiing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mountaineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>rock climbing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cycling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>freediving to 35 m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yvq-au-contact\">How to contact me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can write to me through the <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/contacts\/\">Contacts<\/a> page. I post new videos and notes on practice on social media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@yoga-qigong\">YouTube<\/a>: video lessons and \u201cQigong from Behind\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/yogaqigong\">Telegram channel<\/a> (in Russian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/apyasinskiy\">VK<\/a> (in Russian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/anatoly.yasinsky\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apyasinsky\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Russian-language websites: <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-qigong.ru\/\">yoga-qigong.ru<\/a> (classes, blog, articles) and <a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.ru\/\">yoga-vs-qigong.ru<\/a> (the book).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"Person\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/#author-anatoly-yasinsky\", \"name\": \"Anatoly Yasinsky\", \"alternateName\": [\"Anatoly Yasinsky\", \"\u0410\u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u042f\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439\", \"\u0410\u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u042f\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\"], \"url\": \"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/en\/author-anatoly-yasinsky\/\", \"jobTitle\": \"Qigong instructor, yoga therapist, meditation teacher\", \"alumniOf\": {\"@type\": \"CollegeOrUniversity\", \"name\": \"Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)\"}, \"homeLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"name\": \"Burgas, Bulgaria\"}, \"knowsAbout\": [\"Qigong\", \"Yoga\", \"Yoga therapy\", \"Meditation\", \"Pranayama\", \"Daoyin Yangsheng Gong\", \"Wushu\"], \"image\": \"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anatoly-yasinsky-portrait.webp\", \"sameAs\": [\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@yoga-qigong\", \"https:\/\/t.me\/yogaqigong\", \"https:\/\/vk.com\/apyasinskiy\", \"https:\/\/instagram.com\/anatoly.yasinsky\", \"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apyasinsky\", \"https:\/\/yoga-qigong.ru\/\", \"https:\/\/yoga-vs-qigong.ru\/\"]}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a physicist by training, a health qigong instructor, a yoga therapist and a meditation teacher. 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