Overall: –

• To promote spiritual growth from a firm foundation.
• To build and grow on the experience of both teachers and students.
• To promote true Qigong.
• To produce teachers who can teach Qigong in its truest form.

Within Qigong: –

• To experience the flow of Qi within our bodies and the Universe .
• To maintain the Jing (Essence).
• To strengthen the Jing (Willpower) so as to assist the Yi in moving and projecting the Qi.
• To lift the Shen to new levels through Spiritual Qigong.

Qigong for Beginners

This Qigong course covers all of the basics for successful practice. Including: –

• An explanation of the terms used.
• A glossary of common terms.
• Qigong stances such as Wuji, etc.
• Qigong breathing (using abdominal breathing).
• A simple but powerful exercise (Broaden the Chest, from the Taiji Shibashi) to get you started. It this lesson you will be taught what meridian and what Acupoints you should be focusing on and building the awareness of Qi in them.

The Embroidered Brocade

Although having similar names, the Embroidered Brocade and the Eight Pieces of Brocade (AKA the Ba Duan Jin) are two entirely different sets. The Embroidered Brocade is a set of seven Qigong exercises that were developed by Taiji masters to promote good health as well as the ability to root your weight and sink your Qi. This is a great follow on for the Beginners’ course.

Connecting Heaven and Earth

Connecting Heaven and Earth is an exercise that can be practiced in three different ways. As a Five Elements exercise, as an Exceptional Vessels exercise, or as what’s known as an Internal Alchemy exercise. In this course you’ll be learning the Five Elements version. At the end of this course you’ll be able to practice the exercise and, through continued practice, maintain balance in your meridian system.

The Taiji Shibashi (also known simply as the Shibashi)

The Taiji Shibashi course contains everything you need to practice this set as true Qigong. This is probably one of the most practiced sets on the planet but 99.9% of people practicing it are not actually practicing true Qigong. They are moving their arms and legs about in the manner of slowed down aerobics………….. They are not moving their Qi. In this course we deal with the Qi.

This course contains the fundamentals of the art and each of the 18 exercises is explained in depth with the specific meridians and acupuncture points highlighted.

The Ba Duan Jin

The vast majority of Qigong (this includes the Ba Duan Jin) currently being taught is of a physical nature with no real focus on the Internal. Bobbing up and down while moving the arms and having vague thoughts about Qi does not work.

• You need to know proper stances and postures.
• You need to have accurate focus.
• You need to know what meridians and points are being stimulated.
• You need to be fully aware of the Internal movement. Aware of the Qi.

This course covers everything you need to practice the Ba Duan Jin as true Qigong.

The Five Taoist Yin

Five Taoist Yin is also known simply as the Five Yin. The name of this set is a bit of a misnomer as there are six Yin meridians and these exercises work with all six.  In all, there are nine separate exercises in this course as it also covers variants for some of them.

In this course, the set being taught Internally. Here we are working with Qi while using the physical movements as a tool.

The Ten Fundamental Treasures

The Ten Fundamental Treasures is an ancient set that is little seen let alone practiced nowadays.  These treasures share, in name, a number of exercises that are in the Ba duan Jin (The Eight section brocade) and the exercises look similar.  However, the focus in the Ten Fundamental Treasures, the emphasis, is not the same.  I practice both of these sets and they are, internally, completely different.

This course is for intermediate to advanced practitioners and is not really suitable for beginners.  The emphasis, as with all Active Qigong, is on creating internal movement that has been stimulated, in part, by external (that is physical) movement.

The Orbits

The exercises in this course help the practitioner to, tangibly, circulate the Qi in both of the Orbits. To do this successfully there are a number of things that need to be in place. Among these are: –

• Proper posture.
• A quiet body and a quiet mind.
• The Kua (the Energy Gates) must be open.

Meditation, visualization, or imagination is not enough. The Orbits are already there but, because of our lifestyles (bad posture, etc.) they tend to be weak and fragmented. The methods taught in this course are designed to help the practitioner to access them tangibly, to locate any weakness in the flow, any blockages, any sluggishness and rectify them.

The Eight Exceptional Vessels

The Qi in the Exceptional Vessels has a marked difference in quality to that found in the twelve meridians. So, if you have only been practicing meridian Qigong do not expect the same experiences, the same feelings, with these exercises.

The Exceptional Vessels govern three physiological functions: –

• They are likened to reservoirs of Qi. Continuing with this analogy, the meridians can be likened to rivers.
• They store energy for the body by regulating the flow of Qi into the meridians, providing homeostasis.
• They drain excessive energy from the meridians, again with the function of bringing about homeostasis.

Connecting Heaven and Earth

This Eight Exceptional Vessels is an Advanced set that requires more focus and accuracy than meridian Qigong. A lot more.
We access the Vessels via the Master and Coupled points. You can think of them as gateways to the vessels.
Individual points need to be activated/stimulated/triggered – not the meridians.
Knowledge of the location of these eight points is crucial to attain feedback of any activation. This is covered in the course.

The Four Shen Exercises

The Four Shen exercises are Active, Spiritual, Qigong. That is to say that the body movement is one of the tools used to help guide the Qi and the exercises are used to alter states of awareness, giving access to higher levels of being and increasing perception.

• The exercises involve the Shen, that finer quality of Qi that is connected to our consciousness, our Mind, our Higher Self.
• They entail raising the vibration of the Shen, and the awareness of self, the Qi of our body and mind.
• They entail awareness of other as our awareness is expanded beyond our physical body.
• Finally, they allow access to our Higher Self so that we can have meaningful dialogue and receive guidance.