COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 

QiGong

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The Healer Within Medical QiGong

• The Healer Within is used in mind-body training programs in corporations, schools, conferences, social service agencies, and retreat centers worldwide.

• Healer Within has four components:

  1. ​gentle movement of the body that consists of five easy exercises

  2. self-applied massage that combines massage of the ears, hands, and/or feet with general self-massage

  3. breathing practices that use abdominal and chest breathing in specific techniques that are intended to help you take in more oxygen and get rid of tension

  4. several methods of deep relaxation and meditation that are beneficial to reducing stress by helping calm and focus the mind

• The varied practices can be tailored easily to each person's own needs.

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Therapeutic QiGong, Set 1 In-depth (18 moves)

• Learn the original 18-move Therapeutic QiGong set, designed to address physical complaints from head to toe

• Do each move gently and properly, guiding and guided by your own body

• Accept yourself as your personal measure

• Synchronize breathing with your movements 

• Pull back from pain, achieve progress in comfort

• Learn intricate details of the simple moves     

• Incorporate visualization and guided imagery

• Understand how energy flow influences ability

• Coordinate your mental focus, breathing, and movements

• Enjoy full body benefit

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Therapeutic QiGong, Set 2 In-depth (18 moves)

• This is a continuation of Therapeutic QiGong, Set 1 In-depth

• Learn the second 18-move Therapeutic QiGong set, designed to address the body's organs and specific problems

• Prerequisite: Therapeutic QiGong, Set 1 In-depth

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QiGong for Energy Cultivation and Practice

• Cultivate and use Qi to improve benefits

• Introduction to Yin/Yang theory, the meridians, Five Phases theory (Five Elements)  

• Learn Eight Pieces of Brocade

• Learn Qi Permeating Technique

• Prerequisite: Therapeutic QiGong

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QiGong for Emotional Balance

• Helps with anxiety, depression, stress, panic attacks, and other emotional imbalances

• Become familiar with your body’s energy channels

• Opens the body's meridians (energy channels) to remove stagnation and blockages, and facilitate positive energy flow

• Learn to use mental focus, selective moves and self-massage to remove energy stagnation and open blockages

• Prerequisite: None

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​Tai Chi

Yang Style, 24-form Simplified, ("Beijing Form")

• Level 1 for beginners

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Therapeutic Tai Chi (for Seniors, balance, and coordination)

• An easy to learn 8-move set based on Yang Style, 24-form Simplified

• Designed to help everyone with balance, coordination, mobility, blood pressure, and a whole range of other problems

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Tai Chi for Parkinson's

• An 8-move set based on Yang Style, 24-form Simplified

• Moves specifically selected to help people who have Parkinson's

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Additional QiGong courses we offer:

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