Going Into The Emptiness With Qigong
The ancient Taoist perspective is that everything in our world comes from the Emptiness and will eventually go back to the Emptiness. Do you wonder what is it like in the Emptiness? How can we get there with Qigong practice? Or, why would Qigong practitioners want to get into the Emptiness?
In this talk, Chunyi Lin will explain why the Emptiness is one of the significant destinations for Qigong practitioners to reset and recreate their Qi; empowering you to use Qigong to greatly enhance your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
What's In A Name? The Living Stories Within Qigong Movements
Daisy will share a few of her favorite Qigong movements such as Showering Qi, Flying Phoenix, and the Kuan Yin Closing Movement. Qigong names are like pictograms that share a language of motion that has engaged people in healing themselves for thousands of years. Experience how these Qigong movements can inspire you to a more mindful and playful way of living and being.
Nurturing Life: From Ancient Shamanism to Modern Science
Yang Sheng “Nurturing Life” refers to the ancient Chinese quest for longevity and balance through qigong exercise, meditation and a healthy lifestyle. Ken Cohen will explore the shamanic roots and scientific branches of yang sheng, including an inspiring cross-cultural discussion of healing energy (qi) and the wealth of scientific evidence about how and why qigong works. There are indeed facets of qi that can be measured, but there are also aspects that are beyond the capacities of science and best understood by personal, silent practice.
Practical & Simple Qigong Healing for Self and Family
Damaris will speak on practical ways to bring Qigong into everyday living for individuals, parents and families. We will look at the basics of Centering and easy ways to engage with your own energy-body and that of children & teens who are particularly stressed in today's world. We will explore how to name some of the things we are experiencing today and why developing and continuing to refine an energetic perspective to life helps us to understand events, health and behavior, and thus create positive action.
The Qigong of Balance
Gary will be teaching us a useful definition of balance and how to use the feeling of energy to balance the force of gravity acting upon our bodies. We will also learn what being in balance feels like and how to achieve it using the least amount of muscular strength possible.
Breathing With The Trees: The Health Benefits of Walking Among Trees
The Health Benefits of Walking Among Trees is easy and fun. Connect with your own nature by spending time in nature. Whether it is a short walk, looking out the window at greenery or gazing upon indoor plants, nature heals. You will learn: the healing properties of various species; guided imagery for your walk; how to share energy and Qigong breathing with trees practice.
Know the Evidence: Review of Reviews
Cancer, Pain, Neurological, Diabetes, Autism
Know The Evidence: Review of Reviews
Psychological, Sleep, Pulmonary
Know the Evidence: Review of Reviews
Balance and Falls, Bone Density, Cardiovascular, Older Adults, other.
Why Haven't You Discovered Your Innate Divinity Yet?
Learn how to get the most energy out of your breathing. Mark Johnson will teach a breathing technique that can be directed at your sabotaging self conscious, which for most people has been repressed. When that is released and integration happens then you are free to be the person you were meant to be.
Self-Improvement and personal development is essential to the Qigong practitioner. While this development starts very personal, it radiates outward and touches every aspect of your life, including your practice and professional growth. At this year's conference, the NQA will be awarding up to 12 Contact Hours to conference registrants who would like to participate. To receive contact hours for this virtual conference, registrants will need to do the following:
Request a conference questionnaire. The questionnaire will be easy to fill out. It's just a way to prove that you watched the conference live or you listened to the recording. Send your request to info@nqa.org and we will send you the questionnaire.
Return a completed questionnaire and we will award you a certificate of completion with the number of hours you completed listed on the certificate. We can send you a physical copy in the mail and/or a pdf to your email.
Receiving & Regulating Qi is an integral part of healing. Receiving deeply requires stillness. Regulating qi in the body demands movement. We have to feel safe, to trust the process, in order to be fully open & receive. Students will learn how to use sensory organs & Qigong movement to get in touch with that safe place in our body and heart. That allows us to effortlessly open to receive and regulate yummy Qi through the energy channels. The sacred Meridian Qi-map will guide us HOME with the Dao.
Stilling the busy, habituated, distracted mind WHILE moving the body – that is Qigong. Quiescence in Action! We can cultivate how to evolve our Qigong Practice into a Personal Integral WAY – to infuse our lives with inner awareness and presence. We love the classes, the teachers, the videos, the books, the conferences. We love the Masters and their Mastery. YET --- do we actually have a practice? What about our own mastery? We, most of us, bring a whole life history to our love of Qigong. Having a personal practice – a profound secret to healing, tranquility, productivity and enlightenment – brings us into direct confrontation with the most complex puzzle there is – Our Self. There are a number of compromising stumbling blocks to having a truly transformative practice. We will solve these! They are very easy to detail – yet, not so easy to navigate. The primary solution: Becoming integral - integrating The Three Treasures to reveal and express Body-Mind-Spirit Unity. Following his presentation Dr Jahnke will lead a choreography of accessible, brief practices – with the focus on simple ways of bringing stillness to the movement of our daily lives.
In this presentation, Robert will discuss the importance of breathing in Qigong practice and the roles of Yin and Yang during the inhale and exhale. He will lead two Qigong exercises, Yi Jin Jing and Small Heavenly Circuit, as examples to experience and understand the different ways of breathing and their functions and benefits. Through this experiential component, you will gain a deeper understanding of how breathwork is integrated into Qigong practice as a way to cultivate Qi (energy), improve physical health, and promote mental well-being.
Stillness is longed for - for many it is a peak goal of training. In truth, stillness is a mere point of demarcation. It is a place to begin deeper work – unfolding the deeper mysteries of cultivation and alchemy. In this presentation, we will find stillness as we restore the breath through alignment. This will include releasing tension and recalibrating muscles surrounding the perineal floor, waist, chest, and back. Once achieved, the breath will be rooted deeply in the lower Dantian while balanced throughout the torso. The mind will be quiet – perhaps not yet fully still, but the ripples on the pond will be significantly decreased. You will find yourself in a very tranquil state one of a light meditative state without trying. It will just be.
Our health and happiness are at their peak when we are in harmony not only with the seasons of our own lives, but also with nature's cycles. After all, we are miniature universes residing within a vast one. This session will demonstrate the power of aligning our physical, emotional, and spiritual selves with nature's rhythm, highlighting the transformational potential of Qigong. Attendees will learn and experience specific movements, visualizations, and emotions associated with three of the elements and understand how to incorporate them into their daily practice. They will also be guided through brief meditations that underscore the harmony between internal quietude and external activity.Aimed at fostering a deeper connection between ourselves and the natural world, this presentation invites participants on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and growth through the unique lens of Spring Forest Qigong's Five Elements.
The still point between stimulus and response is the master key to success in personal and professional performance. We live in a reactively tense society that is in a constant state of overwhelm, exhaustion, and distraction. Stillness is your superpower and the master key to living a life in flow. I will share a functional method of cultivating stillness so you can access your powers of creativity, connectivity, and adaptability. This method requires training stillness in stillness, stillness in movement, and stillness in movement in chaos.
Great Spiraling Dragon Qigong, a short yet powerful qigong form from the Daoist sacred mountain of Wudang. In this practice we will be drawing yang qi from the sun and yin qi from the moon and earth and spiraling that energy throughout our whole body. This is a wonderful practice for inviting great energy into our being throughout the year! Very easy to do, if you are beginner and lots of fun!
Janet Seaforth will lead us through a shortened version of her basic Qigong PYNK practice. We will start this practice with Wuji, stillness practice, by centering to connect with the Three Powers that include Earth, Sky, and Humanity/Breath. We feel the movement of energy within the open stillness of our body.This practice continues with Organ Washing and Tending Changing as we massage every joint and organ of the body. Expect to do some balance practice and moving from solid to empty yin yang practice with "Crane Spreads Its Wings" form. We experience the stillness in the movement.This practice will help us to create health and healing in our body by bringing our minds loving attention into our body.
This presentation intertwines the theme of "Movement and Stillness" throughout by first establishing the relationship with stillness at the point right before matter manifests and exploring their significance in our life. You will be guided through dynamic Qigong practices that will allow you to experience these intangible concepts physically. You'll gain invaluable insights into how to integrate the concept of stillness into every aspect of your life. Learn how to create a harmonious interplay between action and rest, allowing you to cultivate sustainable abundance in all areas of your existence.
When we relax and play like children Qigong is more fun and enjoyable. The visualization in this practice allows us to go deep into the imagery for better energy flow . Join Cari Shurman as she leads in a Qigong break where we will be playing like children. We will move like elephants, tigers, lions. We will fly through the sky. We will be still like trees. We can be whatever we want to be when we relax our minds and visualize.
The concept of Meditative Movement (MM) as a category of exercise will be presented (published and oft-cited), as an overarching construct that helps us better define, deconstruct, and study the effects of practices that incorporate the body, the breath, and a meditative state (e.g., Qigong, Yoga, Tai Chi).Linda will lead the group through the experience of Qigong to share how QG is a core MM practice, and will review the impact that this conceptualization of the key components has had on the body of research. As an interactive presentation there will be lots of fun, side trips, and mysteries discussed, taking into account the ways of assessing flow, HRV, and the biofield in research.
Our very own Qi Talks host, Vicki Dello Joio, will be the Conference Emcee. In this role, Vicki will introduce presenters, sessions, and moments during the event. Vicki has a natural charisma and style that keeps the audience focused and engaged. She loves audience participation and will do her best to make sure you have a chance to interact with our speakers!
"The Events Committee is dedicated to giving the NQA audience a dynamic and diverse conference based on what we have heard from you. We reached out to some of your favorite speakers and added new faces as well, asking them to give you movements and meditations you can take with you beyond the conference. Expect an educational and interactive experience!"
Jo Chern
Events Committee Chair
"The Events Committee is dedicated to giving the NQA audience a dynamic and diverse conference based on what we have heard from you. We reached out to some of your favorite speakers and added new faces as well, asking them to give you movements and meditations you can take with you beyond the conference. Expect an educational and interactive experience!"
Jo Chern
Events Committee Chair
