This class explores the use of the most powerful instrument available to us…Our Own Voice. It features learning deep breathing and diaphragm control to support our tone and pitch. We use these techniques to enhance some of the most powerful healing sounds available anywhere..The Emei Qigong Sacred Healing Sounds and The Emei Universal Healing Mantra.

This talk will introduce the teachings ofMaster Hu Yaozhen (1887-1973), a medical qigong doctor and teacher. His qigongwas characterized by Stillness in Movement and Movement in Stillness. Hisprimary teachings centered on ‘Keeping the Mind On’ practices. These arequiescent practices that are equivalent to our modern mindfulness practices.Kevin will provide several definitions of mindfulness meditation anddescriptions of different kinds of mindfulness practices: mindfulness of breathing, physical movement, and qi/energy movement.

Daoist meditation can take many forms, but a unique and central part of the Daoist Water Tradition is resolving physical and energetic blockages in the body through the process of dissolving. This meditation is not simply done sitting, but also standing, with movement, and while interacting with another person. In more advanced practices, you not only work with the energies inside your body to eventually release them but also do the same in others. In this retreat, Bruce will teach how to bring up and dissolve tensions and blockages inside the deepest part of your being. Each week will go further into the body and the mind, allowing increasingly greater release. For In-Person participants, special emphasis will be placed on using Push Hands to identify and eliminate these blockages. This event will be the first time that Bruce is teaching a Tai Chi meditation practice in the context of interacting with another person. Online course also available for weekend dates only with a focus on Tai Chi and Qigong as Daoist meditation. Course is streamed Live via Zoom and recordings are uploaded to an online platform where you'll have lifetime access. Most Push Hands instruction will be exclusively for in-person attendees.

Join us to energize the organs and meridians with QiGong breath and movement practice. This 1-day course focuses on the energy flow of the organs and their elemental energies. Course is approved for 6.5 PDA points in category PE-CW through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM®). Gain deeper understanding of the energetics of meridian functions and how the mind and the body together affect organ meridians when you learn to interpret essential building blocks of TCM (e.g., the 8 principles), through the lens of QiGong philosophy and practice. This class helps you understand how western medical internal organ physiology corresponds to meridian functions, which is helpful for Qigong students, seasoned practitioners and teachers and of course for those who practice acupressure and acupuncture.

The National Qigong Association invites you to join us for the 2023 Virtual Annual Conference. We will be hosting an amazing lineup of presenters who will explore our theme "Movement and Stillness".