Awaken Body and Mind Course DISCOVER WINTER WELLNESS !
WHERE Live, Online or In-Person Classes Tuesdays, Feb 7, 14, 21 28 WHEN Beginner -- 6:00pm-7pm PT Intermediate -- 7:30pm-8:30pm PT Access Recordings of each Class
Easy to Start! You can join us Live ONLINE or In-Person.
Whole wellness in 2012 Imagine a whole year of better health and joy! Pure Qi's Awaken Body and Mind is a 4-class course that will teach you the Qigong tools to awaken your wellness in Winter. Learn the seasonal energetics of winter for whole body wellness, with a special focus on the most challenged winter organ system, the Kidneys. Learn and practice LIVE with Master Gu every week, as he presents the teachings, movements and meditations for Winter. Register now to ensure you have a better chance this winter for health, resiliency and vitality.
Winter- Water and Kidney System As the winter weather moves us indoors, our activity level decreases. Life energy naturally moves inward, and the tendency of mind, body and heart is toward stagnation. This often manifests in the body as hormone issues, low back pain and reproductive challenges and, in the emotions as fear. Immune function can be compromised and we become more prone to colds and breathing challenges. Learn Qigong in the Winter to strengthen the Kidneys and nourish your water elements. A healthy, flowing kidney qi encourages alertness, will power and kindness. How does it work? Join us for a live class either Online or In-Person in San Rafael (see dates above). Each class is live streamed via the internet and is recorded during the broadcast. You can watch and re-watch any class ONLINE through March 15. ONLINE and In-Person Students get full access to the Online LIVE broadcast and archives.
Give yourself the Pure Qi gift to make New Year's Resolutions come true !
Master Gu is founder of The Chi Center and is an internationally recognized teacher and healer who received his training from a variety of Grandmasters of China, Tibet and at the world's largest Qigong Hospital. He is bringing these teachings to Online and InPerson audiences to awaken people everywhere to the possibility that is within us to heal ourselves and heal our world around us.
We now offer two ways to experience the power of the Pure Qi series with Mingtong Gu
Once you are a student of Pure Qi, you get BOTH options below during the whole course.
In-Person Class, San Rafael-- Osher Marin JCC
Online Class
YES, NEW Evening In-Person classes in San Rafael for the first time. Just minutes from 101! Experience the benefits of being present in the chi field with Master Gu at all four classes. Be a part of the teachings that will be broadcast live over the internet to Pure Qi audiences around the globe.
Do I also get access to the recorded online class? YES, we want to support your everyday practice, so all In-Person students get the same access as online students and its included in the same price.
Can I choose to be on- or off-camera? YES, there is room to sit, stand, lay down, and also find areas that are off-camera. All ages and abilities welcome.
YES,join us online for our live broadcast of Pure Qi-- right where you are-- from the comfort of your own home, work and anywhere. Learn with Master Gu LIVE realtime with his In-Person class in San Rafael. Simply use the access code we provide and watch every class on your computer. We have FAQ to help you feel at ease using your computer and live customer support during class.
How will online learning start and deepen my practice? YES, online makes learning easy anytime you want to learn or practice winter wellness. Watch the class LIVE, or watch the replay! The recorded class is archived online for two weeks after the course ends.
Can I mix and match between Online and In-Person?YES, you may attend the live class Online or InPerson for any or all classes.
How should I get ready for In-Person or Online?We will send you the time to arrive for class or at your computer. Wear comfortable clothes. If you have any computer questions, our FAQ can help and we have tech support on each class day 2-8:30pm.
Directions to In-Person Class at Osher Marin JCC: Osher Marin Jewish Community Center - Hoytt Theater 200 N. San Pedro Rd San Rafael, CA 94903
From North Bay: Take Highway 101 South to San Rafael. Take the N. San Pedro exit, Turn left on Merrydale Road, Turn left onto N San Pedro Rd-- 0.7mi. The Osher Marin JCC is on the right.
From San Francisco: Take Highway 101 North to San Rafael, Take the N. San Pedro exit, Turn right on N. San Pedro - 0.7 mi, The Osher Marin JCC is on the right.
Parking: The Osher Marin JCC’s parking lot is located directly in front of the building with parking spaces for disabled patrons available. Additional parking is available at the JCC Annex lot, located at 210 N. San Pedro Road (just east of the main campus). In the event of multiple programs, staff may direct overflow vehicles to available street parking or other locations.
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Don't miss the Free Gift to Start your Wellness this Winter. * Audio Meditation for Winter Wellness * Teaching: Chi Medicine for Your Winter Wellness
Excerpt from "Chi Medicine for Your Winter Wellness"
Qigong is a very powerful way to allow us to go deeper into how we can realize happiness in our heart unconditionally, and discover more joy, more wisdom inside. I want to continuously encourage you to cultivate the inner wisdom and cultivate wisdom healing energy...
The first aspect is discernment. Discern what is working, what is important and discerning also, what is the belief system we have, such as the paradigm, unconsciously programming our lives, causing our stress. Sign up for FREE Gift to read more.
IN JUST FOUR WEEKS, YOU CAN LEARN THE Pure Qi QIGONG HEALING PRACTICE TO RECHARGE YOUR HEALTH AND LIFE!
Learn the Tools to Activate Your Vibrant Life Energy
Take a look at this flower. Does this mirror your life—awake, vibrant, radiant, open to the world, freely and confidently sharing your beauty and your gifts with those around you? Yes? Somewhat? Not at all? Would you like it to? What would that take?
So many in our busy modern world walk around under a cloud of obligations, shoulds, “doing the best I cans,” or just getting by. How can you break free from this cycle? For others, the situation gets compounded with significant financial burdens, family dysfunctions, crises at work, or ill health. To top it off, this time of year can magnify the feeling of being confined, with the decrease in daylight and winter weather keeping folks indoors.
How about you? Where are you on this spectrum? Are you feeling stuck? Stressed? Trapped by dis-ease or another challenging circumstance? Has your ”successful, productive” life got you down? Or do you just sense that there’s something more, that life need not be this complicated or taxing?
Whatever your situation, whether you’re combating disease or looking to create more joy in your life, know that you don’t need to remain stuck and overwhelmed, wondering when you’ll have the time or energy to make it better. What about right now? It’s a new year! And what better time than this very moment to rediscover yourself and recharge your life with a new flow of energy in your body, heart and mind?
Qigong teaches you to align your consciousness with energy, or chi, and to direct this energy for health, harmony and joy. When your energy is flowing freely, you help to create the space and internal conditions for relaxation and revitalization. Rather than feeling burdened with stress, joy, enthusiasm, empowerment and abundance become your norms. When you are operating “in the flow,” things seem to come together effortlessly, synchronicity abounds, opportunities arise, relationships bloom and even money rolls in. This isn’t magic, but the results of your conscious commitment and harmonious realignment with your true nature.
But as much as we all desire health and harmony and abundance, sometimes reinvention can seem difficult, and fear of failure or lack of surety can prevent us from taking even the first steps on the path to healing. Our bodies and minds tend to hold on to what they know, each cell abounding with memories of the past, a living history of our life experiences here on Earth. Part of manifesting healthy physical and emotional change is to consciously shift these historical vibratory patterns and realign our energies for a higher level of evolutionary functioning. Having an experienced and trustworthy guide and a solid practice for this transformation is key in this process. An internationally recognized teacher and healer who has studied with Grandmasters in both China and Tibet, Mingtong is such a guide. And the age-old movement, sound and visualization techniques he teaches have been time-tested throughout history in the mystical and medical traditions in China. Most recently, these technologies have been extensively researched—for over two decades with more than 200,000 participants and very high rates of success—in the largest medicine-less Qigong center in China.
With the ancient energy practices of Qigong, you will:
1) Discover what brings you happiness
2) Align your mind, heart and body
3) Release stressful conditioning of the past
4) Let go of limiting patterns and beliefs
5) Experience greater life energy and enhanced well-being
6) Fulfill your life in harmony with your inner rhythms, seasonal changes and planetary shifts
Week One
Seasonal energy principles – How do external seasonal changes affect internal organ function? You will learn the energetic principles of the organs, elements, seasons and emotions according to the ancient science of Qigong. Opening the spine and organ system – Through repetitive movement, you will learn to open your spinal joints and internal organs, releasing stress and pain and improving your physical alignment and energetic balance.
Week Two
Energy Awareness – Learn to feel and connect with energy, beyond mental stories, old patterns and conditioned habits. Mingtong will guide you to link your consciousness with the life force within and around you through energy movements.
Visualization – By focusing your attention and intention on your energy body, you link your conscious mind with your unconscious mind. This helps to unleash the power of your intention and brings the mind and body into balance.
Release – Release stress and tension from the body and mind. Mingtong will guide you through inner movements and sound practices to open and release blockages and pain in specific organs that are related to seasonal challenges.
Receive – Receive new life energy from nature and the life around you. Mingtong will transmit healing energy to your brain and organs to promote all functions. Shift – Transform your patterns of limitation to a new fulfilling flow of life energy in the mental and emotional as well as physical realms.
Week Three
Alignment – Align your heart, mind and body with your purpose and fulfillment.
Activation – Activate your energy resource and link to the greater collective energy bank.
Integration – Learn how to manifest your dreams and live your most Vibrant Healthy Life with a consistent practice! Mingtong will guide you through the entire practice of energy movement for healing and manifestation – integrating the energies of earth and heaven for your energetic wholeness
Week Four
2012 Pure Qi with Master Gu: Seasons Qigong Wellness in Every Season
The Chi Center presents Pure Qiwith Master Gu! These online courses bring the wisdom of Qigong to a global audience of all ages, abilities and health conditions.
Now Live Your best year yet! Pure Qi : Seasons is a five-part online series of Qigong courses taught by Master Mingtong Gu. Each course focuses on whole mind-body-heart health and, also on the wellness of the specific organ system that is key, and yet can be most challenged in a specific season. Start with any course in the series. Take the full series to thrive all year long. All Five Courses sequentially grow body, mind and heart whole. You can join the classes with live video streaming or viewing at any time from anywhere. Register for the next course in Feb. 2012: beginning (for new students to WH Qigong) or Intermediate (for students taken weekends or retreats)
February Awaken Body and Mind Winter Wellness Kidneys
April Courage with Purpose Spring Wellness Liver
June Open Your Heart Summer Wellness Heart
October Open Flow of Abundance Fall Wellness Digestive System
November Deep Knowing, Deeper Resolve Late Fall Wellness Lungs
Learn Qigong in Winter to wake up will power to support wellness with more gentleness, less fear.
Learn Qigong in Spring to open clear action in your life with courage and creativity.
Learn Qigong in Summer to cultivate your open heart and joy for relationships and health.
Learn Qigong in Fall to gather energy and open gratitude, inviting new flow of energy.
Learn Qigong in Late Fall to cultivate compassion and clear purpose for your wellness journey.
FAQ
What if I am unable to attend the classes during the times that they are offered?
You have three different options to receive the same benefit from these classes, whether you attend in-person or via the webinar:
You may attend InPerson local class at the Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael at the time the classes are offered.
You may view the live video-streamed classes when they are broadcast live wherever you can access internet.
You may learn and review the teaching and practice by accessing the online video class recordings available after each class session.
By taking advantage of any or all these options, you can realize the health and spiritual benefits of this healing practice. Option #1 offers the benefits of in-person and community support; option #2 offers the convenience of your own location and the opportunity to receive energetic support through the live stream; and option #3 offers flexibility in both time and space along with the on-going support and reinforcement for your healing practice through repetition and your dedicated energetic connection.
What does each Pure Qi course include?
Four LIVE Online Classes taught by Master Gu Learn, listen and see Wisdom Healing Qigong movement, meditation and sound healing demonstrated by Qigong Master Mingtong Gu. Whole Body & MindTeachings and practice time to build mind-body wellness. SeasonSpecial teachings focused on the organ system that is key, yet is most challenged in each season. Winter Course: The Kidneys
Practice We make practice easier, simply watch the taped classes to inspire your daily practice.
Online & Live Each class is taught before a live audience in the classroom and live-streamed on the internet. Be a part of making a healthier world. Invite your friends and family, wherever they live.
Easy Viewing Every class is archived, so if you miss a class watch it later. Suited to all ages & abilities.
Registering Start with any course and finish the series over the next year. Each course offered only 1X Year. The sooner you start, the sooner you can lead your life into wellness and joy.
Audience: Suitable to all ages and abilities. Can be done standing or sitting.
Which class should I choose?
Beginner: For new students to the Season Series, wanting to learn the purpose and technique of each Qigong movement, meditation and sound. Emphasizes Teachings, Demonstrations with Practice session. It is recommended that the the entire Pure Qi Season Series be completed at the Beginner Level first, to gain a deeper understanding and practice of all five seasonal energetic teachings, before moving to the Intermediate level.
Intermediate: For Intermediate, Advanced and returning students wanting to explore and deepen their practice. Emphasizes longer Practice Session, with less instruction in Teachings/Demonstration. Prerequisite: For students who have completed Chi Center Retreats, Chi Center Workshop or Beginner Classes or Pure Qi Series
Did you join us for Pure Qi Online -- Summer: Open Your Heart series or Fall: Open Your Abundance? We welcome you again. We recommend continuing at the same level (Beginner or Intermediate) for the entire Pure Qi series.
NOTE: As with any exercise, always check with your physician before starting a new exercise or movement program.
What are the differences between the beginning and intermediate courses?
Beginner Course
Offers introductory teaching and learning of the practice
Focuses on basic movements
Consists of about 60% teaching and 40% practice
Intermediate Course
Offers more in-depth teaching and additional time for practice
Focuses on LCUPCD practice as well as learning and practicing Organ Sound Healing
Consists of 40% teaching and 60% practice
Where can I get support for technical assistance? Contact Pure Qi Support: qisupport@chicenter.com
