Qi Gong Class

2009-02-19T23:59:00.000-08:00

Feel Better Now!

Relax - Meditate - Heal

Your instructor, John F. Harrigan, M.S., is a Qi Gong Master and specialist in Medical Qi Gong.

John is a 6th Generation Wu Dan Gate Master and a member of The Qi Gong Longevity Society. John is a Lifelong Student of Dr. Wang Xue-zhi, Chairman of the 5th Generation of Wu Dang Gate.

Dr. Wang is an internationally renowned Qi Gong Grandmaster, Professor and Traditional Chinese Physician from Beijing, China. Dr. Wang is recognized as the reincarnation of the Tibetan Wisdom Medicine Buddha.

About Qi Gong

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Qi Gong is an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine that has been practiced and improved for thousands of years!

The benefits of Qi Gong include:

--Energy, stamina & well-being

--Improved strength, vitality & health

--Serenity, peace and better life quality

Qi, pronounced "chee", means life energy. "Gong" means work. So "Qi Gong" means working with the energy of life!

Qi Gong specifically addresses issues of health and well-being by building the internal strength of your body, mind and spirit.

Our strength--physical, mental and emotional--comes from the core of our being. As this core is strengthened over time, a deep presence of self emerges.

The practice of Qi Gong activates "the pure and absolute presence" of life and ourselves in every cell of our being, and every circumstance of living--allowing favorable outcomes to occur.

History
Qi Gong began long ago, 3000 to 5000 years, and appears to have originated in China. Qi Gong is the origin of all "martial arts" and consists of a wide body of knowledge, meditations and movements. Qi Gong is comprised of practices that improve health and longevity.

Qi Gong Streaming Video

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Qi Gong Today

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Most important today is the part of Qi Gong that was developed for improving and strengthening health of body, mind and spirit.

Qi Gong for health is founded on empiricism, or experience, trying what worked and what did not. Qi Gong is not based on superstition.

Qi Gong was used by ancient Chinese warriors as a life-long preparation for battle—preparing the mind, body and spirit for the conditions and demands of combat.

For the warrior fortunate enough to return from combat, Qi Gong had many remedies for the physical, mental and emotional injuries that occurred while fighting.

At the esoteric and philosophical level, Qi Gong was about finding the true immortal self or soul, and expressing it fully in a person’s active life.

Many Qi Gong Masters have been reported to have lived to surprising ages of 150 years or more. And some were said to be immortals, so fully developed in consciousness and body that they were untouched by destructive and aging influences of the world.

Feeling Better with Qi Gong

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With Qi Gong, you feel better because you are better!

Qi Gong activates the strong yet subtle resource of wellness within you.

The practice of Qi Gong creates a more lively, stable and resilient you by focusing the force of life within you and the force of life around you. Practice creates steady improvement.

As you begin working with Qi, the life force of who you are strengthens. The cells in your body awaken to a fuller potential of well-being. You begin to function in a more harmonious and balanced manner.

As the life within you begins to shine with improved quality, life around you responds in a similar fashion.

Life requires less effort

while providing more enjoyable outcomes!

An Ocean of Qi

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Like catching an infinite wave, a swell of Qi takes you in the direction of life itself.

While others swim to shore with great exertion and effort, you are taken by the ocean's care and gently placed upon the sand.

From John Harrigan's book, "The Qi of Life"

Photo by Patricia Harrigan

What Is Qi?

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Qi is life. Qi is everywhere, as everything.

Qi is directed and balanced by the body, mind and spirit.

Qi is influenced by nature and the environment.

From John Harrigan's book, "The Qi of Life."

The Experience of a Master

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A Master experiences all things as one thing. Life is simple.

Qi Gong State

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As we act within the Qi Gong State...
life plays itself out in an effortless and beneficial way.

From John Harrigan's book, "The Qi of Life"

Moving Qi

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The working with Qi is the practice of improving our life experience.

Doing Qi Gong, we take on our place as creators--building the virtuous and acting within the consequent freedom of this endeavor.

From John Harrigan's book, "The Qi of Life."