Tendon and Muscle Transforming Practice (Yi Jin Jing) or Clearing the Small Universe

This practice comes from the Shaolin Temple’s traditional method called the Tendon and Muscle Transforming Practice (Yi Jin Jing). It was originated by Da Mo also known as Bodhidharma, who created many health and martial Qigong forms for the monks. Sometimes Tendon Changing is taught as a martial practice; some teach it as a healing […]

FREE EBOOK by Dr. Roger Jahnke – The Healing Power of Qi is Within You

          Exciting opportunity! Dr. Roger Jahnke offers a Free Ebook ‘The Healing Power of Qi is Within You’. Check it out for no cost. Learn more about Qigong and Tai Chi. FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH OTHERS! This book was created by Dr Jahnke, and the IIQTC, to offer […]

The Three Treasures of Qigong and Tai Chi: Unity, Harmony, Diversity

The Three Treasures: Unity, Harmony, Diversity Excerpted from The Healing Promise of Qi, McGraw-Hill, Dr Roger Jahnke, OMD Join our Free Membership Library for more inspiration – http://IIQTC.org/member   Dao gives birth to the boundless, eternal One — Wuji (Wu Chi), The Two emerges creatively from the One — Tai Chi (Taiji), The Three arises dynamically […]

Conserve Your Qi – Managing Extreme External Influences

When it is cold, you can either choose to put on a coat, or be cold and suffer the consequences. You can decide to stay in on extremely windy days or to avoid exposure to bright sun, or you can live with the consequences of exposure to these forces. The climate has the potential to […]

Is Age just a Mindset?

How young or old someone feels has a huge influence on their health and how other people view them.  Research suggests that feeling young can actually make you look young—and have the health of a younger person, too. Harvard psychological scientist Ellen Langer has been studying how the mind influences the body for over three […]

Breath Practice — The Amazing Benefits of Breathing!

BREATH PRACTICE — Breathing correctly is not only important for feeling better, living longer and disease prevention —  it also to our mood and performing at our best. Ancient cultures were very focused on health sustainability and empowerment,. Pranayama from the Yoga and Ayurveda tradition and Qigong from tradition of traditional Chinese medicine are both very […]

Your Body Has Miraculous Self-Healing Abilities

YOUR BODY, in cooperation with your mind and spirit, is marvelously blessed with miraculous self-healing abilities. The body is the temple of your life. Mind and spirit are the dwellers within the temple. Mind and spirit maintain the temple. Mind’s intelligence and spirit’s inspiration vitalize and quicken the body. The three together — body, mind […]

Encouragement from Ancient Masters

The ancients  assumed that the body was a reflection of the Spirit. Rather than the body having and energy, the universal energetic of the self develops a body. In this context there is not question as to whether we are eternally energetic in nature. Thus, the practice of Qigong supports us in re-associating with the […]