Combined Traditional Chinese Qigong Programs: Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive and Animal Forms Intensive with Eva Wong

Qualified students are invited to join us for these two powerful intermediate Chinese Qigong programs.

Register below to attend both the Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive and the Animal Forms Intensive.

The Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive is an intermediate giqong program that focuses on further strengthening the musculoskeletal system—tendons, bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and spine. You will learn how to build musculoskeletal strength and endurance for the practice of the martial arts through the Eight Basic Wudang Warrior Qigong forms; how to regain tendon strength and elasticity, revitalize bone marrow, and build endurance by enhancing bone and tendon strength through the 12 Devas and Animals forms; and how to direct internal energy toward healing and enhancing the musculoskeletal system using the Immortals' Guide to Self-Massage and Breath Regulation, and Red Phoenix Calisthenics.

This program is a prerequisite for the three other intensives Animal Forms, Breath Regulation, and Standing Qigong), and Traditional Chinese Qigong Level VI.

The Animal Forms Intensive: Many Daoist qigong forms are derived from observing the behavior of animals and understanding how animals preserve, collect, transform, circulate, and store internal energy. The ancient Chinese shamans were the first to practice the art of “becoming” an animal to embody the power of that animal. Daoist practitioners further developed the techniques of embodying animal energy as a means of enhancing health and longevity.

During this training, you will learn to embody the form and essences of the animals through Hua Tu’s Animal Forms, the Wudang Five Animal Forms, and selected forms from the 12 devas. You’ll also be introduced to a new Wudang Shan form, the Combined Five Animals. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have the skills to embody the essence of the bones of the tiger, the tendons of the leopard, the spine of the snake and the dragon, the ligaments of the monkey, the stamina of the bear, the generative energy of the deer, and the vital energy of the crane.

Prerequisite for either program: Traditional Chinese Qigong Levels V.

These programs are both prerequisites for Traditional Chinese Qigong Level VI, the Breath Regulation Intensive, and the Standing Qigong Intensive.

Eva Wong, author and translator of 13 books on the Taoist arts of health, meditation and qigong, is the 19th-generation lineage carrier of Xiantianwujimen Taoism (Pre-celestial Limitless Gate School of Taoism) and 3rd-generation student of Wang Xiangzhai, founder of Yiquan martial arts and Zhangzhuan (standing qigong). She is offering these programs exclusively at Shambhala Centers.

Register below to attend both programs. To register for just one of the programs click on the program title:
Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive
Animal Forms Intensive