Previous Seminars
Winter 2011
Welcome to the unique practice of Yi Ren® Medical Qigong! This class teaches the foundational exercises for internal Qi-energy activation, cultivation, grounding, and circulation. The purpose of these exercises is to activate and stabilize the energy field, increase internal energy levels and to develop the body's internal energetic communication system. In this class we learn a series of Qi-energy based exercises, which are designed to activate, recharge, restore, and refresh internal energy system, cultivate internal energy centers and develop the internal energy circulation system. These Qi-energy based exercises will increase vitality, and creativity, enhance immunity and self-healing, and improve the quality of the practitioner’s life.
- Date:
- Saturday and Sunday
- January 22nd & 23rd
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- Time:
- 10 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
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Fall 2010
"The Essential Work of Being Healthy and Happy"
with Yi Ren® Health Qigong Practice
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Why are people unhappy? Perhaps it is because their expectations were inappropriate or mistaken in the first place, and their ideas of happiness are delusional, not based on reality. Or perhaps it is because people's lives are often run by pre-conditioned unhappy memories at the level of the internal organs without individuals being aware of them.
In the view of internal cultivation, happiness or unhappiness are significantly related to the energetic functions of the liver (expectations and disappointment), pancreas (intent, balance, and harmony), and kidneys (fear and free-will). Is it possible to adjust the unrealistic expectations and/or to renew and refresh the pre-conditioned memories? Yes. An important aspect of a successful internal cultivation process is the release and transformation of unhealthy memories in order to create a greater sense of health and well being.
In this upcoming Yi Ren® Qigong Practitioner Retreat, The Essential Work of Being Healthy and Happy, our focus will be on the energetic functions of the liver, pancreas and kidneys as well as their relationships within the body. Our energetic practice can help us to gain experiential understanding of the meanings of expectation and disappointment at the "software" level, to recognize the problems of fears and the power of free will, as well as to realize the informational functions of the intent during energetic communications and interactions.
Once practitioners recognize the functions of the preconditioned memories of the liver, pancreas and kidneys, and are able to upgrade their "software" in these internal organs, they will experience a sense of happiness that is a vast improvement from previous patterns. In this retreat we will offer specific liver, pancreas and kidney related Qigong practices for achieving greater freedom from disappointment and frustration, for overcoming fears, for using our intent wisely, and for using our free will appropriately for greater health and happiness.
| Date: Saturday, October 9th |
Time: 10 AM - 5 PM |
Location:
Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church
14724 First Avenue NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Click here for map.
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Cost:
$150 paid up to ten days before the workshop
$170 paid up to the day before the workshop
$180 paid the day of the workshop
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Fall and Winter, 2009-2010
Series 1:
Compassion, Dignity, Purity and Detachment |
Saturday, September 19, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Series 2:
Safety, Security, Authenticity, and
Immortality |
Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Series 3:
Willingness, Wisdom, Peace and Clarity |
Saturday, January 23, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Series 4:
Loyalty, Integrity, Courage and Bravery |
Saturday, March 20, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Series 5:
Intellect, Reason, Balance and Harmony |
Saturday, May 15, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Series 6:
Respect, Love, Acceptance and Nourishment |
Saturday, July 24, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Level IA: Foundation
(The prerequisite for all subsequent courses.)
Welcome to the ancient
art and practice of Qigong! This class teaches the foundational exercises for practicing
Yi Ren® Qigong. The purpose of these exercises is to build more energy, activate
and stabilize the energy field, and to develop the body's information system. In
this class we learn a series of gentle and relaxing movement and breathing exercises,
which are designed to refresh, restore and reorganize our sense of well being. We
will learn to construct an energy field, open and activate energy centers, develop
the internal energy circulation system, increase vitality, enhance immunity, improve
sleep, feel more connected to the Earth, and relax! We will build a foundation to
create more harmony and balance in our daily life.
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Saturday and Sunday, January 9 & 10 - seminar
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Sunday, January 17 - review
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5:00 - 7:30 PM
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University District / Greenlake Area |
$190.00 for seminar & review
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Location TBA |
Instructor: Brendan Thorson
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Sign up through Brendan at (206) 354-8216,
www.theqiman.com, or email him at
theqiman@gmail.com.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level Two
With Kathleen Cliff
(Completion of Level 1B required)
Saturday & Sunday, June 13 & 14, 10:00am to 5:00pm
Fitness First
16932 Woodinville-Redmond Rd NE
Building A, Suite 205
Woodinville, WA 98072
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday & Sunday, April 25 & 26, 2009
Yi Ren® Qigong Level Two
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1B required)
Saturday & Sunday, January 10 & 11, 2009
Cultivating Stillness to Understand
the Nature of the Mind and the Body
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1B required)
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Talaris Conference Center, Lodge Room
4000 NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98105
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level One B
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1A required)
Saturday & Sunday, November 15 & 16, 2008
Yi Ren® Qigong Level One A
With Kathleen Cliff
Senior Yi Ren® Qigong Teacher
(The prerequisite for all subsequent courses.)
Sundays, November 2 & 9, 2008
Summit Club House
5449 156th Avenue Southeast
Bellevue, WA 98006
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Applying Five-Element Theory
to Qigong Practice
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday October 18, 2008
St. Edward State Park, Dining Hall
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level Three
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 2008
Yi Ren® Qigong Practitioners Retreat
Understanding the Dao (Tao) with
Yi Jing Meditation and Studies
(Advanced-2)
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday June 7, 2008
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level Two
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1B required)
Saturday & Sunday, May 17 & 18, 2008
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA. 98028
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Practitioners Retreat
Understanding the Dao (Tao) with
Yi Jing Meditation and Studies
(Advanced-1)
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday April 12, 2008
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level One B
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1A required)
Saturday & Sunday, March 15 & 16, 2008
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA. 98028
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Practitioners Retreat
Understanding the Dao (Tao) with
Yi Jing Meditation and Studies
(Basics)
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday February 23, 2008
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level One A
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(The prerequisite for all subsequent courses.)
Saturday & Sunday, January 19 & 20, 2008
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA. 98028
* Click here for map.
The Way of the Virtues
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Rosary Heights Center
23120 Woodway Park Rd., Edmonds, WA. 98020
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Our focus in this Yi Ren® Qigong practitioner retreat will be on internal virtues cultivation and its relationship to consciousness. Our Qigong practice brings the Qi inward, into the deeper layers of the body and the body's consciousness; the Qi is the medium that brings the mind to the consciousness of the body and brings the consciousness of the body to the mind, allowing the mind and the consciousness of the body to communicate with each other. As the body holds up a mirror to the mind, reflecting whatever thoughts and emotions are around us and within us, our practice helps us to recognize and become aware of these thoughts and emotions.
Our virtues retreat series provides methods and tools for experiencing and recognizing the nature and the qualities of internal energies and their relationship to consciousness, which is the foundation of spiritual development in traditional teaching. In the internal cultivation tradition the establishment of virtue is understood to be not an ethereal or abstract, ideal state, but an embodied achievement, one which reflects the deep inner nature of the internal organs. And this embodiment of virtues—love, justice, appropriateness, wisdom, and loyalty—by the organs, nourishes and accelerates our spiritual development.
The practices in our virtues retreat series provide a unique opportunity to understand the essence of the ancient book, Dao De Jing (Tao Te Jing) — “The Way of Virtues” from the point of view of the internal cultivation tradition. In this Retreat we will offer practices and meditations based upon teaching in the Dao De Jing, helping us to understand this ancient and profound text in a new way—as a guide book for fuller growth and development through internal virtues cultivation.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level 3
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday & Sunday, November 10 & 11, 2007
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 998028
* Click here for map.
Upgrading the Energy Centers with Corresponding Sounds
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Rosary Heights Center
23120 Woodway Park Rd
Edmonds, WA 98020
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level Two
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1-B required)
Saturday & Sunday, September 22 & 23, 2007.
St. Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
* Click here for map.
Qigong Practice for Better Relationships
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Rosary Heights Center
23120 Woodway Park Rd
Edmonds, WA 98020
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Practitioners Retreat
(Title to be announced)
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Rosary Heights Center
23120 Woodway Park Rd
Edmonds, WA. 98020
* Click here for map.
Yi Ren® Qigong Level 1-B
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1-A required)
Saturday & Sunday, July 14 & 15, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98011
Virtues-Internal Organs Series 6 of 6:
Internal Virtues of
Reproductive organs and Lymphatic system
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Rosary Heights Center
23120 Woodway Park Rd., Edmonds, WA. 98020
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Virtues-Internal Organs Series 5 of 6
Internal Virtues of
Lungs and Large Intestine
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Rosary Heights Center
23120 Woodway Park Rd., Edmonds, WA. 98020
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Yi Ren® Qigong Level 1-A
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
Saturday & Sunday, May 5 & 6, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98011
Virtues-Internal Organs Series 4 of 6
Internal Virtues of
Pancreas and Stomach
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA. 98011
Yi Ren® Qigong Level 3
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday & Sunday, April 7 & 8, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98011
Virtues-Internal Organs Series 3 of 6
Internal Virtues of
Heart and Small Intestine
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA. 98011
Yi Ren® Qigong Level 2
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1-B required)
Saturday & Sunday, March 10 & 11, 2007
Bastyr University, Willow Room #146
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98011
Virtues-Internal Organs Series 2 of 6
Internal Virtues of
Liver and Gall Bladder
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA. 98011
Yi Ren® Qigong Level 1-B
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 1-A required)
Saturday & Sunday, February 10 & 11, 2007
Bastyr University, Room #286
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98011
Virtues-Internal Organs Series 1 of 6
Internal Virtues of
Kidney and Bladder
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
(Completion of Level 2 required)
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Francis Anderson Center, Room #115
700 Main St., Edmonds, WA 98020
Yi Ren® Qigong Level 1-A
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
Saturday & Sunday, January 13 & 14, 2007
Bastyr University, Hemlock Room #1062
14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98011
Nourishment for the Season
With Guan-Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
1 pm - 5 pm, Sunday, December 10, 2006
Bastyr University
14500 Juanita Drive N.E.
Kenmore, WA 98011-4995
In this half-day Yi Ren® Qigong Practitioner Retreat, our focus will be on ways of nourishing
the unity of Qi-Mind-Body-Spirit. We will cover some basics of spiritual self-protection, and
offer guidance on connecting to wholesome, clear, and beneficial sources of consciousness and
energy. The correct alignment of thought and mind, in combination with our energetic practice,
will enhance the possibilities for continued progress in the cultivation process.
Dr. Sun will offer Qigong practices and guidance on maintaining the center, and on aligning the
consciousness (and thus the energy); our intent is to focus the group energy on behalf of the
group itself and on each participant in order to create a healthy and positive 2007 for everyone,
and to extend this healthy and positive energy into the collective.
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