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Robert Neville practicing taiji
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Below are listed the workshops which will be held at the Conference. \u00a0They are listed alphabetically by author’s last name.<\/p>\n

Barlow, Aurora.\u00a0Traditional Daoist Qigong for Changing Tendons and Cleaning Bone Marrow<\/b>
\nOne traditional qigong practice is \u201cchanging the tendons and cleaning the bone marrow.\u201d Both tendons and marrow need to be strengthened and made pliable for the three treasures to flow freely in the body. We will be covering just one practice that has been handed down over the ages known as \u201cThe 12 Devas.\u201d Chinese lore attribute the 12 Devas to a traveling yogi from India who offered them to the students who were spending hours sitting in meditation. Many of the postures are very close to some yogic postures yet they have been given Daoist names and practitioners have added their own Chinese style. These basic exercises have been written about and handed down by many teachers.\u00a0 In my research I have found several different styles. In this workshop I will teach one style that I have found simple and effective.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nAurora\u00a0is certified in both Kripalu and Kundalini Yoga. She has been teaching yoga since 1996. Aurora has a Master\u2019s degree in acting, and has certifications in Qi Gong, Hypnosis, Feng Shui, massage and other healing arts. She is the author of the forthcoming book \u201cThe Skillful Art of Vibrant Living.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cohen, Ken. Hunyuan Qigong: The Healing Legacy of Daoist Hu Yaozhen<\/b>
\nHunyuan Qigong is a powerful system of health and longevity exercises and meditations from China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. It is the legacy of Hu Yaozhen, the Daoist priest and healer who coined the term \u201cmedical qigong\u201d and was one of the first to apply qigong in hospitals. Primordial Qigong is Cleansing because it cleanses the body of impure and stagnant qi; Rejuvenating because it recharges the body with fresh healing energy, and circulates energy through the body\u2019s major meridians; and Harmonizing because it creates a feeling of harmonious unity with the Dao. You will learn how to practice core exercises from this system and enjoy a discussion of the health and spiritual benefits. Beginners and all levels are welcome.
\nBIO:\u00a0<\/b>Ken <\/b>\u9ad8\u6f22<\/b> Cohen, M.A.,\u00a0M.S.Th.\u00a0<\/b>
\nWinner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Energy Medicine, is an internationally renowned Qigong and Taijiquan Master and former principle apprentice to Daoist Abbot Huang Gengshi. He has more than forty years experience and is director of the Qigong<\/st1:placename> Research & Practice<\/st1:placename> Center<\/st1:placetype> (www.qigonghealing.com<\/a>) in Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. Ken is the author of\u00a0The Way of Qigong\u00a0<\/i>(Ballantine Books), Taoism: Essential Teachings (Sounds True),\u00a0and more than 200 journal articles on spirituality and health.<\/p>\n

Diel, Caryn Boyd.\u00a0Summer Qigong<\/b>
\nThis Workshop will guide students in a \u201cSummer Qigong\u201d form to tone and calm the heart qi<\/i>. We begin with Qigong warm-ups which will include a series of daoyin <\/i>stretches to open specific meridians and relax the pelvic floor. I will the lead participants in the Six Healing Sounds a silent meditation.
\nBIO:<\/b>
\nCaryn Boyd Diel is the founder of White Cloud Institute in Santa Fe<\/st1:city>, New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. Caryn enjoys teaching others how the human energy field contributes to health and the evolution of consciousness. She combines cutting edge quantum physics with ancient Daoist teachings into her ever expanding curriculum. She teaches Energy Medicine, Chi Nei Tsang, Qigong and Meditation, Daoist Studies, Healing Love for Men and Women, and other classes around the world.
\nWith a Master\u2019s degree in Education; Guidance and Counseling from UC Davis, a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and a Universal Healing Tao instructor, Caryn is able to create potent learning experiences for students of all ages.\u00a0Caryn also has an Asian Body Therapy and Energy Medicine practice in Santa Fe<\/st1:city>, NM<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> which incorporates more than 35 years of study in the areas of counseling, bodywork and healing.<\/p>\n

Favorito, Marie.\u00a0Qigong for the Courageous<\/b>
\nBefore you leave the conference, I invite you to join me in a rejuvenating qigong workshop taught with humor and joy. This session is all about the artistry and practice of qigong that brings you into what is known as the \u201cQigong State.\u201d I welcome you to be brave and participate, experience my unique blend of standing and moving qigong from the basic to the more advanced.
\nMy primary influential qigong teachers are Grandmaster Mantak Chia, Master Wei Lun Huang and Master Li Jun Feng. I will be sharing with you a blend of movements from various forms; i.e., Golden Light, Taiji, Iron Shirt, Ba Qua, and Healing Sounds. To complete our session, we will sit in meditation to harness the collected life force.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nMarie Favorito, owner and director of the Boston Healing Tao school<\/st1:placetype> of Daoist<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> practices.\u00a0She is a Senior Instructor in the Universal Healing Tao, serves on the UHT Council, is past president of the Healing Tao Instructors Association and Chair of Certification.\u00a0She has been a part of establishing the UHT standards for teacher certification worldwide. Marie also has a private qigong healing practice which includes medical qigong and Chi Nei Tsang Abdominal Massage.
\nFor over 28 years, she has been a leading instructor for Daoist practices as taught by Grandmaster Mantak Chia. She is one of the few UHT Senior Instructors in North America<\/st1:place> authorized to certify new instructors. She holds 14 advanced certifications in taiji, qigong, and\u00a0many levels of meditation.<\/p>\n

Guen, Michael.\u00a0Advanced Nei Gong (Internal Power) \u5185\u529f Training Methods:\u00a0A Comparison of Classical Styles<\/strong>
\n\u201cFan Tan Jing\u201d (Repelling Energy) \u53cd\u5f39\u52b2 is one of the highest mind-body-spirit attainments in Chinese\u00a0internal martial arts. Couched deeply in Daoist alchemy and principles of Chinese medicine, the secrets\u00a0of cultivation do not easily reveal themselves. In this light-spirited workshop, Michael compares the\u00a0Repelling Energy development methods of the Yang family Taijiquan \u6768\u5bb6\u592a\u6781\u62f3, Yin Fu Baguaquan\u00a0(Eight Trigrams Boxing) \u5c39\u798f\u516b\u5366\u62f3 and Dao Gong (Daoist Meditation) \u9053\u529f lineages that he was trained\u00a0heavily in. In addition to sampling some rare advanced training techniques, participants will find it utterly fascinating how over China\u2019s 5000 year history such radically different training approaches were developed from a single Daoist root.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nMichael Guen received his PhD in psychology from Boston University in 1988. From an early age he\u00a0studied the Internal arts and Chinese medicine in Boston and Asia. During the course of his study he\u00a0had the fortune of getting close to the fourth generation patriarchs of Yang family Taijiquan (Yang\u00a0Shouzhong \u6768\u5b88\u4e2d – eldest son of Yang Chengfu \u6768\u6f84\u752b) and Yin Fu Baguaquan (Imperial bodyguard\u00a0Gong Baotian\u2019s \u5bab\u5b9d\u7530 village relative and cloak and bowl disciple, Gong Baozhai \u5bab\u5b9d\u658b). Separately,\u00a0Michael also had predestined close interactions with masters of several Daoist Meditation branches, among\u00a0them the Liumendao (Liu Branch of Daoist Meditation) \u5218\u95e8\u9053 in Chengdu, Kunlunxian (Himalayan\u00a0Immortals) \u6606\u4ed1\u4ed9 of Liu Peizhong \u5218\u57f9\u4e2d in Taiwan and the Zhengyi \u6b63\u4e00\u9053 Sect of Daoism of Kwan\u00a0Saihung (Wandering Daoist)\u5173\u4e16\u5b8f. A tournament martial art fighter in his twenties and forty-year\u00a0practitioner of Chinese medicine, Michael enjoys sharing his plethora of integrative experience and insights about the mysteries of the Far East \u4e1c\u65b9\u7684\u795e\u79d8. You can reach Michael at\u00a0info@michaelguen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johnson, Mark.\u00a0My Training in Daoist Exorcism<\/b>
\nThis workshop with a slide presentation will cover in great detail my 49 day intensive training to become a Daoist exorcist. I then go into exorcisms I have been invited to attend with their results. The Dragon<\/st1:placename> School<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> maintains that communication is paramount and it starts with analyzing the vein configurations in the upper eye to determine what kind of spirit is possessing the body. Once that is established, communication can continue. If that is impossible, then different measures are taken to expel the spirit. This workshop will be relaying personal experiences and not just book learning.
\nBIO<\/b>:
\nMark started his Daoist studies at the Taoist Sanctuary in 1971 with Khigh Dhiegh and Chao Li Chi. After 3 years of study in Tai Chi, the I Ching and the Tao Te Ching, he traveled to Taiwan<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> to study acupuncture. It was there he met his Daoist Master and apprenticed with him for over 21 years. After inviting his teacher to come to the states, Mark was trained in many schools of Tai Chi, Qigong, Feng Shui, acupuncture and Exorcism. Mark has been teaching and practicing these Daoist disciplines for 40 years. He has sold over 700,000 Tai Chi DVDs, officiated in over 50 Tai Chi tournaments and has taught many famous people including Frances Ford Coppola, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Ralph Macchio, Mickey Rourke and many others.<\/p>\n

Neville, Robert.\u00a0Taiji quan: An Introduction to Its Practice<\/b>
\nThe Taiji workshop\u00a0 will discuss but mainly demonstrate and practice elements of the Wu (Long) Style of Taijiquan.\u00a0 We will learn, practice, and analyze the first of the six series that make up to 108 forms of the basic movement.\u00a0 Participants should wear comfortable shoes and clothing that does not restrict movement.\u00a0 The exercise will be practiced at an easy level, though it will seem strenuous by the end.\u00a0 Taiji is good for a great many things and activates a deep spiritual tradition, some of which we will discuss, \u00a0but only if it is done for no reason other than its own perfection.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nRobert Cummings Neville is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University.\u00a0 He is the author of two dozen books, including\u00a0Boston Confucianism<\/i>\u00a0and is a Confucian Scholar-Official, having held a number of administrative positions at Boston University and elsewhere.\u00a0 He studied Taijiquan for twelve years with Sophia Delza, editing two of her books on the subject.\u00a0 She was a student in Shanghai of Grandmaster Ma Yueh-Liang who was a student of a student of Wu Chuan Yu who created the Wu Style as a variation of the early Yang Style in the late 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century.\u00a0 Neville was born in Missouri and has played Taijiquan in every continent on Earth, as far north as St. Petersburg and as south as Rio, as low as the Indian Ocean beach at Durban and as high as the mountains near Urumqi.<\/p>\n

Phillips, Scott P.\u00a0Conditioning Emptiness: Where Martial Arts Meet Spontaneous Luminosity<\/b>
\nThe presumption of this workshop is that freedom can not be learned but the habits of freedom can be conditioned through play.\u00a0 Daoyin in martial arts, theater, and hermit yogas, all posit that emptiness can be discovered and verified in the \u201cpull\u201d between wildness and stillness. In this workshop we will deploy daoyin as twelve animals each with five elements in continuous expression and transition. This form of Operatic Daoyin comes from the animal stage roles of southern China, it is interactive and involves lots of rolling around and movement on all fours. This workshop is open to all levels of experience, loose clothing and a sense of humor will be helpful.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nScott P. Phillips\u00a0 began training in 1977, under Bing Gong – a senior student of Kuo Lien-Ying, one of the first Chinese ‘internal’ martial artists to begin teaching in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0From Bing he studied Northern Shaolin, as well as Yiquan and Guan Ping Yang Taijiiquan. \u00a0Scott is also a long time student of George Xu\u00a0(Xu Guoming), with whom he studied Chen-Style\u00a0Taijiquan, Liuhe Xinyiquan, Lanshouquan\u00a0and\u00a0Baguazhang. Scott has been teaching children and adults for the last 20 years, including 5 years at the\u00a0American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine\u00a0and 10 years with\u00a0Performing Arts Workshop.\u00a0 He has studied and performed in several dance traditions, including in the Congolese dance traditions taught by Malonga Casquelourd and in the Kathak (Indian Classical) tradition of Chitresh Das. \u00a0 Scott was member of Orthodox Daoism in America where he studied religious Daoism for 9 years with Liu Ming.<\/p>\n

Rinaldini, Michael.\u00a0Circle Walking: Moving Daoist Cultivation<\/b>
\nIn this workshop, we will walk in a circle with awareness and alertness of full body-mind harmony between ourselves and the universe. Our practice originates from ancient Daoist longevity exercises and internal alchemy practices, and influenced by the martial art Ba Gua Zhang. The key elements of this way of cultivating one\u2019s qi is the practice of walking in a circle while holding various postures in order to open and harmonize the meridians of the body thus producing a strong and healthy body while also calming the mind and refining the spirit. The final goal is to realize internal stillness in the midst of movement and change. The workshop will start with a complete qigong warm-up and finish with a brief Daoist meditation.
\nBIO:<\/b>
\nMichael Rinaldini (Li Changdao) is the Director of Qigong & Daoist Training Center, and a 22nd\u00a0generation Longmen (Dragon Gate) Daoist priest. Shifu Michael founded the American Dragon Gate Lineage with the support of Master Wan Su Jian from Beijing<\/st1:city>, China<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>. The Lineage is a non-monastic community of members devoted to the spreading of Daoism and the cultivation of the Dao. Shifu Michael is a Certified Qigong Teacher at the highest level (Level IV) by the National Qigong Association, and a certified senior Bagua Xundao Gong Qigong Teacher by Master Wan Su Jian (Beijing<\/st1:city>, China<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>).\u00a0He offers\u00a0Qigong Certification Programs for Advanced Trainings, and trains\/ordains students as Daoist priests of the ADGL. Shifu Michael lives in Sebastopol<\/st1:place>, CA. www.qigongdragon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Sat Hon.\u00a0The Secret of the Golden Flower: Forms of Daoist Alchemical Meditation<\/b>
\nThe Secret of the Golden Flower<\/i>\u00a0(Jinhua zongzhi<\/i>\u00a0\u91d1\u83ef\u5b97\u65e8)\u00a0is a practical guide and manual for the inner alchemical cultivation, it is attributed to the Daoist immortal Lu, \u00a0through the use of visualization and mind control of the flow and circulation of the Qi, breath, the alchemist achieves the state of immortality. \u00a0This teachings was in particular was transmitted in the 1800 to a small group of alchemist, the foremost well known German missionary, Richard Wilhem received a handwritten copy of the text and translated into German which later translated into English with a forward by the eminent psychologist, Carl Jung, The founder of the Jungian analysis. \u00a0Here, I will use both the original classical Chinese text as well as the English translation as reference to inform on the matter of inner circulation of the energy and seminal sexual recycling and regeneration.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nSat Chuen Hon was born in China and received certificates from Guangzhou University in TCM (China), the CCAOM\u00a0(USA), BS in Psychology from Princeton, and MFA in Dance Therapy from Connecticut College. He is the\u00a0author of\u00a0Taoist Qigong for Health and Vitality<\/i>.\u00a0He established and serves as president of ATPS, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the preserving and teaching of ancient Taoist practices (www.qigongtherapy.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Stewart, Jampa Mackenzie.\u00a0Cultivating the Elixir Field: The Dantian Revisited<\/b>
\nActivating and working with the\u00a0da tian<\/i>\u00a0or elixir field, an area considered to be the paramount energy center in the body, is one of the most essential practices in Daoist meditation and Qigong. Dantian cultivation is also central to Buddhist meditation, Taijiquan (T\u2019ai Chi Ch\u2019uan), and most Chinese and Japanese martial arts, such as karate and judo, as well as to many other Asian arts, such as flower arranging, painting, calligraphy and dance. Despite its vital importance, there exists a great deal of myth, confusion and discrepancy regarding the location, and functions and meaning of this most powerful energy center. You will learn the etymology of the term, explore the different views on its location and functions presented within the various arts, and also receive a simple yet powerful meditation for awakening and cultivating your dantian. All are welcome.
\nBIO:<\/strong>
\nServing as director of Healing Tao Institute (www.healingtaoinstitute.com<\/a>) in\u00a0Colorado and Texas. Jampa is the author of\u00a0Foundations of Taoist Practice (HTI Publications),<\/i>\u00a0The Life of Gampopa<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Life of Longchenpa<\/i>\u00a0(Shambhala\/Snow Lion). Past president of the National Qigong Association,\u00a0 he has produced over ten videos on Qigong and meditation, and has written over fifty published articles on Daoism, Buddhism, Qigong, Chinese medicine and Taijiquan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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