BODY & SOUL HEALING INTENSIVE RETREAT 
10-Days of Wisdom Healing Qigong with Master Mingtong Gu
    Qigong For Alignment, Coherence & Awakening    
  Awaken To Your True Essence, Open Your Energy Flow, And Heal Your Mind-Body-Heart  
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A "Hybrid Retreat" : Attend In-Person just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico or Join via Zoom Livestream 
May 16-25, 2023
 Master Mingtong answers: "Why is our personal healing work essential for the evolution of ALL humanity and Planet Earth – especially right now?" 
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This Spring's BODY & SOUL HEALING INTENSIVE will focus on Mental, Emotional, and Physical energy flow to release energetic blockages that can become the source of dis-ease, discomfort, pain, and emotional challenges.

During this Retreat you will experience the powerful movements, sounds, meditations, and visualizations of Wisdom Healing Qigong each day.  The gentle, yet potent practices open your energy flow to deeper levels of physical, emotional, and spiritual energetic healing.  You will be guided into progressive levels of intensive practice by Master Mingtong and Senior Teachers.

Master Mingtong will also include intermediate-level practices that expand the spiritual dimension of life.  You will learn and experience Pure Consciousness practices that open your heart and soul to the inner truth within.

Throughout the Retreat you will receive direct energetic transmissions to help you absorb and assimilate the dynamic teachings into embodied wisdom that activates transformation on a cellular level.

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    Your Qigong Retreat For Alignment, Coherence & Awakening    
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Alignment:  When parts are in arranged with one another so they can work together in a mutually reinforcing harmony, flow, and progressive evolution. When the Body, Soul, Mind, and Spirit are in alignment, energy can easily flow and naturally work towards healing, love, and fulfillment.

"When we are in full alignment with the energy of the Universe, we create an environment for synchronicities and miracles that can astound us."


Coherence: The synchronization of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energies that empowers us to become our best selves. When our energies and intentions are in alignment, they are able to work in coherence. If something has coherence, all parts are connected, in motion, and in sync — supporting and reinforcing each other in unity.  We might describe it as a high-vibrational match and an order of harmonious self-perpetuating wholeness.

"When you are in coherence you are functioning optimally. This is also called a flow-state or being in the zone.  Your creativity is amplified and perception can be phenomenal."


Awakening:  Opens our conscious awareness to a new level. We experience life with a fresh perspective as we enter into a deeper and broader relationship to all dimensions of our existence.   We begin to see that what might at first appear to be opposites – the parts and the whole – become inseparable from each other.  As we awaken, we realize that alignment and coherence are the thresholds into our continuing awakening.  Alignment, coherence, and awakening exist as different fractals of essentially the same energetic essence.

"Through awakening to more dimensions of our being, we enter into an ever-expanding experiential knowing and deep appreciation of the aspects and qualities of the Unified Whole. This is the ethos of Wisdom Healing Qigong."

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Jack came to us with a sense of hopelessness, feeling disconnected from Life and everything that mattered...and found a renewal and reanimation through his deep work with Wisdom Healing Qigong.
Join Master Mingtong Gu in the Sacred Lotus Kiva in New Mexico
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“In this unprecedented time of crisis & unpredictable change, our dedication and commitment to support you in your journey of self-healing and self-realization are even stronger than ever. Together we can be the change we want to see in the world.”— Master Mingtong Gu
Wisdom Healing Qigong combines Meditative Movement, Vibrational Sound, Visualization, and Awakening Practices.  It is complementary to all other forms of energy work, movement, bodywork, spiritual practice, medicine, healing, and therapies — and is adaptable to all mobility and fitness levels.
Qi (pronounced chee) means "energy or vital lifeforce".  Gong refers to "deepening or cultivation".  Wisdom Healing Qigong is a whole system of practice to upgrade your mental, physical, spiritual & emotional wellbeing using connection to and cultivation of universal energy.

Gentle & Enlivening Movement And Embodiment Practices

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We’ll start each day's session with a short meditation (called setting the chi field), followed by Master Mingtong teaching you simple movement practices that relax your mind and body to generate more powerful healing and awakening effects. Then we'll continue working together as a group in the beautiful round Lotus Flower Kiva and/or our geodesic Compassion Dome.  Your day will include teachings, transmissions, sound healing technologies, and gentle movement practices.

 Sound Healing To Open Your Heart & Emotional Energy  

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You will learn and practice intensive Sound Healing for the 5 organ systems. Sacred healing sounds work to release the stress we all feel — which is often primarily emotional stress locked in the cellular memory of our organs. By healing these emotional contractions of energy, you empower yourself to heal and awaken on every level of your life.

Sound Healing is a deeply empowering practice.  Anybody can do it.

You don’t need to know how to play a musical instrument, you don’t need a strong voice, and you don’t need any special healing skills. You simply join in making the healing sounds and experience the sounds and energy around you.

Sound is an energetic vibration that can awaken your heart, your organs, your consciousness, and your cells – to facilitate deep healing and transformation on all levels from the physical to the emotional and spiritual.

Master Mingtong will teach you the Sound Healing techniques that are normally shared with Level 3 practitioners of Wisdom Healing Qigong. Advanced toning techniques benefit the brain, spinal cord, nerves, joints, muscles, and tendons — as well as awaken your consciousness.

Even if you’re a complete beginner, you can learn these techniques with step-by-step guidance. And, there will be plenty of breaks to allow you to assimilate.

Pure Consciousness Practices To Connect To Essence

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Continuing the progress you’ve made in Sound Healing and Movement practices, Master Mingtong will introduce you to the beautiful practice of Lift Chi Up & Pour Chi Down, plus beginning Pure Consciousness practices.

This will be one of the rare times both these practice forms are shared with the general public — the teachings were previously only available within the Zhineng Qigong Master training program in China.

By combining these practices with the energetic charge of our sacred location, plus the collective energy field of the group... the entire Retreat will become a supercharged experience of healing and spiritual awakening!

Small Group Reflection  & Integration Activities 

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The power of small groups is priceless and immeasurable.  You will be invited to join a small group of 6-8 like-minded people to share, connect, and support each other.  Your group will be provided study questions and a powerful template that is used during all Wisdom Healing Qigong Intensive Retreats.

End-Of-The-Day Group Healing Sessions

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One of the most popular features during our Healing Intensive Retreats are the Healing Sessions, led by Master Mingtong Gu, just before bedtime.  Retreat attendees are invited to get comfortable, lying down with mats, pillows, and blankets in a dimly lit room. They are invited into a state of deep relaxed awareness in order to move energy in the room (and beyond!) through a collaborative process within the local and non-local chi field.

During the healing session, Master Mingtong activates the Wisdom Healing Qigong energetic flow through a combination of English, Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit. The participants also engage in their own process of mindful intention — to help absorb, assimilate, and activate healing and transformation on a cellular level.

The healing energy transmission that flows through Master Mingtong and the chi field is connected to the energy that makes up your intention.  That connection activates deep openings of energetic blockages and stimulates the awakening of aliveness in the body.  This is the essence of inner medicine and the Healing Session.

The Schedule For The 10-Day Retreat Cycle
(In-Person And Online)

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DAY 1:
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1:00pm - 5:45pm: Room Check In (for in-person guests)
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5:45pm - 6:15pm: Welcome to our In-person guests and our Online participants
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6:15pm - 8:30: Dinner - Intro and Orientation will be held in the dining hall and then transition to the Kiva (will be streamed for the online participants)
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DAYS 2-4:
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7:45am - 8:45am Early Morning: Sacred Time and breakfast - this is primarily your free time to take a walk and greet the day, which may include a facilitated short activity led by a teacher - to be announced each day (will not be streamed online)
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9:00am -12:30pm: In-Person Teachings & Practice from the Kiva — livestreamed (break times will vary)
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12:30pm - 1:50pm: Lunch break and chi nap (no livestream)
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2:00pm - 6:00pm: In-Person Teachings & Practice from the Kiva — livestreamed (break times will vary)
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6:15pm - 7:15pm: Dinner break (no livestream)
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7:30pm - 8:20pm: Evening Activities:  Healing Sessions, Small Groups
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DAY 5:
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7:45am - 8:45am Early Morning: Sacred Time and breakfast - this is primarily your free time to take a walk and greet the day, which may include a facilitated short activity led by a teacher - to be announced each day (will not be streamed online)
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9:00am -12:30pm: In-Person Teachings & Practice from the Kiva — livestreamed (break times will vary)
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12:30pm - 7:15 pm: Lunch break,  chi nap, integration free time, and dinner (no livestream)
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7:30pm - 8:20pm: Evening Activities: Healing Session — livestreamed online as feasible
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DAYS 6-9:
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7:45am - 8:45am Early Morning: Sacred Time and breakfast - this is primarily your free time to take a walk and greet the day, which may include a facilitated short activity led by a teacher - to be announced each day (will not be streamed online)
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9:00am -12:30pm: In-Person Teachings & Practice from the Kiva — livestreamed (break times will vary)
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12:30pm - 1:50pm: Lunch break and chi nap (no livestream)
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2:00pm - 6:00pm: In-Person Teachings & Practice from the Kiva — livestreamed (break times will vary)
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6:15pm - 7:15pm: Dinner break (no livestream)
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7:30pm - 8:20pm: Evening Activities:  Healing Sessions, Small Groups, and Closing Ceremonies on Day 9 — These activities will be livestreamed online as feasible
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DAY 10:
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7:45am - 8:45am  Early Morning: Sacred Time and breakfast - this is primarily your free time to take a walk and greet the day, which may include a facilitated short activity led by a teacher - to be announced each day (will not be streamed)
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9:00am - 12:30am: In-Person Sharing, Teachings & Practice from the Kiva — livestreamed (break times will vary)
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12:30pm - 1:30pm: Completion with an informal lunch together (may be livestreamed)
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3:00pm Check out for in-person guests

Time & Space To Enjoy Outdoor Activities

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Meditation & Repose around the Koi Pond

Contemplation & Ceremony at the Labyrinth

Songs & Stories at the Pueblo House Courtyard

Hike to the 400-year-old Grandmother Trees

The Chi Center:
A Beautiful Venue In New Mexico, USA:
The Land Of Enchantment

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The Chi Center is located in the majestic high desert of Central New Mexico, USA,  just 20 minutes South of Santa Fe in the beautiful Galisteo Basin.

This beautiful 150-acre property boasts breathtaking views of New Mexico’s landscape, the dazzling sunrises and sunsets over the surrounding mountains, and expansive and true darkness that reveals the Milky Way on the many clear nights. As soon as you arrive you can feel the same sacred healing energy of the land that the native people of this area have been feeling for thousands of years.

Retreats are held in the Lotus Kiva, a beautiful circular building which replicates traditional ceremonial kivas, set into the earth. The main lodge features six fireplaces, and the grounds include two labyrinths, outdoor fireplaces and art, fountains, a pond with a waterfall and paths for reflection and hiking.  (Check out the video below for a 3-minute tour.)

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“This is a place where heaven and earth truly meet within you and around you."

Enjoy Great Food & Charming Accommodations

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During your on-campus Retreat you will enjoy stunning vistas, grounds, and the restorative atmosphere at The Center in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico.  Along with your Retreat program of learning, practice, and healing you will have time to relax and enjoy our arroyos, petroglyphs, labyrinths, trails, water features, comfortable rooms, and healthy, flavorful meals!

The Compassion Dome - The Perfect Space for Celebration, Ceremony, and Community

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Widely acknowledged as a perfect universal shape, the spherical structure of a geodesic dome creates an ideal interior atmosphere for working with energy, blessings, and visualizations. It's a purposeful space that's rooted in the ancient science of sacred geometry where every aspect of design has a meaning that correlates to mathematics and metaphysics.  It's the perfect stage for daytime and night-time events, dance parties, and large group gatherings, too.

The dome structure is formed using sacred geometry — the synthesis of the modern scientific and the intuitive artistic dimension of geometry. It's built with a series of straight lines on a curved space that intersect to form triangles.  Because of its shape and construction air, sound, and energy circulate without obstruction. This enables temperature regulation to occur naturally and assists in feelings of inner peace and a sense of connection to your natural rhythms for gaining clarity and insight. When inside the dome you'll experience a dual feeling of wide-open spaciousness combined with a sense of solidity and grounding.

"The Chi Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong is a one-of-a-kind place for people to come together and truly dedicate themselves to what is important — their physical health, their emotional wellbeing , plus their deeper capacity as human beings ... including their creativity.  A Chi Center Retreat is a very clear, dedicated, concentrated, and intense place for Wisdom Healing Qigong practice.

"The Center's main room for practice is called a Kiva, which is the traditional name for a place for ceremony.  And, more importantly, it's a place to have an experience of an energy portal that really represents the nature of our work together.  Sixty-feet in diameter, it is supported by an amazing sacred geometry architecture — half in the ground and half above the ground. The entire 150-acre Retreat Center is surrounded by the magical skies of The Land of Enchantment."  –Master Mingtong Gu

Master Mingtong Gu
Founder of The Chi Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong

(with his beloved Teacher, Grandmaster Dr. Pang Ming in the background)

For In-Person Attendees: Room Samples

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5 Lodging Buildings   — Each Room Is Unique

The Lofts

The Ranch House

The Serenity Center

The Pueblo House

The Main Lodge

The Ranch House

The Main Lodge

Commitment To Your Self Is Powerful! Many people discover they feel a surge of energy just by registering and making a powerful new pledge to themselves. Our team will be available to support you all along the way. Feel free to reach out to us via email at any time with questions by writing to Whatsnext@ChiCenter.com

Your Intentions And Your Results. In the Wisdom Healing Qigong tradition, we will help you connect with and emphasize your deepest intention. What is your true, pure intention for joining this program? Your answer, your truth carries a certain energetic signature. It is the intention beyond what you do that determines the results of your actions. Before beginning this, or any wellness program, please consult your healthcare professional. Wisdom Healing Qigong is not intended to diagnose, cure, or be a substitute for professional medical advice. 

Admission to the Spring Retreat (in New Mexico) $1,850
plus 10-Days Room & Board  $2,000 to $2,700

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Total: $3,850 - $4,550* In-Person for all 10 Days!

*Your room selection will determine your total

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We have a few IN-PERSON partial scholarships available for those experiencing financial hardship.
Click Here To APPLY for an IN-PERSON Retreat Scholarship

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 We have a few ONLINE partial scholarships available for those experiencing financial hardship.
Click Here To APPLY for an ONLINE Retreat Scholarship

Here at The Chi Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong, our entire focus is on supporting your healing and awakening, at every level of your being.

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Our founder, Master Mingtong Gu, started out with asthma and scoliosis, as well as deep emotional pain from an unhappy and unstable childhood while growing up in China.

He found very little relief from standard treatments, and was resigned to a life centered on trying to manage his symptoms and pain.

In 1993 during his search for relief and healing, a friend of his from Ohio invited him to a Qigong class she was teaching.

When he spoke about his first experience, he said, "I was  fascinated but had no idea how this could improve my health.  But then... I felt a sense of lightness, flexibility, and inner being-ness that I had never experienced before.  I asked my friend if she had any books about the practice and she gave me a book written in Chinese about the Medicineless Qigong Hospital in China.  This planted the seed that led to my return to China and studying with Dr. Grandmaster Pang Ming."

The Chinese Hospital With No Medicine

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Master Mingtong's journey to wellness led him to China, to Dr. Grandmaster Pang Ming's Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Clinic, Training, and Recovery Center — also known as the Medicine-less Qigong Hospital, where he became a devoted student of Grandmaster Pang and experienced profound healing through the ancient healing modality Zhineng Qigong, which translates to "Wisdom Healing Qigong".

This Center was unlike typical hospitals you might think of; it used Qigong as the only form of treatment.

Over 23 years, The Center in China served 200,000 people with chronic, incurable, and "terminal" illnesses with excellent results.

Master Mingtong learned that Zhineng Qigong wasn’t just about movements. The healing went far deeper than the physical...

“We cultivate our own life energy through accessing nature’s great store of life energy [called qi or chi]. This approach produces quick results. But cultivating one’s qi/chi is not the most fundamental; cultivating one’s spirit is.

"Mastery of qi/chi is really achieved through mastery of consciousness. We use consciousness in a careful, craftsman-like way, to shape our life, to attain our goals…

"In modern terms, Qigong is just the refinement of consciousness to enhance the state of energy in the body. This leads to vibrant health, a harmonious body and mind, and awakened spiritual life.” — Dr.
Grandmaster Pang Ming, creator of Zhineng Qigong (aka Wisdom Healing Qigong)

People might have come in for help with a chronic illness, but they left with a depth and renewed awakening of their spirit that changed their lives in profound ways.

At first, Mingtong went to Grandmaster Dr. Pang's Medicine-less Qigong Hospital simply with the intention of finding more inner peace and emotional balance.

Yet, what he got was so much more.

"The main changes I noticed, in the beginning, were emotional.  I started to feel more open and more secure — an overall sense of centeredness at first, then a deeper sense of happiness, and eventually, an overall increase in my awareness and emotional capacity. I could feel my emotions return to inner centeredness and inner peace effectively when strong emotions arose — without being suppressed."

And, it didn't stop there.

"I started to notice a new sense of well-being after I decided to make this practice a regular routine. My spine started to open, my breathing became deeper, and my mind started to settle with an inner sense of exploration."

In time, with consistent practice,  Master Mingtong healed his asthma and scoliosis completely.

It was incredible.

As he healed at The Medicine-less Qigong Hospital, Master Mingtong watched other people come with every sort of illness and emotional struggle you could imagine, and was fascinated to watch as residents got healthier and more joyful throughout their stay.

As miraculous as this sounds, there's a lot of scientific validation to it as well!

Fast-Forward To Today

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 Master Mingtong Gu has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, using the Wisdom Healing Qigong methods that he learned from Dr. Grandmaster Pang Ming.

His dedication has been recognized by being named the Qigong Master of the Year by the World Congress for Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

For more than 30 years, he has continued to follow his calling to cultivate his practice and do everything possible to share the amazing gift of Qigong he received, mastered, and continues to deepen.

In order to realize his vision of using Qigong as a path to long-term health and happiness for all, he developed a network of dedicated teachers, and created a beautiful retreat center just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico — the only center in the West to be solely dedicated to healing and awakening through Qigong.

Through his commitment and vision, Master Mingtong Gu and his global organization have helped hundreds of thousands of people uncover their own joy and healing too, by developing in-depth online and in-person healing programs using Wisdom Healing Qigong.

Mind-Body-Heart-Spirit Connection

Gentle Movements to Open Flow

Visualization & Meditation

Vocalizing Sound Healing

Connecting Heaven & Earth

Seated, Standing, or Lying Down

Working with Subtle Energy

Haola! All is well and getting better

What is Wisdom Healing Qigong?

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 QIGONG is a practice, a technology, and an art that applies ancient wisdom, modern science, and the mind’s creative power to transform our lives from dis-ease to health and well-being.

It's a direct and powerful technology to tap into the infinite source of energy — the same energy in the Milky Way — and use this infinite source to transform our physical and psychological conditions for a better, more balanced life.

HEALING is the application and benefit of awakening consciousness and wisdom when we work with energy as the foundational substance of the creative living universe within and around us.

True healing addresses the deepest causes of disease and life's problems beyond simply fixing the symptoms.  It requires practice to  become aware of and change the limited patterns of mind, body, and heart and to then address those energetic conditions. The result is improvement of health and wellbeing, including the transformation of chronic illness for both the long and short term.  Healing also seeks – quite naturally – the deep transformation of the whole person, by realizing the whole unified harmony of the individual within and in relationship to the multi-dimensional unity of all life.

WISDOM is the understanding that arises from an awakening of our perception and consciousness of life. Ultimate wisdom is the ability to know and embody the creative source of the living universe, moment-to-moment. It is our conscious capacity to fully participate in the continuous dance of evolving creation.

WISDOM HEALING QIGONG is a Western expression of the most validated effective form of Qigong, cultivated and refined by Master Mingtong Gu.  Its foundations stem from the practice of  Zhineng Qigong, founded by Master Mingtong's revered and beloved teacher in China, Dr. Grandmaster Pang Ming.

Qigong is the cosmology (theory) and technology (art) for consciousness to work with creative energy (chi). It is a creative union of consciousness and energy, which awakens the joy-full wisdom capacity of mind, heart, and body.

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Go beyond your limitations and address the deepest causes and limiting patterns of suffering

Qigong movements are adaptable for accessibility, gentle, and free flowing.  Accompanying visualization and meditation can be done in any comfortable position —sitting, standing, or lying down. FTC DISCLOSURE: Wisdom Healing Qigong is not intended to diagnose, cure, or be a substitute for professional medical advice. Before beginning this, or any wellness program, please consult your trusted healthcare professional. Any instructions given or suggestions made during the course of Master Mingtong Gu's Chi Center programs are not intended as a substitute for medical counseling or treatment. Please consult with your primary care physician before beginning this energy practice.  Any health claims shared by viewers, students, friends, subscribers, or clients are understood to be true and accurate, representing their subjective experience, but are not verified.  Results will vary from person to person. Always do your own due diligence and use your best judgment when making any health-related decisions and purchases.

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