Beginning Your Qi Gong Journey
Ten Weeks
(Two Bonus Classes)
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If new get a cup of tea and read the three articles below
What is, history, learning online
Beginning your Journey
What like – the flow of a class
Feeling into your Qi Sensations
A balanced and efficient posture
Shaolin and Daoist Breathwork
Embodied Meditation
Mojo and Mindset – Jing Shen
If you have any recent injuries…
A person may need support with a shoulder injury, a traumatic childhood, addiction, or a chronic illness. Or they may want to maximize their vitality and study the intricacies of more advanced Qi Gong practices with you one-on-one.
If you are looking for a career change, are comfortable with higher-level education, love to move, dance, breathe consciously, and be still, as well as love interacting with people, the world needs more Professional Level Qi Gong teachers.
Are You New to Qi Gong?
If you are, consider this;
As a sentient being, who lives in a body, much of your existence is, and always will be, felt. Feel into your spine right now. If your spine could talk, what would it say?
How you feel physically, somatically, intuitively, instinctually, and existentially is who you are. How you feel in your Body and Being, can determine your adaptability and all of the ways you face and experience, the world.
Qi Gong is one of the oldest living Healing traditions and Spiritual practices in the world!
Qi Gong is a Conscious Embodiment, Healing, and Spiritual practice, that involves:
- Gentle and Rhythmic Movements
- Deep and Slow Stretching
- Transformational Breathwork
- Profound Immersive Stillness
- Cultivating Spiritual awareness
- Whole Body Relaxation
- Cultivating Awareness
- Meditative Presence
- Reunion with the Natural world
The Flow of a Gong Class
Most Qi Gong classes and solo practice sessions are going to flow to the ‘rhythm’ of the following specific opportunities of your practice.
- Arriving and Connecting with Qi
- Standing Qi Gong – for Alignment and Flexibility
- Traditional Practice Routines
- Breathwork and Meditation
- Embodied Healing – Dao Yin
- Floor Work – similar to Yoga
Learning Qi Gong Online
Yes, Qi Gong can be learned online. You, as the student, will have to:
- Commit 3-5 hours per week to study and practice
- Have regular skill development sessions
- Gain experience by sharing your teaching style with your peers
- Become certified to teach, step-by-step
Your Guide and Mentor
Dr. Michael Smith
Creator of the Soma Dao Process and Online Training Programs
Michael is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Martial Arts, and Qi Gong teacher. He is an internationally respected Author, Speaker, and Professor, focusing on the combination of Ancient and Modern Healing methods to support patients with Autoimmune conditions, Complex Trauma, and Addiction.
Dr. Smith has studied in traditional lineages of Qi Gong,
Martial Arts, and Daoism for over 35 years.
Week One
A Qi gong Alphabet – shapes
- San Dao – three times
- Wings of Here and There
- Whiskers of Eternity – ancestral Land Qi 4, B2, all sky Qi 6
- Expanding into the Sky @15-5each
- Settling into the Land@15-5each
- Baby Elephant Bathes its Ears 2 L/R
- Stirring Cauldrons
- Standing in Stillness and Balance
- Natural Breathing – wuji
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Two
Shaolin Warrior Qi Gong
Opening Your Joints – silent yawning
- San Dao – three times
- Wings of Here and There – side (then – look for sun and moon)
- Whiskers of Eternity – ancestral Land Qi 3, all sky Qi 3, swing
- Expanding into the Sky @9-3 each
- Settling into the Land@9-3 each
- Baby Elephant Bathes its Ears 2 L/R
- Bend and Sway (palms chest)
- Stirring Cauldrons
- Qi Ball – La Na – 4 shapes<?>
- Dredging and Clearing
- Standing in Stillness and Balance and reverse breath
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Three
Staying Rooted, Ready, Pliable, and Loose
- San Dao – once
- Wings of Here and There – side -look for sun and moon
- Whiskers of Eternity –swing and wrap
- Expanding into the Sky @9-3 each
- Settling into the Land@9-3 each
- Baby Elephant Bathes its Ears 2 L/R
- Bend and Sway (palms chest)
- Pushing the Moon into the Sky
- Wise Ox looks Back at the Moon
- Qi Ball – La Na – 4 shapes<?>
- Stirring Cauldrons – vertical
- Dredging and Clearing
- Standing in Stillness and Balance and inner egg breath
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Four
Flow and Rhythm – Sheng Liu Shui
- San Dao – once
- Wings of Here and There – full turn
- Boulders and Basins – 1
- Expanding into the Sky @3 each
- Settling into the Land@-3 each
- Standing in Stillness and Balance and three eggs, Dan Tian
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- Bend and Sway (palms chest) – sway and twist
- Qi Ball – La Na – with egg – breath heating a coal
- Dredging and Clearing – three Dan Tian
- Pushing the Moon into the Sky
- Wise Ox looks Back at the Moon
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Five
Seated Qi Gong
posture/choices
- San Dao – three
- Warming Dan Tian
- Expanding into the Sky @3 each
- Settling into the Land@-3 each
- Stillness and Balance and three eggs, Dan Tian
- Wings of Here and There – small – 2 things
- Wave Hands
- 5 spines – wide or floor
- Rocking and Releasing
- Qi Ball – La Na – with each egg – breath heating a coal
- Dredging and Clearing – three Dan Tian
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Six
Sacred Space
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- Taiji –
- San Dao – three
- Expanding into the Sky @3 each
- Settling into the Land@-3 each
- Wise Ox looks Back at the Moon
- Dreaming Elephant 2 L/R
- Wrists
- Panther
- Standing in Stillness and Balance and three eggs, Dan Tian
- Qi Ball – La Na – with egg – breath heating a coal
- Dredging and Clearing – three Dan Tian – fast
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Seven
Deeper Connections
- Wuji – 3 dt opening
- Taiji –
- San Dao – three
- Expanding into the Sky @3 each
- Settling into the Land@-3 each
- Dreaming Elephant 1 L/R
- Boulders and Basins – 2
- Panther
- Wrists
- Hips – circles sides, front-back
- Bear
- Qi Ball – La Na – with egg – breath heating a coal
- Dredging and Clearing – three Dan Tian – fast
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Eight
Shape-Shifting – expressive
- Wuji – 3 dt opening
- Taiji –
- San Dao – once
- Wings of Here and There – full turn with bubble of silence
- Expanding into the Sky @3 each
- Settling into the Land@-3 each
- Baby Elephant Bathes its Ears 2 L/R
- Pushing the Moon into the Sky – fast
- Wise Ox looks Back at the Moon
- Wide bend sway
- Panther – 2
- Wrists
- Hips – circles sides, front-back
- Bear -2
- Dragon – pearl open spine
- Primordial Qi Gong and Balance and three Dan Tian with Qi Ball
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Nine
A Qi gong Alphabet – shapes
- San Dao – three times
- Wings of Here and There
- Whiskers of Eternity – ancestral Land Qi 4, B2, all sky Qi 6
- Expanding into the Sky @15-5each
- Settling into the Land@15-5each
- Baby Elephant Bathes its Ears 2 L/R
- Stirring Cauldrons
- Standing in Stillness and Balance
- Natural Breathing – wuji
- Kelp in an Ocean of Wine
- San Dao – once
Week Ten
Stillness in Motion
- Wuji – Taiji – San Dao – once
- Expanding and Settling @1 each slow ½ speed – 12 bre
- Wings of Here and There – front/ side f/s/f– 5 3b each
- Baby Elephant Bathes its Ears 1 L/R – slow
- Wave Hands
- Panther
- Bear
- Dragon – pearl open spine
- Primordial Qi Gong and Balance and three Dan Tian with Qi Ball
- Dredging and Clearing
- Kelp in Wine (six breaths/six innate minds/yuan shen)
- San Dao – three times
First Free Bonus Class
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Shaolin Wall Staring Meditation
Nei Gong and Plant
Breathwork
Lying Meditation
Second Free Bonus Class
Restore your Core with Qi Gong – Basics
And Floor Work (Quick Core Check-in)