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School for Qigong
Frequently asked questions
What is qigong?
Qigong is a kind of technology or inner science 1,000's of years old based in classical Chinese medicine that is designed to activate your body's own healing energy and greatly increase the communication through your entire system. – It significantly raises the bar on the human potential.
Qigong is a practice of learning a new language. Learning the language of the soul, the elements, your cells and organs, and of nature as a whole.
How is Centered Living’s approach different from most qigong classes?
Every qigong school or class that one attends will be different. As it reflects the teacher’s unique training, life experience, personality, and the level to which they have digested and integrated the work.
My background in this work provides a unique and rare approach. As I offer tools and understanding for both working with the body as well as the spirit and what each bring to the table. I utilize the tools when appropriate from both a top down and a bottom up approach to developmental progression. The goal of both is the same; to unite body, mind, energy, and spirit together in the body while keeping it simple, natural, fun, and full of humor.
Do I need prior experience?
No experience necessary. Beginners are welcome. Practices are taught progressively and can be adapted to your physical condition, energy sensitivity, and current level of capacity.
Is this spiritual or religious?
The work is spiritual but not religious. Spirit and body are treated as inseparable aspects of human physiology, consistent with classical Chinese medicine. Classical Chinese medicine is derived out of the Taoist understanding of nature, the universe, and how reality functions based on direct observation while learning how to live in harmony with the natural flow of nature. It is not based on blind belief that lacks discernment, it is based on the principles of balance.
What if I’ve tried many healers, therapists, or modalities and nothing has worked?
Many people come here after other approaches haven't successfully addressed the core issue. Many systems and therapies out there work to help you manage the issue you're working with instead of completely clearing it from your body and nervous system.
Energetic work at this level does address many of the layers that are often missed when the work stays primarily analytical, physical, emotional, or symptom focused. If you do the work, you will shift the energy, which will shift your physical, emotional, and mental experience.
This does not imply a quick fix. Depending on where you're at on your journey, what your goals are, and what you are particularly working with , it can take time and consistency on your part to move through the layers necessary to fully clear out the issue you are working with.
What if I’m afraid of opening energetically?
This work does not push anyone to do or be anywhere other than where they are. Much of the meditation tools, practices, and one-on-one sessions focus on making your body and energy system feel stronger, safer, and more clear on what is truly you and what isn't. As you develop, openness happens naturally.
Why is humor or amusement so important?
When we experience discomfort or pain, it is also a sign our energy has stopped moving and has become stuck. It's normal to not be neutral to pain and that stuck vibration in our body or aura and we often match that stuck energy by getting really serious. However, seriousness is a heavy energy that doesn't move just like our "stuck pain". When we match that vibration emotionally, it becomes very hard to heal, move energy, or access our own information.
When we set the energy in amusement it allows us to use our tools to create space for ourselves. To get out of resistance, competition, and effort. To uncover our light and connection to our spirit, heal what is stuck, and shift it back into flow. It is a vibration you learn to create especially when you aren't feeling very amused.
Do we have your answers?
No, the only person who has your answers and the information you're looking for is you. Many people may claim to know what you should do or who you should be. But only you have the truth to your questions. Our job is to hold the space for you and teach you the tools that can help you better connect with your own information.
Can we or someone else heal you?
No, the only person who can heal you, is you. Again, many people and energies will claim they can heal you, or fix your problems, or take all your pain away. But the only energy that can truly heal you is your own.
There are a lot of energies out there that can block or get in the way of you receiving your own healing information. What we can be offered outside yourself is support in clearing the energy that gets in the way of you receiving your own healing energy, so you can take a next step.