Tree Standing Qigong is about four thousand years old, and is used for everything from building strength for martial arts to self-healing, lowering blood pressure, increasing respiration and alertness, reducing stress and pain, and improving health and energy overall. The result is a high level of internal motion within the body that drives your Qi to move through its energy channels as the blood surges through your veins and arteries. Eventually you expand beyond your normal limits of endurance to a highly energized state of alert tranquility.

Primordial Qigong: This simple yet powerful set of movements taps the energy of the four directions (East, West, South, North) and combines them with the Universal energy for cultivating Qi. It's the most powerful qigong form we've found.
This is a wonderful formal exercise for those who are developing their Qi, but feel as though they need something more.

The Six Healing Sounds is a basic relaxation and self-healing technique utilizing simple arm movements and special sounds to transform negative emotion/energy into positive vitality. This practice uses color, sound and postures that result in improved digestion, reduced internal stress, reduced insomnia and headaches, and greater vitality as the Qi flow increases through the different organs.

Taichi Stretching: In this workshop, you will learn the dos and don'ts of stretching and relaxing by using simple movements, directed by qi and coordinated with the breath. These are perfect as warm-ups to taichi or as a wonderful way to start your day. Youth or seniors can perform this routine.

www.HealingTaoUSA.com: medical qigong, spiritual tai chi, meditation, and 30 Tao summer retreats near Blowing Rock, N.C. with focus on energy healing.

The Microcosmic Orbit is the first level for anyone wanting to cultivate and refine their life-force energy (Qi). By channeling Universal, Cosmic and Earth energies, the student will learn to circulate Qi through the primary acupuncture channels of the body.

The Inner Smile: A genuine smile is the most universal of all positive energies recognizable by the human mind. Regardless of where one travels on the globe, a smile is welcomed by every culture. What is it that we recognize in a smile? Is it the expression on one's face, or is it the actual energy transferred from one person to another? We believe that there is an attracting, healing quality that radiates from the process of smiling. By learning to create, duplicate and cultivate this same healing energy, we can direct and focus this healing energy to the organs, glands and systems within the body, and rid them of the harmful effects of stored negative emotions.

Defense For Women
This is not the typical course where women are taught martial arts. Learning a martial art takes time and dedication before it becomes effective on the street. This course teaches how to use the mind to think, move, act, react and observer not to become a victim. If attack is inevitable, you will learn what natural weapons you have and how to effectively use them to the attacker's vital areas! By the end of the course, you will be confident enough of your skills to break a board with your bare hands!
· Home and Travel Security
· Weight Shifting Essentials
· Statistical Data
· Proper Response Training
· Effective Weapons of the Body
· Vulnerable Targets that Work!.