Lecture sessions (above)
and practice teaching sessions
(below) are part of the
Qigong teacher training.

Institute of Integral Qigong & Tai Chi

Curriculum

• Level 1: Community Qigong Facilitator
• Level 2: Tai Chi Instruction Intensive
• Level 3: Qigong and Tai Chi Instructor Certificate

LEVEL 1: COMMUNITY QIGONG FACILITATOR

Awakening the Healer Within - Foundations of Self-Healing, Qigong and Tai Chi

Lecture and discussion

• Introduction to self-healing and the roots of practical contemporary Qigong and Tai Chi
• The components of Qigong
• Qi Matrix, Heaven and Earth, Three Reservoirs (Dan Tian), the One, the Two and Three Treasures
• The Ten Phases
• The Four Equivalents of Qi
• Energetic physiology, plus the equivalent of TCM theory
• Teaching Qigong guidelines: Cautions and contra indications
• Investigation of Qigong's historic roots
• Energetic physiology, plus the equivalent of TCM theory, Chinese philosophy and the history of medicine
• Ancient Dao Science and internal alchemy

Practices

• Vitality method
• Walking Qigong
• Level One Healing methods
• Spontaneous Qigong
• Ten Phases Integral Qigong
• Tendon (Connective Tissue) Changing Practice - Yi Jin Jing
• Marrow (Brain) Washing - Xi Sui Jing
• Seven Precious Gestures
• Breath Practice
• Qigong Meditation
• Micro-Cosmic Orbit
• Channel Conductance Methods and Yi Quan

Healing Methods

• Light Delivery Method
• Distant intention to open channels
• Simple hands near body methods

LEVEL 2: TAI CHI INSTRUCTION INTENSIVE

Lecture and discussion

• Introduction to the historic roots of Tai Chi (Taiji)
• Investigation of Qigong's historic roots
• Martial vs health improvement vs spiritual practice and training
• Teaching Taiji - cautions and limit
• Taiji philosophy based in Yin/Yang and Bagua study of the theory and philosophy of the trigrams
• Explore and modify Taiji research for health improvement
• Teaching Taiji - cautions and limits

Practices

• The Principles of Tai Chi (Taiji)
• Tai Chi Easy and Tai Chi Three
• Introduction to Tai Chi Qigong
• Introduction to Push Hands
• Moving form of Tai Chi Qigong

Self-paced study

• Study and practice time
• A minimum of 10 hours of group facilitation in some community format such as a church, community center, school, YMCA, etc.
• Original research paper on any Qigong topic - at least five pages, following academic style, with references

LEVEL 3: QIGONG AND TAI CHI INSTRUTOR CERTIFICATE

Lecture and discussion

• Advanced Qigong Theory
• Internal Alchemy
• Teaching Qigong guidelines: Pacing learning and modifying for limitations
• Qi Deviation

Practices

• Advanced Tendon Changing Qigong (Yi Jin Jing)
• Advanced Marrow Washing Qigong (Xi Sui Jing)
• Nei Gong
• Wuji Qigong - Primordial Method
• Lotus Flower
• Inner Alchemy Practice
• Light Alchemy
• Reversal of Fire and Water - Kan and Li

Healing practices

• Review and refinement of hands near body methods
• Scanning to determine areas of need

Self-paced study

• Study and practice time
• A minimum of 10 hours of group facilitation in some community format such as a church, community center, school, YMCA, etc.
• Original research paper on any Qigong topic - at least five pages, following academic style, with references.