Strengthening Your Generative Energy and Building Bone Marrow

A 6-day Qigong 3 and Taoist Meditation Retreat - Strengthening Your Generative Energy and Building Bone Marrow - Special Focus on Sexual & Creative Energy and Aging

With a Special Focus on Sexual & Creative Energy and Aging The Keys to a Long Healthy Life: Strengthening generative energy (jing) and building bone marrow are the keys to living a long and healthy life. The Three Pillars of Self-Care: Qigong, meditation, and lifestyle are the Three Pillars of Self-Care that can help us move through life with vitality and health. Qigong Exercises: The practice of qigong can help us build strength in our muscles and bones, regain flexibility in our tendons, and cultivate generative energy (jing), which is the foundation of youthful vitality. Taoist meditation: When forms of Taoist meditation that support the cultivation of generative energy are practiced, sexual and creative energy will be strengthened. Lifestyle: When qigong and meditation are supported by a lifestyle that focuses on replenishing generative energy and strengthening bone marrow, we will be able to enjoy a life lived well. This retreat features: Generative Energy & Bone Marrow: Techniques for strengthening generative energy (jing) and building bone marrow using with Huatu Five Animals Qigong, The Immortals’ Guide to Breath Regulation and Self-Massage, and Red Phoenix Calisthenics. Instruction in a special technique for nourishing generative energy. Muscles, Tendons & Ligaments: Using qigong to strengthen muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Internal Energy: Using Zhangzhuan Standing Qigong to build a reservoir of internal energy. Energy: Instruction in Taoist meditation Nei Guan (internal observation) for enhancing awareness of energy in the body. Meditation: Instruction in a form of Taoist meditation for conserving and nourishing generative energy. Lifestyle: Discussion of a lifestyle that nourishes generative energy. Contemplations: Practice of constructive contemplation through readings from the Taoist classics Nourishing the Essence of Life and Being Taoist. Arrival & Departure The program begins at 8:00pm on Sunday, June 2nd 2024. Please plan to arrive between 2:00pm and 6:00pm. Dinner is served at 6:30pm. The program ends at 6pm June 7th. Prerequisites: Requirement: Qigong 1 and 2 This retreat can be used to fulfil the requirement necessary for Qigong 4.