Qigong Teachers

Dr. Liu Dong

Born in the Chinese province Ji Lin, comes from a family in which Qigong has been practiced from generation to generation. In early childhood he developed serious pulmonary tuberculosis. Each morning at dawn, his grandfather led him up into the mountains to practice Tai Yang Gong or Sun Qigong, and within a short time, his tuberculosis was completely healed. For this reason, Liu Dong has dedicated himself to Qigong.

Dr Liu Dong received his medical diploma in 1987 from the Chinese Faculty of Medicine in Beijing. Since then, he has continued his research in the field of Medicine of Energy and Healing Qigong. He has worked with experts from China, Japan, America (e.g., Harvard School of Medicine) and France (e.g., National Health and Medical Research Institute in Marseille and Marmottan Hospital in Paris) and has completed many experiments and studies to show that Qigong can be very helpful in healing such problems as diseases of the immune system, allergies, depression, and hypertension and published several of books and articles in these areas. He also treated some powerful political personages such as Deng Xiao Peng.

After coming to France in 1989, he founded the LingGui Chinese Medicine School and opened a medical clinic, both in Paris. He founded Liu Dong Method Qi Gong, which is being passed on in many countries all over the world.

At present, Dr. Liu Dong is associated with Dr. David of the Pasteur Institute in France, where he has completed research on allergies, specifically treating diseases associated with allergies with the application of Chinese Medical herbs. As a professor of Chinese Traditional Medicine, he teaches in the University de Bubigny in Paris, France and also in the University of La Sapienza in Rome, Italy. As well, having received a visa to teach and conduct research in the U.S. under the special visa status given to persons of “extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics, he is teaching Medical Qigong workshops throughout the United States and well as in the Ling Gui School based in the Pacific Northwest.

Highlights of Liu Dong’s work

• March, 1980 Liu Dong worked with Professor Liu Guan Jun at the Changchun Chinese Institute of Chinese Medicine, where he studied the effects of Qigong on acupuncture meridians. A report on this work was published in the Chinese Nature review, 1981, volume 4, n 5.
• November, 1980 Liu Dong accepted an invitation from internationally renowned physician Qian Sue Sen who had offered him a scholarship and access to the High Energy Physics Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professors Zhend Zhi Peng and Zhao Yong Jia actively supported his work by allowing him to use a photomultiplier to measure the radioactivity of Qi emissions. This work resulted in three different publications in:
  • Chinese Nature review, 1981, volume 4, n 6
  • Science and Electronic Techniques, 1981, n 8
  • Beijing evening newspaper, June 10, 1981
• August, 1984 while working with Professor Herbert Benson of Harvard University, Liu Dong led a study into the interest of Qigong for preventing stress and high blood pressure linked to old age. The results of this study were published in the September 27, 1984 edition of the Chinese Journal of Medicine.
• June, 1987 Working with Professor Zhang Li of the Beijing Chinese Faculty of Medicine, Liu Dong carried out research into the effects of external Qi on the regulation of the immune system of tumoral cells in mice. Professor David Eisenberg of the Harvard Faculty of Medicine took part in this experimentation, the results of which were published in the Chinese Journal of Experimental Clinical Immunology, 1989, volume 1, n 1 and 2.
• April, 1988 working in Beijing with Professor Zhou Yong of the Chinese Faculty of Medicine, Liu Dong carried out experiments which resulted in spectacular results published in the journal Qigong In China, 1998, n 3 under the title “A Marvelous Phenomenon of Qigong: Experimental Study into the Effect of Qi on E. Coli In Vitro.
• July, 1988 In Japan, working with Professor Cang Qian, Liu Dong applied his method to patients suffering endocrinological illnesses in the hope of improving their conditions. The results of this study were published in the Japanese review Journal of Health, 1989, n 234.
• July, 1991 Liu Dong carried out an experiment on In Vitro Reduction of HIV and MT4 Activity by Qigong in the INSERM laboratory of Professor Jean-Claude Chermann, well known in the field of AIDS research. Dr Yves Requena took part in this experiment which brought to light a reduction in the virus activity in comparison to control samples.
• November, 1993 combining acupuncture and Qigong at Marmottan Hospital, Paris, Liu Dong obtained encouraging results in the treatment of toxicomany.

Books

• Rejuvenation Through Vital Breathing, Editions Jilin Wen Shi, China, 1988
• ABC du Qigong, Edition Jacques Grancher, Paris, France, 1997
• Qigong - La Voie du Calme, Edition Jacques Grancher, Paris, France 1998
• Qigong, Co-authored with Dr. Caterina Martucci, Raffaello Cortina Editor, Milan, Italy, 2003
• Stop The Pain With Chinese Medicine, in preparation, Paris, France, 2003
• The Mudra of Buddha, in preparation, publication USA, 2003

Articles

• Chinese Nature review, 1981, volume 4, n 6
• Science and Electronic Techniques, 1981, n 8
• Beijing evening newspaper, June 10, 1981
• Chinese Journal of Medicine, 27 September, 1984
• Japanese Review Journal of Health, 1989, n 234
• Chinese Journal of Experimental Clinical Immunology, 1989, volume 1, n 1 and 2
• Qigong In China, 1998, n 3

Liu He

Master Liu He comes from a family of distinguished healers. Her grandfather was the personal physician to the Last Emperor of China. Liu He began learning Qigong at four years of age from her grandfather and when she was nine, recognizing her high level of consciousness, he decided to break with the males-only tradition and train Liu He to become a Qigong master. Since leaving China in 1989, Liu He has taught Qigong and healing techniques extensively throughout Europe. Master Liu is an ongoing participant in World Qigong and Chinese Medicine Congresses. With her brother, she founded Ling Gui International Healing Qigong school in France and with Kimberly Ivy, opened Ling Gui International Healing Qigong School in Seattle, WA. Master Liu is also on the faculty of Oregon College of Oriental Medicine teaching their advanced level students and recently spoke at the 2007 Annual American Holistic Medical Association Conference.

Books

• ABC du Qigong, with Liu Dong
• Qigong et Medecine Chinoise, with Francois Cludy
• Jade Woman Qigong, by Madame Liu is forthcoming

Articles

• Goddess Flying to the Moon, by Kimberly Ivy, The Empty Vessel, Fall 2002