Read what our students are saying about Ling Gui and Qigong!

Recently, my experiences with Qigong have helped me when I became ill with a terrible head cold. I was waking up in the middle of the night with restlessness, cough, and a fever accompanied by body aches. I thought of Qigong to help me relax. I didn’t feel like actually getting out of bed so I simply visualized myself doing the one thousand hands Buddha form. The next thing I remember was waking up the next morning.

One of the mornings I awoke, the left side of my head, eye, and left cheek hurt so bad I couldn’t get up. I placed my hands on the sides of my head and ran myself through the laying down meditation (not sure what this one is called). I opened the door at GV 20 and allowed the Qi to enter into my brain, eyes, face, nose, and throat. After about ten minutes the pain was gone and I was able to get up.

I have also be able to reduce anxious feelings and thoughts by taking a moment to concentrate on my breathing in Mudra one, the diamond Mudra. Often before I enter my dentist office I will sit in my car for about 5-10 minutes and just concentrate on my breathing. I have found that when I go in for my visit that I am able to maintain that same breath and my blood pressure readings are always lower than usual.
AS - student

Qigong Saved My Basement……
Some work was being done on my sewer system and so a trench was open outside and right inside the basement. In the storm Sunday it started to fill with water. To keep the water from filling the basement, I was bailing with a bucket, filling up a trash can, and wheeling it out and dumping it into the greenbelt. I was able to keep that up over a period of 6 hours (with breaks in between). My 18 year old housemate meanwhile stopped after about 2 rounds of 20 minutes each because he was so tired. My shoulders and neck hurt and I am stiff and extremely tired, but I am functioning. I will rest more so the MS doesn’t flare, but I am amazed I was able to do that. Qigong has really given me stamina! KW - Master’s Program Student

What qigong has done for me. I’ve gone from being unable to walk around the block eight years ago, to having good health, and freedom
from disabling, chronic pain in spite of the fact that I have severely degenerated discs in my lower back and upper neck from a childhood injury. And that’s just the physical healing. I also found not just one, but two qigong teachers who are very different from each other in who they are, how they teach, and what they teach. And they are brother and sister! Master Liu He and Dr. Liu Dong have taught with great grace and patience under sometimes very difficult circumstances. They teach with incredible dignity, humility, and approachability. They are honor their students by always being fully present and giving fully of themselves, even if maybe they are stressed by life outside the classroom. Their dedication to Qigong is a testimony to the power it has in their own lives. They model a high level of intelligence and compassion, and they act as though we students can do what they do, with the same intelligence and compassion! And so, we students experience depths of meditation, depths of compassion, strength of character, and other qigong and life experiences we didn’t think were possible. I am grateful to Master Liu He and Dr. Liu Dong. SS - Master’s Program Student

It has been an honor to study with Master Liu He and her brother, Dr. Liu Dong for three years. People may travel afar in hopes of studying with such renown teachers. They come to us with a rich, long and pure lineage. They come with noble happy hearts, quiet mastery, humility. and as two of China’s National Treasures.

Qigong is like “coming home”. As I balance nature within, I experience the highest form of self love and the spiritual and physical opening that follows. My practice has supported me through a crossroads in life of seemingly unbearable pain. Cultivate what is good within and allow the rest to fall to the side.

Not denial. Not change. Transformation. (a grateful student)