Want to keep your Tai Chi practice fresh, fun and FLOWING? Many find their initial experience of Tai Chi/Qigong practices truly transformative and inspiring. From your initial experience, you may have eagerly sought out classes - but then something happened - and you found yourself losing interest. You may have felt those new classes were just too confusing, caused you stress or conversely, you found them boring and lacking in any meaningful challenge. Often when Tai Chi is discussed it is in the context of how practicing can support extraordinary health and wellness benefits. The multitude of health benefits are a cause for celebration, but there is more!
The “more” could be how you find a way to access the FLOW state in your Tai Chi practice. When "in the flow," you are totally engaged in what is happening. You are deeply immersed in the present moment experience. Without seeking and much to your delight, you find yourself experiencing happiness and joy. This workshop is for everyone who, having started to practice Tai Chi or other mind-body practices, are asking themselves how they might continue to grow and deepen the experience of flow.
Join Institute of Integral Qigong & Tai Chi (IIQTC) Senior Trainer, David Lehman (pictured below), as you learn to develop and experience your own Tai Chi FLOW path. Course begins October 1st!
The Art of Tai Chi Flow Workshop
Offered in Three Sessions - Live online via Zoom
Saturday, October 1
Noon – 4pm ET
Saturday, October 8
Noon – 3pm ET
Saturday, October 15
Noon – 3pm ET
David has spent a lifetime (so you do not have to) passionately exploring Tai Chi as both a martial art and a profound moving meditation and healing practice. This on-line virtual workshop will be conducted over three weeks to allow your own powerful experiences of flow to emerge. The heart of the program is understanding how to practice and stay in Tai Chi flow. Upon completion of the workshop you will have learned to:
- Develop and fully experience FLOW while practicing Tai Chi
- Understand how to cultivate the FLOW experience through Tai Chi for a lifetime
Investment for this transformative 10-hour workshop is just $197
Join instructor Josie Weaver (pictured left), on Thursday, October 20th at 10:00am PT/1:00pm ET, for a powerful 2-hour LIVE interactive presentation focused on relief from chronic pain. Josie will feature Qigong breath and movement exercises rooted in the Empowered Relief™ pain skills course developed by Stanford University pain scientist, Dr. Beth Darnall.
Click HERE for an informative article entitled, Empowered Relief: Meeting the Needs of a Nation in Pain, written by Dr. Darnall and featured in Psychology Today.
If you are alive, you will at some point experience pain in your life. How you think and feel about pain will, in many ways, determine your pain experience. This presentation will explain why this is so and provide you tools to handle pain or support others in your life, who may be experiencing prolonged or chronic pain.
Cost for this informative and empowering presentation is only $47. Course space fills quickly so please click HERE to register today!
Apply Today! HWF Practice Leader Fellowship Program
Our Fellowship Program seeks to identify and support remarkable individuals who cultivate practice groups with people and in traditionally underserved communities to increase the availability of self-healing for all people.
The HWF Practice Leader Fellowship Program:
Solicits applications from qualified individuals to lead Healer Within and/or Tai Chi Easy™ practice groups in locations which might otherwise not be able to support such groups dues to lack of access; Identifies and highlights extraordinary individuals who are reaching marginalized communities and support their efforts towards greater impact; Showcases creative approaches from diverse members of our global community; Inspires others to take innovative and creative approaches to implementing and disseminating Tai Chi Easy™ and other evidence-based wellness practices.
We welcome applications from individuals who meet all of the following eligibility criteria:
- Currently certified as Healer Within or Tai Chi Easy™ Practice Leaders,
- Leading (or will lead) practice groups, predominantly from underserved communities,
- Awardees must agree to all program requirements as follows:
- Commit to a full year of leading practice
- Provide a brief, written progress update after six months
- Agree to share Fellow experience through HWF publications and events, such
as the HWF Newsletter and 5th Saturday program
If you meet the above criteria, we encourage you to complete and submit the Application Form. Applications for 2022 will be accepted through October 15, 2022.
Join Daisy Lee For Advanced Qigong Via Shift Network
Discover the ancient wisdom of Wuji Hundun Qigong - one of the “secret” lineages that is only now being taught online in the West.
Used by practitioners and healers for over 800 years (and once used to treat and heal the Chinese Royal Family), it features 18 movements specifically designed to help you find, restore, and maintain your balance in the midst of turbulence - both within and outside yourself.
With its beautiful, vitality-boosting synchronicity between breath and movement, Wuji Hundun Qigong helps you nurture an embodied way of living amidst the unknown, with greater ease and resilience, and a fully engaged presence.
Join us for a complimentary online event which you can watch at your convenience, with renowned Qigong teacher Daisy Lee, the founder of Radiant Lotus Qigong, and experience the healing power of Wuji Hundun Qigong for yourself.
You can register HERE for Advanced Qigong Practices to Stay Centered & Healthy Amid Life’s Chaos: Increase Your Wellbeing, Productivity & Optimism With the Ancient 18-Movement Wuji Hundun Qigong System and watch on demand at a time convenient for you! Enjoy!
5th Saturday Cloud Gathering: October 29th
Please join us Saturday, October 29th at Noon PT/3:00pm ET for this special LIVE gathering taking place at the Healer Within Foundation Facebook Page. Do be sure to "Like" and "Follow" our Facebook Page to receive notifications of this - and other - HWF Facebook Live events!
In this free online event we will explore the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and the evidence-based research around lifestyle interventions that can help prevent and reverse symptoms of cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s Disease is a threat to health and independent living and this class explores healthy living tips from the latest research for our brains and bodies. We will also practice Vitality Enhancement Methods and Integral Qigong Practices designed to relieve stress and improve mental focus and clarity. Handouts will be included!
Prefer to access through Zoom?
Add your name to our Cloud mailing list to receive Zoom information, handouts and links to replay videos for this and future 5th Saturday Gatherings! Sign up at: www.healerwithinfoundation.org/cloud
HWF Gatherings on the Cloud will be available to access on the HWF Facebook page via Facebook Live (or register to receive Zoom link) and last for approximately 60-90 minutes.
Be sure to mark your calendars now for the remaining 5th Saturday Gatherings in 2022:
October 29 - Understanding Alzheimer's Disease: Research, Prevention and Reversing Progression
December 31 - The Amazing Health Benefits of Sleep and Nature
Gatherings on the Cloud begin at noon PST/3:00 pm EST and last for approximately 90 minutes.
So, If you haven't already, please sign up now to RSVP for this special series of Zoom/Facebook Live meetings to make friends, get support, and stay in touch with others who lead practice and care about health and wellness!
Already registered? Great! Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on the cloud.
Online Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader Training
HWF Pledge Drive Coming In October!
The HWF vision: A world of self-healing, wellness and vitality. We invite you to join us in this vision as a member of the Vitality Circle. Please watch your email over the coming weeks for details on our fall pledge drive. The pledge drive will be held the entire month of October, and those who choose to make monthly pledges of $25, $50 or $75+, will receive special gifts of thanks such as the exclusive Vitality Circle Member tee shown below.
Your pledge supports Qigong/Tai Chi and other self-care wellness events, community and virtual practice groups, the HWF Fellowship Program, and future HWF sustainability. We encourage you to consider pledging during the month of October, and becoming an important part of the Healer Within Foundation vision. Thank you!
Have A Wellness Program You Would Like To Share?
Have you authored or do you lead an educational self-care and/or wellness course? Offer a unique presentation or class related to Tai Chi, Qigong or other body-mind-spirit practices? Maybe you are in development of such a curriculum and are seeking a partner to help get your course in front of potential students? If so, the HWF Programs Team is currently calling for Educational Program Proposals and would like to hear from you!
Proposals are accepted on a continuous basis. Proposals submitted by the 15th of each month, will be reviewed by the end of that month.
The Healer Within Foundation Mission: Healer Within Foundation advances Qigong/Tai Chi and other self-healing, body/ mind/spirit practices, through collaboration with individuals, and organizations to sponsor trainings, community practice groups and research.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, HWF strives to produce accessible, engaging and effective educational content which may assist individuals in achieving improved health and well-being.
HWF Educational Program Goals:
- Dissemination of effective Self-Care and Wellness Programs/Presentations
- Alignment with HWF Mission
- Identified Audience/Need (e.g. children's health, general health & wellness, chronic pain, substance abuse, etc.)
- Competitively-priced offerings of high quality with feasible implementation cost
Access the Program Proposal Form at: www.HealerWithinFoundation.org/programapp
The HWF Programs Team welcomes your application submission and look forward to reviewing your program offering SOON!
ALL The Designs!
Did you know that ALL HWF apparel designs are available on demand? This means you can order any shirt...anytime! Several styles and colors available for each design.
Click HERE to see ALL the HWF designs available through Bonfire and order yours TODAY!
Thank you for your support! Be well!