Wild Goose-15 and Wild Goose Meditation-3
December 27 - 31, 2014
Join Dr. Hu for a week of rejuvenating Wild Goose Qigong and nourishing meditation. Cleanse out your unhealthy energy and release your negative emotions. Replenish your body and mind with fresh and vibrating energy, and get ready to usher in the New Year with self-confidence, enthusiasm, and optimism.
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to improve your Wild Goose performance and to learn the time-tested, self-healing Wild Goose practices in a lovely, close-to-nature room, conveniently located in the quiet town of Kensington, just bordering Berkeley, from a highly qualified master, at a very affordable price!
Five Days of Wild Goose
Wild Goose (WG) Qigong and meditation is a complete healing system. Well known for its lovely and graceful movements that suggest the image of an innocent and carefree goose, it is one of the most popular Medical Qigong systems for self-healing and qigong therapy.
In this New Year retreat, we are going to teach WG-15 (Soft Fist Qigong) and WG Meditation-3 (Big Dipper or Figure-8 Microsmic Orbit).
Six Hours of Wild Goose Each Day
Enjoy six hours of instruction with Dr. Hu each day, with three hours in the morning, a leisurely break, and then three more hours in the afternoon. Sessions will begin at 9:30am on the morning of Dec. 27, and finish at 5:30 pm., except on the last day, Dec. 31, we will conclude our retreat at 3pm.
Why do we learn Wild Goose-15 (Soft Fist Qigong)?
- It offers a special way to train our hole body movements, esepecially for training the 3-dimensional (3-D) circular movements.
- It makes our waist more flexible and resilient.
- It elps open up our crown and the K-1 acu-point at the bottom of our feet.
- While learning quick release of tension, our body becomes more agile.
- While learning stretching with ease, we also learn how to use reverse abdominal breathing (RAB) more smoothly.
- Since we are practicing the Kunlun Bagua steps in both directions, our Bagua steps will be trained to be more rhythmic and natural.
Health Benefits of Practicing Wild Goose-15
- Since linear movements are mixed with 3-D circular movements, out qi and blood circulation will be greatly improved.
- The effective "whole body movement" training will improve our whole body coorindation as well as our body-mind coordination.
- Stretching is related to deeper breathing. Since it supplies more oxygen to the brain, we will feel more energized, and our mind will be clearer.
- Natural stretching is always related with positive emotions. It promotes one's composure, self-confidence and optimism; daring to challenge any difficulties and marching forward to achieve one's goal.
- Practicing this qigong is one of the best cures for depression, anxiety and pessimism, as well as for getting rid of the bad habit of hesitation (un-decidedness), listlessness or lethargy.
The Structure of Wild Goose Meditation-3 (Big Dipper Meditation)
This meditation can be divided into 7 segments, which consists of both meditation (or "standing stake") and moving qigong:
1) Praying and circling of the wrists
2) "Self-needling" of the head, using the plum blossom mudra to stimulate these 5 acu-points: ST-8, Tai-yang, GB-20, ST-5 and ST-13
3) Standing stake, using the Big Dipper mudra
4) Lifting of the forearms and rotation of the wrists, 7x7 times
5) Mantra, silently and slowly reciting the "secret code, 7 times
6) Looking far away and forging the elixir, for 10 minutes
7) Closing movements
The long mantra used in this meditation, which is used as a "secret code" to tap into the celestial energy from the Big Dipper:
Yao-shi lai lian-dan
Di-zi yin shi lian
Qi-xing bei-dou zhao xin-xiong
Lian-gong gong-chen ding cheng-gong
(Looking far away and forging my elixir,
As a disciple, I am practicing during 3-5 am in the early morning;
With the Big Dipper shining upon my chest and in my heart,
My practice will certainly be successful.)
Certificate for completion of 30 contact hours will be provided for those who have joined or who are planning to join the Wild Goose Teacher’s Training Program.
Registration
Program package:
$545 Full program tuition, before December 10 (includes $50 facility use fee)
$585 After December 10, space permitting
To hold your space for the retreat
Please send a deposit of $250 per person prior to December 10,
payable to Dr. Bingkun Hu. The balance of $295 is due prior to December 22.
Mail payments to:
Dr. Bingkun Hu, 2114 Sacramento St., Berkeley, CA 94702
Accommodations:
To minimize the cost, we will not be providing lodging at this retreat. Berkeley and surrounding towns offer many options from motels, hotels and airbnb. For more information, please call Julie Wellings at 805-646-0068.
For more information about the retreat:
Please contact Julie Wellings: juliewellings9@gmail.com or 805-646-0068
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