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Monthly Qigong Workshops at Chill Cville Wellness Center in Charlottesville, VA

Sunday August 3rd - Intro to Tiger/Tigress QiGong

Sunday, September 7th- Fire Dragon Meridian Qigong and Harp Sound Medicine Bath

Appropriate for any level practitioner, these Lineage Rooted QiGong forms from the Mt. EMei and Dragon Gate Schools are potent medicinal methods of energy cultivation for healing, transformation and easeful longevity. We have mats, pillows and blankets available but please feel free to bring your own comforting napping accessories. Please email me at jaydemaio77@gmail.com to be added to my mailing list for date announcements for this workshop. Space is limited to 9 participants.

TuGuNaXin Meditation — No classes currently scheduled

TuGuNaXin can be theoretically translated as “release Old Life energy, breathe in New Life Energy”. This esoteric Daoist meditation irrigates, harmonizes and brightens the energies within our organ systems through toning, mantras (breath sounds), mudras (ancient hand positions) and color visualizations. Each class we gently rest down into alignment and meditate briefly on the Dragon Gate Hidden Lineage Sacred Poetry before beginning TuGuNaXin. Please bring a cushion, pillow or comfortable chair and a blanket. Prior QiGong, Pranayama or Internal Alchemy Meditation experience is required for this class. To register please email jaydemaio77@gmail.com: Suggested donation of $15-25 Venmo: @jaydemaiolmt OR PayPal.me/demaiolmt

Jay DeMaio guides Qigong as a gentle, deep internal awareness experience of "feeling and healing". Jay holds a five-year certificate of training from Blue Willow World Healing Center. He has 20 years experience in Internal Martial arts and continues to train in the traditional Daoist Way as a student-disciple with his primary teacher, Master Zhongxian Wu, the recognized Lineage holder of 4 Daiost Internal Martial Arts schools. He has received Master Wu’s blessing to guide Qigong classes. He offers small group lessons and One on one Qigong Lessons.    

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QIGONG FOUNDATIONS: RETURN TO THE GREAT PRIMORDIAL QI FIELD

  • Toes root down with a baby grip of the earth/floor

  • Knees slightly bent

  • Suck in your lower belly inward

  • Lift your perinium to close your Earthly Door (see explaniation below),

  • Keep your Heavenly Gate open (see below),

  • Mouth closed, teeth closed, tongue tip gently touching behind the upper front tooth ridge,

  • Eyelids hanging softly like curtains, shoulders relaxed, arms relaxed.

  • Breathe freely, listen within, observe within with loving presence and awareness.

QIGONG TERMINOLOGY:

Qi: Medicinal Healing Energy OR Life Energy OR Vital Energy

Gong: Symbolizes Breath, Mindfulness and Movement done with Correct Alignment

Earthly Door: (Root Chakra) — An energy seal between the legs (CV 1 acupuncture point). During standing postures, we maintain our Earthly Door sealed so that we create internal energy circulation throughout our meridians (energy channels). Leaning back on the heels can leave our Earthly Door slightly ajar, nudging us slightly out of our unique, Physio-Universal alignment and draining our vital energy. By baby gripping the earth with our toes, we stay on the balls of our feet and knuckles of our toes which contain the lumbrical muscles whose job it is to help keep our body in alignment. Proper alignements refills and circulates our energy smoothly enhancing our internal healing potential. It is important that these foundations of Qigong are mastered before progressing to the flowing TaiJi/QiGong movements.

During movement, simply focusing on the Lower DanTian will naturally keep the Earthly Door closed. There is no need to focus on the closing of our Earthly Door because the undulation of our DanTian will naturally keep us in ideal alignment during movement. “DanTian moves, everything follows” is the principle of all movement to preserve our joints and sustain harmonious Qi flow throughout our body.

Heavenly Gate: (AKA Crown Chakra) — While in standing posture, we imagine our Heavenly Gate opening and all of our hair follicles of our head reaching toward the Heavens/Stars. We visualize our Heavenly Gate lifting up the the vertebrae in our spine, lifting the weight of our head off of our shoulder and the weight of our shoulders off of our backs. Our body from the waist up, flowing like bamboo branches, our body from the waist down, strongly rooted like bamboo truncks.

DanTian: Often translated as our energy “Elixir Field” or “Cauldron”. There are 3 DanTians in the body: Lower, Upper and Middle. In Qigong, when we say “DanTian” we are generally referring to the Lower DanTian located 3-4 finger widths below the naval. Our Middle DanTian is located at the middle of the chest/sternum. Our Upper DanTian is located in the middle of the brain around the Pineal and Pituitary Axis.

“Heng” Mantra: The breath sound or mantra “Heng” symbolizes Thunder, Sacrificial Offering, Aligning Body and Spirit, Merging Heaven with Earth or the Initial Commencement of Being from Non Being. With the mouth closed and teeth relaxing, gently together, exhale with the sound “Heng”. Relax torso and lower belly and simply explore feeling the vibration as if it is originating from your DanTian.