Zhineng Qigong is a deeply meditative practice that is used to heal the body and mind, bringing each person

into balance with nature. It is a self-healing method that embraces daily practice to overcome unhealthy mental and physical habits.

Zhineng Qigong is also a science, a newly emerging science. It is the science of the systems of Qi and human life. Perhaps this will be the most important science to develop in the future, transforming human activity to a higher level of functioning and consciousness.

Based in ancient practices, this profound and new method for healing and reaching higher levels of all human potential was developed by Dr. and Grandmaster Pang Ming in China in 1979. As a medical doctor, he believed that the healing accomplished through western medicine was not complete, so he studied Chinese medicine and became a doctor of Chinese medicine. Realizing however, that complete healing must ultimately come from oneself, he developed Zhineng Qigong and opened the Hua Xia Zhineng Qigong Center in China. Between 1988 and 2001, the Center treated over 400,000 students with 185 different diseases. (For more details on Grandmaster Pang’s life and accomplishments, please see Master Liu’s book, Basic Theories and Methods of Zhineng Qigong, or his website, LifeQiCenter.com.)

Dr. Pang also set up a research center at Hua Xia, testing the effects of Qi on crop

yields in agriculture. There were classes at the Center for students with tumors or cancers, and classes for children, as well as classes to develop “paranormal” abilities in children.

Grandmaster Pang’s life-long training is unparalleled due to his study of martial arts, and his study with 18 different Grandmasters in China. There are very few Grandmasters in the world, and to have studied with so many is a rare accomplishment.

Zhineng Qigong is a very different qigong for many reasons, but primarily because of Grandmaster Pang’s practice of Organizing the Qi Field. All Qi is a specific type of energy, and everything is made of Qi. Qi is basically information. As humans, we are constantly connecting to qi fields of different qi (energy) information. The problem has become, however, that in human life we have lost our connections to the natural, healing sources of energy information. Instead of being connected to the regular flow of life, we are locked in mental habits that connect us with the qi information of illness and disfunctionality.

When we Organize the Qi Field, we are consciously connecting to the qi information of the universe that is healing and promoting of our highest well-being. Zhineng Qigong teaches specific techniques of how to Organize the Qi Field for our daily lives. Master Liu has written extensively on this in his article on the Eight Verses ( a short excerpt is included in this newsletter). There are many methods for Organizing the Qi

Field, depending on our intention at the moment. However, it is one of the most important elements of Zhineng Qigong practice. All students should learn to Organize the Qi Field for their home and families, when waking up in the morning, before a meeting, before an stressful event, etc. When this practice is part of our daily lives, then we are truly in control of our Qi and our lives become balanced.

Zhineng Qigong is practiced all over the world, and Master Liu has taught students in many countries since the closing of the Zhineng Qigong Centers in China in 1999.

Zhineng Qigong Science

Volume I, # 1WINTER 2010

ContentsPracticing Mind’s Intent, Not the Qi by Jan Lively .......................2

The Eight Verses by Master Liu Yuan Tong .................3

Intention by Deborah Lissom .........4

Portrait of Grandmaster Pang by Gail Langsdon ............................5

Zhineng Qigong Mission Statements .....................................5

Raising the Sun of the Heart poem by Master Liu Yuan Tong .......5

Calendar of Events ........................6

Recent Retreats .............................6

What is Zhineng Qigong ?

During his workshops and retreats in the U.S. last year, Master Liu empha-sized the importance of the mind’s

focus in our practice. What is our intention for our practice? Is it healing? Then we need to focus on our healing intention. Is it to open the mind’s wisdom to receive information? Then that is our intention. Is it for greater peace and well-being? Create that intention for your practice.

Many people when they start to practice Zhineng Qigong quickly start to feel the qi. As the qi becomes stronger, they associate pleasant physical sensations with the qi, and then often become focused on “feeling qi.” In other words, their mind’s intent is to feel even more of the pleasant qi sensations. They may even think, “I am feeling so much qi! I must be practicing very well!” As a result, these sensa-

tions may increase even more and all one is doing is thinking about feeling the qi.

Similarly, many students will experi-ence colors, images, or

visions when they are practicing. When this happens, they may think, “How wonderful, or how interesting.” Then every time they practice, they are seeking out these images or other sensory information, or trying to find meaning in such images.

But this is not true Qigong practice. When we practice, we need to remember our inten-tion for our practice. For example, “I am practicing Qigong to heal and strengthen my lungs.” We need to visualize the lungs as perfectly healthy and feel what healthy lungs feel like. We must use all the powers of our mind’s imagination, using all of our senses, to experience our desired result. Then we practice. We know that when we do the opening movements, we are releasing disease or blockage as we expand our qi field to con-nect with primal qi. When we do the closing movements, we know that we are absorbing and integrating the primal qi with our own – and that our intention is immediately real-ized through the transformation of the qi and information.

When we are focused on simply feeling the qi, or watching the images that come into our minds, then our intention for healing is not as strong and powerful. For the best results, train your mind to stay focused on the practice, without indulging in the distracting thoughts or the sensations and images that may come to you. Let those things go and return to concentrating on the visualizations.

Even when we are not doing the Qigong forms or meditations, we can still use the mind to actively and consciously practice our intention as we go about our daily activities. This is a creative endeavor. For example, if your intention is for healing, as you shower, visualize releasing all disease from your body.

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When you are in a beautiful place, feel the qi of the place and absorb it deep inside. When you eat, fa qi the food with the intention of your body taking in all the nutrition and transforming qi into healthy cells. When someone gives you a compliment, send the good information into the place that needs healing. Then affirm – “completely healthy!” “Normal!” There are many, many ways to practice Qigong in our daily life, but we must actively use the power of the mind to make them work for us.

Completely trust yourself in this process. This requires belief in the qi, faith in the power of the practice, and trust in ourselves. When we know how powerful our minds are, then we can progress or heal very quickly.

Jan Lively has studied Zineng Qigong since 1998 and has been studying in China on retreats since 2002. She was certified in China by the Hua Xia Zhineng Qigong teachers in China. She works primarily with people healing from cancer, and is one of the co-founders of the Noble Circle, a non-profit organization for women with cancer.

Master Liu Yuan Tong’s first book explicating the basic theories and methods of Zineng Qigong as developed by Grandmaster Dr. Pang Ming, is now available worldwide on amazon.com. It covers basic theories, Yi Yuan Ti, Organizing the Qi Field, and the methods of Fa Qi, Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down, Three Centers Merge, Body and Mind, Tapping Along the Meridians, Chen Qi, and Enjoy Self-Awareness.

A Handbook for theQigong Practitioner

T his iis a short exerpt from a class that Master Liu taught at a Healing Retreat in China in 2009. This only

covers through the second verse. The rest of the Eight Verses can be found in Master Liu’s new book on Zhieneng Qigong which will be published later in 2010.

Eight Verses顶 天 立 地 Ding Tian Li Di

Head touches the sky, feet stand on earth. 形 松 意 充 Xing Song Yi Chong

Body relaxes, and the mind expands. 外 敬 内 静 Wai Jing Nei Jing

Be respectful and quiet. 心 澄 貌 恭 Xin Cheng Mao Gong

Mind is clear and appearance is humble. 一 念 不 起 Yi Nian Bu Qi

No distracting thoughts.

神 注 太 空 Shen Zhu Tai Kong Mind expands into infinite space.

神 意 照 体 Shen Yi Zhao Ti Feel the mind shining into the body deeply and inwardly.

周 身 融 融 Zhou Shen Rong RongEntire body is harmonized with Qi.

We are teaching eight verses today.

These are the eight verses of Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down.

The words of the eight verses of Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down are in my book, Basic Theories and Methods of Zhineng Qigong. But what is the meaning of the eight verses? Here when we explain the meditation of eight verses, at the same time you should focus the mind to practice the meditation. When you are hearing or reading it, you need to feel and experience the words’ meaning in the heart and mind.

We can also call the eight verses of Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down the eight verses of the Zhineng Qigong system, because in the Zhineng Qigong system, we always use the eight verses meditation, from Level I, Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down, to the last level methods, including the Three Centers Merge method, Body and Mind, the Five Organs method, and the Central Hunyuan Stage

methods. This eight verses meditation is a really good method to help us enter a deeper experience – the entire Qi of our life, the Yi Yuan Ti, and the universe unite and transform to become

oneness. Therefore, we can enter into an even deeper experience by adjusting the mind. We know that adjusting the mind is turning all the senses of the body inward, back into the home of the mind – we say back into the center of the Yi Yuan Ti to become full of Yi Yuan Ti. In this way, we practice a deep practice with full awareness Yi Yuan Ti, or using our true Yi Yuan Ti in order to consciously and actively induce the Qi of the entire body. The Qi of the Yi Yuan Ti, inner organs Qi (emotions), body Qi and the Qi of the entire universe then unite and integrate to become oneness. In completing this process, we are opening the heart and mind from the bottom of the heart and mind, heart to heart and mind to mind with the whole universe, living in the new point of life. To truly experience the new level of Qi in your life and to feel the changing of the new point of life, we need to live in the truth of life, totally freeing the heart and mind. In practicing this way, when we enter that experience, we will truly open all the abilities of our Yi Yuan Ti. We can call this “paranormal ability” or “transnormal ability.”

The eight verses words in Chinese and English are:

顶 天 立 地 Ding Tian Li Di (Head) touches the sky, and (feet) stand on earth.

形 松 意 充 Xing Song Yi Chong Body relaxes, and the mind expands.

外 敬 内 静 Wai Jing Nei Jing Be respectful and quiet.

心 澄 貌 恭 Xin Cheng Mao Gong Mind is clear and appearance is humble.

一 念 不 起 Yi Nian Bu Qi No distracting thoughts.

神 注 太 空 Shen Zhu Tai Kong Mind expands into infinite space.

神 意 照 体 Shen Yi Zhao Ti Feel the mind shining into the body deeply and inwardly.

周 身 融 融 Zhou Shen Rong Rong Entire body is harmonized with Qi.

These eight verses mean:

In the Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down method, Grandmaster Pang told us that “if we only practice the eight verses meditation well, that’s the same as if we have practiced two-thirds of the entire Lift Qi Up and Pour Qi Down method.” Therefore we know how important it is to practice the eight verses. We know that the eight verses meditation practice is based on the correct posture of the body, the regulation of the breath, and adjustment of the mind. When we regulate the posture and breath, and adjust the mind well, then we are practicing the eight verses. From the beginning, the eight verses say: “Head touches the sky, and feet stand on earth. Body relaxes, and the mind expands.” Here, we need to know that Grandmaster Pang wrote the eight verses by following the Chinese poem. When we practice it, we need to move the second verse – “Body relaxes, and the mind expands” – to the first. Then when we practice, the first verse is “Body relaxes, and the mind expands,” then we practice the visualization “Head touches the sky, feet stand on earth.” This is the process of beginning practice. We can’t begin the practice from “Head touches the sky, feet stand on earth, body relaxes, and the mind expands.” We know this. We first must practice “the body relaxes, and the mind expands” to start the practice of the eight verses together.

The body relaxes, and the mind expands:

The body relaxes.

What is the meaning of “body” as we are using it? The meaning of “body” is not only the physical body. The word “body” means the body of the Qi-field and the physical body. This includes the body of the Yi Yuan Ti Qi-field (mental Qi-field body), the body of inner organs Qi-field (emotion Qi-field body), and the body of the Physical Qi-field, and the physical body.

Everybody knows the meaning of “relax.” The whole body is very relaxed. We know the ability of the body to relax is based on having correct posture. When the body relaxes, it lets the body of the Yi Yuan Ti Qi-field, the body of the inner organs Qi-field, the body of the Physical Qi-field, and the physical body relax. However, it is important first to relax the

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by Master Liu Yuan Tong

The Eight Verses

– continued on page 5

Intentionby Deborah Lissom

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Zhineng Qigong teachers always tell us to keep our intention for life very clear and present in our daily practice and

clear also in our daily activities. Master Liu has sometimes described intention as looking up through the clouds, always going higher, breaking through to the light of the sun.

Intention is this way, like something always pulling us towards our highest well-being, whether we are focused on physical health or emotional balance. During the most difficult times, such as during chemotherapy, it is crucial to maintain this clear intention, know-ing that this is a temporary situation, always seeing our intention for life, always feeling the pull of life to higher levels.

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For beginners the use of intention usually means thinking of healing and then, depend-ing on the student, as they progress in their practice, visualizing the healing. Over time as the student’s gong fu increases, their practices change and they go deeper into a more direct experience of intention.

Often in the West we see intention used to refer to a future goal, future healing, or future progress. The word, intention, can have these implications but in Zhineng Qigong, we are referring to a realized, fully, directly-experi-enced state of well-being.

For example, if a student has a broken leg that is healing, their intention would be to di-rectly experience the bones already complete-ly healthy, strong, and normal. They would walk with the Bai Hui lifted, placing their weight evenly on each foot without limping. They would experience each step through the eyes of a person with strong, flexible bones, moving easily. Their intention would be expe-rienced as this direct awareness of themselves as a person with strong, normal legs.

If they start to limp, they should hesitate, smiling into the bones with the feeling of love, experiencing the powerful qi that flows through us when our heart is open. I know this is possible because I broke my knee, ankle, and foot and walked normally after the cast was removed; no matter how easy it would have been to have limped, I didn’t.

With each step I deliber-ately placed each foot on the ground, opening the yong quan in the bottom of the foot to the earth, pressing down fully into the earth. If I had al-

lowed myself to limp, several problems would have evolved from this.

First, I would be distorting the correct posi-tion of my spine, which would cause future problems with the whole spine, the hips, and the leg on the opposite side, as everything would be out of alignment with the limping. The qi field of the organs in the area could also be thrown out of balance.

Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, if I were to limp, I would be experiencing myself as disabled or unhealthy, or sick and unable to move normally. This energetic information or qi information would then be communicated to my body-mind and I would then be receiving the information that my leg would not work right or that I was sick. This would be the exact opposite of my healing intention and have the opposite effect.

This understanding of intention, not as a future event, but as a direct immediate expe-rience of ourselves, with our intention already a fact – is extremely important in our heal-ing. How many devoted students do we see (from many different practices in addition to Zhineng Qigong) who see themselves in the process of healing, and who are, consequently, never fully healed. They are always in process.

This is very hard for students to really grasp, this idea of a direct, immediate experience of themselves as completely healthy. This is dif-ferent than visualization, which is a step in the process, but different than really experiencing yourself completely healthy. I know that when my kidneys weighed 14 pounds, I had a very hard time experiencing myself has having nor-ma-sized, healthy kidneys because the pressure of the large kidneys inside was so constantly present. So, I found photos of myself before kidney disease had progressed. Photos where I was rappelling down a cliff, or photos of my picking up a newborn horse like a human baby. I had them blown up to 8x10 size and hung them all over one wall in my bedroom so

that I could see them as I fell asleep. I did this because I knew that energetically the informa-tion of total health and normalcy was always present, deep inside of me. I knew that I just had to connect with this energy information, and I then I could experience myself this way again. This is the information of the Yi Yuan Ti, the pure information that we can connect with inside ourselves when we connect directly and do not go through the frames of reference that tell us we can only heal through medicine and surgery.

Then, as I walked, I walked as a person with a small belly with tiny kidneys, lots of energy, and complete freedom of movement. I experi-enced myself this way – the direct experience of total well-being. This is very different from visualization. Yet, you may question whether it is possible to feel and experience yourself as totally healthy when you are in pain or stiff from arthritis.

There are many ways that Zhineng Qigong teaches us how to accomplish this.

The most important is to open the heart. When we open the heart to ourselves and others, then our qi is open and flowing, which causes any pain to release. When you practice smiling into the pain or difficult area, your heart immediately opens and the qi flows.

You can try this with something simple. Most people have some pain in their neck or shoulders. Just sit quietly with the Bai Hui lifted and turn your head slowly to each side. When you encounter some pain, just stop moving at this point and experience the pain. Then smile into that area, loving your neck or shoulders, your heart open and happy. Most of us will observe that the pain almost immediately releases and disappears. This is because the opening of the heart releases the blockage causing the pain, and the qi flows, opening up the whole area.

Of course, the practice of the forms is designed to help the qi open and flow, helping the release of all disease.

Deborah Lissom has studied Zhineng Qigong since 1996, and has been studying in China on retreats since2001. She was certified in China by the Hua Xia Zineng Qigong teachers. She has taught at the Brown Cancer Center, Louisville School of Massage, and Indiana University, as well as her own classes at Willow Pond Healing Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Raising the Sun of the Heart

Raise the sun up from the heart

Let the sunlight take away the darkness

Find the way in the crossroads of life

To burn the force of life again

Let this force push life, entering the temple of the heart’s dreams

Turning on all lights

Let the heart stop worry, fear, and unhealthy emotions

Let the dark force disappear from inside of the heart and mind

Even only for one moment of time

Raise the sun up from the heart

Stop the confusion and sadness

Because true awareness finds the way to live

Stop selfish awareness

Completely open the heart

Enter the infinity space of living free

Embrace the abundant primal Hun Yuan Qi of the universe

Enjoy the happiness with each new point of life

Raise the sun up from the heart

Feel the totally, perfectly healthy body and mind

Raise the sun up from the heart

Raise the sun up from the heart….

Poem by Master Liu 5-12-09

Gail Langsdon painted this portrait of

Grandmaster Pang at Master Liu’s request. Up to this time she had been a landscape artist working mainly in the red mountains out West, near Lake Powell. So, painting Grandmaster Pang was a huge change and challenge for Gail, She rose to the occasion with many sketches and reworking of the portrait until she got it right.

To see Gail’s other paintings, go to gaillansdon.com

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In the painting “Willow Creek Canyon” the transparent water of Lake Powell shimmers below with the reflection of soaring cliffs.

mind and then let them integrate and harmonize into oneness.

This also lets us feel inside the Qi-field of the Yi Yuan Ti (mental) which is very peaceful, quiet and relaxed. The relaxing lets us feel very peaceful inside of our mind. Through this, we adjust the mind to let all senses of our body return back to the center of the head – the center of the Yi Yuan Ti. When entering inside the center of the Qi-field of the Yi Yuan Ti, the feeling is pure, transparent, and very clear. When we are feeling the Qi-field of our Yi Yuan Ti as well, then we need to consciously and actively use our mind’s consciousness to do the meditation. Therefore, we can say that we use the consciousness of the mind actively and inwardly to induce the Qi of our Yi Yuan Ti, penetrating through each layer’s Qi body, penetrating through each layer’s Qi body of our entire life qi information, to let our Yi Yuan Ti Qi-field integrate with the emotion Qi-field, our Yi Yuan Ti Qi-field and emotion Qi-field integrate with our physical Qi-field. Then we let our life Qi, following the Qi of the Yi Yuan Ti, go through each layer of the organs of our whole body. The Yi Yuan Ti, with Qi, induces Qi and penetrates through each organ of our whole body and integrates with each organ of our body, letting each organ of our body fill with Qi. This lets inside meridian channels open completely, with Qi and blood flowing freely inside. The emotions are very balanced and peaceful; the mind is very clear.

Master Liu Yuan Tong taught at the Hua Xia Zhineng Qigong in China for eight years and has taught Zhineng Qigong in Malaysia, Indonesia, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, and the U.S. His website is LifeQiCenter.com

The Eight Verses, continued from page 3Zhineng Qigong Mission Statements

Mission # 1:“To follow the guidance of the Entirety Hun Yuan theories of Zhineng Qigong,

exploring the depth of traditional qigong through research with a dedication

to repeated practice. This includes a strong intention to develop new concepts,

creatively changing the ancient qigong so that it is more scientific, more acces-

sible to all people, and more relevant to our lives. Through this process Zhineng

Qigong will transform the natural instinctual abilities of mankind, enabling

people to be elevated from the realm of necessity to a realm of freedom. This

will promote the development of capable, intelligent human beings, promoting

human civilization to a higher level.”

Mission # 2: Teachers should always attempt to unify and integrate Zhineng Qigong prac-

tice with the findings of scientific research.

Mission # 3: Teachers should follow these basic three principles:

• Convince people with sound reasoning following laws of nature

• Inspire people with virtue

• Gain acceptance of the practice by mastering the skills of Zhineng Qigong

Mission # 4: Be aware of the equal importance of these four factors:

• Theories • Practice level

• Methods • Virtue

Calendar of Events

Zhineng Qigong Retreats in June-July 2010 in the U.S.!Instructors: Master Liu and Master Meng

Two-Week Healing RetreatJune 6 – June 19, 2010 at Oakwood Retreat Center near Muncie, Indiana

This retreat will teach you to get at the en-ergetic root of illness, learning the medita-tive practices of Zhineng Qigong so all ill-nesses can be overcome. This workshop is for beginners or for anyone who has been practicing Zhineng Qigong, as your practice will become deeper and stronger no matter what level you are on.

Advanced Level 1 RetreatJune 20 – June 26, 2010 at Oakwood Retreat Center near Muncie, Indiana

This retreat is for students and teachers alike and will focus on higher and deeper levels of the Level 1 practices taught at the Healing Retreat, but can be taken by itself. Many other meditations will be taught and individual progress will be a focus. Either the healing retreat or previous classes in Level 1 and Lift Qi Up, Pour Qi Down are required to attend this retreat. (Teachers please note this class. It will be invaluable in improving your Gong Fu and progressing deeply!)

Body and Mind MethodJune 27 – July 5, 2010 at Oakwood

Retreat Center near Muncie, Indiana

This retreat will be an in-depth learning and deepening of this practice. At least one year of Level 1 practice is a pre-requisite for this retreat. Body and Mind Method is a physi-cally challenging practice and is not recom-mended for those weakened by life-threat-ening illnesses and conditions.

If you have questions, would like a retreat brochure on-line, or would like to register, please contact Glenna Zogg at GLZogg@hotmail.com or 707-829-5970.

Recent Retreats

Upcoming Retreats in ChinaHealing Retreat: Sept. 5-26, 2010 (arrive Sept. 4)Advanced Zhineng Qigong Retreat: Oct. 1-30, 2010Teacher Certification Training:Oct. 1-30, 2011

Meishan, July 2009 Teacher Training Retreat

Meishan, May 2009 Healing Retreat

An international group of 13 (above), from Australia, Holland, USA, and Canada/Bulgaria, gathered as a “Qi family.” In addition to working on Lift Qi Up, Pour Qi Down, and Three Centers Merge, they learned how to access the Yi Yuan Ti and induce the internal Qi to flow through the body. During break times they traveled to see the largest Buddha in Leishan, then to Mt. Emei, visiting a Buddhist monastery, hot springs, and the Panda Breeding Center. In Meishan, they were also welcomed by a local Zhineng Qigong group and joined them in their practice.

This teacher training retreat was exceptional in that the participants (below) came from seven different countries

(USA, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Spain, Germany, and China), and many of them had extensive teaching experience, in Zhineng Qigong or otherwise. They felt

extremely honored to be asked to join and participate in the course, in which Masters Liu and Feng shared

precious information that is not yet generally available.