Medical and Spiritual Qigong (Chi Kung)

What a 7-Year Old Taoist Asks for Xmas?

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When I asked my 7 year son Emerald what he wanted for Xmas, I already had a long list of toys he’d given to his mother. But which toys were more desirable – the robot that could dance,  or the saber-wand with flashing lights and noisy bleeps?

I was in for a shock. Without blinking, with no hesitation, he said.

“Daddy, I want FIVE things for Xmas”. He held  up 5 fingers:

1. “Dragon-headed staff, like your statue of Lao Tzu has. I’m writing a poem about dragons, so I need a dragon staff.

2. “Statue of Lao Tzu. You have 50 statues of Lao Tzu all over the house. I need MY own Lao Tzu to put in MY room.
3.”Picture of Lao Tzu. He is MY guardian, since you and Mommy invited him when you conceived me. I want the funny bump on his 3rd Eye and his face smiling at me, above my desk.
4. “Treasure chest with Yin-Yang and dragons on it. I need a place to store my special things.
5. “Walkie-Talkie set. After you buy the Emerald Forest and build the Temples of Heaven and Earth retreat center, we can talk to each other from anywhere! I need the kind that goes at least one mile.”

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I sat there in stunned silence.

I thought of my childhood, with my exhausted parents, buying toys for seven children, and each of us looking with envy at what the others got.

Lots of parents complain about Christmas losing its spiritual magic, becoming too commercial.

I encourage Emerald to believe in Santa Claus. I feel it’s a good way to exercise his imagination, the single most valuable skill in life.

Emerald scoffs at older kids who tell him Santa Claus is not real, it’s just his parents. He feels special affinity with Rudolph’s red nose. In his Chinese astrology chart – which he discusses daily – he is a Fire Dog personality. Rudolph is clearly a Fire Deer. (I make sure he gets a present from Rudolph every year).

I had to explain to him that the  Lao Tzu presents he wants, Santa does not have at the North Pole. They could not even be found on the internet. That I led 21 China Dream Trips to collect them.

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What to do? My only option is to start forking over my prized Lao Tzu collection. But he’s only 7 years old. After a few years of this, what will I have left?

Lao Tzu is the ONLY “thing” I collect. Everyone needs a vice. Maybe Emerald  is a stand-in for Lao Tzu – a guide on my path to wuji, to No-thing-ness?

Sigh,

The challenge and joy of parenting a child who has chosen his Tao path early in life.

Emerald is working hard on his Dragon poem, to be read at Winter Solstice Black Dragon Ceremony. We’re celebrating it on Dec. 18th, to coincide with the full moon. Double sun-moon power.

Don’t miss it! RSVP required – hit reply or email info.HealingTaoUSA@earthlink.net

His Love Dragon Poem will be published in a future newsletter.

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CRYSTAL BOWLS

At Winter Solstice I will also debut my new collection of TWELVE crystal bowls and other musical instruments in a Gong & Sound Alchemy Crystal Bowl Concert.

The bowls have gems and minerals alchemically infused into the clear crystal:  ruby, diamond, emerald, tanzanite, indium, Mt. Shasta serpentine, Sedona red rock, amethyst, charcoal+platinum, lapis lazuli, gold. A musical treasure trove that sings about the celestial beauty of life.

Qi unfolds in three phrases as it steps itself down into physical realm:

1) Qi is first felt as WARMTH circulating in our meridians and moving our blood and sexual

energy.

2) By combining movement Qigong with sitting Inner Alchemy meditation, the Qi may be seen

with inner vision as LIGHT.

3) As you progress through my version of One Cloud’s 9 Formulas, the Qi can be heard as

SOUND. This is caused by the friction between Heaven and Earth Qi, which creates the

Music of the Spheres.

I have decided to introduce crystal bowls into all my workshops to accelerate Tao adepts sensitivity to sound vibration. It will quicken their Way.

 

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FALL 2021 Live Tao Events

 (Live = In Person, mask-free, NOT “live online”)

Register for workshops: info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net
OR call (864) 419-4502   Zach, office manager.

All workshops and retreats are in Michael Winn home in Asheville.

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1. Dec. 11 – 12, 2021   Sat/Sun.  9 am – 6 pm.

Medical & Spiritual Qigong Fundamentals 3 & 4 

• 3 Types of Taoist Breathing: Natural, Reverse, Counter-force Breathing

• Deep Earth Pulsing Qigong, Blissful Breathing Qigong for Lucid Living & Dreaming

• Bone Breathing & Rooting

• Healing Bloodline ancestral issues, inherited diseases and emotional patterns.

The heart of this workshop is about GROUNDING.

This is one of my most popular workshops, reflecting the widespread need for GROUNDING and EASE of BREATH.

This is the course where ten strong people cannot push me over from my horse stance.

Watch this video – my best summary of grounding methods, in 22 min. Physical grounding, emotioinal grounding, sexual energy grounding, spiritual grounding.

READ the Full Course Description and order download

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Register by email: [email-obfuscate email=”info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net”] [br]

or (864) 419-4502 to speak with Zach, office manager

Still have space open for last minute signups.

 

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3. Dec. 18, 2021.  Sat. 7:15 – 11 pm+

Winter Solstice Black Dragon & Full Moon Ceremony

 Gong Tone Bath + Crystal Bowl Sound Alchemy Concert + by Michael Winn

RSVP required:  info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net  or HIT REPLY.

This is a very popular event – please RSVP early.

Location: Michael Winn home in Asheville, N.C.

Tap  into the power of the Dark Winter Sun.

True Darkness is the power to birth the Light anew, from the depths of the dark cosmic womb, the eternal mystery of creation.

Arrive by 7:15 pm.

(20 minutes from downtown Asheville).

7:30 – 8:10   Crystal Bowl Sound Alchemy. Concert

(open only to those staying for at least one meditation).

8:20 – 8:50  Winter Solstice Black Dragon ceremony.

Wear BLACK or DARK BLUE CLOTHING –

Color creates resonance with Water Element & Black Dragon of the North

Arrive with a Clear Intent! 

What do you want to REBIRTH?

Prepare a short affirmation to focus your INTENT.

This  powerful  Ceremony is to rebirth our authentic personal self and highest destiny.

Two silent sitting meditations in total darkness .

Dive deep into the cycle of rebirth of the light that regulates our life. It is not necessary to stay for both sittings.

All are welcome to stay later to celebrate the True New Year.

The sitting times approximate (chairs available):

1st sitting: 9 pm – 10 pm:   

2nd sitting: 10:10 – 11:15 pm

Light refreshments afterwards. Bring something healthy & delicious.

Driving directions will be sent with confirmed reservation.

 

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or (864) 419-4502 to speak with Zach, office manager

Spring & Summer 2022

1. March 5-6, 2022 (Sat/Sun)

Fusion of Five Elements 1:

Emotional Alchemy

Dissolve Negative Feelings & Cultivate Original Feeling of Self-Love

2. March 19, 2022   Sat. 7:15 – 10 pm

Spring Equinox – Green Dragon of East Ceremony

& Crystal Bowl Sound Alchemy Concert

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3.  May 7-8, 2022: Sat/Sun

  Fusion of Five Elements 2 & 3: 

          Psychic & Soul Alchemy  

SEE: https://healingtaousa.com/fusion2.html

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Summer 2022 Tao Retreats

https://www.HealingTaoRetreats.com

 

 

Love the Original Breath Flowing from Source,

Michael Winn

“Who takes Heaven as his ancestor, Virtue as his home,
the Tao as his door, and who becomes change — is a
Sage.” — Chuang Tzu, Inner Chapters

“The Tao is very close, but everyone looks far away.
Life is very simple, but everyone seeks difficulty.”
— Taoist Sage, 200 B.C

Michael Winn has 40 years international teaching experience in Tao medical, martial, & spiritual arts. He was a founder and two-term President, National Qigong Association (NQA). He founded Healing Tao University, the largest Tao arts summer program in the West, in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina.

• He is president of the non-profit Dao Alchemy Research Institute, was founder and 9 years Chairman of the Healing Tao Instructor’s Association, and co-founder of the Council of 9 of the Universal Healing Tao (abroad).

• He has taught on five continents and at Omega’s Super Qi Summits. He regularly speaks at international conferences of Taoist/Daoist scholars and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Daoist Studies.

• Winn has authored ten Tao home study video-audio courses, written dozens of articles, book chapters, and presented papers at conferences. He is co-author or the actual writer of Mantak Chia’s first 7 books, including the classic Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy.

• His ebooks include Way of the Inner Smile, Five Animals Qigong, and Primordial Tai Chi and Tao Inner Alchemy: Way of Whole-Body Enlightened Self-Love (forthcoming in digital “Seven Bamboo Scrolls”.

• He is also on the boards of cutting edge green tech and cyber-security companies, and raises funding for  projects focused on human longevity and self-empowerment.

Winn lives in a simple log home in the mountains near Asheville, N.C. His 7-year old son gives him daily lessons in wu wei (Tao of spontaneous action). Winn has a private Tao therapy practice (live session or phone).

— Get Michael Winn’s FREE 130 page ebook Way of the Inner Smile,

with 25 fabulous photos of the world’s most spiritual smiles:

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