Global Standing - Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

The heart of Yiquan Qigong training is the Universal Post (aka Hun Yun Zhuang)! Anyone who studies the art of Yiquan Qigong will spend much of their foundation practice standing and cultivating in that one posture. Master Wang Xiang Zhai's philosophy was that of all true masters!  He was able to take the complicated and find the essence. 

Hun Yun Zhuang (left) 

 

Monday Night Qigong with Jim Roselando (10/22)

warmup

5min gathering qi

5min dragon post (left)

5min dragon post (right)

10min turning cow

10min hun yun (left)

10min hun yun (right)

5min natural post

seal/wuji/wash

MIT Qigong Youtube

 

www.youtube.com/user/mitqigong

 

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Monday Qigong 2/18/13

Warm Up

10m Gathering Qi

5m Leg Qi

10m Natural Post

5m Left Hun Yun

5m Right Hun Yun

10m Natural Post

5m Leg Qi

8m Dr. Ma Li Tang's Qi Tuning

Seal/Wash

Monday Night Qigong (July 23)

Minimal Effort-Maximum Results

Zhan Zhuang Qigong

Monday Night Schedule

5min Gathering Qi

10min Universal Post

5min Left Hun Yun

5min Right Hun Yun

5min Universal Post

10min Twisting Step

5min Emei Leg Meridian Exercise

5min Gathering Qi

Seal/Wash

Monday Night Qigong with Coach Jim Roselando

MIT Qigong Club

web.mit.edu/qigong

Time: 7:00-8:00

Location: Student Center/Room 491 

Cost: NO CHARGE (FREE)

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Warmup

5min Gathering Qi

5min Left Crane

5min Right Crane

5min Left Shi Li

5min Right Shi Li

5min Gathering Qi

5min Left Hun Yun

5min Right Hun Yun

5min Turning Cow

5min Universal Post

5min Low Post

Seal/Wash

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Notes from Master Wang Xiang Zhai:

     "The standing exercise represents a very special accumulation of knowledge in China.  But in the past there were very few people who paid attention to it because most people thought it was too simple.  They wondered how, by sitting or standing in a single posture without moving, can you improve health?  When people wonder this, it is because they do not really understand the essence of standing.  In reality, in practicing the exercise of standing without moving, we can not only increase physical strength, but also awaken healing processes within the body, allowing the body to cure itself of all kinds of chronic diseases it might have accumulated during a lifetime.  Therefore, in preventative medicine, standing exercises have great value.  In fact, it is on of the most appropriate ways of exercising."

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Another Year of MIT Qigong with Jim Roselando

Monday, January 9

2012 Qigong Classes Start Tonight

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Time: 7:00-8:00

Location: Building 1/Room 242

Cost: FREE

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10min gathering qi

5min left hun yun

5min right hun yun

5min leg qi

15min universal post

10min low post

5min gathering

5min leg qi

seal/wash

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"The ordinary is the extra ordinary"

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Monday MIT Qigong: November 28, 2011

Date: 11/28/11

From Jim   info@apricotforesthall.com

Subject: Building 1/Room 242

Some notes on Qigong:

     Standing Meditation can be considered an advanced form of Taoist meditation, in which Xing Ming Shuang Xiu "spirit and nature are equally cultivated"! In Standing Meditation, externally, there is no movement, yet internally, the Qi and Breath are moving. It is thus both passive and active, both yin and yang. The practitioner does not try to do anything with the Qi, he or she simply becomes aware of the quality of Qi, how it is moving, where it is blocked or free, whether it feels clear or turbid, smooth or coarse.

     Thus, Standing Meditation is "a million dollar secret". It is a secret because it is so obvious, so ordinary that we do not give it the attention it deserves.  It is hidden as the air is hidden, or as the water is hidden to a fish. In the everyday Qigong of standing, we discover the deepest mystery and beauty. We turn standing into a discipline in order to go more deeply into the quality of what is happening and to bring back to wholeness the confused, scattered, and lost parts of the body, mind and soul.

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Monday November 28 Session

10min gathering qi

10min turning cow

5min gathering qi

20min universal post

5min left hun yun

5min right hun yun

5 min gathering

seal/wash

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Peace,

Jim Roselando   

September 12, 2011 MIT Qigong Session

Date: 9/13/11

From: Jim  info@apricotforesthall.com

Subject: Fall Semester "1st Session"

Hello,

     A big thank you for such a wonderful 1st class to begin our fall semester @ MIT.  Room 491 in the Student Center was certainly a full house last night.  It was also so nice to see many new people coming to test out our technology for health cultivation.  Anyone can train Zhan Zhuang Qigong.  From the young to the old our art is suitable for all.  Natural Conditioning, Natural Meditation, Natural Healing & Natural Dynamics all from standing still!!!  Come train for FREE every Monday night and experience the rewards of this profound art! 

Training Session 9/12

10 Gather Qi

5/5 Heaven & Earth Post

5/5 Half Supporting Post

5 Gather Qi

5/5 Strength Testing (shi li)

15 Universal Post

Seal & Wash  

Welcome back everyone and I look forward to next Monday!

Peace,

Jim Roselando

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Monday Night Year Two Review (8/9/11)

Date: 8-9-11

From: Jim   info@apricotforesthall.com

Subject: Monday Night Session

Hello,

     Over the past few weeks @ MIT we have reviewed the Year One & Two Qigong training.  Last night was all Year Two Qigong training which is designed to build on the foundation and also get the body ripe for the Year Three sets!  The training program is so simple that it is suitable for people of all ages and the results are certainly second to none.  Thanks again for all the questions and emails.  I am always happy to hear your thoughts.  Below are some notes on Zhan Zhuang Qigong from our arts founder, Master Wang Xiang Zhai:

Within the body the muscles are at ease, 
suspended from the sky.

Outside, each hair is active, moving with the air.

The inner eye is quiet, seeing the three thousand.

The ear listens intently to its own body, 
like the eavesdropping on lovers.

Play like a dragon in the ocean and sky.

Or as a cloud swirling around the moon.

The images of this art are without beginning or end.

You balance, intoxicated, on a leaping dragon fish.  

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Qigong Session 8/8/11

10 Gather Qi

10/10 Half Supporting (L & R)

10 Universal Post

10 Moving Post (L & R)

10/10 Testing Strength (L & R)

Seal & Wash

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This was the last session in our current location!  

Next week we will be in Room 242/Building 1!!!

Peace,

Jim Roselando

www.ApricotForestHall.com

Monday Night Year Two Review (8/9/11)

Date: 8-9-11

From: Jim   info@apricotforesthall.com

Subject: Monday Night Session

Hello,

     Over the past few weeks @ MIT we have reviewed the Year One & Two Qigong training.  Last night was all Year Two Qigong training which is designed to build on the foundation and also get the body ripe for the Year Three sets!  The training program is so simple that it is suitable for people of all ages and the results are certainly second to none.  Thanks again for all the questions and emails.  I am always happy to hear your thoughts.  Below are some notes on Zhan Zhuang Qigong from our arts founder, Master Wang Xiang Zhai:

Within the body the muscles are at ease, suspended from the sky.

Outside, each hair is active, moving with the air.

The inner eye is quiet, seeing the three thousand.

The ear listens intently to its own body, like the eavesdropping on lovers.

Play like a dragon in the ocean and sky.

Or as a cloud swirling around the moon.

The images of this art are without beginning or end.

You balance, intoxicated, on a leaping dragon fish.  

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Qigong Session 8/8/11

10 Gather Qi

10/10 Half Supporting (L & R)

10 Universal Post

10 Moving Post (L & R)

10/10 Testing Strength (L & R)

Seal & Wash

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This was the last session in our current location!  

Next week we will be in Room 242/Building 1!!!

Peace,

Jim Roselando

www.ApricotForestHall.com

Monday Night Year Two Review (8/9/11)

Date: 8-9-11

From: Jim   info@apricotforesthall.com

Subject: Monday Night Session

Hello,

     Over the past few weeks @ MIT we have reviewed the Year One & Two Qigong training.  Last night was all Year Two Qigong training which is designed to build on the foundation and also get the body ripe for the Year Three sets!  The training program is so simple that it is suitable for people of all ages and the results are certainly second to none.  Thanks again for all the questions and emails.  I am always happy to hear your thoughts.  Below are some notes on Zhan Zhuang Qigong from our arts founder, Master Wang Xiang Zhai:

Within the body the muscles are at ease, suspended from the sky.

Outside, each hair is active, moving with the air.

The inner eye is quiet, seeing the three thousand.

The ear listens intently to its own body, like the eavesdropping on lovers.

Play like a dragon in the ocean and sky.

Or as a cloud swirling around the moon.

The images of this art are without beginning or end.

You balance, intoxicated, on a leaping dragon fish.  

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Qigong Session 8/8/11

10 Gather Qi

10/10 Half Supporting (L & R)

10 Universal Post

10 Moving Post (L & R)

10/10 Testing Strength (L & R)

Seal & Wash

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This was the last session in our current location!  

Next week we will be in Room 242/Building 1!!!

Peace,

Jim Roselando

www.ApricotForestHall.com

MIT Qigong Program: Monday, June 13

While Coach Jim recommends just 20 minutes of zhan zhuang training every day, our club meets every Monday for a full hour of soft qigong practice. The power of group mentality enables even first time participants to endure an advanced routine of postures. Last Monday, we had five new students join us in Kresge Auditorium for a full hour of year one and year two exercises.

                                    (10m)   Gathering Qi
                                    (5/5m)  Crane Left/Right
                                    (5/5m)  Hun Yun Zhuang
                                    (5m)     Turning Cow 
                                    (10m)   Cow Post (#5)
                                    (10m)   Universal Post (#1)
                                                 Seal/Wash

Email from Coach Jim Roselando

Date: 5/9/11
From: JJR info@apricotforesthall.com
Subject: Simple & Effective

Many people are often looking for a simple approach to cultivating their health and well-being but today it is extremely difficult to find this kind of training. It is all too common for someone to learn a complicated set from the Chinese internal schools with the idea if you repeat it long enough the inner mysteries will surface but sadly this tends to not happen. Others head towards the Yogic schools and learn dozens of different stretches and postures all with the goal of cultivating health and well-being. Both roads are without a doubt complicated and require a great deal of effort unlike Zhan Zhuang Qigong.

Zhan Zhuang Qigong is the root method of evoking healing for the mind, body and breath! The platform utilizes the principle of softness to loosen up the physical body, relax the breathing and quiet the mind. All three aspects gradually and smoothly return the body to the Natural State and can be practiced by people of all ages. With minimal effort you will revitalize your entire being and experience the wonders of a truly holistic and core internal art. Twenty Minutes per day is all you need! It would take longer to drive to the local fitness center than it would to get in a session of Zhan Zhuang Qigong.

Training Schedule:

10min Moving Post

5min Gathering Qi

10min Moving Post

5min Gathering Qi

10min L/R Hun Yun

5min Universal Post

5min Moving

Seal/Wash

See you tonight!

Peace,
Jim Roselando

www.ApricotForestHall.com

"The ordinary is the extra-ordinary" WXZ

Move Towards Simplicity: Hun Yun Zhuang

The heart of Yiquan Qigong training is the Universal Post (aka Hun Yun Zhuang)! Anyone who studies the art of Yiquan Qigong will spend much of their foundation practice standing and cultivating in that one posture. Master Wang Xiang Zhai's philosophy was that of all true masters!  He was able to take the complicated and find the essence. Read below what Master Wang felt about the Hun Yun Zhuang:

The methods of Zhan Zhuang are rather numerous, for example, xianglong zhuang (subdue the dragon post), fuhu zhuang (taming tiger post), ziwu zhuang (midnight-noon post), sancai zhuang (heaven, earth & man post) etc..  Now, GET RID OF THE NUMEROUS AND MOVE TOWARDS SIMPLICITY, take the strong points of each Zhuang and combine them into one, namely Hun Yun Zhuang!  -WXZ

To achieve wonders in the health arts, one must have the changing of one's strength with Zhan Zhuang as the foundation and starting point. This means changing the weak into strong and clumsy into nimble.  In training Zhan Zhuang we get rid of the numerous and move towards simplicity. After training for only TEN DAYS the student will get results naturally. Written words cannot express its marvel.  -WXZ