Qigong China Training Tour
4th to 22th April 2006

This special tour is designed for the Tai Chi/Qigong teacher, Yoga teacher, massage therapist, practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine or other natural therapies, or anyone interested in receiving training in Chinese Medical Qigong.

This eighteen day training tour will include a course of five full days of Chinese Medical Qigong taught by Professor Xu Hongtao (see website www.guigen.cn), who has been a Qigong Doctor for over twenty years at the Xiyuan Hospital, Beijing, China. The Xiyuan Hospital is the largest Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Beijing and one of the main teaching hospitals in China.

You will receive instruction in Guigen Qigong and information on how they are prescribed in treating disease and maintaining health. Basic Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, Tuina massage, Taoist Meditation and Traditional Healing techniques will also be covered. Daily Qigong and meditation practice is an important part of the training. After the five days you will receive certification from the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong. Also included will be a one day cooking course Food as Medicine, we will prepare four dishes and learn how they can be used to treat different conditions, from cutting the vegetables, to cooking and eating the final product.

This tour will also include a journey to Wudang Mountain, which is an overnight train trip from Beijing. Wudangshan is one of the most sacred Taoist areas in China and through out its long history scholars and spiritual seekers have travelled here to learn and develop their Qi. We will have four nights and five days here, receiving Taoist Qigong and meditation training from the Taoist priests from the Purple Cloud Palace, a Taoist Monastery nestled up high in the mountains. I have personally received training in both of these places. It can transform your life and the experience and energy will always be with you.
This will be a journey of a lifetime, to learn, absorb and share.

Travel costs
The costs will be in two sections:
No 1. Return airfare flying Air China approx $1450 including Visa fee, taxes and travel insurance.
No 2. All costs in China, including all accommodation (twin- share), transport, meals, training and certification
US$1650 @ 0.7000 (variable) = A$2357. Total cost approx $3807.

Bookings: Simon Blow Ph (02) 9716 4696. Mobile 0421 815 254 Please send form to Simon with $200 non-refundable deposit, cheques made payable to ‘Jiangsu China Travel Service’ Simon Blow PO Box 446, Summer Hill NSW 2130, Australia. Email simon@simonblowqigong

Itinerary (slight changes may occur)
Day 1 Depart Sydney, Tuesday 4th April. Air China 11.30am (connecting flights from Melbourne etc) arrive Beijing 11pm local time.
Booking into the Peony Hotel a comfortable three start hotel.

Day 2 We meet Dr Xu Hongtao and commence our study, all lectures and training will be held in a conference room at the Peony Hotel, with easy access to your rooms.

Day 3 Each morning Qigong practise will be lead by Simon Blow at a nearby park. We visit the Xiyuan Hospital touring the different departments, talking to both Doctors and patients. After lunch we visit the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) and Tiananmen Square.

Day 4 Continue lectures and training in Chinese Medical Qigong. We will be eating a wide variety of Chinese cuisine in local restaurants (Vegetarian Meals available)

Day 5 Continue lectures and training in Chinese Medical Qigong. There will be plenty of shopping opportunities; we will visit silk and jade factories and there is a good local shopping area near the hotel.

Day 6 Continue lectures and training in Chinese Medical Qigong.

Day 7 Ming Tombs and the Great Wall of China, Jing, my good friend and guide, is a band leader of a local folk group. We will be entertained by his friends with traditional songs and music. Be prepared to respond with songs of our own.

Day 8 Conclude Qigong training

Day 9 Chinese cooking course, Food as Medicine.

Day 10 We visit the Beijing University of Traditional Medicine; here we receive our certification from the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong. We view a display covering the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine including Qigong, from prehistoric days to modern times, also an amazing display of Traditional Herbs. We board the 5pm train to Wudang Mountain, it’s an eighteen hour overnight journey (first class sleepers) we have dinner, breakfast and lunch in the dinning car.

Day 11 We arrive Wudangshan (about 2pm); we travel for about one hour by bus up the mountain, checking into the hotel. Meet the Master and discuss practise program.

Day 12 Lectures and practise, there many temples and sacred areas here, all with a special energy. We will have some of our lunch breaks, sharing meals with the Monks and Nuns of the Monastery.

Day 13 Lectures and practise, Wudangshan is an area of about three hundred square klm, there are seventy two peaks , associated to the celestial heavens, all leading to the Golden Summit which has a roof made from pure gold. We will go up to the summit by cable car and walk down. It will take about three hours to walk down or you can be carried in the sedan chair (I have done both), admiring the beautiful scenery and absorbing the healing energy.

Day 14 Lectures and practise, each day meditation will be at different areas around the mountain, by a flowing stream, at an ancient temple cave. These memories and energy will always be with you.

Day 15 We say our goodbyes to our friends at the Monastery and make our way down the mountain, visiting an Organic Tea Farm. The tea grown here has a special energy of Wudang and you will be able to buy some to take home. Catch afternoon train to Beijing.

Day 16 Arrive Beijing after lunch, check into hotel, sightseeing, shopping etc

Day 17 Visit Lama temple, the schedule can be flexible here, allowing people to do their last shopping, visit other attractions or to rest.

Day 18 Catch afternoon flight home

Day 19 Arrive Saturday 22th April Melbourne 6.30am, Sydney 9.30am

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