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  • Reactions and Results I have Observed as a Qi Gong Instructor
    Written by Tommy No Comments
    Last Updated: August 26, 2008
    Reactions and Results I have Observed as a Qi Gong Instructor

    Qi Gong 18 Style is a relatively easy form to learn. Although it takes time to master, most people can effectively practice this form after a 5 session class or a week of using the video, however most still need to use a “cheat sheet” for sometime.  It took me almost a year to do the form with confidence.

    Qi Gong 18 Style is so simple and easy to learn. A lot of people do not comprehend how something as simple as this could have any effect on their well being.  Well, if a student will commit to doing the practice for 90 days they will understand what can happen in their body and their life. Many people have, within the first few days of practice, had very positive and remarkable awareness of changes in their bodies.

    When I was teaching in the Chronic Pain Clinic at Kaiser Permanente in Denver, I would have 16 new students every 6 weeks.  We would meet once a week for an hour and fifteen minutes. Many times students would come to the second class and having practiced each day between classes they would exclaim how much better they were feeling after such a short time.  Some would say they had less pain than they had had for years.  When the 6 week session was completed, all of the students who accepted the challenge to practice daily for 90 days reported noticeable improvement.  These were all individuals that had been through all of the other programs of pain management (drugs, physical therapy, etc) offered at Kaiser Permanente and Qi Gong was their last resort.

    Another reaction that I always enjoy is from the student who is physically fit, has a regular workout routine and is usually in class to support a spouse. They come into the second class and say, “I can’t believe how much I felt that in my muscles the next day, it didn’t seem like we were doing that much.”

    I still struggle with getting students to see how something so simple can be life changing and that making the commitment to practice for 90 days they can improve their life and live from a better place.

  • HYPOTHYROIDISM AND QIGONG
    Written by Tommy No Comments
    Last Updated: August 20, 2008
    HYPOTHYROIDISM AND QIGONG

    READ THE RESULTS ONE 18 STYLE QI GONG PRACTITIONER ACHIEVED.

    “The first time I used the video, I was bored and I didn’t know if I’d end up using it much, but I decided to give it a chance.I’m so glad I did, because after three days of practicing this method of Qi Gong, I experienced an amazing, rapid and unexpected healing.

    I had had severe hypothyroidism for almost two years, and the endocrinologist said I’d need to take Synthroid (thyroid hormone medication) for the rest of my life. After the third day of practicing with this video, I began to experience symptoms that I quickly realized were signs of hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone). My own thyroid gland had started working again, producing a normal amount of thyroid hormone, and the medication I was taking put the total amount in my body over the top! I was able to discontinue the medication completely.
    This happened back in 2001, and in these 7 years I have never needed to resume the medication. All of my thyroid tests have been normal and I’ve had no symptoms. And that’s without even practicing the Qi Gong consistently. After the beginning, I’ve only done it for a few weeks here and there — perhaps because the production of the video is, in fact, uninteresting to me. I did, however, buy 2 extra copies in case the first one wears out or gets damaged, just so that I’d have it for a long time.
    I wish that they would re-make this into a higher-quality production on DVD that would be available through a large, well-marketed company like Gaiam so that many more people would have access to the great healing potential of this Qi Gong method.

    I am very grateful to the makers of this video. Thank you, Tommy and Julia McDonnell, for the healing that you have enabled me to experience.”
     
     
     
     
     

     

    For more information on the video visit: www.qigong18style.com

  • QI GONG FOUND ME!
    Written by Tommy 2 Comments
    Last Updated: August 13, 2008
    QI GONG FOUND ME!

    I enrolled in Massage Therapy School for the first class available at the time.  It was called “East West Sampler”. I didn’t care what it was called I wanted to be a Massage Therapist.  The first half of the course was Swedish Massage, very interesting and what I had been seeking. The second half of the course was Shiatsu Massage. I had no idea what that was but having signed up I was open to new ideas.  This part of the course included an extensive Chinese Medicine section and to help us build the energy needed to be effective Shiatsu Massage Practitioners, we were given QiGong instruction and practiced twice each session– ‘18 Style’ in the morning with Chung Bai and ‘8 Pieces of Brocade’ in the afternoon with Tai Yung Han. I resonated with the ‘18 Style’ and have been practicing it ever since. It was a gift that I have used for the last 16 or 17 years that has improved my health and well being.  It cured my bad back and a lot of other physical maladies. Qi Gong is truly a part of my life. I choose to do this ritual as a regular part of my day.  I am forever thankful that I was guided to be in the ”East West Sampler”. It truly changed my life with the gift of Qi Gong 18 Style.