SIFU TERRY DUNN'S TAI CHI FOR HEALTH & QIGONG FOR HEALTH NEWSLETTER
April Showers Brings...Issue
I. QIGONG FOR HEALTH FOR 1st RESPONDERS: TAOIST ELIXIR METHOD + FLYING PHOENIX QIGONG
Sundays 4 - 5:30 pm EST. Classes No. 173, 174, 175 = April 14, 21, 28
Our 173rd Livestream of Qigong For Health For First-Responders is set for this Sunday, February 18 from 4pm to 5:30pm Eastern Time (U.S. and Canada), with 30 minutes of discussion and Q&A immediately following.
This class immerses you in two (not one, but two) authentic and powerful ancient Taoist monastic systems of Qigong that impart tangible, visible, repeatable, and verifiable health benefits on the way to self-empowerment. The two systems are drastically dissimilar in terms of yogic methodology—as different as night and day—but once learned, the two systems are not only compatible with one another, but they are also synergistic:
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(1) Taoist Elixir Method (“Tao Tan Pai”) Qigong - Each class begins with a half-hour practice of the Tao Tan Pai Short Form Power Yoga, a classical distillation of the Tao Tan Pai Basic 31 Meditations (“TTP-31”). The TTP-31 is the first of six levels in Tao Tan Pai Nei Kung—not counting the TTP 5 Animal Kung fu Forms that are foundational to the Nei Kung.
(2) Flying Phoenix Heavenly Healing Qi Meditations (“Fei Feng San Gung”) imparts tangible energizing and rejuvenating effects—and deep meditative states of consciousness— in surprisingly swift manner—within 30 to 50 minutes of practicing any combination of the 8 basic standing meditations or 24 seated meditations. The allostatic (restorative) effects of FP Qigong practice continue long after one’s practice has ceased and often very often will set on once again as if one were practicing.
"Flying Phoenix Qigong practice significantly elevates parasympathetic tone. 90 minutes of practice of this Qigong is restorative in real time and over time afterwards."
- Yetsa A. Tuakli-Wosornu, M.D., M.P.H., IOC Dip. Sp. Med. Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale School of Public Health Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology (December 2019)
Joining the Livestream Session
To experience the profound health benefits of these two rare and extraordinarily powerful Taoist Qigong arts that are easy-to-do and profoundly restorative holistic health practices, and join a lively worldwide community of students dedicated to holistic health, personal growth, self-empowerment, spiritual fortitude, sign up for the next Sunday session:
The Zoom Meeting ID is: 847 4923 4460
Login URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84749234460?pwd=dUhUOXVGL3pNdlZYS1BEMWVWaFNPQT09
FEE: $40 per class; $280 / 8-class series; or $500 / 16-class series
• Please send tuition via Paypal (to zenbearinc@gmail.com) or via Zelle (to terencepdunn@gmail.com) before 1:00 PM on the day of he class) —or send an email to zenbearinc@gmail.com asking to be sent a Paypal money request that you can use any credit or debit card to pay.)
II. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH: 60-part Short Form and Tai Chi Sword Form of Grandmaster William C.C. Chen—plus form refinement and applications for self-defense.
Saturdays: April 14 and 21 in Santa Monica: 11 am to 1pm in Palisades Park (30 yards north of the round rose garden at Ocean Ave. and Montana). Yes I’m back in L.A. for a visit!
Fee: $40 per class — same as it’s been since 1992!
• Sorry, Zoom participation not available due to lack of WiFi in the Park •
III. ADVANCED FLYING PHOENIX QIGONG & BASIC TAO TAN PAI KUNG FU & QIGONG
The Advanced Qigong class is suspended for the month of April because of my travel schedule in Los Angeles and then Monterey. Classes will resume on Thursdays in May.
Stay dry during April showers by going indoors and doing your Tai Chi Ch’uan forms, Flying Phoenix Qigong, and Taoist Elixir Method Qigong! And I’ll see you in classes in May (hopefully with a tan).
mitakuye oyasin,
(Lakota greeting and prayer that means “All are related,” “To all my relations,” and “Help and health to all my brothers and sisters.”)
Sifu Terry Dunn
P.S. Mercury retrograde song picks for April—to help you endure and recover from the seemingly inescapable slowdowns, breakdowns, and reversals in communications and transportation. Make it through April 21 and you’re home clear!:
A. “ LIVIN’ THING” — by Electric Night Orchestra.
One of my favorite 70’s British imports—by the innovative Jeff Lynne and E.L.O., pioneers of orchestra rock. It’s about the highs and lows of love, and not wanting it to end.
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic
Oh, rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin', it's magic
And you and your sweet desire
You took me, oh (higher and higher, baby)
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a givin' thing
What a terrible thing to lose
B. Jeff Lynne in 2004—still with that same great voice—in this superstars’ tribute to George Harrison at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductions—along Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Prince, Dhani Harrison and others singing the beautiful and rueful “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
C. Finally, here’s an inspirational 1967 hit by Blues Magoos—about winning the rat race—and also (by the way I spin the lyrics) about leaving the rat race and getting off the treadmill:
One day you're up and the next day you're down
You can't face the world with your head to the ground
The grass is always greener on the other side, they say
So don't worry, boys, life will be sweet some day
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
We made enough mistakes
But you know we got what it takes
Oh, we ain't got nothin' yet
No, we ain't got nothin' yet
Nothin' can hold us and nothin' can keep us down
And someday our names will be spread all over town
We can get in while the getting is good
So make it on your own, yeah, you know that you could
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
We got to make the break
'Cause we got too much at stake
Oh, we ain't got nothin' yet
No, we ain't got nothin' yet
We made enough mistakes
But you know we got what it takes
Oh, we ain't got nothin' yet
No, we ain't got nothin' yet