This Summer come join us and gain a profound understanding of the Foundation Skills contained in the Art of Hsing Yi Neigong -  guiding you to develop Inner Strength, Enhance Flexibility and Gain Vital Health.  Do not miss this amazing opportunity to deeply explore this rare system.

Our Hsing Yi Neigong course training will be given online through the ZOOM platform - our first of Eight Live Classes in this series will begin on Sunday, June, 23rd.  Starting time will be  5:00pm - Pacific Daylight Time.  Each live lesson will be recorded and uploaded to our Website Learning Center, so students may practice, refine their form, and progress at their own pace.

Hsing Yi Neigong is one of the greatest tools one can apply to developing a profound unified condition of the body and mind.   An integral aspect of Hsing Yi training will be specialized postures of Standing Meditation which will develop a heightened ability in your mental focus, will power and concentration ability.

The term Hsing - 形 -  refers to shape, form, substance and body.  Yi - 意 -refers to the focused Mind Will Intention.  The nuanced meaning of joining these two terms together gives us an image of Joining the Mind and Body into a Unified State of Harmony.  There are various styles, methods and sects of Hsing Yi which are often divided into the region of China where the style developed.   

Our System of Hsing Yi is drawn directly from the North River Style that developed in the Hebei region of Northern China.

This course training will focus on deeply exploring the pratice of the 5 Exercises of Power - a set of five essential Neigong exercises that will help to greatly strengthen, transform and enhance the physical body.  We will also deeply explore the Way of Standing Meditation - Zhan Zhuang - a method of entering into physical stillness, focused concentration, and deep breathwork.   We will learn five Classic Postures of Zhan Zhuang in this course, and explore the application of how to apply Internal Breathwork within each posture.

Join us this Summer and dive deep into the Life Changing practice of HsingYi Neigong and the 5 Exercises of Power.

 What is Neigong..?

Neigong, originally was used as an umbrella term to describe methods of Breath Training, Meditation, Inner Energy Work, and Spiritual Practices derived from the Taoist School.  Neigong over time was absorbed and incorporated into different Internal Martial Art Traditions in China - this created the division of Internal Martial Arts which stressed Internal Neigong Training and the External Martial Arts which stressed Physical Strength Development.  

Nei - 內- means the Inside, Inner or the Internal.  Gong - 功 - means an organised system of practice, an art, or a method of Self Cultivation.  Neigong can be translated to mean - the Art or Way of Inner Development.  Here we understand the use of the term 'Inner' refers to the Inner Body of Energetic Centers, Meridian Channels, and the 'Qi' or the Life Force Energy itself.

Neigong Training in the beginning will often stress  methods of  Breath Training, and Specialized Movements which will transform the Bone and Tendon Networks of the practitioner, strengthen the Inner Organs and begin the process of developing the Qi Energy.

In the first stages, the exercises are often very simple, repetitive movements, with a focus to Unify the Physical Movement and the Breath together, in a state of Harmony.   

This coordination of the individual's Body Movement with the Breath is known as the Harmonization of the Inner and Outer Energy (內外合一).  Repetition of Neigong methods over time can help to guide the student to experience Union of Mind, Body and Breath.

At a Higher Stage, Neigong Training includes methods of specific Meditation Practice dealing with Focused Concentration and also Dissolving into an Empty or No-Mind State.

In this special course offering, we will introduce Neigong Training Methods from the Hsing Yi System and our focus will be on developing greater health, flexibility, inner strength, mobility training, and developing a focused ability of Mind Will Concentration.

Hsing Yi is similar to Taoist Meditation Practice....

Both have the goal of Gaining Emptiness.

But where we go from Inaction to Action, the Taoists go from Action to Inaction.

We borrow from the Taoists the 'Three Transformations' 

- Transform Essence to Energy

- Transform Energy to Spirit 

- Transform Spirit to Emptiness....

With your advancement through these stages,

there shall occur 'Three Changes' in your body : 

1. Changes of the Bone.

2. Changes of the Tendons.

3. Washing of the Bone Marrow.  

To Change the Bones means you hold your body like a mountain.  When you stand and move, your bones shall become hard and strong. 

To Change the Tendons is to fuse Energy into and through all the Tendons, forming membranes to them and energising them.

 To Wash and Clean the Bone Marrow is to relax completely and purify and refine the Internal Organs by using your Mind, thus making your body light as a feather.

In the Highest Stage, Hsing Yi follows the Wind, and chases the Moon...

-  Guo Yunshen – 郭雲深 -   

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Dedication to my Father

My father, Kenny Wilson Parker, passed away on April 14th, 2019.  He was such a wonderful inspiration and influence in my life, and always encouraged me in my study and pursuit of the Taoist Arts.  My father organized my very first workshop in Austin, Texas, over 20 years ago, and during that time, he gave me such valuable coaching and encouragement when I was first beginning to teach Taoist Qigong.  I often feel that during that Summer, if my father had not pushed me to begin teaching, I would not have the life I live now - teaching and sharing the Taoist Arts with the world.  I am very thankful for my father's patience and guidance in my life. 

I would like to dedicate my teachings and this program  to the loving memory of my father.

Thank you Dad for all of your Love, Guidance and Support in my life...