* Personal Message from Francesco
* Qigong Study Trip to Thailand to meet Mantak Chia!!
* Radiant Lotus Qigong with Daisy Lee in Michigan, Canada & Hawaii - NEW website and Teacher Certification Classes...
* Francesco's Qigong Workshop Dec. 13th in Sydney, Australia
* Qigong DVDs - including Daisy's RLQ for women!
* QigongTracker.com Update! - a revolution in tracking your health and practice
* WujiTech Community Building software - new online video!
* Kahuna Valley Retreat on Kauai - Watsu, energy healing, massage...
Aloha!
Welcome new and dedicated subscribers to Breathe Deep! We have over 1,700 readers now and growing. I am quite honored by your caring and support... and I hope that you find this month's newsletter informative!
It is the last month of 2009... for so many of us it has been an amazing and transformative year, with all the thrills and spills of a wild roller coaster ride! For me, I was only home on Kaua'i, Hawaii for three months this whole year! My travels in Japan, China, Thailand, the US, and Australia have challenged me to stay open, flexible, and "at home" wherever I am. I hear from many friends and students - as well as the casual conversation of people I meet in my extensive travels - that it seems a very high percentage of people have experienced a year that has pushed them in various ways - from personal to business. For some, the economic chaos has triggered massive tension. For others, the incessant warfare activities have brought grief and frustration. Fear - especially in the U.S. - seems to be the operating mode and this constant "message" just adds to the pressures of life. I really feel for the youth - and I encounter many in the projects that I am involved in. They feel this pressure from their parents and they get massive doses of fear from the media. The past year delivered a new U.S. president and political changes in many countries, a ton of economic upheavals, natural disasters, and shocking news stories. No doubt there is a general state of malaise and frustration and hopelessness in mainstream consciousness. I have to say I really can't blame teens when I see them acting out... they can be our greatest mirrors...
So with all that, the big question is, "Where are you in this moment?" Are you holding on to any of those "triggers" that were delivered to you this past year on the silver platter of our corporate-controlled media? "Where are you in THIS moment?" Are you worrying about where things are headed in the coming year or two? Please don't tell me you went to see the movie "2012"...
"Where are YOU in THIS moment?" THIS moment is the ONLY moment that makes any sense whatsoever. Can you take a deep and loving breath and accept that THIS moment is the totality of your existence? Hmm... the mind goes curiously to the past... and then it slips into the future... it questions and tries to prove otherwise with some twisted logic - a monkey running around, like quicksilver breaking into smaller and smaller pieces...
Breathe... deep... ask yourself, "Where am I in THIS MOMENT?"
Yes, allow that smile to spread across your face like a sunrise across the desert. This moment is all you have to work with that makes sense. To be a good dreamer - one who is wide awake in your dreaming - you are asked to immerse yourself in presence. This means to trust that this dancing moment is your playground. Every bit of effort that your mind attempts to rehash the past or worry about the future takes you away from this precious and wonderful presence. It is your immersion in this conscious presence that allows you to remain "awake"... and when you can stay awake, you can begin to understand what role you play in dreaming the reality you experience. In this dreaming all the events and energies outside of your precious presence come into focus. In this clarity of being, in this trusting, you see clearly, awake and joyful. There is nothing outside of your dreaming... only the brittle edge of your trusting, and all that you don't trust to be so...
Qigong practice is the kind of conscious personal empowerment work that helps us cultivate presence, and in so doing, the trust that allows us to expand our dreaming field into the infinite where it is asking us to be. Qigong, Yoga, meditation, swimming, art, any practice that you engage in consciously and with the expansive principles of embracing your infinite dreaming nature can bring you into healing presence. Qigong means "energy work" so it is descriptive of many practices that exist in many cultures throughout history. What commitment have you made to cultivating presence and connecting with infinite energy, with Qi?
Ask yourself as we bring 2009 to a close... "Where am I in THIS moment?" The simple act of inquiry begins a beautiful process of discovery... but don't let your mind answer... leave it to your heart to decide...and then keep asking, with a deep, inner smile...
Thanks for scanning the rest of this issue of Breathe Deep. There's some info on the wonderful April 2010 Trip to Thailand and you'll also find the exciting news about Daisy's developments with her Radiant Lotus Qigong... and details on my upcoming workshop in Australia and the interesting WujiTech community-building software developments.
Thank you for your support and caring... I hope to see you at one of our upcoming classes or Qigong Study Trips to Asia and wish you, your family and friends a joyful and healthy Holiday Season.
In gratitude...
Love and Peace...
Francesco Garri Garripoli
Qigong Study/Healing Trip to Thailand
Our group is filling up for this year's Qigong Study & Healing Trip to Thailand, my favorite group trip in all my dozen+ years of leading these adventures... and it's easy to see why...
Since people have been asking me to lead a Qigong Study & Healing Trip to other places besides China, our new Thailand itinerary addresses that. I have been traveling to Thailand enough now to really understand the magic of that country and to know where we can go as a group to really learn from this deeply Buddhist land... ok AND enjoy awesome sights, great food, and a melding of East/West healing modalities as I have never experienced anywhere else.
From 18 April to 4 March 2010 we will head back to Thailand for another true healing/rejuvenation focused adventure. This trip is getting booked up, so if you are feeling ready for a change and a boost in your body/mind/spirit, consider this unique East-meets-West treatment journey that blends Western medicine high-tech diagnosis with Eastern holistic treatment... and a chance to study in an intimate group with Master Mantak Chia! Thailand is one of my most favorite countries and this healing trip is becoming my model for what a "healing vacation" should be.
On this trip you will receive a full medical diagnosis, including Dark Field Microscopy to study your blood, as well as saliva, and urine analysis with Western-trained MDs. We will then undergo two full weeks of Qigong training, massage, organic eating (with the option of a 5 day guided juice/soup fast if you wish), and an array of healing modalities from chelation to blood ozone therapy. Each participant gets to customize their treatment with the help of a physician. Francesco will teach daily along with classes by Daisy Lee, Mantak Chia, and Master Chia's senior students. This really is a fabulous gift to give yourself in the New Year. I hope you can join us!
Our 13th Annual China Study & Healing Trip is planned for the second two weeks of September 2010. More details will be announced on this in the coming months.
Radiant Lotus Qigong Workshops with Daisy Lee in Michigan, Canada, and Hawaii - and her new, upgraded website!
Daisy has got a busy schedule finishing up 2009 and getting ready for many worldwide offerings throughout 2010. Daisy's Teacher Certification Training Program continues as a limited offering for select instructors and the next one is listed below. This empowering Qigong can help to prevent as well as treat numerous health conditions unique to women such as menstrual cramping, low back pain, breast tenderness, tumors, cysts or fibroids, as well as menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, memory loss, reduced libido, mood swings and changes to skin, bones and muscles that result from hormonal shifts as women mature and blossom into their "second spring".
Daisy's
RadiantLotusQigong.com website has been completely upgraded thanks to the awesome efforts of our friend and strategic partner Kirk VandenBerghe. If you are interested in high-end web services,
Contact us and we will make the introduction.
Daisy will also be in Australia in February, Florida in March, Virginia at the beginning of April and then off to join Francesco on the Thailand Study Trip. After that, Europe (including teaching with Francesco in Amsterdam in May). Her workshops have been receiving great reviews worldwide so we hope you can attend one when she comes to your area. Go Daisy!
For more information on upcoming classes as well as theTeacher Certification Training, email Daisy at
radiantlotus@gmail.com
Upcoming Qigong Workshops & Classes with Daisy:
Sunday, December 6: 9:30-12:30 pm Livonia, MICHIGAN -
Radiant Lotus Qigong for Women's Health & Healing (Sorry women only for the morning program): Michigan Tai Chi Association hosts Daisy for an empowering women's health Qigong that shares with women how to rediscover themselves, especially in the second spring of their lives. Regular practice of RLQ Qigong can reduce or alleviate mood swings, menopause symptoms, breast and uterine lumps, improve skin tone and complexion and increase grace, flexibiity, strength and good humor! To register, call Sally at 734-591-3530 or email
michtaichi@yahoo.com. For info:
http://www.taotaichi.org/
Sunday, December 6: 1-4 pm Livonia, MICHIGAN Qigong for Bone/Joint/Spinal Health (Lotus & Phoenix Forms) hosted by the Michigan Tai Chi Association (CO-ED Program) Daisy will be teaching two beautiful Qigong forms Lotus Rises From the Water and Flying Phoenix to increase bone, joint and kidney health right in time for the chilly Michigan winters! Food and nutritional considerations will also be shared to support optimum immune health. Call 734-591-3530 or email Sally:
michtaichi@yahoo.com to register. For more info:
http://www.taotaichi.org/
Saturday, December 12 9:30-12:30 pm Toronto, CANADA Radiant Lotus Qigong for Women hosted by Dr. Xiaolan Zhao, author of Reflections of the Moon on Water for women's health. Daisy teaches an empowering Qigong health system that shares with women how to rediscover themselves in the second spring of their lives. Regular practice of RLQ Qigong can reduce or alleviate mood swings, menopause symptoms, breast and uterine lumps, improve skin tone and complexion and increase grace, flexibiity, strength and good humor! Location: Xiaolan Health Centre, 88 Prince Arthur Ave. near St. George subway station. Please register in advance as space is limited. Email Nelia at ndasilva@xiaolanhealthcentre.comor call (416) 538-8262
Xiao Lan Health Centre Website
Saturday, December 12 1:30-4:30 pm Toronto, CANADA Qigong for Cleansing & Rejuvenation hosted by Dr. Xiaolan Zhao at Xiaolan Health Centre, 88 Prince Arthur Ave. (CO-ED Program) This powerful 10-minute Qigong routine boosts the body's ability to cleanse and rejuvenate during the winter season. Many students experience improved detoxification of the digestive system as well as weight loss (or balancing) and improved skin tone and complexion from this short Qigong set. Please register in advance as space is limited. Email Nelia at
ndasilva@xiaolanhealthcentre. com or call (416) 538-8262.
Xiao Lan Health Centre Website
Sunday, December 13:
12-3 pm - Toronto, CANADA - Qigong for Cleansing & Rejuvenation for Optimum Winter Health - Rupert Harvey of Golden Harmony Healing and Martial Arts Centre will be hosting Daisy for a second day of teaching in Toronto for those of you who can鈥
(TM)t make the Saturday workshop. Rupert is a dedicated martial artist and teacher and has a top-notch school in downtown Rosedale. For more info and registration, visit
http://www. goldenharmonykungfu.com/index. php?option=com_frontpage& Itemid=1. Email Rupert at or call (416) 341-0647.
Sunday, January 9, 2010: 10am - 1pm - Qigong for Optimum Health & Immunity. Cheri Trousil of Humble Ranch will be hosting Daisy for two half-day workshops in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Location: Perry Mansfield, Steinberg Pavilion. To Register: email Cheri at
http://www.humbletherapy.org/ contact.html or call (970) 870-8441
Sunday, January 9, 2010: 2:30-5:30 pm - Radiant Lotus Qigong for Women hosted by Cheri Trousil of Humble Ranch
. Location: Perry Mansfield, Steinberg Pavilion. To Register: email Cheri at
http://www.humbletherapy.org/ contact.html or call (970) 870-8441
If you are interested in setting up a workshop with Daisy to teach Radiant Lotus Qigong in your area, let us know.
For more information and to receive a copy of the flyer for any of the above classes, please email Daisy at
radiantlotus@gmail.com
Francesco's Qigong Workshop Dec. 13th in Sydney, Australia
After a month traveling in Australia, Francesco will be offering a single Qigong Workshop in the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney on 13 December. The eco-friendly Breathing Space Yoga Studio in Avalon, founded and run by Denby Sheather, will host this Qigong workshop from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Francesco will review a wide range of Qigong forms including some that are not on the award-winning DVDs he is featured on with Daisy Lee. This workshop will include guided meditation and breathing exercises as well and techniques that bring us into a "waking dreaming" presence that assists us in self-healing, self-empowerment, and self-confidence. Incorporating yogic principles, quantum physics dissertations, joyful reflection, and a weaving of Taoist and Buddhist thought, this workshop will be a great way to finish 2009 in a way that honors your personal path of healing and empowerment. To secure your place in this limited-size workshop, please contact Denby at 0413 747 644 or
denby@breathingspaceyoga.com.au
Qigong DVDs - including Daisy's latest one for Women!
The award-winning Qigong DVDs featuring Francesco and Daisy have been repackaged to better address the "wellness" market according to our distributor. The video content hasn't changed, only the artwork on the packages have. You'll start seeing them in more and more retail outlets and our hope is to reach more people searching for self-empowering healthcare solutions. What a treat to see Qigong in K-Mart and in pharmacies!
Our newest DVD featuring Daisy teaching her powerful Radiant Lotus Qigong for Women is now available. Daisy has some with her at her workshops and they are also available online. We appreciate your support through your DVD purchases... and remember, purchasing them through our secure website helps to support our our work. Thanks...
QigongTracker.com update - a revolution in tracking your health and practice
Thank you all for signing up for this coaching and empowerment tool if you have done this already. This unique online tool is working perfectly thanks to a lot of hard work by an international team dedicated to making the WujiTech software offerings unique and effective! It is really exciting to start seeing people taking their Qigong Tracking Surveys each week. People have been writing me and saying how awesome it is to actually see their personal Tracking Graphs grow each week. Thank you to all the Qigong Instructors around the U.S. who have signed up to be Qigong Coaches (QC) on
QigongTracker. We are approving QC's individually, so thanks for your patience. We need more qualified Qigong Coaches around the world and we encourage you to get your students to apply as well so that they can be matched with you.
If you apply to be a Program Participant, it is an automated process and as soon as you fill in the online application, you will be automatically "matched" with one of our QC's that best matches your wishes. I think you'll like what this exciting program is all about... which we are underwriting for the moment, so it is free to everyone.
Through his new offering,
WujiTech, Francesco has been working with a team of international programmers for 7 years designing this powerful software tool that can gather data and use it in unique ways for personal empowerment. This tool for the Qigong community is called
QigongTrackerand helps to match students with teachers, patients with healers, and clients with consultants. It gathers information such as health or performance data and can track it over time so you can graphically see where you are improving - and where you need improvement. It creates a personal database for you to work with your clients - and if you are a client, helps you get a handle on your growth and creates an objective perspective for you to work with your coach. It creates a virtual, online community where you can communicate with others who share the same interests as you and allows you to be completely selective about what you share and who you share it with.
We are taking proposals for Qigong Instructors who interested in setting up Programs on
QigongTracker so that they can track their students. There is a good financial model that can help you generate cashflow from this as well, otherwise we can keep your Programs free. If you are interested, let us know.
If you are an individual interested in using this tool for your own empowerment, simply visit
QigongTracker and select a Program that interests you. You get your own Home Page and an array of powerful tools, including a Tracking Graph that grows with time so that you can watch your progress and development. We are working hard on this exciting application so please keep checking back and watch it evolve. For those of you who sign up before the end of this year we will be waiving our subscription fee for 2009 - so take advantage!
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WujiTech - Online Community Building, Data Tracking, Coaching, Program Management and Reporting software
This online "software for listening" environment is evolving in a most amazing way and I wanted to keep those of you who are interested in working in the area of community building, data collecting, mentoring or coaching - whether it is with youth or adults - abreast of our developments. I've been working on this unique software system for seven years and have created a new company around it called
WujiTech (
www.wujitech.com) An exciting new announcement is having Dixon de Lena now onboard as CEO. Dixon is a wonderful spirit with decades of experience in consulting corporate leaders committed to establishing authentic power as one core value of their organization's culture. His expertise in community building and personal inquiry is a powerful addition to the WujiTech team.
Learn more about Dixon on his Integral Partnerships website
A new WujiTech Tu-tour-ial video is now available for viewing online at the WujiTech.com website. This six-minute presentation - in full HD - is the best overview so far on the power and uniqueness of the WujiTech Online Listening and Community Building Environment.
Click Here to watch the online video
I am working now to bring this powerful software into Australia and have been making great strides now that we have our first clients onboard. It will soon be installed in Thailand, and is now being used across the state of Hawaii to collect evaluation data from a myriad of teen and parenting programs. Sponsored by the Hawaii State Department of Education, the County of Kaua'i, and a couple of drug prevention grants, we have been able to customize the Mentor Ohana tool for the special needs of our islands. With this, we will have the ability to monitor the status, effectiveness and outcomes of these educational programs in real time.
The core WujiTech Online Environment software is what is behind our successful Mentor Ohana program (
www.mentorohana.org) and is designed to provide powerful tools for any mentoring or coaching program. These range from assisting in the matching process, activities scheduling, participant communication, administration, journaling, survey evaluation and database management. The powerful Survey Builder and Tracking Survey components are indespensible for bringing integrity to any program and helpful in creating reports for grants and funding organizations. I know the power of this online set of tools for organizations ranging from small coaching firms to large county and city government offices that need to track data and manage programs of any kind. If you are associated with a group that may be interested - or know of someone who is - let me know and I will share more. I'm looking for some people who are also interested in working in the business area to get this software implemented in your area and generate some income through your efforts.
Kahuna Valley Retreat on Kaua'i - Watsu, energy healing, massage...
Kahuna Valley once again donated a four-day stay in our Aloha Suite on the Garden Island of Kaua'i, Hawaii to the National Qigong Association (NQA) for their silent auction fundraiser. The lucky bidder/winner this year is Doreen Black and we will be honored to have her at our retreat... We thank Doreen for joining us in helping raise money for the NQA and their work to promote Qigong to the mainstream. For more info on our personal and group retreats and healing spa services, click here and visit
http://www.kahunavalley.org/retreats.htm
Donations and Support
If you are feeling generous and would like to channel your taxes from the federal government to a worthy cause, we would be most grateful to accept your tax-deductible donation to Kahuna Valley. We are an IRS recognized tax-exempt organization and any monies that you donate to us will not only help support our work with at-risk youth here in Hawaii, but it will help you make a statement by choosing to put your monies to a good cause instead of to the IRS coffers. Interested?
Thank you for your support and good energy... see you next issue!!
Peace...
Francesco Garri Garripoli
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