Jindao System TM Programs

The Jindao System is a family of wellness practices for health, fitness, energy development, and stress relief. These practices include moving exercises, as well as a number of other practices such as standing and sitting meditations, massage, therapeutic healing techniques, and other health and energy-building practices. Jindao System converges different material into one holistic energy healing therapy.

We offer a series of special Qigong, Neigong, and Weigong programs. Advanced concepts are explained in everyday language, augmented with practice exercises, and demonstrated through practical applications that can apply to both Qigong health enhancement but also to self defense. This is the ONLY Qigong program available that teaches also the hidden protection aspects of Qigong movements and postures.

Most importantly, instruction will be given in HOW to feel the movements by using the deeper muscles, correct body mechanics, correct body alignment, and correct rooting. Information is also given on WHY movements are done so. Over 30 years of research and experience has been done to develop the course materials for this program!

Program 1 - Self Healing Qigong Basics - Experience new levels of health, energy, and relaxation to integrate your body & mind.

Program 2 - Self Transforming Shaolin Neigong - Develop superior inner energy and strength.

Program 3 - Peace of Mind Taoist Neigong - Recharge your life to be free of physical, emotional, and spiritual burdens.

Program 4 - Natural Chinese Internal Martial Arts & Self Defense - Learn the most efficient and effective Shaolin and Taoist Natural internal martial arts and Weigong conditioning.

Special 1 day Workshops and 2-3 day Seminars - an ongoing series of events featuring specialized topics in the internal arts.

See the following for detailed Program descriptions:

Program 1 - Self Healing Qigong Basics

Experience new levels of health, energy, and relaxation

This is a 3 month program in which the foundational material for learning self healing will be taught.

Your results for participating in this program will be:

• Proper breathing methods will be mastered.
• Proper body posture and alignment will be mastered.
• Basic self healing methods will be mastered.
• You will be able to integrate your body and mind.
• You will feel healthier, stronger, and more energetic.

The curriculum for Program 1 includes the following Taoist & Buddhist Self Healing Qigong material:

Introduction - foundational material

Foundational sitting, standing, stretching, conditioning, and strengthening movements that prepare one for the later lessons.

Opening the Mind-Body Awareness

The focus is on opening both your body and mind. On the physical side, works on flexibility, range of motion, and easy movements to open and lengthen all parts of your body. Movements also stimulate all the major energy systems in your body. To open your mind, we'll teach you an effective stress-relief and relaxation technique, plus a simple Qi energy awareness practice.

A. Active Qigong - To open the body, we use primarily movements in the limbs to open up the spine, hips and legs, and arms and shoulders.

1. Ba Duan Jin 八段錦 (8 Section Brocade):

As an introduction to Taoist Qigong, some simple and easy to learn standing and moving movements are taught in a series of eight postures. Aids in aligning, stretching, conditioning, balancing, and strengthening the body. This exercise is very ancient and is both Taoist and Buddhist influenced.

1. Hold the Sky with Both Palms
2. Draw Bow to Shoot a Hawk
3. Touch Heaven and Earth
4. Looking Backward
5. Wag Head and Tail
6. Opening the Spine
7. Punch with Tiger Eyes
8. Raise Heels.

2. Whole Body Breathing Qigong

3. Healing Qigongs:

- Lower the Qi & Cleanse the Organs
- Embrace Moon standing meditation
- Snake standing meditation

- One Finger "Zen" / Chan Qigong (with sound)

- Recharging Qigong (great for health practitioners!)

4. Purifying Qi:

- Bone Marrow Cleansing Qigong

- Six Healing Sounds Neigong

5. Gathering & Circulating Qi

- Standing Meditation
- Walking Meditation - Mo Cha Bu (Rubbing Steps)
- Opening & Closing Steps

6. Dispersing Stagnation Massage (dantian, kidneys, etc.)

B. Passive Qigong - seated or standing activates hands and feet points.

Various Qigong methods are taught, some simple and easy to learn standing and moving movements. Aids in connecting the mind with the body. These exercises are very ancient and are both Taoist and Buddhist influenced.

1. Falling Water Qigong – To open the mind, focuses on draining stagnant Qi from the hands and feet.

C. Qi Emission - focuses on generating and feeling Qi in the palms.

1. Following Qigong – sensitivity & awareness training. Single arm and double arm methods.

2. Interactive Qigong – generate greater Qi feeling & awareness:

A. Qi Generating Neigong

1. Stand in Wuji
2. Holding Balloon
3. Horizontal Dantian Rotation
4. Vertical Dantian Rotation
5. Horizontal Qi Pull
6. Vertical Qi Pull
7. Exchanging Qi
8. Return to Wuji.

B. Three Circle Yin & Yang Meridians Neigong

C. Triple Warmer Neigongs

D. Alleviation of Triple Warmers

E. Balance Stomach & Spleen (White Crane Spreads Wings)

Coordinate Body, Mind & Breath

The focus is on physical coordination that will teach you how to use your body in an integrated fashion and on coordinating movement, breathing, and mental concentration to increase the benefits you get from Qigong. Combining these three elements creates a synergistic effect, allowing greater levels of health enhancement and fitness, while also boosting the immune system.

Active & Passive Qigong

1. Constant Bear Qigong – This exercise works the waist, hips, and legs using a combination of turning and weight shifting.

2. Reverse Bear Qigong – This exercise adds in ‘silk reeling' (staying connected as weight transfers from one side to other).

3. Embrace the Pearl Qigong – Standing exercise done without movement in order to focus concentration with breathing. Accumulates and restores energy in body.

4. Lifting Water Qigong - tool for learning relaxed arm movement using deeper muscles without tension.

5. Spiraling Qigong - increases mobility, flexibility, and coordination of arms and torso, while relieving muscular tension.

Rooting and Energetics

Rooting is the single most basic concept in all of neigong and internal martial arts. Rooting involves keeping both a physical and an energetic connection to the ground for stability, balance, and centering. Also, focus on ‘Tai Ji Energetics', giving you the experiences of working with Qi both inside and outside of the body.

1. Isolated Spine Stretch - develops awareness of the upper body structures, primarily the spine.

2. Waterpump Qigong - develops awareness of the lower body structures, the hips and legs.

3. Three Circle Qigong – standing neigong for rooting and and actively circulating Qi throughout the body.

4. Universal Post Qigong – neigong for physically and energetically developing rooting in legs and feet, while being single weighted in Cat Stance.

5. Circling Hands Qigong – various advanced exercises for rooting the lower body while in Bow Stance and spiraling the upper body circulating Qi (Cloud Hands, Wave Hands Like Clouds, Flower Hidden in Mirror, etc.).

Four Energies Neigong and Centering Elements Qigong - integrates the whole mind-body with flowing standing and walking movements. Centering Qigong connects to the energy fields of the Five Elements and energizes and harmonizes these areas for physical, mental, and spiritual health.

Wai Dan Methods, by focusing on the meridian “water pipes” help keep energy flowing smoothly through the body for health, stress relief, and well-being. They use the limbs to encourage smooth qi flow through the meridians . As qi builds up in the limbs during practice, it will eventually flow back through the meridians to the internal organs to nourish them. Any excess of qi in the meridians will be “siphoned”; off into the vessel “reservoirs”; for storage. Level 1 primarily uses Waidan methods.

Nai Dan Methods, by focusing on the vessel “reservoirs” help develop abundant energy for the entire body. They use primarily torso movements, especially in the major joints such as the shoulders or hip sockets, and/or mental concentration to generate and store qi in the reservoirs . As abundant qi becomes available, it will “overflow”; the reservoirs into the meridians, helping to clear out obstructions and smooth out qi flow. Levels 2 -4 primarily use Naidan and Waidan / Naidan hybrid methods.

Program 2 - Self Transforming Shaolin Neigong

Develop superior inner energy and strength.

(Note: To enter Program 2, you must have either completed Program 1 - Self Healing Qigong Basics OR must be able to demonstrate mastery of basics based on prior experience)

This is a 6 month program in which internal exercises for superior physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and self defense will be taught.

The curriculum for Program 2 includes the following Shaolin Life Transforming Niegong material:

Preparation Exercises:

1. Shaolin Preparation Qigong -

•  Rub hands – stimulate ‘laogong' (human gate) energy points in palm centers.
•  Energize temples – press warm palms to temples.
•  Washing the face - warm hands and rub palms from top to bottom and back (24x)
•  Tap the head – tap fingers gently over skull and temple areas.
•  Tap the central body – tap fists from breastbone to abdomen.
•  Tap legs and arms – taps fists over lower back and over front and back of legs and arms.
•  Develop Qi attentiveness – slowly raise & lower each arm with attention to laogong points.
•  Stand on Tightrope – develop balance & concentration, arms out, arms in, and arms crossed.

2. Shaolin Qigong - set of breathing exercises with moving arms

• Tu Na or Tugu Naxin qigong
• Opening qigong
• Marriage of Heaven & Earth qigong
• Letting Go qigong
• Closing qigong.

3. Important Internal Exercises -

•  Opening/closing the kua – Taiji Swings 1-3
•  Rooting exercises (follow ground path)
•  Peng Jin exercises (rubber ball power)
•  Whole Body exercises – ‘Bend Bow Shoot Arrow' exercise
•  Spiral movement exercises (silk reeling energy)

To build a strong foundation, three Shaolin Qigong moving methods are taught that are part of the Shaolin Rou Gong system:

Shaolin Rou Gong 少林 柔功 (Soft or Supple Exercises) System

1. Shaolin Liu He Gong 少林 六合功 (6 Harmony Exercises)

Composed of 6 sets of special walking qigong movements that unite breathing methods, acupuncture points and meridians, body mechanics, and self defense movements. The 6 Harmony movements are considered the primary foundation to all long fist applications, and the main starting point for the internal version of Shaolin martial arts. Each of the 6 exercises covers different vessels and meridians of the body (such as the Lungs, Spleen, Liver, Triple Burners, Heart, and Kidneys). The main function of the 6 Harmony is to:
- relieve anxiety, stress, and depression;
- aid in mental health;
- balance the emotions;
- cleanse stagnation in the body;
- increase respiratory capacity;
- strengthen the joints and ligaments of the body;
- and begin to correctly use Shaolin body mechanics that bridge to Tai Ji Quan (swing, sink, and point).

1. Single Hand Pushes Mountain -- Dan Shou Tui Shan (lungs)
2. Wind Swings Willow -- Feng Bai Yang-Liu (spleen)
3. Chest center hugs Moon -- Huai Zhong Bao Yue (liver)
4. Hide Tiger posture (single palm presses down) -- Fu Hu Shi (triple burner)
5. Lift Palm to Sky -- Tuo Tien Zhang (heart)
6. Subdue Dragon & Tiger Palm -- Jiang Long Zhang (kidneys).

2. Shaolin Chan Yuan Gong 少林 禪圓功 (Zen Circular Exercises)

Composed of a series of 8-10 demanding internal movements and postures.  These movements are made to:
- teach one to connect the upper and lower body into one functioning unit;
- stimulate and balance the body's meridian channels;
- strengthen the waist / hip (kua in Chinese) inguinal fold area;
- improve posture and back/spine structural problems;
- increase internal strength and stamina;
- generate energy;
- and bridge between Shaolin and Tai Ji Quan (such as Brush Knee Twist Step and other movements);
- self defense version of the exercise set exists as well.

1. Avoid (evade) Sun, Hide (conceal) Clouds -- Bi Ri Zhe Yun (6x)
2. (Greet) In the Wind, Wipe Dirt -- Ying-Feng Hui Chen (6x)
3. Forcibly Split Hua Mountain -- Li Pi Hua Shan (6x)
4. Move against Water-row (current) Boat -- Ni Shui Xing Zhou (8x)
5. Autumn Wind Sweeps Leaves (Twist Waist move around Hips) -- Qiu Feng Sao Ye (Niu Yao Zhou Kua) (8x)
6. Shake Body Sway Shoulders -- Yao Shen Huang Bang (8x)
7. Forcibly Pull Nine Bulls -- Li La Jiu Niu (8x).

3. Shaolin Luohan 13 Gong 少林 罗汉十三功 (Arhat 13 Exercises)

Composed of a series of 13 complex movements and postures. The movements:
- emphasize the correct way to use the internal concepts of Yielding, Sinking, Absorbing, Transferring, and Pointing energy for both health and self defense.
- combine the powers of meditation and movement into one smooth practice
- are vigorous and feature special stepping patterns that are a bridge to Tai Ji Quan and Xing Yi stepping methods.
- are made to enhance emotional health, vitality, muscle tone, internal strength, and internal cleansing of the bowels.
- are a link to ancient Taoist methods also known as the Tai Ji 13 Gung, and Buddhist yogic movements originally from India.
- also a powerful self defense set containing all these movements and some additional transitional movements that feature the full 18 Luohans.

1. Old Monk Chops Wood
2. Lazy Drapes on Coat
3. Sleepy Monk Lies on Pillow
4. Double Hands Push Mountain
5. Wind Shakes the Lotus Leaves
6. Luohan Bears the Flag
7. Seven Star Striking Fist
8. Hug Tiger's Head
9. Roll Hands, Push Palm
10. Luohan Sifts Flour
11. Snake Flashes Tongue
12. Insert Incense
13. Old Monk Carries Basket on Arm.

After learning and MASTERING all 3 Rou Gong sets, the student will be able to have the CORRECT body mechanics and internal energy development and movement necessary to truly understand and perform the most ancient and traditional methods of the Shaolin system and support a strong foundation for mastering the other internal arts of Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi, and Ba Gua Zhang.

Program 3 - Peace of Mind Taoist Neigong

Recharge your life to be free of physical, emotional, and spiritual burdens.

(Note: To enter Program 3, you must have either completed Program 1 Self Healing Qigong Basics OR must be able to demonstrate mastery of basics based on prior experience)

1. Standing Mediation - various standing post neigong.

2. Walking Meditation - straightline walking versions of standing post neigong

3. Circle Walking Meditation - circle walking meditation neigong and stepping methods.

Program 4 - Natural Chinese Internal Martial Arts & Self Defense

Learn the most efficient and effective Shaolin and Taoist Natural internal martial arts and Weigong conditioning.

This is an ongoing program. The full description of this program is found here: Jindao Natural Chinese Martial Arts Program

Qigong & Neigong Workshops & Seminars

1 day Workshops and 2-3 day Seminars - an ongoing series of events featuring specialized topics in the internal arts.

This is a 12 month program in which specialized internal exercises for physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing will be taught.

The seminars and workshops include the following Taoist & Buddhist Self Healing material:

Shaolin Yi Jin Jing 少林 易筋經 (Muscle & Tendon Changing Classic) :

Special Shaolin neigong set that is similar to elements of Indian Yoga and Taoist Daoyin exercises.

Dragon & Tiger Qigong

Special set for medicinal healing.

Other Qigong & Neigong

To be announced.