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Chi Flows Naturally

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China Dream Trip May 2014 will visit the famous Hanging Temples of Mt. Heng, the Taoist sacred mountain of the North. Details below include the “Taoist Dream Caves” atop Huashan. 

Dear Dreamers of the Tao – the Natural Way,

Hope you’ve been having lots of summer fun. The Tao Summer Retreats near Asheville were fabulous, as usual. See below for a video clip from my Medical and Spiritual Qigong Fundamentals retreat. This 2.5 minute video is about how to root oneself. It has ten people attempting – and failing miserably – to push me over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAQ49oR8tDs

If you want to learn to develop this kind of root, see my fall schedule below. When I first started training, I got pushed over immediately by just one person. This is a trainable skill, with many benefits to health, emotional grounding, and spiritual self-cultivation.
 
Now on to the theme of this letter: Lucid Dreaming. Chuang-tzu is famous for asking the question nearly 2500 years ago: “Am I a man dreaming I am a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I am a man?”. All of us lead a double dream life – one dreaming an astral reality at night, another dreaming our physical reality by day. Which is more real, or more significant?

That all depends on your skill level in creating realities. I recently recorded a 40 minute interview on Taoist dream practice and a lucid dreaming qigong form I developed for my personal practice (available with the special discount this month).This youtube interview was an advance presentation at an international Lucid Dream Conference in London Nov. 9-11, which includes a one day Lucid Dreaming Qigong seminar by me afterwards.

The youtube interview goes deep into my personal history as a lucid dreamer since I was a teenager. My night life got so active, I eventually ran a “Night School” in which I taught my day time friends the art of Lucid Flying in the dream world. I also explore the relationship between Taoist qigong and internal alchemy meditation, which has greatly raised my skill level and blurred the line between my day and night realities.

My integration of qigong and Taoist internal alchemy has allowed me to go in my daytime meditations to the same realms that are possible in the dream plane. The point of Tao dream practice is to take some shortcuts, as there is less resistance in the astral plane. But dream practice doesn’t necessarily give day time skill, so you need inner alchemy skill (neidan gong) to achieve complete mastery of one’s destiny.

My final conclusion: there is only One Self, dreaming both the day and night realities! But functioning from that Self (vs. the personality) requires discipline and training. My youtube interview is followed by spectacular images of Flower Mountain (Huashan ) in China, made famous by Chen Tuan, the Taoist Dream Immortal.  Photos taken on China Dream Trips. We’ll be visiting Huashan’s famous “dream caves” in May 2014 – see below.

Michael Winn youtube interview on Lucid Dreaming Qigong & Taoist Self-Cultivation (40 min.): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-dHwroC9GU&feature=youtu.be

Gateways Of The Mind in London is a two day immersive exploration of lucid dreaming, shamanic dream practices and out-of-body experiences.

DATES: London on the 9th & 10th November at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill. Gateways will host some of the world’s leading authors, teachers and practitioners of consciousness exploration. Speakers include Michael Winn (Taoist Dream Master), William Buhlman (Leading Authority of out -of-body experiences), Dr Stanley Krippner (Global Shamanic Dreaming) and Tim Freke (Lucid Living).

Gateways of the Mind conference site: http://www.archetypeevents.com/gateways-london-spendlove.
COST: be sure to buy your ticket by August 15 (or sooner!). There are only 20 tickets left at  the £105 (British pounds) price; after they are sold the cost goes up to 150 pounds.

The buy-ticket webpage with a 45 pound (about $75. USD) discount – specially extended for my newsletter readers!: http://www.archetypeevents.com/gateways-london-tickets-spendlove

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For my own pleasure and summer fun, I’m heading up to Alaska again, home state of my wife Jem. We’re revisiting Talkeetna, near Mt. Denali, featured in our honeymoon newsletter last summer that ended in the grand canyon (if you missed those spectacular photos and video of her Water Snake Dance): https://michaelwinnv5.qlogictechnologies.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?rm=mode2&articleid=153)

Then I’m flying to China to scout out sites for future China Dream Trips, and meet some interesting powerful Taoist masters. I’m attending an international Qigong and Longevity Conference at the base of Changbaishan, or “Eternal White Mountain”. I’ve been wanting to visit this mountain for over 30 years, ever since I began my study of One Cloud’s Tao Inner Alchemy Formulas for Achieving Immortality.

Changbaishan is a giant volcano with a lake on top (Lake Tianchi) in the far north of China – north of North Korea. The energy of this mountain is perfect for practicing internal alchemy, with its “water-above-fire” positioning of natural forces matching the “kan & li” alchemy formulas. A similar situation exists in Santorini, Greece, where I taught a series of very powerful alchemy retreats. We were in a small village perched on the side of a volcano that had filled with ocean, but still had hot fumerols rising up in the watery cauldron.

Mantak Chia tells me his teacher One Cloud climbed the mountain, but found a warm cave within it to practice in for seven years. There are hot springs at the base of the mountain, fed by volcanic fires below.

This mountain is where One Cloud  found a hermit teacher who trained him to the level of breatharian, and later passed on these formulas to Mantak Chia. My evolution of those formulas, after 30 years of teaching and refining them: http://www.healingtaousa.co/one_clouds_nine_tao_alchemy_formulas.html

I’m not sure I’ll find One Cloud’s cave, but I do plan to tune in deeply for a week and see what the spirit of the mountain has to teach me. More on this later!

China Dream Trip 2014 – Dates SET

China Dream Trip 2014 tentative dates (99% certain) are May 16 – June 4, 2014 (from Los Angeles). Departure date is certain, I may need to adjust return by one day. I don’t yet have all the costs, that will come by September. You can join the group in Los Angeles (airfare included) or in Beijing. The Itinerary currently includes:

1. Beijing’s Temple of Heaven for qigong training; Taoist White Cloud Temple

2. Great Wall: do Primordial Tai Chi on top to capture Dragon Qi

3. Hengshan: Northern Taoist Sacred Mountain with famous “hanging temples”

These spectacular temples are 1500 years old – see them now before they are closed down due to fragile condition.

4. Xian: ancient capitol, Moslem bazaar, 8 Immortals Temple, Terra Cotta Warriors

5. Huashan: Flower Mountain’s fabulous peaks and powerful “dream caves”

Statue of Chen Tuan, famous Taoist Dream Immortal, at abase of Mt. Hua. You can see the tip of West Peak in the background.

6. Louguantai, ascension site of Lao Tzu. This is my favorite “power spot” in China.

Fall 2013 Winn Teaching Schedule

AUTUMN 2013

Oct. 25, 2013 (Fri. eve. 7:30 – 9:30 pm): Asheville, N.C.
INNER SMILE: FREE Evening Meditation & Talk with Michael Winn. 

                          

                    Inner Smile is a universal image in art.

This fun evening is part of a weekend workshop, but is open to the public and can be taken separately. We will mostly smile together silently, relax from the “heart-mind” (xin) level of smiling in the body until the deeper “inner heart” or soul (ling) level of smiling spontaneously arises. I will facilitate this with a transmission of that frequency of unconditional acceptance at the soul level. This is one of the most important and simplest self-cultivation practices you can learn and apply simply to daily life. Increased peace, self-love, and acceptance of others are the reward, with secondary benefits of healing all kinds of illness that is stress-caused.

NEW Location:  Asheville Training Center, same venue as weekend workshop. No pre-registration required, free to all. Just show up!  261 Asheland Ave, two blocks south of downtown Asheville, corner Phifer St.. Use side entry (walk behind the main entrance, on the left) of Town & Mountain Realty building.

 
 
Oct. 26 – 27, 2013 (Sat/Sun): Asheville, N.C.
MEDICAL & SPIRITUAL QIGONG FUNDAMENTALS 1 & 2
with Michael Winn
Dragon Captuers the pearl
Taoist Micro-Cosmic Orbit trains us to crystallize an Inner Pearl that matures into our Inner Sage and a reliable spiritual guide.

Contact: info@HealingTaoUSA.com  or call 888 999 0555  

Cost: $144 for weekend. $90. for one day. At Asheville Training Center (see above)

Day 1: Inner Smile, Five Animals Qigong, Six Healing Sounds, Taoist qigong & alchemy theory.

Visit http://www.healingdao.com/ckf1.html#top (Fundamentals 1 page with full benefits & description of practices, testimonials, etc.)

Day 2: Guided Micro-Cosmic Orbit. This famous Tao meditation unifies all energy centers/chakras into a flowing whole. Process is made simple and physically tangible with the powerful “Open Qi (Chi) Flow in the Orbit” movement qigong. Chi transmission is given to help you open chi flow spiraling in an orbit around your torso.

Includes oral transmission of the powerful Wudang Mountain “Red Dragon” internal method of circulating the orbit (NOT taught in standard Healing Tao curriculum). THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL & EFFECTIVE ORBIT METHOD I’VE FOUND – during my 30 years search. Included is my method of invoking spiralling Dragon power into the orbit meditation to amplify its power and effortless Qi (chi) flow.

Good for self healing, spiritual centering and balance of all yin-yang meridians of body, and balancing blood and chi. The orbit is also the main pathway used for cultivating spiritualized sexual energy as you progress in your practice.

More info on Fundamentals 2: http://www.healingdao.com/ckf2.html    

These two days are packed with powerful practices that can make major shifts in your health and energy level. They are Lifetime Treasures, simple enough to easily share with family and friends.

Open to everyone. This course is THE main pre-requisite to Fusion, Healing Love, Kan & Li. This is the best course to begin with, but also suitable for advanced adepts or people from other traditions wishing to go deeper.

  • Nov. 23 – 24, 2013 (Sat/Sun): Asheville, N.C.
  • PRIMORDIAL QIGONG / TAI CHI for ENLIGHTENED LOVE


This is where I go when I practice Primordial Qigong/ Tai Chi for Enlightened Love. It’s a bridge to the center of my cosmos.

with Feldenkrais for Effortless Super Learning of Tai Chi.

Led by Michael, plus recorded guidance by Joyce Gayheart.

Magical, powerful 800 year old lineage qigong ceremony (a.k.a. “Tai Chi for Enlightenment”). Integrates the magic square of feng shui, the dynamic inner coupling of Taoist alchemy, the healing benefits of medical qigong, and the earthly transmission power of China’s original tai chi form!

We gather the directional chi of Heaven and Earth in graceful spirals. This is one of my favorite forms, but requires deeper commitment (15 min. practice length). Combined with Feldenkrais, it opens up many levels of healing energy and ease of movement amazingly quickly.

I go far beyond the DVD during this class, revealing many things about the inner structure of the form, and how to intensify it with toning and focused intention.

For more about the form, and numerous testimonials about how amazing the form is, please see http://www.taichi-enlightenment.com

Cost: $185. ($90. deposit). Reviewers: $125.

NEW Location:  Asheville Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave, two blocks south of downtown Asheville, corner Phifer St.. Use side entry (walk behind the main entrance, on the left) of Town & Mountain Realty building.

contact: info@HealingTaoUSA.com

or call: 828 505 1444

Note: The course is the certification course for Primordial   QiGong/Tai Chi for Enlightened Love. You receive a teaching certificate from Healing Tao University. Those seeking certification should have been practicing the form well in advance, if only from a DVD.

Mantak Chia learned this form from me on a China Dream Trip, and loved it! He has made it a part of the Healing Tao curriculum, so you can also now use this course as hours towards becoming a Healing Tao Instructor. For more info: https://michaelwinnv5.qlogictechnologies.com/instructorbecome.html

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  • Dec. 7 – 8, 2013 (Sat/Sun) Asheville, N.C. 
  • MEDICAL & SPIRITUAL QIGONG FUNDAMENTALS 3 & 4: Internal Chi Breathing and Bone Rooting with Michael Winn     

Iron Shirt Qi Gong

Learn the 3 types of Taoist breathing: natural, reverse, and counter-force. Powerful “empty” or neutral force breathing method can be done anywhere, standing, sitting, lying. Opens belly center/dantien, the key to good chi circulation and self-healing. Standing and moving postures to open core channels of body. My simplified version of Iron Shirt Qigong.

We will also learn the Ocean, Sky, & Great Heart Breathing, aka Blissful Breathing Qigong. This form activates the Mystical Power of Three, that unites physical breath with subtle body breath in all three dantian. A short 5-minute form that packs a tremendous wallop.

Day 2 focuses on bone marrow breathing, rooting power, and simple bone-to-bone tapping. Excellent for grounding, preventing & healing chronic illness due to blood deficiency, osteoporosis, and many others. Stabilizes stillness for meditators, develops root for all movement artists (dance or martial arts). This bone work is the prelude to completing bloodline ancestral issues.

See http://www.healingdao.com/ckf3.html for more details.         Open to all, no prerequisites. Useful to have Fundamentals 1&2, but they can be taken in reverse order as well. Cost: $144. weekend. $90. for Sat. only, or reviewers (both days).

Contact: info@HealingTaoUSA.com

Email if you have questions. Or call Jan to register by phone: 828 505-1444.

NEW Location: Asheville Training Center, 261 Ashland Ave., 2 blocks south of downtown Asheville. Starts 9 am on Saturday.

For more information about Michael Winn and his qigong/chi kung trainings, visit:

https://michaelwinnv5.qlogictechnologies.com

 

Dec. 21, 2013 (Sat. eve) Asheville, N.C.

WINTER SOLSTICE CEREMONY + MEDITATION & Crystal Bowl Concert (RSVP needed!)

Cosmic Shower

Details to be announced!

FEATURED SPECIAL: Taoist Dream Practice

 

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Taoist Dream Practice

This Audio CD seminar by Michael Winn (11 hours, 8 CDs) covers the following topics:

Dream Practice vs. Dream Interpretation

Dark (Night) Side vs. Evil Side, True Yin vs. False Yin

Tao theory of Body Spirits at night

Guided Meditations: body sleeps, Mind Awake

Power Napping, Lucid Living, Dream Commands

Short cuts to higher soul contact

 

 

Featured Special available until Aug. 31, midnight, 2013:

1. Tao Dream Practice Audio ONLY: reg. $109. Save $20. Buy for $89. + s/h

Note: order in MP3 format or Audio CD format (please specify).

2. Tao Dream Practice Audio + Lucid Dreaming Qigong DVD. Reg. $154. Save $35. Buy for $119. + s/h.

Note this DVD is currently listed as Blissful Breathing Qigong, and is part of Medical & Spiritual Qigong Fundamentals 3. I originally developed this qigong to  support my Tao Dream Practice, and will be re-issuing it under the title Lucid Dreaming Qigong.

TO ORDER either  audio-only or the package audio + DVD, please email my office manager:

Jan Gillespie <healingtaousa@bellsouth.net>

or call 828 505 1444 (or 888 999 0555 within USA).

This discount is NOT available online.

KLIMT: Water Snake Dream painting

    

How is YOUR female water snake year progressing? have you shed your old skin yet? Released the creative fire hidden within your deep earth?     Painting by Gustav Klimt.                      

Loving the Creative Dream of the Tao,

Michael Winn

“Who takes Heaven as his ancestor, Virtue as his home,
the Tao as his door, and who becomes change — is a
Sage.” — Chuang Tzu, Inner Chapters

“The Tao is very close, but everyone looks far away.
Life is very simple, but everyone seeks difficulty.”
— Taoist Sage, 200 B.C

Register online for on Healing Tao University,
the largest Tao (Dao) Arts & Sciences program in the
West with 25 week long summer retreats featuring “chi kung”
(qigong) and inner alchemy (neidangong) training. For
more info, see http://www.HealingTaoRetreats.com

Or visit http://www.HealingTaoUSA.com, to
order books/videos/tapes from the Tao Home
Study program. Call the Healing Tao USA Fullfillment
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Visit http://www.Taichi-Enlightenment.com for a glimpse into
the world’s most magical spiritual tai chi form.

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