Syner-Qi is our monthly event where we will explore a Qigong practice together. Each month will feature an NQA Professional member who will guide participants through a Qigong practice and/or meditations.
Whether you're a novice or seasoned practitioner, Syner-Qi offers something to suit every level. This event is perfect for newcomers eager to sample different techniques and for seasoned practitioners seeking fresh perspectives. Moreover, participants can integrate elements from each session into their personal practice.
If you can't make it to this live event, a recording will be added to the Syner-Qi Archive within the NQA membership hub.
This event will be led by a Professional member of the NQA. Each month will feature a different professional. This will be a great opportunity to practice a different Qigong style and see what other members are teaching all around the country.
After our practice we will spend about 10 minutes for questions and answers to make sure our participants have a good understanding of the practice.
Join us the Sunday after Qi Talks at 3 PM EST.
Members: Free
Non-Members: $25
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Syner-Qi with Richard Leirer
Host: Jennifer Eash
March 16, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
This class will consist of
1) Waving Body
2) Collect the Qi through the 7 energy gates
3) Qi Chen Xia Dan Tian to open the Middle Pass on the Ren Mai
4) Storing Dan Tian Qi
5) A Deeper Dive into Qigong Terminology to enhance practice.
Participants will:
1) Enhance Proprioception
2) Increase Blood Flow and Cartilage Cellular Remodeling.
3) Develop Mental Focus and Concentration
4) Open the 7 energy gates in the body for enhanced health
5) Develop a better working Qigong vocabulary free from Cultural Misappropriation
The Goal of all Qigong practice is to cultivate the Qi energy.
To cultivate means to:
1) prepare and use (soil) for growing plants
2) a : to grow and care for (plants)
b : to grow or raise (something) under conditions that you can control
3) to improve or develop (something) by careful attention, training, or study
Our Body and the Cells that make up our body are the plants that need to be tended to in our Qigong practice. Softness and openness are needed to have the energy and blood flow into the cells to keep us alive.
The ancients told us the way of life is soft and supple and the way of death is hard and brittle. By creating a soft body, we are preparing the body soil to grow and care for our body parts.
The other important bit of ancient wisdom also tells us that the Mind Leads the Qi Energy, and the Blood Follows the Qi Energy. If I think of an area of my body, the act of thinking of that body part, excites sensory receptors of the Peripheral Nervous system, to create a sensory feedback loop. This takes bio electrical energy and with the expenditure of that bioelectricity, blood flow eventually has to follow to feed the cell. The basic process is ATPß à ADP + P + energy . See Michael Levin “Bioelectric networks: the cognitive glue enabling evolutionary scaling from physiology to mind.”
The important part for us, is, the mind is what can direct the qi energy to any part of the body. When directed there, the blood will follow.
In Basic Qigong and Taichi Training the goal of threading the qi through the 9 holed pearl is an important part of most practices. Again, in ancient China, seamstresses were trained to pull a silk thread though a pearl that had 9 holes drilled in it. This allowed them to perfect an intricate skill.
For us in our Qigong and Tai Chi practice we have to use the mind to engage in the expression of the movement and to allow the energy to travel through each movable part, or each joint flowing from the toe up through the ankle, knee, hip, spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers. This is known as threading the 9 hold Pearl.
There is no direct Blood Flow into the joints and cartilage. Blood has to seep into the cartilage in the joints through the Extra Cellular Matrix. Being soft enhances that blood flow seepage. (See my youtube channel for detailed information in activating your anti-aging body video.)
After the wave has been set in motion and the joints opened, the collecting and sending the qi though the energy centers begin.
Looking forward to Cultivating with you.
Richard Leirer
https://taostaichi.com/
