This is a 5-Day intensive seminar on Establishing a Medical Qigong Clinic, as explained in Chapters 26 through 37 (Sections 6, 7, and 8) of the textbook, "Chinese Medical Qigong Therapy: A Comprehensive Clinical Text."

This third seminar offers the student an overview of the major principles and foundational structures that govern Traditional Chinese Medical Qigong. Course content will include, The Three Levels of Ancient Daoist Mysticism; The Four Functional properties of Energy; Materializing and Dematerializing Energy; How to Establish a Medical Qigong Clinic, Treating the Patient, Disposing of Toxic Qi, Combining Medical Qigong with Other Healing Modalities, Qi Emitting Methods, The Invisible Needle Technique, Energetic Point Therapy, Medical Qigong Massage, and Sound and Color Projection Exercises and Meditations.

Objectives:
After completing Seminar #3, students will have a deeper comprehension of the body's energetic matrix as it pertains to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Disease, Diagnosis and the Medical Qigong clinic.

The focus will be placed on integrating Clinical Qigong Modalities, advanced assessment and energetic modulation skills, as well as case studies and mock clinical exercises. This is the thrd in a series of 12 Seminars offered by the International Institute of Medical Qigong in order to complete the requirements for "Master of Medical Qigong." Each student will be tested at the end of the seminar, and a certificate of completion will be given.

Clinical Foundations of Medical Qigong Therapy
Syllabus for Medical Qigong Seminar 3.P
5 Days - 32 Hours

Day 1 (9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)
• Materializing and Dematerializing Energy
The Three Levels of Ancient Daoist Mysticism; The Three Forms of Metaphysical Healing; Space and Time within the Wuji; Using Space and Time to Imprint Qi; The Four Functional Properties of Energy.
Reading Assignment: All of Chapter 26 (pages 499-504)
(Exercise: Creating, Imprinting, Feeling and Activating the Energy Ball)
• Establishing the Medical Qigong Clinic
Establishing a Safe Clinical Environment; Creating a Sacred Healing Space; The One through Ten Meditation; The Divine Hook-Up; Using Three Divine Invocations; Finding, Detaching, and Removing Energetic Cords; Disposing of Pathogenic Toxins; General Treatment Protocol.
Reading Assignment: All of Chapter 26 (pages 504-521)
(Exercise #1: Review of General Treatment Protocol)
(Exercise #2: Finding and Removing Energetic Cords)
Treating Multiple Patients; Ending the Treatment; Duration of Treatment Time; Proper Recuperation after Medical Qigong Treatment; The Duration of the Diseases Pattern (Li) and Energy (Qi)

Lunch Break (12:00-2:00 P.M.)

Day 1 (2:00-5:00 P.M.)
• Precautions and Ethical Considerations for the Qigong Doctor
Avoiding Energetic Depletion; Preventing the Invasion of Turbid Qi; Removing Turbid Qi Invasion; Energetic Protection Meditations.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 28 (pages 527-534)
(Energetic Protection Meditation #1: The Wu Zang Meditation)
(Energetic Protection Meditation #2: Creating a Protective Force Field)
(Energetic Protection Meditation #3: Creating an Energetic Bubble)

Day 2 (9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)
• Clinical Ethics
Conscious and Subconscious Clinical Interactions; Establishing Doctor and Patient Agreements; Power Dynamics and Ethical Behavior; Clinical Burnout; Energetic Boundary Invasion; Causes of Spiritual Dryness; When Not to Treat the Patient; Encountering Energetic Vampires; Establishing Realistic Training Goals; Progress and Sabotage; Overtraining.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 28 (pages 534-541)
• Treatment Principles of Medical Qigong Therapy
The Three Wonders of Medical Qigong Therapy; Cautions for Medical Qigong Therapy;
Reading Assignment: All of Chapter 29 (pages 545-549)
• Balancing the Body's Energetic System
Tonification and Purgation Methods; Qi Regulation and Guiding Principles; Energy Balancing Procedures;
Reading Assignment: Chapter 30 (pages 551-556)
• Clinical Observations of Pathological Energetic Patterns
Locations of Energetic Blockages; Types of Energetic Complications; Patient's Energetic Facial Distortions; Patient Resistance to Energetic Therapy;
Reading Assignment: Chapter 30 (pages 556-564)
(Exercise: Finding the General Locations of Energetic Blockages)

Lunch Break (12:00-2:00 P.M.)

Day 2 (2:00-5:00 P.M.)
• Healing the Patient's Emotional Traumas
Five Levels of Feeling and Their Governing Organs; Wounding and Closing the Spirit; Coming out of Denial; Transference and Displaced Emotions; Stages of Emotional History and Resolution; Assisting the Patient in Establishing Healthy Boundaries;
Reading Assignment: Chapter 32 (pages 573-582)
(Exercise #1: Pulling Out the Pain Meditation)
• Understanding Why a Patient Might Not Heal; Facing the Death of a Patient;
Understanding Death; The Right of Spiritual Passage; After Death; The Energetic and Spiritual Realms;
Reading Assignment: Chapter 32 (pages 582-586)
• Energy Extension And Qi Manipulation Techniques
Various Hand Postures Used for Qi Emission;
Reading Assignment: All of Chapter 33 (pages 589-599)
• Qi Extension, Vibration and Advanced Emission Techniques
Reading Assignment: Chapter 34 (pages 601-606)
(Exercise #1): Linear Qi Extension Techniques
(Exercise #2) Circulating and Spiralling Qi Extension Techniques
(Exercise #3) Creating an Energetic Cast

Day 3 (9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)
• Qi Extension, Vibration and Advanced Emission (Continued)
Reading Assignment: Chapter 34 (pages 607-612)
(Exercise #4) Energetic Unwinding
(Exercise #5) Energetic Cupping
(Exercise #6) Qi Vibration Techniques
(Exercise #7) Shaking Energy Technique

Lunch Break (12:00-2:00 P.M.)

Day 3 (2:00-5:00 P.M.)
• Qi Extension, Vibration and Advanced Emission (Continued)
(Exercise #8) Creating a Divine Cord of Light Energetic Flow
(Exercise #9) Creating an Energetic Ball of Light
(Exercise #10) Collecting and Emitting Yang (Hot) and Yin (Cold) Energy

Day 4 (9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)
• Qi Extension, Vibration and Advanced Emission (Continued)
Reading Assignment: Chapter 34 (pages 612-617)
(Exercise #11) Emitting The Energy Of The Five Elemental Organs
(Exercise #12) Emitting The Energy Of The Twelve Elemental Channels
• The "Invisible Needle" Theory and Application
Introduction to Invisible Needle Therapy; Creating the Invisible Needle; Depth and Angle of Needle Insertion; Invisible Needle Techniques; Removing the Invisible Needles and Ending the Treatment;
Reading Assignment: All of Chapter 35 (pages 619-622)
(Exercise: Invisible Needle Techniques)

Lunch Break (12:00-2:00 P.M.)

Day 4 (2:00-5:00 P.M.)
• Medical Qigong Massage and Tissue Regulation
Reading Assignment: All of Chapter 36 and Chapter 37 (pages 623-638)
• The Five Elemental Qi Massage Therapy;
(Exercise #1) The Circle-Twisting Method
(Exercise #2) The Compression Release Method
(Exercise #3) The Thrusting Method
(Exercise #4) The Grasping and Shaking Method
(Exercise #5) The Tapping Method
(Exercise #6) Energetic Point Therapy and Qi Massage; Rippling Point Therapy; Channel Point Treatments and Prescriptions; Clinical Diagnosis According to the Depth of Touch.

Day 5 (9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)
• Sound and Color Projection Theory and Application
The Energy of The Breath (Wind); Sound Volume Projection; Audible and Inaudible Sound Resonation Projection; High, Middle, and Low-Pitched Sound Projection; Pulsating Sound Projection; Long and Sharp Exhalations; Sound Projection Treatments For Cancer

Lunch Break (12:00-2:00 P.M.)

Day 5 (2:00-5:00 P.M.)
• Sound and Color Projection Theory and Application (Continued)
Projecting Eight Colors of Energy; Using Color Imagery; Increasing Color Sight

• Examination

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