How To Begin
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Choose and attend the Level 1 Course that suits you the best
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After passing Level 1, practice independently at least 15 min
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Join a support group for Level 1 graduates
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Practice in an online or offline group once a week
How Can ZY Qigong Help Me?
Physical Benefits
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Increased Energy
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Balanced Nervous System
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Pain Relief
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Better Balance
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Stronger Immune System
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Improved Blood Pressure
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Stronger Heart Health
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Better Coordination
How To Practice
How to Start Practicing Zhong Yuan Qigong
In the Level 1 Courses section, choose a location and date that best suits you. Participation in the course requires no prior theoretical knowledge or physical preparation. It is a basic introductory course, suitable even for complete beginners with no previous experience in Qigong or similar disciplines.
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If you have any serious health concerns or other conditions and are unsure whether the practice is suitable for you, please contact one of our certified instructors to discuss your situation.
How the Training Works
The teaching of Zhong Yuan Qigong includes both theoretical and practical parts. We recommend wearing comfortable, loose clothing. We do not teach from books—each course level is led by certified instructors who are personally authorized to teach by Grandmaster Xu Mingtang, the head of the Zhong Yuan Qigong school.
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The goal of the course is to ensure that participants learn to perform the exercises correctly, because only proper practice brings the intended effects. The instructor monitors the correct performance of each movement and helps participants to feel and perceive energy. Through this direct experience, students gain confidence, overcome initial doubts, and become motivated to continue their personal development.
Independent and Group Practice
A great advantage of Zhong Yuan Qigong is that graduates of the course can continue practicing independently, in the comfort of their own homes. However, the effect of the exercises is multiplied when practiced in a group. For this reason, regular group practices are organized—usually two-hour sessions held at fixed times and locations, or online via Zoom. These sessions are led by instructors and provide an opportunity to build regular habits, better master the techniques, and deepen understanding of the material. They are very inspiring and support further progress on the path of self-development.
Important to Understand
Instructors of Zhong Yuan Qigong are not masters, but advanced practitioners. Each instructor is unique—differing in life stage, personality, experience, and teaching style. Because of this, we recommend that serious students repeat the same level with different instructors to gain new insights and a broader perspective. To encourage this, participants who repeat a course with any instructor within 18 months receive a 50% discount on the course fee.
Learning Materials
Books, video recordings, and other materials are available as supporting resources to help you practice more effectively and to gain a broader understanding of the topics covered in each level.
Why Practice Zhong Yuan Qigong
In today’s world, energy exercises and various spiritual schools attract many followers. For centuries, the art of Eastern cultures has fascinated people, and even now—amid the age of computers, the internet, smartphones, and rapid digital progress—it continues to appeal to all generations. Ancient martial arts such as kung fu, aikido, yoga, and qigong are once again experiencing a renaissance, especially among young people.
But why? What can this ancient Eastern art—often misunderstood as merely a mystical practice of meditating monks or miraculous feats of yogis—offer to a person living in the 21st century?
What could an art, developed long ago in the remote monasteries of Tibet and ancient China, possibly give to modern humanity, living under constant stress, pressure, fatigue, and illness?
The answer lies in the most precious thing a person possesses — life itself.​
Life, which is gradually shortened by disease, fear, worry, lack of love, and the endless pursuit of money in the hope of maintaining a so-called “standard of living.” In doing so, we lose sight of what we truly seek—the essence hidden behind the abstract concept of happiness.
And so, we arrive at fundamental questions:
What is happiness? How can we attain it? What is life? Why are some people happy while others suffer? Why do some glide easily through life while others live through “hell on Earth”? Can we truly influence our fate?
The search for the meaning of life is as old as humanity itself. We experience life through feelings and emotions—positive or negative. And the key factor that influences them is health. To preserve health, we must understand the essence of life more deeply, for the quality of life depends on the depth of this understanding.
Eastern cultures emphasize a holistic view of the human being, where each part affects the whole. When a tooth aches, it feels as if the entire body hurts. No organ functions in isolation; everything is interconnected—within the human body, nature, society, and the Universe.
This is the power of individual influence on the whole. Our thoughts, actions, and intentions are all forms of energy. The kind of energy we send out determines what we attract. As the proverb says: “Birds of a feather flock together.”