[WEBCAST] Medical Qigong Retreat
VIEW EVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with Living Well Therapies
Asia Society at Home
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Have you wanted to try one of our Tai Chi classes but couldn't fit it into your schedule? Living Well Therapies, a longtime partner of Asia Society Texas Center, is offering a special virtual retreat to help you learn something new from the safety and comfort of your home.
Mind–Body Medicine is a technique for managing health, stress, trauma, and change. Medical Qigong training is powerful medicine for a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Through this retreat, learn tools to manage stress in your everyday life.
The topics for the 90-minute class include:
- Poem meditation
- General qigong for holistic health and four movements with mantras
- Non-local acupressure — hands, face, ears, feet, and body
- Directing qi (energy) locally to the location displaying the most symptoms
- Immune-boosting breath practice and si si ho lung massage
- Psycho-neuro-physiology meditation
- Spontaneous qigong: following your body's internal intelligence
- Singing mantra: self-care for kids and family health
For those in need, five scholarships are available for each retreat; first come, first served. We know that many are experiencing financial difficulty, and we want to help. Submit your scholarship request in two paragraphs or fewer to [email protected]. Scholarship recipients will receive the livestreaming link via email.
If you are doing well and would like to help, please email [email protected] if you wish to sponsor one or several scholarships.
We look forward to seeing you at our first virtual retreat!
About the Instructor
Henderson Smith is the Founder of Living Well Therapies and specializes in teaching Qigong and Tai Chi as the exploration of applied physical, mental and energetic self-mastery. He began the exploration of Qi (breath or energy) as a medium for healing and maximizing power with Sei Bu Do Martial Arts. Under Grand Master Dr. Donald Swansey where he earned a 2nd Degree Black Belt and studied Acupressure, Pressure Points and Medical Qigong for natural healing.
Continuing his study of Qigong as a system for self-awareness, self-care and self-control he earned a 350-hour Professional Certification with the (NQA) and a 200-hour Teacher Certification with the (IIQTC) under Master Teacher Dr. Roger Jahnke were Medical Qigong was encouraged as a way to access the natural healing capacity within every human body. Henderson is a certification Sr. Trainer with the (IIQTC) and has served as Lead Assistant on a 2013 and 2018 trip to China with Dr. Jahnke where he continues to study WuDang Mountain Tai Chi and Qigong under 17th Generation Master Zhou Jin Bo.
Meeting the need of millions seeking a Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHS) on the go, as CEO, Henderson along with a team of highly skilled partners launched MeTime24/7.com (MT) in 2018. Providing access via cell phone, tablet, computer or TV, (MT) is a visually vibrant conscious media platform delivering life enhancing skills and Qigong & Tai Chi lessons directly to subscribers, wherever they are, whenever they need it.
Henderson has a BS in Management and Marketing and is Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) Certified. He is a Sr. Fellow with the American Leadership Forum (ALF), graduating in 2013 from Medical Class 5 where the focus was on “Disruptive Innovation” applied to improving the health care system. Henderson owned Benefits Design and Financial Services for 14 out to 20 years in the insurance business before founding Living Well Therapies in 2007 as a way to help people improve themselves and discover conscious self-governance. Building a unique bridge between Western and Eastern Medicine, Henderson was a founding member of the board of directors for the former Houston Wellness Association and chairman of the Complementary and Integrative Wellness Committee for 4 years.
For more information about Living Well Therapies:
http://livingwelltherapies.net/
For more information about MeTime 24/7:
http://watch.metime24seven.com
Education and outreach programs at Asia Society Texas Center are made possible through generous funding from the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation. Additional support provided by the Friends of Education & Outreach at Asia Society Texas Center.
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About Asia Society at Home
Though Asia Society is temporarily closed, we are dedicated to continuing our mission of building cross-cultural understanding and uplifting human connectivity. Using digital tools, we bring you content for all ages and conversations that matter, in order to spark curiosity about Asia and to foster empathy.
About Asia Society Texas Center
With 13 locations throughout the world, Asia Society is the leading educational organization promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among the peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and West. Asia Society Texas Center executes the global mission with a local focus, enriching and engaging the vast diversity of Houston through innovative, relevant programs in arts and culture, business and policy, education, and community outreach.