Nei Gung is the foundation of all Chinese internal martial arts and health practices. It means “inner skill”. Nei Gung works all of the body’s energy pathways and opening and closing all the body’s tissues (joints, muscles, connective tissues, internal organs, glands, blood vessels, lymphatic pumps, respiratory system, cerebrospinal system and brain) simultaneously to produce a powerful synergistic effect on the mind, body, and spirit. Nei Gung alleviates chronic stress and pain and increases the body’s strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance. Nei Gung practice produces energy safely and systematically as it revitalizes and calms your heart and mind.
A proficiency in these subtle exercises will give a student a lifetime of inner exploration. In the beginning class students learn the proper body alignments and breathing techniques for the Taoist water method of standing meditation. This is the start of learning how to feel, release, move, and eventually transform your internal energy. In the intermediate classes you learn how to incorporate the beginning practices with specialized movements that allow one to incorporate all of the 16 components which make a Nei Gung system complete. The components are taught in an order that allows one’s practice to develop comfortably and naturally.
Dragon & Tiger Chi Gung is a complete chi gung system that can be learned in a short time and provides tremendous health benefits when practiced on a regular basis. Today in China, Dragon and Tiger is used primarily as a medical form of Chi Gung for healing degenerative diseases. This system is over 1,500 years old and was originally practiced in the Shaolin temple where it was used to maintain the health of monks who practiced a strict meditation regime. Dragon and Tiger is a combination of Buddhist Chi Gung and Taoist Nei Gung.
This system, first brought to the West by B.K. Frantzis, is comprised of seven movements that allow energy to flow through the body’s outer meridian lines in order to strengthen, balance, and cultivate internal energy. Dragon and Tiger is an excellent introduction to internal practices and quickly gives one a recognizable feeling of energy inside the body. Knowledge of this fundamental practice is necessary to learn any of the advanced stages of Nei Gung. At an advanced level Dragon and Tiger can be practiced to produce immense muscular strength and responsiveness, coupled with an integrated flexibility.