Ren Xue of the Americas QiBlog

How to Change Patterns in Your Life   'If you want real change to happen in your life, changing patterns is indispensable for your true self to manifest and to navigate life from a very different place.‘ (Yuan Tze, 2021) Yuan Qigong is a Qigong system, designed...

How to Cope with Family Stress Anchored with YUAN QIGONG and REN XUE Once upon a time, in a land much like this one, a young maiden sailed to the magical lands of Qigong. She stepped ashore and found a beautiful golden rock. She held the rock to her heart and wished...

Rehabilitation Centers – Qigong for recovery   Why do many rehabilitation centers offer Qigong instruction for recovery? After a period of illness, pain, movement dysfunction, or a host of other issues, rehabilitation may be recommended. People are often...

Awareness Inside – The Six Verses and the Hokey Pokey   Like the Hokey Pokey the language of the Six Verses is an invitation to the dance. The elegant verbal choreography leads you in a sequence that unifies your consciousness with your body, Qi, and the Universe...

What are Qigong Squats?   Squats can be a very powerful tool to support your health and to strengthen your body and mind. Qigong squats can be used to gain inner calm, strengthen the body and focus the mind. See how this ancient practice also works as a...

Qigong for Endometriosis   Is Qigong helpful for endometriosis? Endometriosis is a debilitating, painful, chronic condition that many women suffer from worldwide. It is not yet fully understood by medical science. Qigong and my Journey with Endometriosis After I...

Where does loneliness come from?   Where does loneliness come from and what can you do when you feel lonely? Loneliness signals a loss of connection with that which is most essential - our hearts. What are the habits of your heart? Are you trusting? Open? Loving?...

Finally Finding True Happiness   What is happiness? Are you happy? Really truly happy, deep inside? It‘s what we all long for but that kind of happiness often seems elusive.  When we ask ourselves why that might be, we could start by questioning what makes us...

What is Enlightenment? Throughout history, people have explored human potential and have yearned for what is often referred to as Enlightenment, Awakening or Self-Realization. Let's look at enlightenment and our true potential as human beings from the perspective of...

Meet Melissa Liu. Qiblog interview with Melissa Liu, President of Ren Xue International, and translator of Yuan Tze’s teachings.

Can Qigong heal?   How in the world did I ever get so committed to Qigong and can Qigong really heal? Some years ago, having finally decided to have a full replacement of my right knee, my wife, Kim, invited me to join her for a two-week Qigong and Ren Xue...

Qigong practice – Let’s get together!   Meet the global REN XUE Community: One thing that is really special about Yuan Qigong and Ren Xue is that you can join an amazing global Qigong community that supports one another, grows together and practices together on a...

Living from the Heart workshop series – Creativity One-day Qigong online workshop  Part 6 of Yuan Tze' s workshop series LIVING FROM THE HEART Conducted online, recordings available Qigong practice with a global community Fees: NZ$ 60 Start your path to opening...

Yuan Qigong in Africa Interview with Louise Pannell from REN XUE Africa   Louise Pannell is a YUAN QIGONG and REN XUE Teacher, Co-founder and director at REN XUE Africa based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She holds weekly classes - online and in-person, and...

Interview with Norberto Rodrigues Some Among Us Are Already Free Norberto Rodrigues is a Ren Xue teacher, YUAN QIGONG instructor and skilful Qi therapist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Student of Chinese life cultivation teacher Yuan Tze since 2011 to the present. In 2018...

What are Qifields?   The universe is composed of Qi (energy) and Qi is organized into fields - or Qifields. Remember in Star Wars, when Obi Wan Kenobi said, “There’s a disturbance in the Force.” We all more or less knew what he meant. Obi Wan then explained that...

Improving health with Qigong   Improving health with Qigong - is that possible? This is Fraser's personal story: Fraser started practicing YUAN QIGONG in 2010 when he was 24 years old. At this time, he was fully immersed as a competitive rugby player in Otago,...

Science and Qigong   It hasn’t been easy to form an alliance between science and Qigong so far. Should we keep trying? Is science important for Qigong? The answer is probably yes, at least if we want to expand the practice of Qigong to others who might benefit...

Qigong in Popular Culture: Star Wars’ the Force and Qi   Star Wars and Qigong have quite some similarities! Not only did Star Wars creator George Lucas borrow the concept of Qi for his Force, he also shaped Luke Skywalker as kind of a Ren Xue hero. Let's have a...

Does Qigong healing really work   Qigong healing - does it really work? This is Marie-Laure's personal story. She started practicing Qigong in 2010. She had a lump in her breast and was able to heal herself while attending a Qigong retreat with YUAN TZE in...

Covid-19 Vaccines and Qigong   The following article about Covid-19 vaccines and Qigong does not take a position as to whether or not to get vaccinated. Rather, it looks at the question: “Can Qigong practice positively influence our bodies and support us when...

Is Qigong safe?   Qigong has been in Chinese culture for a long time and many methods have been developed during its long history. Depending on the intention of the method, it can affect change to various aspects of life, including the body, Qi and the...

Interview with Yuan Tze     YUAN TZE is a life cultivation teacher and Qigong master originally from China. In 2002 he arrived in Wellington, New Zealand and established the first ever Ren Xue center for life cultivation. Today Ren Xue is an international...

Qigong Workshop: Kaixin Verse – A Shortcut to Opening the Heart We invite you to join Yuan Tze’s Living from the Heart workshop series Workshop Recordings now available! Click here for the replay of the complete Living from the Heart workshop series.   The Kaixin...

Natural Breathing - the Art of Cultivating Calm   Natural breathing is a key for cultivating calm and achieving peace of mind. When I first started learning Yuan Qigong, it became apparent to me that I wasn’t achieving the calm states that the other students appeared...

Heal Yourself With Qigong   Do you want to learn how to heal yourself with Qigong? First, we’ll give you an idea of what to expect from Qigong. Getting familiar with Qigong I admit that my first encounter with Qigong was not easy at all. I came from a strong yoga...

How to relax with Qigong?   Learn more about how to relax with Qigong and why is it not difficult A relaxed state is not achieved with an on-and-off switch. For most of us, even when we feel relaxed it’s only a relative state of relaxation– we’re more relaxed in...

Depression, anxiety, trauma and Qigong   As this month is officially designated as “Mental Health Month”, it seems appropriate to address the issue of trauma and anxiety and the efficacy of Qigong practices in working with these issues. The obvious question is,...

Qigong and Chronic Illness Is Qigong beneficial when suffering from Chronic Illness? For the past five years, Yuan Qigong teachers have been teaching through cancer programs in Marin County, CA, and Santa Barbara, CA. Beginning by teaching a simple practice aimed at...

What is Qi? Qi is the Animating Force and Material of the Universe. It can be particle, wave, energy or matter and is directed by the information it contains. When someone says, “he has good energy” it’s their experience of that person’s Qi, as energy, that they are...

What is Qigong?   Qigong is a Healing Art. It is also an important branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine known as “Chinese Yoga” and has significant similarities to Tai Chi, as both work on Qi and life. In a practice, body movement, breathing techniques, sound,...