Soma Dao Qi Gong

03/11/2026

One Week until the Spring Renewal cleanse begins
7 days until the tummy butterflies don't get to make your choices.
Step Four
Why are fit people so happy?
Why is Fasting the new cure-all?
Why is Fat-loss a billion-dollar industry?
Before attempting to heal a complex illness process, it is always to your advantage to cover the essentials.
Fitness increases your capacity physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Any way you can, find ways to challenge or increase you strength, your flexibility, your endurance, and especially your metabolic health.
Fasting, as it turns out, is a metabolic, genetic, and spiritual need.
Fat loss is not as simple as ‘move more eat less’.
If you have ever struggled with losing weight, let’s learn about the root cause, and repair the reason why. See less

02/26/2026

Shaolin Yi Jin Jing - What we learn and why - the practice

What would training like a Shaolin Warrior Monk look like in 2026?

What does this ancient embodied longevity practice include?

02/26/2026

What is Shaolin Strength and Longevity Qi Gong?

The Yi Jin Jing - or the Muscle Tendon Change, is the most sought after and profoundly effective approach to embodied longevity practice.

After 40 years of practice, I am sharing it with the world.

Here is a short introduction.

02/26/2026

Spring Renewal!

A 10 Week Cleanse.

Recover from burnout, cleanse your whole body, lose weight in a sustainable way.

Begins, Tuesday March 17, at 6:00 pm PST

02/17/2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR
It is the Year of the Horse on Fire!

If you have a few minutes, want to learn a little stretching routine, and want to frame the next year consciously, ENJOY!

02/16/2026

Spring Renewal - A 10 Week Guided Cleanse, Rejuvenation, and Burnout Recovery Program.

We Begin Tuesday, March 17th at 6 PM - PST

01/07/2026

This is my favorite part

A glimpse into the Qigong practice of being moved by the ocean as kelp. An embodied, playful, immersive Fang Song practice. Developing the cultivated skill o...

12/19/2025

Happy Solstice! (a bit early)

I feel pretty good about this article.

Enjoy!

Three Guiding Lights for 2026

10/01/2025

Have you found your meditation or Qi Gong practice increasing in distractions over the years?

One of the greatest barriers to a deep and transformational practice is called Audience Consciousness.

This convo may heal or it may 'blow your mind.'

Here is part three (of five) of a conversation about learning Qi Gong with Shifu Adam Chan Chan and Dr. Michael Smith.

Qi Conversations Barriers to Qi Gong with Sifu Adam Chan and Dr Michael SmithCourses with Adam Chanhttps://www.adamchanlive.com/Courses with Michael Smit...

09/30/2025

If you have a Spiritual practice, how did you learn it?

What mattered the most?

What still affects your practice today?

Here is part two (of five) of a conversation about learning Qi Gong with Shifu Adam Chan and Dr. Michael Smith.

Qi Conversations Learning Qi Gong with Sifu Adam Chan and Dr Michael SmithCourses with Adam Chanhttps://www.adamchanlive.com/Courses with Michael Smithhtt...

09/29/2025

There are many 'stories' about the origins of Qi Gong.

Today, Shifu Adam Chan and Dr. Michael Smith share a conversation about the basic answer, as well as an in-depth look into why this practice began in the fist place!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRQevlsCXpY

Qi Conversations The Origins of Qi Gong with Sifu Adam Chan and Dr Michael SmithCourses with Adam Chanhttps://www.adamchanlive.com/Courses with Michael Sm...

09/22/2025

Last Chance for 2025!

If you are interested in learning the complete Shaolin Strength and Longevity Qi Gong (Yi Jin Jing), we are inviting people to register before Oct 1.

You will need to catch up on several hours of fundamentals, but could still join the live group classes for this year.

This is year one of a three year lineage apprenticeship!

https://somadaoqigong.com/shaolin-strength-and-longevity-qi-gong-yi-jin-jing/