Qigong—cultivating life’s energy

12/30/2025

Classes start January 6th.

12/29/2025

In Japan, the early years of school are designed to shape people, not test scores. Instead of exams and constant evaluation, children spend their first school years learning how to cooperate, take responsibility, respect others, and care for their shared environment.

Teachers focus on social development and emotional maturity, helping kids understand discipline, empathy, and community before academic pressure begins. Only later, when children are older, do formal exams become part of school life. The system reflects a simple idea: strong character comes before strong grades, and those early lessons last far beyond the classroom.

12/23/2025

New! Primordial Wuji Qigong Online Workshop (January 2026)

Are you ready to experience Qigong not just as movement—but as a gateway to profound inner transformation?

Click here to join us online on January 14, 21, 28, 2026 for the Primordial Wuji Qigong Online Workshop: https://healthaction.isrefer.com/go/26-005/raja/

These are the powerful benefits of Primordial Wuji Qigong:

1. Explore and develop Inner Alchemy (Neigong or internal skill) in your Qigong practice.
2. Perceive energy within and around your body -- Feel the Qi, Direct the Qi, Transform the Qi.
3. Develop, deepen and refine your own personal practice -- for your unique life, as you are, for who you are and who you might become.
4. Learn and practice the Primordial ~ Golden Elixir Qigong form.
5. Learn to discriminate various states of mind/consciousness and their practice uses.
6. Rehabilitate your cells and your DNA; Primordial Qigong Practice has profound physiological and energetic benefits.
7. Refine "ordinary" awareness to develop your extrasensory perception and work with the energetics of the mental and emotional bodies.
8. Learn and practice "Tapping Primordial" a version of tapping acupressure which releases the primordial energy of the universe within.
9. Participants receive a training manual and have exclusive access to a web-based library of audio and video materials.

Wuji Qigong creates a spacetime neutralizing vortex! It is a portal to a deepening of connection with your immortal self.

Click here to learn more and sign up for the Primordial Wuji Qigong Online Workshop: https://healthaction.isrefer.com/go/26-005/raja/

12/18/2025

Sunset at Colorado's most photographed mountains, the Maroon Bells.

12/11/2025

In person training works best.

"In most public and private schools across the nation, Chrome books, iPads, or Windows devices are everywhere. But things look very different at the private Sacramento Waldorf School in California, where technology isn’t used at all through eighth grade and remains scarce even in high school."

Inside A Tech-Free School Where Tech Executives Send Their Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZ-fuWdz8M

Excerpts from video:

"Students describe a very different childhood experience. Instead of turning to a phone to answer a question or ask for help, they learned to rely on teachers, friends, and their own resourcefulness. Many say they grew up playing outside rather than playing video games. One student noted, “We don’t have many screens here, but I can still use a screen really well. You don’t have to be on one all the time to know how to use it.”

Teachers say the absence of technology creates a stronger sense of community. “When I'm using a device, it divides me from those around me,” one teacher explained. “The community experience of being in a classroom comes from one-on-one human interaction, and the screen tends to divide that.”

Computer use on campus is minimal: six desktops in a small lab and twenty MacBook Air laptops used in a handful of classes. High school students may bring mobile devices, but they sign a pledge to use them only outside the classroom.

Companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft may not be thrilled to see a growing trend: low-tech education is becoming increasingly popular in Silicon Valley, especially among parents who helped create the very devices they now limit for their children.

The private Waldorf School of the Peninsula, located in Los Altos and Mountain View, is particularly sought after. Three-quarters of its parents have strong ties to the tech industry. Many famous tech leaders, including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, were known for restricting device use at home; Gates reportedly didn’t let his kids have phones until age 14, and Jobs didn’t allow his children to use iPads.

Tuition at Waldorf schools varies widely. High school tuition at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula exceeds $35,000 per year, while elementary school starts just under $26,000. In Sacramento, high school costs over $19,000 and elementary school starts under $13,000.

Some observers note an interesting trend: being “tech-free” has become a sign of privilege. Children from low-income families spend about three more hours per day on screens than children from more affluent families. For families who can afford Waldorf education, it’s likely they also have the resources to create responsible media environments at home.

At Sacramento Waldorf, younger students aren’t taught computational skills at all. Instead, they learn through tactile, immersive activities. Handwork—unique to Waldorf schools—teaches all students to sew, knit, and crochet. By the time they finish, they can fix a button or repair torn clothing. Students also spend time outdoors: on weekly hikes they observe seasonal changes in the landscape, plants, and animals—experiences a screen can’t replicate.

Students learn to grow their own food, care for animals on the school’s farm, and participate in gardening classes from second to tenth grade. The farm includes a llama named Atticus, a cow named Paddy, chickens, ducks, and sheep. Inside classrooms, students work with their hands as well; most assignments are handwritten. This practical, hands-on education appeals to many parents concerned about the growing influence of technology."

12/10/2025

Tai Chi for Better Sleep? Research Says Yes!

Research suggests a gentle, accessible form of exercise may help improve sleep long-term—especially for adults dealing with chronic insomnia.

As we age, getting a full night's rest becomes harder. Chronic insomnia, the most common sleep disorder among middle-aged and older adults, can last for years and deeply affect quality of life.

A new study from Hong Kong University compared the leading insomnia treatment—Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)—with regular tai chi practice. Tai chi, often called "meditation in motion," is a slow, low-impact practice enjoyed worldwide.

📌 What the study found:

• 200 adults (50+) with chronic insomnia were assigned to either CBT-I or tai chi for 24 sessions over 3 months.
• Right after treatment, CBT-I showed a bigger improvement.
• But 15 months later, the tai chi group caught up—showing similar improvements in sleep quality, duration, mental health, and daily functioning.
• More tai chi participants continued the practice on their own, suggesting it's easier to maintain long-term.

💡 Why this matters:

CBT-I is effective but can be costly and difficult to access. Tai chi, on the other hand, is gentle, affordable, and easy to integrate into daily life—making it a promising complementary approach for long-term insomnia management.

🔑 Key takeaway:

While professional help is still essential for chronic insomnia, tai chi may be a powerful long-term support strategy, with added benefits for the mind and body.

Click here to read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/one-form-of-exercise-can-improve-sleep-long-term-study-finds

Want to experience the calming, sleep-supporting benefits of tai chi for yourself? Click here to join the Tai Chi & Qigong Way Free Library and gain free access to practice resources you can use anytime: http://iiqtc.org/free

12/09/2025

https://youtu.be/IZtmPOXtApU?si=t07m37Pd_Lvrj6PZ

Francesco shares his personal morning Qigong practice on Wuji Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina, USA as his latest book “The Qi Effect” is now available....

11/20/2025

Black out Black Friday , and beyond, for the big corporations. Buy local.

11/16/2025