healing practices

Practices can be integrated into your everyday life to support healing and flow at every level!

The Four Energy Gates, created by Grand Master Nan Lu, provide you with a powerful tool to take healing into your hands! They become a “healing habit” to support ongoing energy flow and clearing in your day-to-day life. Just as you would take a daily shower to rinse away the grime and stress of the day, the Four Gates are your “internal” shower moving physical AND emotional energy stagnation.    

The Four Energy Gates are locations along the Meridian network that have profound impact on many levels within the body, mind, and Spirit, each has its own unique “sub-specialty.”  By accessing the Gates through self-acupressure, you open energy pathways that create healing flow helping to relieve joint, neck, and back pain, headaches, anxiety, as well as digestive issues such as bloating, constipation, and heartburn.  When energy is flowing you also have less fatigue and greater mental clarity.

Our meridian energy grid is connected to the function of every organ system in the body. When you open the gates with acupressure, you are providing yourself a whole body “tune up!"

Healing is in your hands

Healing is in your hands

Wu Ming Qigong

Wu Ming Qigong

Qigong is an energy practice. Our Meridian Network is an energetic system that acts like a grid connecting from the surface to deep within every organ. Qigong accesses this network through specific Meridian stretches and standing postures. When you place yourself in a standing posture you align yourself like a “plug” connecting your grid into Universal energy and consciousness.    

Qigong has been used to support healing many physical and emotional conditions. These conditions include pain, hypertension, diabetes, hormonal imbalances, emotional imbalances, autoimmune conditions, and cancer. This is because at the root EVERYTHING is energy. With sufficient flow and sufficient energy, healing is ALWAYS possible. 

Spirit Gate breathing is a powerful tool that connects us to all the wisdom of the unconditional love of the Universe. 

We place our attention/intention on the navel, where we were once connected to our mother in-utero.  During this time of development, we were nurtured and supported at every level by both our mother and the Universe.  This was a time of perfect alignment, balance, and peace.  

Thus we connect to THIS time, THIS Space, THIS possibility.  Spirit gate breathing also connects us to our ancestral wisdom (both maternal and paternal), vitality, and miracles.

Spirit Gate Breathing

Spirit Gate Breathing

Taoist Emotional Cleansing

Taoist Emotional Cleansing

All of us were born with a natural ability to allow emotional energy to flow; however, at some point, we disconnect from this inherited power.  Observe how children express tantrum energy with great ease moving from floor pounding (sibling punching) frustration to a flood of tears and a return to joy and play.  We can choose to create a practice of Taoist emotional cleansing daily to exercise this gift.

throwing eggs

throwing eggs

Another fun way to release tension is by throwing eggs at trees. The tree energy is Liver/Gallbladder, so they LOVE it! Throw over hand to engage the Gallbladder Meridian line that runs along the side of the body and allow the voice to come out when you throw. Also, stand close enough to hit the tree or you might become more frustrated!

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Shaking the Tree

Shaking the Tree

Another fun exercise to support our Liver/Gallbladder and release tension is “Shaking the Tree!”  When Wind comes through, the trees respond by staying rooted in Earth but shaking their branches in all directions, sometimes even subtly bending at the trunk! Also, the Wind creates all sorts of sounds!  There is such wisdom in this response!  Think of Wind as any sudden shift or change in your life that you must respond to.  Will you stand frozen in the face of change...or will you find your flow!


Start by squatting down to the floor. As you rise up shake everything, up, up, up, flinging the arms into the sky. As you do this movement also allow the voice to rise up making a yelp, scream, or any sound that wants to come out! Repeat this exercise at least four times!


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