Wild Goose (Dayan) Qigong originated in the Kunlun mountains of China in the 4th century AD. It is a medical Qigong that incorporates martial techniques, shamanic dance, mudras, movements, meditations, and breathing techniques that activate specific acupoints, channels, vessels, chakras, and organs. It is a unique system that interweaves both Qigong and daoyin techniques, consisting of fifteen movement forms and many meditation forms, each with specific intentions of healing and cultivation.

 

Some forms are practiced while standing in one position, and some forms involve different kinds of walks, turns, and facing specific cardinal directions related to the Ba Gua (the eight gates, which relate to the eight trigrams that form the sixty-four I Ching hexagrams). 

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Lineage

Wild Goose was kept relatively secret for centuries until Grandmaster Yang Mei Jun started teaching it publicly in 1978. My teacher, Dr. Bingkun Hu, was one of her disciples, and my other teacher, Micheline Bogey, was an advanced student of Dr. Hu and of Master Pulong Li, a disciple of Yang Mei Jun's son, Grandmaster Chen Guan Gan. I also studied briefly with the gentle Master Hui Liu, another disciple of Yang Mei Jun, but ultimately resonated more strongly with Dr. Hu's more lively style. 

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I incorporate Wild Goose techniques, approaches, and movements in all of my drop-in classes. I will be teaching specific Wild Goose forms in the coming months. Details below.

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Wild Goose Forms—Class Series 

☞ Wild Goose XIII, Microcosmic Orbit Cultivation

• I'll be teaching this gentle, meditative form this autumn. At this time of year, we start to direct our Qi inwards and downwards. Tonifying the microcosmic orbit, which incorporates the primal yin and yang channels of the body, is one way of directing the mind and the Qi towards deeper layers. This also supports balance, which is also a focus of autumn, when we settle and slow down after the excesses of summer. Saturday mornings at the Olympia Center, beginning in September.

☞ Wild Goose XII, Kidney Cultivation Qigong

• I'll be teaching this slow, gentle, meditative form this winter. Winter is the season associated with storing Qi and with the kidneys, where our "original essence" is stored. Saturday mornings at the Olympia Center, beginning in December.

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