CHINA INTENSIVES

Students at the Shaolin Monastery Gate, Group II of 2000

CHINA INTENSIVES AT THE SHAOLIN MONASTERY 2010

You will bring your practice to a deeper level at one of the energetically most powerful places in the world, the Shaolin Monastery. Built in the Henan province of China in 477 A.D., the monastery is world famous for its martial arts (kungfu), and it is here where Bodidharma established Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China. After spending nine years in meditation, he incorporated local practices (presently known as qigong) with Buddhism, and created an integrated body/energy/spirit system of self development.

Last year over 400 students of ZY Qigong from all over the world attended the intensives at Shaolin. Special diets and herbs, students and teacher practicing long hours together, and a location that has been a wellspring for enlightened souls combined to bring about fundamental changes in many participants.

Intensive retreats are offered for both beginning and advanced students during the months of July, August and September. Packages include complete travel arrangements from Beijing and full accommodations at Shaolin.

Note: for 2010 there will only be 2 groups:

The 2010 schedule is:

Group 1 from July 11 to August 1
Group 2 from August 1 to August 29

Read below for more information. To register, e-mail shaolin@qigong.ru
or visit www.qigong.ru

A Word from Mingtang

First, I want every participant to know that the practices in Shaolin will truly be deep and intensive. Intensives are unlike regular workshops. Be prepared for some very concentrated and potentially difficult practice.

Second, you must get up very early. Morning practice starts at 5am.

Third, you must be physically prepared for the occasional six hour long hike.

Fourth, for deep practice, to experience the "bigu" and pause states, advanced students must be prepared to fast without food or water.

Fifth, lecture time will be limited. Be ready to practice a lot and a long time with me during workshop hours, and by yourself at other times.

The annual intensives encompass three basic elements:

• Spiritual Communication and Teaching

Meditation Songshan Shaolin is famous and effective because of its energy level and great spirit. If you are fortunate, you will communicate with spiritual teachers directly and also learn exercises from them. In addition, you may see dragons and receive special gifts.

• Physical Training

Physical training to increase stamina and health includes mountain hikes and walks, as well as optional kungfu martial arts and tai chi training.

• Diet

We offer two options:

• The first consists of enhanced nutrition including herbal soup to eliminate toxins, elevate your qi and prevent aging. Your diet is designed for optimal body weight. If you are overweight you may experience weight loss at Shaolin.

• The second is bigu shiqi, fasting and taking in qi in place of food. In order to increase qi, purify the body and develop our spirit effectively we practice bigu (no food) and shiqi ("eat qi").

The duration of the bigu shiqi option for Group I & II will be from 10 to 14 days. For Group III, the duration of this optional experience will be 18 to 22 days.

Group I

Develop lower back brain function, improve creativity with Knowledge Transplantation, improve your respiratory and circulation system to bring you to the deep calm state. Deepen your first and second level ZY Qigong practice and review the third and fourth levels.

We encourage family attendance at this retreat. Parents bring their children or vice versa.

Adult children and their parents will participate in the seminars together; younger children will have the opportunity to study martial arts.

Dates: July 11 to August 1, 2010
Duration: 3 weeks (15 days in Shaolin; 4 days in Beijing)
Cost: $1600 Euros (if paying in US dollars or Yuan RMB at the current exchange rate)

Group I Itinerary

July 11 - Arrive in Beijing. We will stay at the Beijing Ziyu Hotel as in 2009 for 1 day. This day will be for rest and acclimatization before traveling to Shaolin.

July 12 - Departure for Shaolin at 8:00 am by bus. An additional payment is required for those who want to go by train or by plane. We will arrive in Shaolin during the evening if traveling by bus following the afternoon arrival of the air travelers.

July 13 - The retreat at Shaolin begins at 3pm after lunch.

July 28 - Departure for Beijing in the evening with arrival at ZiYu Hotel the next morning (July 29) if traveling by bus or at 12:00pm if by plane.

July 29 - An end of the retreat dinner celebration or other entertainment like the Beijing Opera or a circus. Tyananman and Forbidden City at 2pm, we leave the hotel at 1:30. Beijing circus Chaoyang at 5pm. Restaurant the Beijing Duck at 7pm.

July 31 - Free day. Shopping, the Temple of White clouds, the Temple the Lamas, the Heavenly temple or visiting sauna complex.

August 1 - Departure at 12:00pm.

Attention: If you wish to arrive early and live at Exhibition Hotel there is an additional payment of 22 USD for a double room and 45 USD for a single. Living alone in Shaolin may be an option for an increase of 12 to 15 USD per day, however there will probably be no extra rooms available.

Group II

Develop your spine, open the Transcendental Energy Channel, increase the power of your soul. Improve the circulation of blood, lymph and qi, and improve the function of your respiratory and digestive systems. These improvements lead you to the deep calm and Pause states.

Deepen your second and third level ZY Qigong practice, and review the fourth level and Transcendental Energy practice.

Dates: August 1 to August 29, 2010
Duration: 4 weeks (16 days in Shaolin; 4 days in Beijing; 5 days at Wudang Mountain)
Cost: $2000 Euros (if paying in US dollars or Yuan RMB at the current exchange rate)

Group II Itinerary

August 1 - Arrive in Beijing. Staying at the Beijing Ziyu Hotel as in 2009.

August 2 - Departure to Daos Monastery in Udan at 8:00am. We will spend one night on the way to Shaolin or Nanyan. Whoever wishes to go by plane or train can do so for an additional fee.

August 3 - Arrival at Daos Monastery in Udan. There will be two full days of excursions and meditations in the Udan Mountains.

August 6 - Departure for Shaolin at 8:00am, arriving late at night.

August 7 - The retreat at Shaolin begins at 3pm after lunch.

August 26 - Departure for Beijing in the evening by bus and arriving at the hotel at 8:00am the next morning. If going by plane, departure for Beijing on August 27 at 8:40am or 9:50am and arrival in Beijing around 11am.

August 27 - Free day. In the evening a celebration of the end of the retreat, dinner.

August 28 - Shopping.

August 29 - Departure before 12:00pm.

Attention: If you wish to arrive in Beijing earlier or leave later and to stay at the Exhibition Hotel there is an additional payment of 22 USD for a double room and 45 USD for a single. Living alone in Shaolin may be an option for an increase of 12 to 15 USD per day, however there will probably be no extra rooms available.

Group III

Deepen your third and fourth level ZY Qigong practice. Improve your abilities to communicate with great creatures, souls and spirits. Open deeper layers of the brain, and develop your wisdom with the help of the Pause state. Use spiritual ways to further develop your soul, and try to experience the separation of body and soul. Use Transcendental Energy to refine your physical body.

Especially for Mingtang's private students and practicing ZY Qigong teachers and healers.

Dates: Group III will not be held in 2010.

In Beijing

In Beijing we will have an opportunity to sample great food and Chinese entertainment. The first group will also visit some of the famous Chinese cultural monuments such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Tibetan Temple, the White Cloud Taoist Temple, or the Temple of Heaven. Entertainment choices will include Beijing Opera, Chinese Circus, a Martial Arts show, and a party with dancing and karaoke.

In Shaolin

There will be some excursions from Shaolin as well as some hikes. Optional Taiji Quan and Martial Arts training is available for those who are interested. We will also practice at spiritually charged spots at various times of night and day, do all night marathon sessions, and try to experience the soul leaving the body. Both groups will also do practices to reach the "calm" and "pause" states to develop body, energy and spirit.

Sample Daily Schedule

5 am – 7 am: Energy absorption

7 am - 9 am: Breakfast & free time

9 am – 12 pm: Workshop

12 pm - 3 pm: Lunch & free time

3 pm - 6 pm: Workshop

6 pm - 8 pm: Dinner & free time

8 pm - 10 pm: Workshop

11 pm - 1 am: Optional meditation in your room

Note: During workshop time we may practice transcendental energy, body breathing, third and fourth level exercises, third eye meditations, and energy herb lectures, etc. The meditation in your room from 11 pm to 1 am is not required but is strongly recommended.

Spend Only Two Weeks

Those who can only spend two weeks in China to attend a Group I or Group II workshop may skip the stay in Beijing. They can fly into the new airport near Zhengzhou and XinZheng cities. The airport is located two hours by bus or taxi from the Shaolin Monastery. The taxi ride from the airport to Shaolin will cost between $30 – 40. You may arrange to have us pick you up or take you to the airport for an additional $100 each way. Not staying in Beijing reduces workshop costs by $200.

Video

A 50 minute video documentation of our 1999 intensive is available for $15 to defray the cost of postage and production. It gives a good idea of what we are about and the spirit and flavor of a stay in Shaolin. In addition, below are 12 videos of lectures Mingtang has given at Shaolin. Note that Mingtang greets students in Russian, but then teaches in English. Also, the sound in the background is from children practicing kung fu, a common activity at Shaolin.

Accommodations

Your stay in Beijing is intended to allow for time, weather and cultural adjustments.

Hotel rooms are double occupancy; some private rooms are available for early registrants. In Beijing, the hotel (Jimen Fandian) charges an extra $20 per day for single occupancy, which must be requested in advance. In Shaolin, we are staying at the Songshan Shaolinsi Jiaoxue Binguan, which charges an extra $12 per day for single occupancy (and must be requested in advance).

Transportation

Participants flying into Beijing will be met upon arrival and taken to the Jimen Hotel as well as returned to the airport upon departure. There is no additional transportation fee. However, please save 90 Yuan (about $14) for the Beijing Airport Construction Fee, which you will have to pay upon departure.

Transportation from Beijing to Shaolin and back is by a private travel bus. Please remember that other travel arrangements will be at your cost, and that train tickets are especially difficult to come by during the summer travel season.

Approximate airfare from Seattle in 2001 ranged from a low of $600 to a last-minute high cost of $1000. Travel time on United Airlines from Seattle to Tokyo, Japan, for example, is approximately 11 hours. The layover at Tokyo Narita Airport is approximately 2 hours. Travel time from the Tokyo to Beijing is about three hours.

Visa/Passport

A valid passport is required. Your travel agent can help you obtain your visa, or you can download the required documents from the Chinese Embassy website and do this yourself.

Vaccinations

The US Government's Traveler's International Health Advisory 877-394-8747 issues frequently updated advisories for travelers. On the web, visit Health Information for Travelers to China (published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). A good local source of information is the Health Department in your community. Please allow four to six weeks for vaccinations to take effect.

Special Requests

If you have special requests, please call, email or fax us with your requests. A request for a vegetarian diet, for example, can be accommodated.

Payments

The workshop fee includes food, lodging and group transportation in China. Your reservation is held by a $200 non-refundable deposit. Full payment is due on June 21 for Group I participants, on July 12 for Group II participants, and on August 2 for Group III participants.

Families receive a $200 discount per family.

Registration and Payment Options

To register and reserve a place at Shaolin send an email to shaolin@qigong.ru. For more information see www.qigong.ru. Please contact us (see upper right corner of this page) if you require further help registering.

North American Students

Those from North America interested in attending should contact Alex Lazebnik in Ottawa, Ontario. He will provide detailed information on the trip for those who are planning to go. It will include where to rendezvous, contacts for Shaolin and Beijing, and historical and interesting places to visit. His phone number is 1-613-880-8080 .

Emergency Telephone in China

In an emergency please call 1.370.117.5607, our cell phone in China.

BEIJING KUNDAWELL INSTITUTE EDUCATION PROGRAMS 2008

I. Two Month Training Intensive at Kundawell Institute in Beijing

Starting March 17th

For Whom

This training is only for ZYQ worldwide practitioners:

ZYQ students who have healing experience already and want to further develop their abilities
ZYQ instructors who want to develop healing abilities
ZYQ organizers who have organized ZYQ seminars and want to organize a ZYQ healing center
ZYQ Personal students

Tuition

2000 Euros (includes lunch and 24-hour Internet access at the institute)

Scholarships

The International "Mintan" Foundation will give scholarships to ZYQ practitioners who have the talent and right nature to become a great healer or organizer but have no financial abilities to pay for the study at the institute.

To apply for the scholarship please send an email to education@kundawell.com.

Accommodations

Different living situations are available. The cost for each ranges from 200 to 500 Euros per month. We will help you obtain a hotel room or rent an apartment.

What You Will Learn

ZY Qigong
Image medicine
Chinese Medicine fundamentals
TCM Massage and Tuina
Yellow Emperor internal medicine
Lao Zi
Gui Guzi
English
Taoist health care
Buddhist health care

Visa

At your request, we will send an invitation for an "F" visa that allows you to visit or study at the Kundawell Institute for up to 6 months. In order to apply for a visa you need:

A passport which will not expire within 6 months and has more than 2 empty pages.
Your company (or home) address, plus telephone and fax number
6 photographs

Optionally, you can get a 2 month "L" visa. This type of visa is the easiest to get and does not require any paper work. Technically, an "F" business visa is more proper but the difference generally does not matter. Note that an "L" visa cannot be extended.

Please check with your local embassy for instructions on how to apply for an "F" or "L" visa lasting for at least 60 days.

Teaching Languages

We use three official languages at the institute. If the teaching is in Chinese, it will be translated into Russian and English if necessary. So you need to know either Russian or English.

II. One Year and Five Year Programs at Kundawell Institute in Beijing

Starting September 18, 2008

The one year program is for ZYQ practitioners and TCM healers. The five year program is for students who just finished school and are not older than 20 years. More information coming soon!