Primordial Qigong: Transformative Alchemy from the Original Developer of Tai Chi

The “Golden Elixir of Longevity and Immortality” is produced within our integrated and coherent body-mind-spirit — also known as our Three Treasures. Every day, in the rarified Esalen atmosphere, we will partake of the Golden Elixir. Primordial Qigong (Wuji Qigong) is known as the Mother of Tai Chi, traditionally credited to Daoist monk Zhang San Feng as its creator. It evolved from concepts of Chinese internal alchemy, which originated in Chinese shamanism prior to recorded history and evolved parallel to Chinese medicine. While the traditional foundation of Primordial Qigong is Golden Elixir alchemy, it is an accessible, practical system for cultivating personal transformation. Mind focus, with easy but deeply mystical gestures, coordinated with simple breath patterns, produce a profound medicine or elixir within and open a portal to The Eternal. The intent of the practice is to open a profound and palpable gateway between the current, local self and the original primordial self, an eternal well of peace and healing. In this Qigong immersion you will sense and cultivate your deepest energetic nature. When you enter a portal of personal alchemy, the ordinary becomes extra-ordinary, life direction can shift, healing is potentiated and transformation is within reach.

Recommended reading: Cleary, The Secret of the Golden Flower; Jahnke, The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi.