Outline of our Practical Workshop Training ☯︎ April ~ June, 2025

• Dantian Breath Training - exploring the 4 Stages of Dantian Development - and the process of Qi Cultivation within the Dantian Center.
• Taoist Breath Work - exploring the Basic Techniques and the Stages of Breath Cultivation - enhancing the process of Qi Cultivation and Internal Development. 
• Dragon & Tiger Qigong - exploring the Seated / Standing / Moving Forms - looking at the effects of Dantian Development and Qi Cultivation.
• Iron Turtle TaoYin - exploring TaoYin Stretching for opening up the spine, strengthening the lower back, and enhancing the physical core.
• Marrow Washing Qigong - we will look deeply at each of the 24 Exercises in this important Foundation Training.  Gaining a clear understanding of the relationship between physical transformation and opening the Energetic Meridian System.  We will also deeply explore the stillness practice of Standing Meditation - which serves to create balance and harmony with the dynamic moving forms.  Standing Meditation serves a very important role in gathering, refining and storing the Vital Qi Energy which we develop and circulate within the moving forms.

This will be an amazing workshop training series - the first of many within the Immortal Arts Academy.  Our focus is on giving an embodied practical experience - unifying, enhancing and gaining great clarity in the Way of Taoist Qigong Practice.  We hope you may join us for this very special training and we look forward to practicing with you online in the Immortal Arts Academy.

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COMMUNITY GROUP

Academy Members will gain access to our Private Community Group - allowing us to take part in group challenges, share pictures and post video of our daily practice. We can also have live group meetups - to share with each other in real time.  Members can create a custom profile - enabling them to make posts, create group challenges, and also send direct messages to other members.  Our Community Group works and looks a lot like 'Facebook' - except it is private, commercial free, and our focus will be to uplift and inspire each other to reach greater heights in our Taoist Qigong Practice.  Our Community platform is really beautiful, easy to use and simple to navigate - such a fun tool to bring all of our Academy Members together - allowing us to share the journey of Daily Practice and Self Cultivation.

Your Guide - Jesse Lee Parker...

During our online training in the Immortal Arts Academy, you will be taught and guided by Jesse Lee Parker.  Jesse brings a wealth of experience to his lessons, having practiced the Taoist Arts and the Internal Martial Arts since he was a young teenager, giving him well over 30 years of experience which he draws on in his insightful lessons.  Lessons with Jesse open up a vast and exciting well of wisdom, fun and insight into the Taoist Arts of Qigong, Inner Alchemy and the Martial Arts.

Jesse currently is based in Japan, and  has been actively teaching there for over 15 years - sharing the gift of Taoist Practice with many hundreds of students.

We are so excited to be launching the Immortal Arts Academy - allowing us to connect deeper with our student community and engage in regular lessons and training each month.  Our first live lessons will begin on April 27th - this will truly be an amazing online gathering - do not miss out on this rare chance to dive deep into the Taoist Arts of Qigong, Neigong and Inner Alchemy.

We look forward to training with you online, having a lot of fun and exploring the Way together...

"The transformation I’ve experienced from learning Taoist Qigong has been incredibly supportive in my life..”

Xǐ Suǐ Jīng - 洗髓經 - Marrow Washing Classic

Taoist Marrow Washing Qigong Practice is a direct way to access and gain a profound state of health, vitality, and balance through a systematic, organised and intelligent approach to training using Natural Body Movement, Focused Concentration and Breath Work.

Marrow Washing Qigong in the Chinese language is termed 'Xǐ Suǐ Jīng' --- Xǐ -洗 - means to wash; to cleanse; or to purify - Suǐ - 髓 -  means the deep essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form; the fundamental aspect; literally the bone marrow - Jīng  - 经 - a classic ; sacred book; or holy scripture.  We should reflect on the traditional name of this practice and the intention of it's founders - a sacred practice to change, clean, purify and transform the deep and fundamental aspects of oneself. 

We must also note that there are literally countless practice methods termed "Marrow Washing Qigong" - legend holds that this practice was created by Bodhidharma the First Patriarch of Zen Buddhism - in order to help the aspiring monks develop strong, healthy and vital bodies in order to be able to sit for long hours in meditation. There are other historians who view that the practice and theory of Marrow Washing Qigong was arranged by the Taoist Priest Zining of the Tiantai Mountains.  Because of such a long history of legend and myth surrounding the practice of Marrow Washing Qigong, there are many different sets of exercises and different approaches to this training.  Some approaches to Marrow Washing Qigong focus on Seated Meditation, while others use active movement training, and various postures.  The Marrow Washing Qigong that we teach here can be seen as an important type of Foundation Training - a complete system of exercise, stretching, mobility training, and physical transformation - with the aim to prepare the student's mind and body for more advanced methods of Seated Inner Alchemy Meditation.

 HSING-YI NEIGONG ☯︎ 

• Neigong, originally was used as an umbrella term to describe methods of Breath Training, Meditation, Inner Energy Work, and Spiritual Practices derived from the Taoist School.  Neigong over time was absorbed and incorporated into different Internal Martial Art Traditions in China - this created the division of Internal Martial Arts which stressed Internal Neigong Training and the External Martial Arts which stressed Physical Strength and Muscular Development.  

  Nei - 內- means the Inside, Inner or the Internal.  Gong - 功 - means an organised system of practice, an art, or a method of Self Cultivation.  Neigong can be translated to mean - the Art or Way of Inner Development.  Here we understand the use of the term 'Inner' refers to the Inner Body of Energetic Centers, Meridian Channels, and the 'Qi' or the Life Force Energy itself.

  Neigong Training in the beginning will often stress  methods of  Breath Training, and Specialized Movements which will transform the Bone and Tendon Networks of the practitioner, strengthen the Inner Organs and begin the process of developing the Qi Energy.

  In the first stages, the exercises are often very simple, repetitive movements, with a focus to Unify the Physical Movement and the Breath together, in a state of Harmony.   

  This coordination of the individual's Body Movement with the Breath is known as the Harmonization of the Inner and Outer Energy (內外合一).  Repetition of Neigong methods over time can help to guide the student to experience Union of Mind, Body and Breath.

  At a Higher Stage, Neigong Training includes methods of specific Meditation Practice dealing with Focused Concentration and also Dissolving into an Empty or No-Mind State.

  In this special training, we will introduce Neigong Training Methods from the Hsing Yi System - as found in the Sifu Kenny Gong lineage. Our focus will be on developing greater health, flexibility, vitality, inner strength, mobility training, and developing a focused ability of Mind Will Concentration.

  ***OUR PAST HSING-YI LESSON SERIES WILL BE ARCHIVED IN THE LEARNING CENTER UNDER - HSING-YI NEIGONG - A NEW LIVE LESSON SERIES IN HSING-YI WILL BEGIN FROM THE MIDDLE OF JUNE 2025 - WE WILL COVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM OVER A  TWO YEAR PERIOD - INCLUDING SET FORMS - ELEMENT TRAINING - PHYSICAL CONDITIONING -  STANDING PRACTICE AND NEIGONG BREATHWORK.

 'Neiye' - 內業 - Inner Training

The Inner Alchemy Retreat Training in Thailand  - was truly a wonderful time we spent, immersed in exploration of the Taoist Arts of Qigong and Inner Alchemy Meditation.

It was a great pleasure to have met all of our Taoist Family from all over the world and to have shared such a special time together.  The experience touched me deeply.

The energy from the daily Inner Alchemy and Qigong practice sessions with Jesse, made such a wonderful connection to my Heart and it brought such a big transformation in my life.

Everyday was full of learning, with deep gifts of awakening and healing energy. 

I wish this wonderful wisdom from the Taoist Tradition can spread to many people, so we all may Walk in harmony with the Great Natural Way of Tao.

I am full of gratitude for the great love and peace that developed from the days spent practicing the Taoist Arts with Jesse and the other students.

I truly feel blessed.

Thank you.
- Ayumi , Japan

“Taoist Qigong has given me the foundation of Inner Peace and Happiness... ”