“Qigong Certification Course-Qigong Teacher Training”
“Local & Distance Online Qigong Teacher Certification”
Qigong is a worldwide health and exercise system that is steadily growing in popularity. My students come from all around the USA, Canada, and the UK. Join my “Qigong Certification” course as a local or distance student to satisfy the demand for more qualified Qigong Teachers. A future Qigong Teacher should demand the highest qualifications from their Qigong Teacher.
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See shifu Michael’s Bio to learn his superior training, teachings, and qualifications.
Quality – Personal – Affordable
Qi = energy, life force, universe energy
Gong = work, skill, practice
Qigong = The skill or practice of working with the energy called Qi
to foster harmony of body, mind, and spirit.
Drawing the Bow Shifu Michael, 2020
The Ground of “Qigong Certification”
To gain a solid foundation in qigong theory and exercises. To develop the skills to lead others in the performance of qigong for health preservation and for the rejuvenation of one’s energies when the body, mind, and spirit systems are out of balance.
Daoist Immortals Discussing shifu Michael’s Qi Cultivation Course
“Qigong Certification Course”
300 Hours
The 300-hour level is divided into a 200-hour level and an optional secondary 100-hour level for a total of 300 hours of credit. The 200-hour level is a comprehensive course in qigong. The self-motivated student will achieve a high level of qigong mastery. This program is offered to students locally in Sebastopol, CA, and as a Distance Learning program. Students complete their studies at their residencies and at their own pace.
Students have one year to complete the course, though most students finish the 200 hr-level in 6-9 months.
Details of Study: 200-300 Hours
Local Students: Students attend local qigong classes and retreats. Progress is monitored through performance in class, emails, and completion of the training questions. 20 free classes and one 1-hour free private session are included in the local training program.
Distance Students: The distance option is an interactive course between teacher and student. Students learn through frequent communication with the teacher via emails, assigned readings, completion of the written training questions, and viewing instructional movies. The instructional movies (40+) are embedded on a separate web page that the students can view at their own convenience and never expire. The local & distance study options include an 60-page training manual.
List of Exercises from the training manual
Foundation Of Chinese Medicine and Daoist Concepts; The Qigong State; Exercises: Warm-Ups, Taiqi Ruler, Swimming Dragon, Master Wan Tonifying 3 Dantians, Rolling The Ball, Wuji Palms Facing Heaven, Descending The Yang-Ascending The Yin, Daoist Five Yin-Kidney, Compassionate Buddha Qigong.
Sets: Five Animal Frolics (crane and bear); Pre-Heaven Tai Chi Ruler; Chong Mai Qigong; .Primordial Wuji Qigong Meditation; Circle Walking.
Immune Boosting: Double Inhale Breathing; Kidney – Lung Breathing; Drawing The Bow; White Mist Lung Breathing.
Other: Daoist Studies and Meditation; Seasonal Food Cures.
How to design a class
Taichi Shibashi 18
200-Hours
Local Student $600, Distance Student $450
There are two required books to study:
A Daoist Grows In The Heart: Journals Of A Modern-Day Western Daoist Priest, Michael Rinaldini, 2020
Qigong: A Beginner’s To Advanced Guidebook, Michael Rinaldini, 2020
Completion of the 200-hour level is sufficient training to qualify as a Qigong Teacher.
Optional 100-Hour Course
The 100-hour optional level includes a thorough study of two additional books on qigong and Daoist meditation practices, and more studies in Chinese medicine. A third newer addition to the extended 100 hours is the study and practice of Taichi Shibashi 18, a simple 18-step qigong Taichi sequence.
Above book was Finalist in book award in category of Eastern Religion.
Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life
Local or Distance Student $100
Certification students are encouraged to attend shifu Michael’s annual retreats in the spring. See Retreat page for details.
Upon finishing the Qigong Certification course, the student receives a Certificate of Completion stating that the person satisfactorily completed a course of qigong studies from the Qigong & Daoist Training Center and is qualified to teach qigong.
Contact me if you are interested in my qigong learning opportunities and request my course contract for more details.
Review of shifu Michael’s trainings:
Good morning, Shifu Michael,
I am writing on a stunningly beautiful fall morning from Western North Carolina. From this pocket where I sit, if you ignored the dozen trees down, you wouldn’t know the turmoil that recently occurred here.
Before bed last night, I did qigong under the stars, looking at the moon with my bare feet on the grass. This was followed by a meditation to send love to all those suffering, including, but not limited to, those in my community and my colleagues in Florida who were anxiously awaiting Hurricane Milton.
Two weeks ago, I fled my house in fear of the rising water to escape to my boyfriend’s house in Asheville, so I would not be stranded. Though the flooding had begun, we had no idea what would come. The gratitude I have for listening to my instincts is cosmic. We were able to ride out the storm and the aftermath together. We suffered no damage to our property and luckily had enough food and water to get through the weekend, so it was a matter of being patient and present.
I want to thank you for your Daoist journals. Without cell service or the internet, studying the materials online would not have been possible, so I turned to your journals, which I had luckily brought with me to spend time on my qigong practice during this time.
I frankly had no idea what to expect, but I found great comfort in them as I looked for ways to pass the time and accept the calamity that had occurred. I learned that there was no better time to become a Daoist than when you truly have no control of a situation, and the only thing you can do is wait.
I regularly returned to the Faith Mind Sutra you mentioned in your journals.
The self embodies distress
No self, no distress,
Letting go of the self-limiting notion of myself
I can roam freely in the world
I could go on at length about how I am reading that now and thinking of how it applies to so many moments in my life, but for today I will leave it to how it felt during a hurricane and the attempt to let go of distress and be one with the moment.
You write at length about solitary retreats. Though I was with my boyfriend, our experience felt similar to the benefits of a solitary retreat: quiet, no routine or schedule to follow, nothing to accomplish. It was very challenging to overcome our need to fill our day with one thing after another and make space for silence and contemplation, but eventually, the moment would give way to surrender.
I have been thinking about “Not Two” and how you said it cannot be explained. You mentioned this in your journals, and I am trying to notice it in my world. It is comforting, even though I am still understanding it. During my meditation last night, I contemplated joy and suffering and thought, “Not two, not two… they are connected. You cannot have one without the other.” This allowed me to have a moment of acceptance for everything I am experiencing right now.
With gratitude and respect,
Stephanie
Rolling the Ball, shifu Michael. 2020
Qigong Certification Title by NQA 2017 – 2024