Qigong
Why should you practice Qigong?
Director of American Institute "Kundawell", Seattle (USA), President of the International Charity Fund "Mingtang", Director of Beijing Medical Research Institute "Kundawell", a member of the Department of External treatment modes of Chinese Association of TCM, Deputy Chairman of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong, The founder of Chinese Image Medicine.
Xu Mingtang is the current Grandmaster and lineage holder of Zhong Yuan Qigong, a system that is thousands of years old. He comes from an ancient Shamanic and Kungfu family closely associated with the Shaolin monastery.
One of the foremost teachers and healers in Chinese medicine today, he has taught the ZY Qigong system to more than 40,000 students in at least 17 countries, and he supervises clinics throughout the world.
Some of the current distinctions of Grandmaster Xu include:
- Director of the Kundawell Institute in Seattle, Washington (USA)
- President of the International Charity Fund "Mingtang"
- Director of Research at Beijing Kundawell Medical Institute
- A member of the Chinese Association of TCM in the Department of External Treatment Modalities
- Deputy Chairman of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong
- The Founder of Image Medicine Authored many books, brochures and training materials Background and Credential
Timeline
- Xu Mingtang was born on May 29,1963 in Puyang, Henan Province of China.
- 1979 -1983: Attended Sian University of Transport and Communications, received a bachelor degree in computer programs.
- 1985-1987: Attended Beijing University, received a Masters degree in Computer Programs.
- 1987-1991: Software Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, worked as a software developer.
- 1992-1999: Ukrainian-Chinese "Da-U" LLC, General Director.
- 2000-2006: Director at The Center of Medical Arts of Chinese Medicine in Seattle, Washington (USA) Director of the American Kundawell Institute
- 2006-Present: Director of Research at Beijing Kundawell Medical Institute.
- Xu Mingtang comes from a family of famous surgeons in China’s Henan Province. Beginning in early childhood, he studied Wushu with his great grandfather and learned Shamanic practices (Wu Yi) from his grandmother.
- While still a child, he began training with his first real teacher, an 80-year-old Shaman woman from his village. There he learned the spiritual healing methods and other practices that are central to the ZY Qigong system. He studied Traditional Chinese medicine along with his technical studies and his skills were so great that he worked as a hospital diagnostician during his third year of University.
- Grandmaster Xu started teaching ZY Qigong outside of China in 1991. Since 1998, he has led annual international Qigong retreats in Shaolin. As the current lineage-holder of ZY Qigong, he teaches ZY Qigong and Image Medicine to all levels of students. Currently, Grandmaster Xu divides his time between his teaching and research at Kundawell Institute in Beijing, and his many healing, teaching and speaking engagements throughout the world. (www.kundawell.com)
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