Spring Forest Qigong Level 4 Meditation Retreat August 11 th 15 th, 2013
P a g e 2 Table of Contents Welcome Letter 3 Instructor & Master Healer Biographies 4 Daily Agenda 8 Dining Information 17 Healing Sessions 18 Retreat Staff 19 Inspire and Share Your Story 20 Participants may not record any or all portions of this event, including pictures, audio, and video. SFQ reserves the right to record and/or photograph all retreat proceedings for use in marketing materials, presentations, and course content sales.
P a g e 3 My dear friend, Welcome to the 2013 Spring Forest Qigong Level 4 Meditation Retreat at Superior Shores Resort & Conference Center. I am delighted to have you here! You bring a special energy to the retreat and truly make it a unique and memorable experience. This retreat is designed to help you advance your spiritual growth and connection, increasing your healing energy and power. You will learn how to open serious energy blockages, perform long distance healing, enter into the emptiness, experience true joy in your meditations, and bring that joy with you into your daily life. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other people from all over the country and world. I encourage you to take a moment throughout your stay and connect with someone, whether over Spring Forest Qigong or other shared interests. You may make a lifelong friend! Thank you so much for joining me at the 2013 Spring Forest Qigong Level 4 Retreat. We have four full days planned for you! With love and blessings, Chunyi Lin
P a g e 4 Chunyi Lin is a certified international Qigong Master with a Master s degree in Holistic Healing. His fluency in numerous Chinese dialects afforded him the rare opportunity to study with many of the most respected Qigong Masters in his native China. He is the founder of Spring Forest Qigong, and coauthor of the #1 Amazon.com bestseller, Born A Healer. He is also coauthor with Dr. Nisha Manek of the Mayo Clinic of a chapter on Qigong in a medical school textbook, The Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Second Edition. In addition, Master Lin has created a series of home learning materials to share his healing and wellness techniques with everyone through videos, guided audio meditations and reference manuals. He has taught his techniques to more than 250,000 people through classes or home-learning courses. Master Lin is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council founded by Jack Canfield. In 2010, he was named international Qigong Master of the Year by the executive committee of the World Qigong Congress. Also, in 2010, two independent research studies, one by doctors from the University of Minnesota and one of the leading medical research centers in the United States, found that Master Lin s Spring Forest Qigong techniques are helpful in relieving chronic pain.
P a g e 5 Jacqueline Gran has been intensively practicing and studying Spring Forest Qigong with Master Chunyi Lin since 1999. She is now a certified Spring Forest Qigong Instructor, Master Healer and Qi-ssage Instructor. Jacqueline came to Spring Forest Qigong because of her severe spinal injuries and chronic migraines. Through practicing Spring Forest Qigong she not only healed her challenges completely, but she also discovered and learned how to cultivate her energy to be a better, healthier, more focused person. More importantly, she realized that Spring Forest Qigong opens a paradise of life for her. In this paradise, she has come to understand and experience it that the most powerful healing energy in the world is love! In love she was healed, and, now in love, she has become an outstanding healer and instructor and she has helped hundreds of people to heal. She was chosen by Master Chunyi Lin to work in the Spring Forest Qigong Wellness Center and to be an Associate Instructor in Master Lin s classes and workshops.
P a g e 6 Bruno Franck is an SFQ Master Healer and Level 1 Certified Instructor. He leads two practice groups each week, provides healings at 7 different nonprofit organizations weekly, volunteers at the SFQ Center, and does individual healings in homes and hospitals. He primarily serves people under severe stress, in trauma, or in cancer treatment. He incorporates in his practice various forms of Qigong active exercises and Buddhist-inspired meditation. See more at www.brunohealingmeditation.com. Rochel Rittgers practices Sports Medicine. After being introduced to Spring Forest Qigong, Rochel began noticing significant changes in her techniques and, only one year after taking SFQ Levels I & II, helped her friend to overcome lung cancer! Six years later, this friend is alive and well. Rochel says, If anything I can be a part of can produce powerful results that help families stay together, and help people realize their dreams of health and spiritual wholeness, and also elevate the vibration of our planet, count me in. I believe everyone needs Spring Forest Qigong. I believe our planet needs Spring Forest Qigong.
P a g e 7 Glenn Tobey, M.Div., M. A. in Management, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in a private practice in Duluth, Minnesota. He has forty years of experience in the Human Service field and has worked in both urban and rural settings, and values the collaborative community-based model. He has also taught at the college level, and conducted numerous workshops and trainings in various community settings. Glenn continues to teach and to share his knowledge and wisdom, based upon the collaborative community-based model which is at the center of both his professional focus and his personal passion. Glenn is a SFQ Level I & II Certified Instructor and Master Healer 1. Katrina Tobey, L.P., has been a devoted student of Spring Forest Qigong for many years. She is a Level I & II Certified Instructor and has been a Master Healer 1 since 2008. She is a Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in a private practice in Duluth. Her therapy work is greatly enhanced by the practices and philosophy of Spring Forest as she journeys with people who are suffering due to traumatic loss and intense grief. Katrina thoroughly enjoys and is honored to teach with Master Lin and other SFQ Masters on topics such as Forgiveness and Emotional Healing. Spring Forest Qigong has become her passion due to the healing effects she witnesses every day.
P a g e 8 Daily Agendas Sunday, August 11 th 4:30 pm 6:30 pm Registration & Check-in Indoors: Main Lobby 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm 9:30 pm Welcome & Introduction (Master Chunyi Lin) Topics Healing Stories / Sharing Time Group Healing Meditation for Self & Others
P a g e 9 Monday, August 12 th 7:00 am 9:30 am Breakfast 7:30 am 8:30 am Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Kathy Hanson) or Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Jacqueline Gran) Outdoors: Beach 8:00 am 9:00 am Personal Healing Appointments 9:30 am 12:30 pm Lecture (Master Chunyi Lin) 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch 12:45 pm 1:45 pm Personal Healing Appointments
P a g e 10 2:00 pm 5:00 pm Lecture & Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Dinner 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Personal Healing Appointments 7:00 pm 10:00 pm Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) Outdoors: Beach Topics Healing Stories & Sharing Time Practicing Meditation Developing Focus The Rainbow Meditation Maintaining Simplicity Uniting Your Energy with Your Master s Energy Going into the Emptiness Fasting and its Impact on Your Focus & Clarity Experiencing the Light Turtle Qigong The Massage Knife
P a g e 11 Tuesday, August 13 th 7:00 am 9:30 am Breakfast 7:30 am 8:30 am Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Kathy Hanson) or Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Jacqueline Gran) Outdoors: Beach 8:00 am 9:00 am Personal Healing Appointments 9:30 am 12:30 pm Lecture (Master Chunyi Lin) 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch 12:45 pm 1:45 pm Personal Healing Appointments
P a g e 12 2:00 pm 5:00 pm Lecture & Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Dinner 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Personal Healing Appointments 7:00 pm 10:00 pm Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) Outdoors: Beach Topics Spirit of Yin & Yang The Movement of Energy in the Body The Relationship of Energy Flow to Strokes & Heart Attacks Autism Distance Blockage Detection Attention Deficit Disorder Bone Marrow Problems HIV New Sprain Development Delay Cancer Leukemia
P a g e 13 Wednesday, August 14 th 7:00 am 9:30 am Breakfast 7:30 am 8:30 am Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Kathy Hanson) or Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Jacqueline Gran) Outdoors: Beach 8:00 am 9:00 am Personal Healing Appointments 9:30 am 12:30 pm Lecture (Master Chunyi Lin) 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch 12:45 pm 1:45 pm Personal Healing Appointments
P a g e 14 2:00 pm 5:00 pm Lecture & Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Dinner 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Personal Healing Appointments 7:00 pm 10:00 pm Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) Outdoors: Beach Bonfire & Friendship Gathering after Meditation Topics Group Healing Healing a Wound Stroke & Coma Save a Life Energy in an Object Infertility Chemical Dependency Stuttering Overcoming Bad Dreams Multiple Sclerosis Depression Anxiety & Anger Healing Yourself
P a g e 15 Thursday, August 15 th 7:00 am 9:30 am Breakfast 7:30 am 8:30 am Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Kathy Hanson) or Active Exercise & Meditation (Master Healer Jacqueline Gran) Outdoors: Beach 8:00 am 9:00 am Personal Healing Appointments 9:30 am 12:30 pm Lecture (Master Chunyi Lin) 12:30 pm 1:45 pm Lunch 12:45 pm 1:45 pm Personal Healing Appointments
P a g e 16 1:45 pm 3:30 pm Lecture & Closing Lotus Meditation (Master Chunyi Lin) Topics Discovering Unity Helping Transition a Life Clearing Visiting Spirits Detecting Qi in the Land Group Healing Closing Time Together
P a g e 17 Dining Information Breakfast Lunch Dinner Location 7:00 am 9:00 am 12:30 pm 2:00 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Buffet at the Kamloops Restaurant (2 nd Floor) Options for vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets are available. Fasting Day Tuesday, August 13 th will be Fasting Day. Master Lin will be teaching about fasting and how to properly fast as well as its benefits for advanced students. You are not required to fast at this retreat. Fasting may not be appropriate for everyone. Please check-in with your doctor if you have any questions or concerns about fasting.
P a g e 18 Qigong & Qi-ssage Healing Sessions Healing sessions may be scheduled at the Appointment Table outside the main meeting room. Appointments can be made during most class breaks. Please sign-up early; appointments fill quickly. All healing sessions are 20 minutes each. Choose Qigong or Qi-ssage with one of our Master Healers. Individual Healing $55 Group Healing $35 per person 2 or 3 people per group Please note: Please arrive at your appointment 5-minutes early. We try to stay on schedule with the classroom hours; however, times may vary slightly. If times shift, your appointment will shift accordingly.
P a g e 19 Retreat Staff & Volunteers Rhonda Battisto Denny DeMars Bruno Franck Joe Frandsen Julia Froemke Gadu Fukasawa Jacqueline Gran Kathy Hanson Rochel Rittgers Katrina Tobey Glenn Tobey
P a g e 20 Inspire and Share Your Story One of the greatest gifts you can give another is hope and inspiration. So many in our world today are seeking to discover their true self and want to live in joy and wellness. We invite you to share your journey with Spring Forest Qigong to inspire others to take the next big step to self-empowerment and discover that they were born a healer, just like you! It can be your own experience or your experience working and facilitating another. As you let go of your stories, they become an inspiration for others. While at Level 4, we invite you to inspire others through your qigong healing stories. Please submit your story to Glenn or Katrina Tobey. Thank you so much for all you do, all you share, and all you give!
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