What were you doing on April 30, 2011?

Did you know the last Saturday of April is officially called World Healing Day? Over the years, it has been called several things: Tai Chi Day, Qi Gong Day, World Yoga Day, or World Peace Day. Whatever you call it, it’s brillant! Hundreds of thousands of people around the world all focusing on healing and peace all at the same time, all day! Fantastic, count me in!

Resources say that the idea of World Healing Day grew out of a Princeton University research project that found on days of national or international crisis there was a measurable difference in computer functioning. They were originally looking at the tradegy of Princess Diana and the world’s collective emotional response. The grief, anger, shock, disappointment, and disbelief, believed Princeton researchers, caused the energetic fluctuations.

From that research and other days of tragedy grew the idea of focused emotion, or collective consciousness to positively affect the world’s people and events. The idea is simple, What if a large number of people around the globe all focused their energy on Peace and healing for a whole day, could we possibly make a difference?

In reality Jan and John Price held the first World Healing Day on December 31, 1986. According to their website over 500 million people participated around the globe. Unfortunately, the Price’s study subjects and seminars are a bit too esoteric for the ‘real world’ and their original concept has been highjacked by the new World Healing Day.org. But thankfully, for us, the idea has stuck and each year participation in World Healing Day increases.  Hopefully we can make a difference in the world. Nothing but world peace will do.

This year I attended a Qi Gong conference in Orlando, FL. called, “Qi Revolution”. Jeff Primack is the mastermind behind the 4 day convention that just may revolutionize Qi Gong and healing in the West! He has set up a foundation called Suprmeme Science Qi Gong. They teach Qi Gong and food healing to large groups of people across the world. For Earth Day (April 22 annually), David Beaudry, one of the foundation’s Level 3 Facilitators, attened an event in Los Angeles. He taught Qi Gong to 6000 at risk high school students. It was such a hit, LA county is discussing how to incorporate Qi Gong classes into the school district’s curriculum. Go to http://www.iqigong.org/Home.html to learn more about the fantastic work Supreme Science Qi Gong is doing around the globe.

I don’t know how to tell you about my experience at the convention. It was amazing, grounding, moving, and very spiritual. I spent 4 days devoted to self reflective movement, stress reduction, and Qi building. I listened better than I have ever listened. I did the best yoga I have ever done, the most fluid, flexible, and open yoga. And I felt more internal heat and energy movement than I have felt beofre. It is amazing to enter a room without furniture, just yoga mats, with 2000 like minded people, quiet your internal dialogue and hear everything! You can actually feel the words and the music sink into your body. I wish I could do it everyday! You have to try it yourself. Hopefully one day I can help organize and lead such an experience. Would you come?

Next year World Healing Day is April 28, 2012. What will you do?

Qi gong is the Chinese martial art form of moving, collecting, and storing Qi. It is more static than Tai Chi, which is one of the slowest moving of the martial arts. In any Qi Gong class you should expect to stand still for most of the class, feet firmly grounded into the earth. This grounding is actually part of the way you assist Qi building within your body. I will be writing a series of articles to introduce you to Qi Gong and it’s healing abilities. Look for new articles to learn more about how you can help yourself become more healthy and vibrant than you ever expected.

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek Proverb

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