Bruce rarely teaches Chi Gung Tui na. In China, he studied it for over a decade including clinical experience with thousands of patients. He will teach what he feels will most practically benefit the participants, given their energetic capacities and specific needs.

Chi gung tui na combines knowledge of chi healing with hands-on Chinese bodywork. It makes your hands extremely sensitive and enables your intuitive techniques to become increasingly precise. It has many energetic techniques rarely taught in the West, as well as unique variations of what is found in other healing practices. This course is particularly useful for therapists of all backgrounds and the techniques can be integrated into any kind of bodywork.

If you would like to use chi to heal, this course will give you clear methods for doing so. In the hands-on healing methods of Chi Gung Tui na, the practitioner directly moves energy in and out of the person being worked on, fluidly moving between physical and purely energetic techniques. This course will introduce you to the concepts underlying Chi gung tui na, demystify energetic healing methods and show you how to do specific hands-on healing techniques.

Potential topics include: hands-on techniques to induce and balance energetic pulsing within the body's energetic points, centers, internal organs, joints, cavities and glands, and thread the energy which connects them; methods to release energetic blockages within the body's spiraling pathways; more in-depth explanation and advanced techniques for those who have experience in the Frantzis Energy Arts system; recognizing if you or another therapist is undergoing excessive energetic strain; and releasing negative chi you may have absorbed from your clients.

Prerequisites: None, although the more knowledge of chi practices you have the more you will gainfrom this training. We especially encourage you to attend the Opening and Closing retreat that this course follows.

Directions to Menlo College

Directions: Campus directions are available on Menlo College's website: www.menlo.edu or by calling the college directly: 650.543.3727.

Transportation from/to airport: Ground transportation providers serving San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Jose International Airport (SJC) and Oakland International Airport (OAK) include public transit, Air porters, on-demand door-to-door vans, pre-arranged door-to-door vans, taxis, limousines and charter operators. Detailed information including service descriptions, schedules, sample fares and contacts is available by visiting:

• San Francisco Airport - www.flysfo.com (approx. 25 minutes from Menlo College)
• San Jose Airport - www.sjc.org (approx. 25 minutes from Menlo College)
• Oakland Airport - www.flyoakland.com (approx. 45 minutes from Menlo College)

Also, 511 is the Bay Area's free transportation hotline. For help getting to and from SFO, dial 511 from within the San Francisco Bay Area or (510) 817-1717 from outside the San Francisco Bay Area. Or, visit www.511.org to use 511's "Take Transit Trip Planner" to create a custom itinerary on public transportation.
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