July 18 – August 5, 2026 | Longmont, Colorado
The Summer Neigong Intensive
Water & Fire:
Opening the Energy Gates and Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
A Personal Invitation from Master Bruce Frantzis
If we could just think our way out of our problems, the whole world would be happy…
From a Daoist perspective, you actually have to do something to actively release the energy that becomes blocked within you – whether that’s physical, energetic, emotional, or mental in nature. Ideas, disconnected thinking, and visualizations alone simply aren’t enough.
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My Virtual Training Camp focuses on exactly that: connecting you to your mind, body, and energy in a functional way that produces real results. It’s hard enough to find time to practice nowadays, especially with all the distractions around us. So when you do find the time, it’s essential to know it will be time well spent.
Heaven & Earth Qigong offers this straightforward framework for cultivating a profound sense of connection and introspection, enabling you to discover and refine what lies within.
Taking a deep dive into intensive training is a surefire way to accelerate this process.
Traditionally, that’s one of the reasons why my worldwide Energy Arts community gathers together to train with such focus each summer. Yet many areas of the world are struggling financially, making travel difficult. I’m thankful that I can make this year’s training available to you online, allowing you to join virtually – as if you were right here in the Energy Arts Training Center – from anywhere in the world.
Bruce Frantzis
Course Introduction
A Complete Path: Water Before Fire
In Daoist neigong, advanced practices are most effective when built on a strong foundation.
Spend three immersive weeks
training directly with Master Bruce Frantzis and Senior Instructors in two of the most important and complementary practices within the Water Tradition.
Begin by opening the body’s energetic pathways through the dissolving methods of Energy Gates Qigong, then progress into the rare and powerful Spiraling Energy Body practice to raise, circulate, and transform qi throughout your entire system.
Opening the Energy Gates cultivates water element
Spiraling Energy Body develops fire element
Together they create a complete system for cultivating, circulating, and transforming energy.
Build the Foundation. Ignite the Energy.
Join Master Bruce Frantzis this summer for a rare opportunity to experience the complete progression from Opening the Energy Gates to Spiraling Energy Body Qigong.
What You’ll Experience
Week 1
Daoist Water Method Foundations: Opening the Energy Gates
Learn the foundational practice that underlies the entire Water Tradition.
You will explore:
Opening the body's energetic gates
Outer dissolving methods for releasing tension
Connecting the body as one integrated whole
Developing grounding and energetic sensitivity
Building a strong foundation for advanced internal arts
Cultivating the water element and descending current
Week 2 & 3
Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
A rare intensive not publicly offered in over a decade.
Building directly upon the foundations established in Energy Gates, you’ll learn to:
Direct the upward flow of energy
Move qi through spirals and circles
Connect the body's energetic matrix
Work with dantiens and major energy channels
Neutralize and transform unhealthy qi
Develop the fire element and rising current
Why Train These Practices Together?
Most students encounter these methods separately.
This intensive allows you to experience the complete progression exactly as it was designed to be learned.
Energy Gates Teaches You To:
✓ Release
✓ Ground
✓ Open
✓ Dissolve
✓ Connect
Spiraling Energy Body Teaches You To:
✓ Raise
✓ Transform
✓ Spiral
✓ Expand
Together They Help You:
✓ Increase vitality and awareness
✓ Deepen your internal arts practice
✓ Experience both water and fire dynamics
✓ Prepare for advanced neigong development
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Meet Your World-Class Teachers
Master Bruce Frantzis
Bruce Frantzis is the Founder of Energy Arts and has been called the foremost Western expert in Wu style tai chi and Yang style tai chi, holding direct lineages from China.
Author of over a dozen books on Daoist internal arts and meditation, he teaches six powerful qigong sets, as well as bagua zhang and hsing-i from the martial, health, and meditation perspectives. His passion is teaching the Daoist meditation tradition, a direct path to awakening your highest potential.
Senior Instructor Bill Ryan
Bill has studied with Taoist lineage master Bruce Frantzis for 40 years and is a Senior Instructor in Bruce’s Energy Arts system. He also studied for 3 years with Yang Style tai chi master Chu Gin Soon.
He particularly is adept at teaching people how to feel and use energy for healing. From 1992 to 2005 he founded and directed Brookline Tai Chi near Boston, which had a peak enrollment of over 450 students.
Bill holds an M.S. in Technology and Policy from M.I.T.
Senior Instructor Craig Barnes
Craig Barnes is a Senior Instructor in the Energy Arts system with over 30 years of experience teaching tai chi, qigong, meditation, and the internal arts. A student of Master Frantzis since 1987, he has taught internationally and is the head instructor at the Energy Arts Training Center in Longmont, Colorado. As one of only a few instructors authorized by Master Frantzis to certify teachers, Craig is known for his clear, thorough, and approachable teaching style.
Senior Instructor Paul Cavel
Paul Cavel is a Senior Instructor with Energy Arts and brings 30 years of teaching experience in the Water Method. He is widely respected for making complex internal arts material clear and accessible, and is one of the few instructors authorized by Master Frantzis to certify teachers in the system.
Author of Taoism: A Journey Towards Unity, The Tai Chi Space, and Heaven & Earth Qigong
What Students Say
I’ve been doing martial arts for about 30 years, and I have to say that energy Arts is one of the most amazing schools out there in the world maybe the best school in the world for really understanding the depth of martial arts, healing, and health… Whether you want to improve your Martial Arts and understand how to develop true inner power or build/ fix your health and build your health levels… I think this is probably one of the best places you can do it”.
Jamie L.
EA Practitioner
I came to see Bruce about two years ago and that really changed everything for me. I had some injuries in my neck, and it’s been the only thing that helps with pain and stability, and not getting lightheaded anymore. I really recommend Energy Arts, and a really fun thing that it helped me with is my dancing; it has improved tremendously!
Li L.
EA Practitioner
It’s been 25 years that I’ve spent studying with him [Bruce] and using what I have learned from him and on the 20th this month I will be celebrating my 80th birthday. I’m in very very good health, largely due to the work and the things that I have learned from Bruce, and practicing it, so I don’t know what more can be said but if you want to have a nice healthy comfortable old age, I urge you to go ahead and do Bruce’s work.
Arthur R.
EA Practitioner
Program Schedule
Week 1
Opening the Energy Gates
July 18–23
Week 2 & 3
Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
July 25–August 5
Morning Session:
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Afternoon Session:
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location:
Energy Arts Training Center
Longmont, Colorado
Benefits of Training In Person
In-Person Students Receive:
Direct instruction from Bruce
Hands-on corrections
Immediate feedback
Priority during Q&A sessions
Daily energetic immersion
Practice alongside a dedicated community
Is This Intensive Right For You?
This training is ideal for:
Dedicated qigong practitioners
Tai Chi students
Meditation practitioners
Internal martial artists
Students wanting a deeper understanding of qi
Those seeking a structured path into Daoist neigong
Summer Intensive Registration
Three-Week Summer Intensive
Includes:
- Opening the Energy Gates
- Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
- Direct instruction from Bruce Frantzis
- Senior Instructor support
- Three weeks of immersive training
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FAQ
Is this beginner-friendly?
Paul’s bagua unification exercises will be particularly useful for beginners building a solid foundation and will help more smoothly understand and integrate the lessons shared by Bruce.
Is everything digital?
Unless you are attending in-person, you will be take the workshop digitally, either through the live-stream or afterwards at your own pace via recordings. The additional online course is completely digital and pre-recorded.
When do I receive access?
When you register, you’ll get instant access to our online portal where you’ll be able to get started right away with the Twisting Neigong in Bagua Online Course. Recorded sessions of the Twisting Neigong in Tai Chi Workshop will be added to your account within a week of when the workshop was filmed.
How long will I have access?
You’ll have lifetime access to both courses through our online membership portal. Learn at your own pace with permanent access after you’ve fully paid for the course. All recordings will also be fully downloadable to your personal device.
Is there live support?
During the live-stream, you will able to ask questions during the workshop.
What if I can’t attend live?
No worries, everything will be recorded, so you’ll be able to take the course at your own pace after the course finishes.
100% Money-Back Guarantee
We are so confident you’ll be happy with the Art of the Spiral: Embodying Twisting Neigong. However, if you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, simply contact us at support@energyarts.com within 15 days of purchasing the course and we’ll give you a full refund, no questions asked.
