NOW OPEN FOR A LIMITED TIME
Dynamic Standing & The Spiraling Energy Body
with Bruce Frantzis & Senior Instructors
A Personal Invitation from Bruce Frantzis
Hi Folks,
Standing qigong was the first practice that truly gave me a gateway to powerfully connecting to my qi. There’s something remarkable about finding stillness in the body and discovering that stillness isn’t static at all—it’s dynamic, alive, and full of potential.
These profound practices have fully engaged me for a lifetime. As I get older, it’s become increasingly important to share more of the Water Tradition and its deeper aspects.
Passing them on is more important than ever, and my wish is that what is shared about standing qigong in the upcoming workshop will have as lasting and enriching an impact for you as it did for me when I began my internal arts journey.
In Dynamic Standing & The Three Dantiens, I’ll be teaching you the energetic practices inherent in authentic Daoist standing. Standing isn’t about freezing like a statue with your arms in the air. It’s about finding the flow within the structure while building remarkable stability and strength.
Some things I’m planning to explore over the weekend are — working with the three primary reservoirs of qi the lower, middle, and upper dantiens — delving into how the way that you get into and out of a posture can create dramatically different effects to your system — begin learning to lengthen and stretch your connective tissue inwardly and outwardly by releasing, not pushing — and take a closer look at how subtle changes in your hands and fingers can fine-tune the energetic flows moving through you.
Many of you were first introduced to standing qigong through the practice that I teach called Energy Gates Qigong, which strengthens, grounds, and opens the energetic system. It introduces the profound techniques of outer dissolving, and focuses on the descending current of energy in the body.
There is also a counterpart to Energy Gates that I teach more rarely and that is lesser known…Spiraling Energy Body Qigong.
Employing hands raised postures like the ones I’ll be teaching in the workshop, the standing qigong practices in Spiraling Energy Body work powerfully with the rising current of energy.
It teaches you to direct energy to any point on your body at will, connect your energetic matrix through spiraling energetic pathways, open the deeper channels of the body, neutralize and transform negative energy, and dramatically raise your energy levels.
Where Energy Gates represents water, Spiraling represents the fire element. It is a strong, more advanced practice that can yield powerful results, yet must be respected.
That’s why you should ideally have some rooting and background to be able to safely and effectively practice it, and why this two-part program includes Spiraling Energy Body Foundations led by one of my highly experienced longtime instructors, Gio Maschio.
Here is what we’ll be covering together…
Dynamic Standing & The Three Dantiens (Available after you join): Join me for a recorded weekend of in-depth training on the energetic practices at the heart of authentic Daoist standing. We’ll explore how to get into and out of postures in ways that dramatically enhance their effects, work with the three primary reservoirs of qi, and discover how subtle adjustments in your arms, hands, and fingers fine-tune the energetic flows within your body. This material serves as the essential container for building and circulating qi—and as core preparation for Spiraling Energy Body.
Spiraling Energy Body Foundations (Available after you join): Instructor Gio Maschio guides you through a foundational introduction to this rare practice. You’ll learn to engage with the upward current of energy in a gentle, grounded way, balance yin and yang in your system, and experience a joyful practice that encourages smooth expression and full engagement with life. This course gives you the building blocks that will be expanded upon during the summer 2026 intensive.
Summer 2026 – Spiraling Energy Body Retreat: Both courses are designed as essential preparation for those planning to join us next summer, when we’ll go much deeper into this advanced neigong practice.
When you join the program, you’ll receive access to the livestreamed workshop, the Foundations course, complete recordings, and lifetime access to all training content.
In Spiraling Energy Body Foundations, Gio will guide you through an introduction to the basics of this practice. He’s crafted an intuitive, organic approach to help teach you to engage with the upward current of energy in a gentle, grounded way, balance your energy matrix, and experience a joyful style of practice that encourages smooth expression and engagement with life.
For the first time in nearly a decade, I’’ll be personally teaching a Spiraling Energy Body event next year that will lead students deeper toward the full potential of what Spiraling can truly do.
Together, these two courses give you a powerful toolkit: a structure to build and cultivate your qi, methods to raise your energy level, and the foundations for balancing your entire system. They’re both designed as essential preparation for those planning to join us at the Spiraling Energy Body summer retreat in 2026.
I invite you to take this opportunity to deepen your practice and prepare yourself for what’s ahead.
Looking forward to practicing with you,
Bruce Frantzis
“One of the greatest secrets of chi practices is that, no matter what your age or health condition when you start, you can improve and keep improving.”
– Bruce Frantzis
Welcome to the Dynamic Standing & The Sprialing Energy Body
What Makes This Training Format Unique?
Qigong masters through the ages have used their practice to gain exceptional inner awareness of their bodies down to the cellular level. During this two week course you’ll be learning from world-class teachers, be supported by a global community of practitioners, and will be absorbing the entire experience through a live-stream learning platform that captures all the subtle details.
EXPERT INSTRUCTORS
Authentic Knowledge
Learn from an internationally recognized lineage master and author with 50+ years of experience teaching thousands of students around the globe.
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Worldwide Community
Take advantage of the motivation and support of practicing along with hundreds of practitioners from beginners to those with decades of experience.
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A Multimedia Experience
Multiple camera angles, clear audio, ask live questions via chat…it’s the next best thing to attending in person!
Dynamic Standing & The Three Dantiens
Recorded Weekend Workshop
(Filmed Sat-Sun, December 6-7, 10am-4pm MT)
Here is what you will be learning:
Dynamic Postures
How you get into and out of a standing posture can dramatically enhance the effects it creates in your body. Standing isn’t about freezing like a statue with your arms in the air—it’s a dynamic practice. You’re learning to find the flow within the structure while simultaneously building incredible stability and strength. This approach transforms standing from a static exercise into a living, breathing practice.
Accessing the Three Dantiens
The body contains three primary reservoirs of qi: the lower, middle, and upper dantiens. Each serves a specific function within your energetic system. In this course, Bruce will explore how standing postures directly affect these dantiens and teach you techniques for working with them intentionally. Understanding this relationship gives you a robust framework for deepening any standing practice.
Refine Internal Awareness
Subtle changes in the arms, hands, and fingers while holding postures fine-tune the energetic flows moving through your body. These adjustments can be nearly imperceptible to an outside observer, yet with accurate instruction, they dramatically affect what the postures can accomplish. You’ll learn to make these refinements with precision and awareness.
Inward and Outward Lengthening
Inner and outward lengthening is another key component you’ll explore. This principle teaches you how to extend your structure in multiple directions simultaneously, creating space within the body and allowing qi to flow more freely. It’s a foundational skill that enhances everything else you practice.
Progressive Learning
The material and postures shared in this program are also designed as a fantastic head start for students preparing for the Spiraling Energy Body Qigong summer retreat in 2026. What you learn here will directly feed into the deeper work we’ll be doing together next summer.
Spiraling Energy Body Foundations
Immediate Online Access
Here is what you will be learning:
Spiraling Energy
This course offers a basic introduction to Spiraling Energy Body, one of the more advanced and rarely taught practices within the Water Tradition. Instructor Gio Maschio will guide you through the essential elements, giving you a clear entry point into this profound neigong system.
Raise Your Qi Naturally
You’ll learn methods for understanding how effortlessly sinking your energy engages the fluid quality of your body to create a cool, stable platform for working with rising currents of energy in a smooth and stable way.
Rooting with Upward Current
Learn to work directly with the upward current of energy safely. Many practitioners struggle with upward-moving energy because they haven’t learned to encourage their awareness to stay rooted. Gio will be giving you ways to get out of your head and settle into a “gut sense” awareness of stabilizing and joining the body through the lower dantien.
Balancing Water & Fire
Balance water and fire inside of your system. Explore making external and internal, physical and energetic circles that can balance your overall energy matrix. Then experiment with “jumping” energy instantly between points as you develop a deeper sense of connection.
Joyful Practice
In particular, Spiraling can be a joyful practice that encourages smooth expression of energy outward and a full engagement with life. Engaging the upward rising energy cultivated in Spiraling is naturally and intrinsically a part of experiencing states of being like lightening “up,” warming “up,” cheering “up.” This course also serves as an essential foundation for those planning to attend the summer 2026 retreat, where we’ll build on everything introduced here.
Meet Your World-Class Instructors
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.
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.
Gio Maschio
Founder of Oxford Internal Arts, Gio is a highly experienced and skilled certified instructor within the Energy Arts system with over 30 years of study with Master Bruce Frantzis.
He is also founder of the Qigong for Acupuncturists course at the UK’s largest college of Chinese medicine, has conducted seminars for the British Acupuncture Council and has taught and given talks on Daoism and qigong in Oxford University.
Gio emphasises an intuitive, organic style of learning to enable students to discover the natural flows in their body, energy, and mind. With a particular interest in meditation, Gio teaches with a view toward helping people let go into their relaxed and open nature.
“A huge thank you for this online access. It’s making a substantial and positive change to my life, and I’m beyond impressed by the dedication, energy, patience and just general good-naturedness of everyone at Energy Arts.” – Holly H.
HERE IS WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE
1. Dynamic Standing & The Three Dantiens [~8 Hours]
Access direct teachings as Bruce and Senior Instructors go live in the center during this weekend course. His teachings will develop progressively as you connect to your body, mind, and spirit with these truly transformational and expansive practices.
2. Spiraling Energy Body Foundations Online Course [~12 Hours]
Available after you join, in this online course, Instructor Gio Maschio will guide you through a foundational introduction to this rare practice. You’ll learn to engage with the upward current of energy in a gentle, grounded way, balance yin and yang in your system, and experience a joyful practice that encourages smooth expression and full engagement with life. This course gives you the building blocks that will be expanded upon during the summer 2026 intensive.
3. LIVE Guided Practice Sessions – Follow Along with Senior Instructors
During the course, you will also have access to guided practice sessions to review and integrate what you have learned.
These classes will also include Q&A sessions to answer your practice questions.
4. BONUS Standing Qigong Fundamentals [~5 Hours]
You’ll also get 20 detailed lessons from Bruce on the fundamentals and finer points of standing qigong. Beginners, intermediates, and even highly experienced practitioners will benefit from the clear, concise instruction in these additional lessons.
This material is sourced from the 2017 Standing Qigong Mastery Series.
5. Access to Energy Arts Training Forum on Facebook
Get access to the private Energy Arts Training Forum that is only for current students of our programs. Connect with other people on the course and stay in touch with the global Energy Arts community.
6. Private Membership Site for Downloadable Access to the Videos and Mobile Viewing
You will be able to login to a private member area where you can watch or download all of the current videos for lifetime access. You can also download the mobile app so you can watch the practice sessions as you travel or practice outdoors and on the go!
What People are Saying:
“I just want to thank ALL of you. I’ve had a little experience with Qigong, and this is providing a way for me to experience so much more. Thanks for the encouragement to go at my own pace, AND to practice daily. Looking forward to more. The practice sessions during the week are extraordinary. I start with discomfort and some soreness, and end up feeling great!
“Uncanny how Bruce’s teaching resonates with other approaches to health, enlightenment, and freedom that I’ve pursued for decades. Verifies how truth, once found, remains universal truth just presented in another vessel to suit the times. You made it possible for me to afford this adventure. I shall not forget your generosity“
“It has been an amazing experience. I am in awe of the amount and depth of the material presented. Everything was top notch – the instruction, the demonstrations, the efforts of everyone in front of the camera and behind the scenes. The whole retreat was well orchestrated and delivered.
“I enjoy following and doing the trainings. It gives me wonderful new input, adding to my practice very well. I enjoy doing it at my place. It’s a bit strange to have your well known voices at my home, at the same time it is nice to hear them. I like following the schedule live here in Europe and having the chance to follow at later time when I ‘m unable to follow live.“
“Hi, just wanted to say that the summer virtual camp was very impressive both for the content and the high level of organization surrounding the presentations. Your team did a very good job of it.“
Here’s a summary of What You’ll Receive:
1) Two LIVE Teachings with Bruce Frantzis and Senior Instructors on Dynamic Standing ~8+ Hours
2) Foundations of Spiraling Online Course with Gio Maschio ~ 12+ hours
3) LIVE Guided Practice Sessions – follow along with EA Senior Instructors
4) BONUS Standing Qigong Fundamentals ~ 5+ hours
5) Private Energy Arts Training Forum on Facebook
6) Private Membership Site for Downloadable Access to the Videos and Mobile Viewing
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will you be mailing anything to me or is everything digital?
Everything is digital and online, available for you to access via the membership site whenever you need it. Also, the program is fully downloadable, so you will be able to use the program offline, in your own time on your computer, laptop, smart tv, phone and other digital devices.
When will I receive my lessons?
Initially after purchase, you will receive welcome emails with your login information to the Dynamic Standing & The Spiraling Energy Body Online program. You will be given a unique link through the Zoom platform to access the weekend workshop. Recordings of live-stream classes will be available to download within a week of broadcast. The Spiraling Energy Body Foundations
Online Course will be available after you join.
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