Module 1: Primordial Chaos — Nothing Stays the Same
Daisy Lee’s 107-year old teacher, Master Duan Zhi Liang, was the family lineage holder of Wuji Hundun, an ancient self-healing Qigong system. This system was originally taught only to the elite and those who guarded them… and Master Duan was born into a family of protectors and healers of royal families in China.
Daisy will share some of the key concepts from Master Duan’s Qigong, along with an introduction to the philosophy and movements from the Duan family lineage.
This will be the first time Daisy will share Master Duan’s Wuji Hundun Qigong on The Shift Network. Her intention is to continue the legacy of her late teacher’s wisdom and for the practice to live on in perpetuity.
Module 2: The Role of Gravity in Chaos
The role of gravity in chaos is to support balance and trust in the body. When the body is stable and steady, the mind is calm and emotions settle.
You can be the silent eye of the storm when everything around you may be whirling in a frenzy.
We cannot stay in a perpetual state of chaos or we would either implode, explode, or fall apart. That’s why we harvest energy from the earth to support balance, alignment, and dignity. And yet, the body — the joints, the tissues, the spine, the eyes — must remain supple, mobile, aware.
Module 3: Yin & Yang — The Balance of Dark & Light
We live in a world in which contrasts are necessary — one thing cannot exist without its opposite. A seed of dark remains in light, and a spark of light lives within the dark. To appreciate true balance, we must sometimes experience being off-balance. To understand effortlessness, we must put in effort. The same movements done with a different intention can be a weapon or an agent of healing.
Every day you’re alive, you have choices to make that affect you, your loved ones, your community, and the Earth. What are the seeds you want to nurture and grow?
Module 4: The Taijitu — The Law of Opposing Forces
The Taijitu — the classic Yin Yang symbol — represents the law of opposing forces. You’ll learn the art of balance through opposition. In Western therapeutic understanding, they’re isometric exercises that help open the body’s joints and sinews on a physiological level.
We are the microcosm within the big circle of life, the spot of light in the dark and silent void before life erupts into being.
Module 5: Be Like Bamboo — Remaining Flexible in the Face of Chaos
The humble bamboo is known for its multitude of uses within one plant.
Bamboo is strong enough to hold up buildings, yet flexible and malleable enough to bend and shape into furniture, flooring, chopsticks, and clothing.
It grows well in water, yet can survive dry periods by retaining the water inside each joint.
Bamboo is the ultimate teacher, showing us how to be flexible yet strong. Because it’s nature is to serve, it will be treated like a friend wherever it lives.
Bamboo teaches us how to gracefully and eloquently move through chaos while maintaining our connection to the stable earth force, and the light of opportunities that await the discerning warrior. Bamboo expresses the multi-dimensional nature of life.
Like bamboo, you can flex, open, and spiral to avoid unnecessary confrontation. Yet, when it’s unavoidable, you can meet it with strength and resilience. This is learning and adapting to Hundun, or chaos.
Module 6: Remembering — The Microcosm of Body Within the Macrocosm of Earth
Connecting the realms — as a human evolving on the planet — we seek to understand our nature in the macrocosm. However, in these modern times, we’ve come to rely on speed and convenience, without slowing down often enough to reconnect with the bigger picture.
We walk on the sidewalk instead of finding a new path through the woods. We forget we’re surrounded by powerful oceans and rivers, even as the water within us seeks to be reconstituted and refreshed. We forget to honor the forests, the mountains, and the wisdom of the elders because we are blinded by streetlights, satellites, and the veneer of power.
The cost of forgetting is high as we risk our health and spend our wealth paying for its recovery. Yet all is not lost. Wuji Hundun is a path toward remembering by reconnecting with the greater forces around us for inspiration.
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