13th World Congress on Qigong and TCM in San Francisco
Sausalito, CA
Friday, April 08, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Chaired: Dr. Effie Chow PhD, RN, LicAc, Qigong Grandmaster
April 30-May 1 with pre and post Congress Masters workshops.
Historic Whitcomb Hotel 1231 Market St. (@8th Street) San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO)--The World Congress on Qigong/TCM brings together over 50 of the World's BEST Qigong Masters, Martial Artists, Celebrities, and Scientists for you to experience & learn from their powerful Qi-energy!
The Congress is also a fundraiser for Japan Disaster Relief led by famous Japanese Film Star/Martial Artist Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa with other stars
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2011 Theme: Energetic Anti-Aging, Optimum Wellness & Longevity:
For Self and The Planet
What: Eye-opening, Entertaining, Educational (Edutainment!) and Life-changing
An Extraordinary opportunity to experience the powerful energy field of and learn from over 50 World Class Qigong Masters and scientists and celebrities.
! Scientific Symposium on Science and Art of energy healing. Hands on and Distant Healing! Feel the Profound Qi for health in Dance, Music, Humor, Love, Hugs, Laughter and Performance. Witness super-human feats…walking on elevated paper, boiling water with the Master's Qi emission, Shaolin Monks defy spears, swords to body.
Hand stand on two fingers! Experience and learn how to instantaneously rid self and others of pain and stress-related conditions of body/mind/spirit to environmental energy, from even cancer, heart conditions.
Learn Skills on how to not only survive, but THRIVE in a Toxic World and Financial Crisis! You will be amazed with the impossible being possible, and miracles that take place at this Congress and can also in your daily life! Come with your aches and pains and long-term problems with a physician's note describing your condition.
Sample quotes from previous attendees:" I am completely turned around from severe depression with many body/mind/social problems including much pain, to suddenly pain free and enlightened to the many possibilities for my life… it is a miracle." SB "…25 years debilitating fibromyalgia gone at the Congress and since for 6 years now!" BF
"Two years 'frozen shoulder' with severe pain scheduled for surgery…gone within 2 minutes at the Congress. No surgery needed and 7 years now I am still great! Thank you." Carol. There is no promise of treatment, but the masters will teach you how to heal yourself.
This annual Congress is one of the few venues that combine Eastern modalities with a Western scientific paradigm for understanding how to incorporate these practices into healthcare, consumer education and self-care. The central theme of "Qi" (bio-energy) is explored via research, direct experience, health education and exceptional feats of human performance; all in one exciting weekend conference. Exhibits open to the public.
When: April 30-May 1 with pre and post conference activities April 29-May 2. Come full or part-time.
• Saturday 10 am: Grand Opening Celebration of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
• Saturday 6 pm: Gala Banquet: Cultural Spectacular Qi Performances, Awards and Dancing
• Sunday 9 am – 12:30 pm: Science Symposium; Lunch Program 12:30 – 2:00 pm
• Sunday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Science Panel and Concurrent Sessions
Where: Hotel Whitcomb, 1231 Market Street at 8th Street, San Francisco 94103
Why: . Modern western science is just catching up with ancient Chinese medicine and philosophy in discovering that Qi (bio-energy) is life and health. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to learn and experience directly from the world's top masters and scientists about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that patients as well as practitioners are adopting at an accelerated rate
• As our nation struggles to find efficient, cost effective ways to improve health, this Congress offers 50+ masters with notable contributions to the art and science of Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine and others inordinately successful in studying its effects.
•Dr. Andrew Weil calls for a restoration of the focus of medicine on health and healing; and emphasizing the centrality of the patient-physician relationship in his book Why our Health Matters,
•The National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the US National Institutes of Health, found that in 2002, 62.1% of adults in the US had used some form of CAM in the past 12 months and 75% across lifespan.
Who: Celebrities in Healing and Martial Arts, Dr. Sharyn Wynters and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa headline a faculty of 50+ presenters. Featuring Dr. Shin Lin PhD, Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology School of Biological Sciences at University of California-Irvine researches the physiological changes in mind/body functions and bio energy fields associated with mind-body practices and acupuncture therapy, who will be joined by Dr. Kevin Chen, Dept of Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland, Dr. Qing Dong, Sound Pediatrics, and Dr. Beverly Rubik, founder of the Institute of Frontier Science, to present the most recent research in this emerging field. A special distant energy healing is offered for all by Michael Mohoric.
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Full List of Presenters
Detailed Schedule (* subject to change)
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Meg Jordan, PhD., RN
Global Health Media
Sausalito, CA
415-785-7987
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