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Energy Connection Newsletter
Issue 9
July 2008
SFQ Healing Meditation
Concert Planned
An Evening Not to Be Missed!
 Please come experience Chunyi Lin's powerful healing energy in a guided healing meditation concert during which you will enjoy beautiful music while meditating and healing yourself. Or simply come and experience a higher level of personal wellness by allowing yourself to enter into a connection with the oneness of the universe.
Master Lin will be joined by world-renowned musician Zhang Ying, who composed and performed much of the music used on the Spring Forest Qigong learning and healing tools, as well as two other great musicians: Peiju Picard and Charlotte King, who has also played for SFQ music CDs.
Date: August 9, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Place: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
7600 Cahill Ave
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55076
Suggested donation: $15/individual, $25/family
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Welcome Back, Master Nance!
 Master Jim Nance has returned to the SFQ Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and is again seeing clients. He has been recuperating at home from a fall that severed ligaments in both of his knees and has been continuing his work by doing phone and distance appointments.
Master Nance began working afternoons at the Center on July 9 and will increase his hours to full-time by August 15. We're very happy to have him back!
If you would like to make an appointment, please call 952-593-5555.
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Ask Master Lin
 Do you have something you would like to ask Master Lin? Each month we will select a question that has been sent to us and publish the answer in this newsletter (your name will not be used). Please keep in mind that Master Lin does not diagnose medical conditions and will not be able to personally answer each question. If you would like a member of our support team to get back to you, please make note of that in your e-mail or letter. Send questions to newsletter@springforestqigong.com.
Question: Could you please describe the Spring Forest Qigong breathing technique? It's different than the abdominal breathing I've done before. Thank you!
Answer: The upper part of the body, starting from the navel, belongs to yang, or male, energy. The lower part of the body belongs to yin, or female, energy. One of the reasons for sickness is that the yang energy and the yin energy cannot communicate well. In Spring Forest Qigong breathing, you concentrate your mind in your skin and, when you inhale, visualize universal energy coming into every cell of the body and collecting in the lower dantian (deep behind the navel). Draw the lower part of the stomach in just a little. If you draw it in too hard, you are not relaxing yourself. Energy coming in through inhaling is yin--hold this energy in the upper part of your body so that the yin and the yang energy have a chance to communicate.
Energy going out through exhaling is yang. When you exhale, visualize the sickness as extra energy changing into air or smoke and shooting out from every cell of the body to the end of the universe. Loosen the lower stomach and let the qi move there, allowing the yang energy and yin energy to join together. By doing so, you give another chance for the yin and yang to communicate.
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SFQ International Guild Update
The Guild meetings in July are held at the Eisenhower Center, convening promptly at 9:00 a.m. and ending at noon with the completion of active exercises and meditation. The Eisenhower Center is located at 1001 Highway 7, Hopkins, Minnesota, 55305. Guests are welcome to attend Guild meetings for a fee of $15.00 if they have completed Level I.
At the Saturday, July 12, meeting Patrick Dougherty spoke on openheartedness and Qigong. Sheila Judd's topic for the July 26 meeting will be on menopause and Qigong.
If you would like to know more about the SFQ International Guild, please visit the Guild page on the SFQ web site.
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SFQ International Guild
ReachOut Program
Hello everyone,
My name is Mary Zelmer and I want to tell you a little bit about the Guild ReachOut program. The objective of this program is to take the healing art of Spring Forest Qigong into the community, thereby providing Guild members with opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills by reaching out in service to others. There are ReachOut opportunities in three categories:
1. One-to-one visits, coordinated by Nou Katzmarek. These visits may be at a hospital, nursing home, hospice, shelter, or in a person's home. Anyone interested in helping someone heal in a one-to-one setting can e-mail Nou at support@sfqguild.com or call her at 952-210-6584.
2. The Traveling Healing Team, coordinated by Rhonda Battisto. Those who would like to be part of a team of healers offering brief healing sessions at special events and/or facilities may contact Rhonda at phathom@comcast.net.
(Volunteers for the positions above are required to have completed SFQ Levels I and II.)
3. Information Services: If you would like to be at an information table and/or give presentations about Spring Forest Qigong, please consider this opportunity. We do not yet have a coordinator; if you are interested, contact Mary at support@sfqguild.com.
Sue Esch has volunteered to assist anyone with questions concerning healing animals. She can be reached at support@sfqguild.com.
The support we offer to volunteers will vary with what is needed. There may be questions about helping others or refining detection and healing skills, or concerns may come up in the course of volunteer service. Our goal is to help you build your confidence and knowledge so you can grow in as many different areas of your practice as you wish.
We are all very excited about these opportunities! Help us reach out with open hearts and make a difference to those in need. With one gentle movement in service to others, we can all bring Master Lin's vision of "a healer in every family and a world without pain" a day closer. Please join us in becoming a "love radiator"!
Thank you.
Mary Zelmer
ReachOut Coordinator
 In addition to coordinating the Guild
ReachOut Program, Mary also works
as a Master Healer at the SFQ Center.
You may contact her at
support@sfqguild.com
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Guild Traveling Team
at Dragon Festival
The Guild ReachOut Program had its official kickoff on July 12 and 13 when 20 Traveling Healing Team volunteers (see article above) attended the Dragon Festival at Phalen Lake Park in Minnesota. The festival was held to bring together the greater Twin Cities community in celebration of diverse Asian-Pacific cultures. Kathy Backberg was the lead volunteer for this endeavor and put in "immense amounts of time, energy, love, and caring," according to Rhonda Battisto, the Traveling Healing Team coordinator.
 The SFQ healers were positioned at a lovely spot by the lake, occasionally glimpsing the dragon boat races as they worked on babies, children, adults, seniors, and sometimes entire three-generation families. More than 250 people experienced complimentary Spring Forest Qigong sessions, and many spoke later about feeling energized, relaxed, and very happy they had stopped by. They appreciated learning active exercises, such as Moving of Yin and Yang and Breathing of the Universe, and were very interested  in finding out more about Master Lin, Spring Forest Qigong, and SFQ in general. As Rhonda said, "The smiles on peoples' faces at the end of a session said it all!"
Some highlights of the weekend:
- a man brought his children back on Sunday because his neck pain had been relieved by a volunteer on Saturday
- one impatient young boy asked his dad, in the middle of his session, when it was going to be over. At the end he jumped up and spontaneously said that his back had hurt before, but it didn't hurt anymore!
- several dragon boat rowers came for a session on the recommendation of other members of their crew who felt that Spring Forest Qigong had helped relax and energize them
- one person was amazed that a volunteer sensed she had had surgery and could correctly tell her where the surgery had been
Rhonda felt this festival was a great experience for the Guild volunteers who were "willing, wonderful, and so generous with their love and healing." If you have completed Levels I and II and would like to be part of a Traveling Team event in the future, contact her at phathom@comcast.net.
(The Traveling Team members pictured standing in the above photos are, from left to right, Brian Backberg, Kathy Backberg, Barb Palmer, Rhonda Battisto, David Werner and Bruno Franck.)
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Next Instructor Certification Class
The next two-day class for Level I instructor certification, geared to give instructors the tools they need to deliver a consistent presentation of Level I information to their students, will be held August 15 and 16 at:
Hilton Garden Inn
6330 Point Chase
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-995-9000
A special room rate is guaranteed if the room is booked by July 31.
Applicants for this class must have completed Spring Forest Qigong Levels I, II, and III, and will need to pass a criminal background check. For information on fees and applications, contact the SFQ Center at 952-593-5555.
The final class for 2008 will be October 3 and 4 in the Minneapolis area.
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Special Summer Appointments
The SFQ Center will be offering 20-minute sessions for $65 in the afternoon, Monday through Friday, from now through September. The appointments may be scheduled with Master Nance or with one of the Master Healers.
Also, "bundling" of services is now available: Receive a discount when more than one service is scheduled. See "SPECIAL DISCOUNT" in the "Services Available at SFQ" section below.
Call the Center at 952-593-5555 for more information or to make an appointment.
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*Services Available at SFQ
In-Person Sessions at the SFQ Center
During your half-hour session at the SFQ Center, you will sit comfortably and share your concerns with a Master Healer. He or she will move a hand several inches from your body to detect and remove energy blockages. Active exercises and/or healing meditations may be suggested for further benefit. When he is available, Master Lin will spend the last five minutes of your session continuing to assist you in your healing journey.
Phone Appointments
Appointments with Master Lin, Master Nance, or one of the Master Healers, are also available by telephone. During a phone appointment, you briefly describe your concerns and then sit quietly while blockages are being detected and removed. Following the session, you may meditate or just rest for about 30 minutes to allow the energy to continue to move.
Distance Sessions
With this type of session, there is no physical or verbal contact involved. Using simple information (a name, a location, a brief description of the area of concern), Master Lin, Master Nance, or one of the Master Healers will remotely detect blockages and work to eliminate them.
*Active Exercise Classes
Two Level I Active Exercise classes are available at the SFQ Center: one on Friday at noon and one on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. These classes focus on techniques to help relieve pain, reduce stress, and develop physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
*Coaching Sessions
In a coaching session, trained SFQ staff members will work one-on-one or in small groups to help you develop and use your natural ability to heal yourself and others.
*SPECIAL DISCOUNT: When you attend a coaching session or an Active Exercise class, you will receive a discount on your Center appointment during that week.
Scheduling: To schedule any of the above, or for more information, please call the Spring Forest Center at 952-593-5555.
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Classes/Workshops
Spring Forest currently offers four levels of classes/workshops through Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota: Level I for health, Level II for healing, Level III for advanced energy development and healing, and Level IV for techniques for spiritual healing and even more advanced ways to collect energy.
Conferences, Retreats, and Workshops
Conferences, retreats, and workshops are scheduled throughout the year. Keep an eye on our web site (or this newsletter!) for announcements.
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Thank You!
Thank you for your interest in Spring Forest Qigong. We hope you will join us in our vision, and we look forward to supporting you in helping to create "a healer in every family and a world without pain."
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"A healer in every family and a world without pain."