Hello and Welcome to the Eight Extraordinary Meridians Qigong
Please read the following before watching the videos.
This Free video programme presents an easy, simple and effective training in Qigong / Personal Energy Cultivation that anybody can do – to give you more energy and more life. It has been developed over 40 years, since the mid-80’s. There is also a book of this, downloadable from the website.
It is Free, with no strings attached – no requirements for emails, registration or subscribing because this is most valuable information about your energy and health that everyone should have access to and know, regardless of the ability to pay. Also people are reluctant to enter their financial information into websites, so don’t get the information. And it’s the best way to get it out far and wide.
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On a personal level Jim wants to share the gift and benefits experienced from these most valuable life-enhancing practices.
The Eight Extraordinary Meridians Qigong
The programme is called ‘Eight Extraordinary Meridians Qigong’/8ExMs, and is an ‘Internal’ style of Qigong (known as Nei Dan), not ‘External’ movement and exercise (known as Wei Dan). While there is now a lot of external movement and exercise on websites and youtube channels, there is very little available on this internal meditation form of practice.
Who Is This For ???
In short… Everyone. No previous experience is required, and anybody can do it whatever your age, background or level of fitness. Apart from its appeal for staying healthy, as well as for athletes, martial artists, and healers, it is also ideal for people with limited motion, disability or recovering from illness or injury. It is best practiced sitting in a chair, or even lying in bed, and can be performed by oneself, with a partner or in a group.
This Programme
Eight Extraordinary Meridians Qigong Training has been taught as a series of weekly classes of 1.5 hours each, in three Stages of 12 weeks, over 9 months. The three Stages follow the academic year from October to July, and therefore the seasons – Autumn, Winter and Spring. This is what worked for students over the course of a year, in ordinary everyday life. This format was the ‘box’ that it had to fit within, and why it is taught in this way. It is somewhat technical and precise, because it needs to be. And it is ‘low tech’ – no elaborate graphics or computer images, but as it was recorded. Students interactions were edited out for continuity and flow, just the teacher leading the practice, as if you are in a class not a lecture.
Development and Progression
The sequence of the classes are developmental and progressive. You have to do Class 1 to be able to do Class 2, and 2 to do 3… right the way through to the last class. It is not possible to ‘jump’ over or skip classes because you won’t know how to do the next practices. It is recommended that you follow the weekly sequence and interval as it is presented, because this has been found to be the most effective. However, you can do it in whichever way works best for you, given your situation and circumstances. For instance, you can watch a particular class multiple times until you feel that you have it correct, or you could do the next classes in the same week or go back and repeat something. So try it, and see what is right for you.
The Index of the Classes
There are 13 classes, which build on each other.
1. The Three Adjustments. This is to transition from whatever your experience and reality is at any given moment – into The Qigong State, to focus on your energy system.
2, 3 + 4. The Inner Smile. How to take the energy and healing power of your smile, and direct it internally – from the corners of your mouth through your five primary organs/officials – Heart, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys and Spleen – and end at you navel.
5, 6 + 7. Centering at your Navel. This is also known as the Ba Gua. Bringing your attention to your navel, which is your energy centre, where it can be stable and secure. These three classes teach you progressively how to activate this centre, and then open it up and turn it On, then close it down to turn it Off.
8, 9, 10, 11, 12. This sequences of practices is known as the Microcosmic Orbit, or the Small Heavenly Cycle. Four classes that progressively introduce and activate the major points along the central channels of the front and back – the Conception Vessel and the Governor Vessel. This culminates in a full practice in a continuous flow, up the back and down the front, which acts to equalise and balance all of the 12 regular meridians, familiar in Acupuncture.
13. Finally, a summary of all the classes into a complete practice that you can do anytime, anywhere, to put yourself back into neutral – like pressing your re-set button.
And once you have this, it is yours – to use whenever you need to or want to, to balance your energy and return to your own centre.
This completes Stage 1 of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Future Stages 2 + 3.
Stages 2 + 3 are in preparation, and will be made available in due course. Stage 2 is three sections: Cleanse Negative Emotions, Cultivate Virtues and The Macrocosmic Orbit. Stage 3 is three sections: The Thrusting Channel/Chong Mo, The Belt Channel/Dai Mo and the Coupled Master Points.
The programme culminates is how to turn on your whole energy system using the Coupled Master Points, in 5 minutes, just using your mind alone. Like turning up the volume on an amplifier, or the dimmer on a light switch. You can control your own energy, as and when you want to, or need to. This is a most valuable life skill, indeed the skill of life itself – the energy inside you.
Live Classes Starting In October 2025
There are classes starting in late October. If you would like to take part you can attend on Tuesday 28th October – in person at the Personal Energy Centre 5.30-7.00pm, or on zoom, 7.30-9.00pm. Contact us if you want to do this or would like more information.
And you can check the schedule, and the other aspects of our programmes on the website: www.personalenergycentre.com
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