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Sundo Qi Gong

Sun-Do is a Korean martial art and meditation practice that has been developed and preserved over 9,700 years by Taoist hermits in the mountains. It combines breathing techniques and postures to unite the practitioner with universal energy. The breathing gathers energy in the lower abdomen while postures direct it through acupuncture points to redistribute blocked or weakened flow. The practice aims to harmonize physical, mental, and spiritual energy. Classes involve warm-up stretches, meditation and breathing postures, cool-down exercises, and internal organ exercises.

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Sundo Qi Gong

Sun-Do is a Korean martial art and meditation practice that has been developed and preserved over 9,700 years by Taoist hermits in the mountains. It combines breathing techniques and postures to unite the practitioner with universal energy. The breathing gathers energy in the lower abdomen while postures direct it through acupuncture points to redistribute blocked or weakened flow. The practice aims to harmonize physical, mental, and spiritual energy. Classes involve warm-up stretches, meditation and breathing postures, cool-down exercises, and internal organ exercises.

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The art & practice of Sun-do has been perfected and handed down over the last 9700 years from the ancient korean people, where it was practiced as mountain Taoism. With the arrival of foreign inuences and Philosophies in the 9th century, some practitioners retreated permanently to the mountains to preserve and protect this art from extinction. It was only in 1967 that Sun-Do re-emerged in Korean society when Bekyung (Secret Boundary) Came down from the Mountain to teach. Prior to this he had been living as a hermit for 20 years under the instruction of Taoist masters Moo-woon (No Clouds) & Chung-woon (Clear Clouds) and eventually was told to return to society and teach the Sun-Do art to the people. Before Returning to the mountain Bekyung sanctioned 17 Teachers including Master Hyunmoon Kim Who Has Been teaching Sundo in The United States since 1979.

SUN-DO
QI GONG
BREATHING MEDITATION
Four Winds Natural Healing Center 115th Davenport St. www.pinpointmedicine.com

Instructor

Joel Dunning, L.Ac.

Sundo Practice
Sun-Do is a system developed and preserved by Mountain Taoist hermits for thousand of years in Korea. Its foundation is the combination of Tan Cheon (Dan Tian) breathing with postures to unite the practitioner with universal energy (Tao). Sun-Do consists of 9 major stages each contains unique sets of postures and a progression of breathing methods. The breathing methods gather energy (Qi) in the Tan Cheon while the postures direct the energy to specic acupuncture points, creating openings and redistributing the energy where ow was blocked or weakened. In practice, the Sun-Do student progressively learns move energy rst through the two channels (microcosmic orbit) then through the 12 & 14 meridians, then 365 points of the body and nally through all the cells. Internally the practice aspires to the harmonious union of the internal micro-universe of chong, ki, and shim. Chong refers to physical/ sexual energy, ki is thought and mental ability and shim is spirit and wisdom. In the interrelationship of the three, when chong becomes full, ki becomes puried, when ki becomes puried, shim becomes brighter.

Class Format
It takes about one hour and 15 minutes to complete one full Sun-Do practice consisting of four sections:
1. Beginning exercises: Gentle, yoga-like stretches serve to warm up body/ ki (qi). 2. Meditation & Breathing Postures:
Postures to regulate the ki in combination with Tan Cheon breathing, taught through progressively advancing stages of practice.

3. Cool Down Exercises: Self massage, stretches, calisthenics to absorb energy of practice. 4. Internal Organ Exercise Postures for vitalizing the Five Element organ system of Oriental medicine. Classes are open to all levels and backgrounds of students. All exercises are done to your individual ability.

Biography
Joel Dunning has been practicing and teaching martial arts, yoga and qi gong for the past 20 years. He is an Acupuncturist & Herbalist in Omaha. He currently studies with Sun-Do
Master Hyunmoon Kim.

Call for class times and fees. (402) 650-7715


For more information:

www.sundo.org www.pinpointmedicine.com

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