Starting January 4, 2026, we’re launching a new Online Qigong course. The course is titled “Unity of the 5 Zang Organs.” The course includes 20 sessions, one on Sunday at 10:00 AM and one on Friday at 7:00 PM. Ten sessions with Master Zhu Wanfeng (Peter) are in English, and ten translation sessions are on Friday.

The sessions with Master Zhu take place on Sundays at 10:00 AM. The session lasts one hour in English via the Zoom platform. Both theory and practice are covered. The second translation session takes place on Friday at 7:00 PM. During the translation session, we repeat the Sunday sessions, translating them. Recordings from both sessions are available for download.

Below is an example of a course that ran from October 2025 to the end of 2025. We learned a method for lowering blood glucose levels using Qigong exercises. Previously, we also attended a Qigong course to strengthen the lungs. Both methods were developed by the Jiangxi University of Chinese TCM.

Description of the Wu Yuan Zhuang Method. The Chinese translation of the exercise’s name is “the combined energy of the five Zang organs.” Wu Yuan Zhuang increases and harmonizes the Qi of the internal organs; proper and regular practice improves health and increases strength. The exercise involves physical movements of the body and the cultivation of healing sounds. Three sounds are assigned to each Zang organ. The first sound affects the physical organ, the second sound affects the Qi of the organ, and the third sound affects the spirit of the organ. In TCM, each organ has its own spirit.

Wu Yuan Zhuang directly affects the Qi of the five internal organs. It is worth emphasizing the connection between emotions and the state of the internal organs. These organs are: the heart (Xin), the liver and spleen (Gan), the pancreas (Pi), and the kidneys (Shen). Note that in Zhineng Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver (Gan) is the equivalent of the liver and spleen in Western medicine. Many TCM practitioners, of course, disagree entirely, as this is a simplified definition.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine and Qigong theories, the five organs mentioned above are inextricably linked to emotions. In their holistic approach to illness, Chinese practitioners have always focused not only on the physical but also on the emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of life. Chinese medicine considers five emotional states that influence the health and functioning of our bodies. These emotions have a profound impact on the functioning of individual human organs. For example, the heart is associated with joy, the liver and spleen with anger, the pancreas with anxiety, the lungs with sadness, and the kidneys with fear. The five internal organs are also associated with mental activity. The heart correlates with consciousness (mentality, thinking, and feeling). The liver and spleen are connected to the soul (the humoral and spiritual aspects of a person). The lungs are associated with the soul essence (the conscious part of the human mind). The pancreas is associated with the formation of ideas (yi – action, or the power of thinking and creating ideas). The kidneys determine a person’s will (the human physical force that directs their thoughts or actions). The practice of Wu Yuan Zhuang (Five and One Form) strengthens the Qi of the internal organs and stabilizes a person’s mental activity.

During the course, we will learn healing sounds for the five organs and the physical movements of the entire exercise sequence.