The InnerMedicine Program: Content & Details

Module 1: Healing is An Inside Job 
Discussion Themes:
  • Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
  • Who You Are & Why It Matters
  • Wisdom Training: Setting the Proper Foundation for Profound & Lasting Changes
  • Cultivating a Healthy, Positive Sense of Direction
  • Committing to the Healing Path
  • Empty Your Cup: Approaching Your Practice with Beginner's Mind
  • The Reality Check-In

Qigong:
  • What is Qigong? Proper Posture, Breath & Intention
  • Where's the Proof? Studies Demonstrating the Science of Self-Healing
  • Introduction to the Program's Healing Qigong Exercise Set
  • Qigong to Release Musculoskeletal Pain

Meditation:
  • Introduction to Our Sitting Meditation Form
  • Counting the Breath Mental Focus Practice

Creative Visualization Exercises:
  • Waterfall Visualization, Attitude Adjustment, Releasing Pain, Awareness Visualization, Healing Visualization Meditation, Who Are You? Meditation

Lifestyle Enhancements:
  • Feng Shui Your Home: Making Room for Healthy Growth
  • Creativity as Meditation: Find Yours
  • Conscious Embodiment Practice: Your Exercise Routine
  • Slow Down & Breathe! Practice
  • One Dietary Change, Increase Daily Fluid Intake
  • Seated or Movement Meditation Practice
  • Adequate Sleep Adjustments

Module 2 You in Your World--Recognizing Un/healthy Patterns: 
Discussion Themes:
  • Transforming Negative Emotions 
  • Cultivating a Clear View Reflected by Your Actions
  • What Your Thoughts & Feelings Are Really Telling You: Getting the Message
  • When the Environment Can't Change, Change Yourself
  • The Three Poisons: Craving, Anger, and Confusion/Numbing Out
  • Do Your Emotions Serve You or Do They Rule You?
  • Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up!

Qigong:
  • Qigong to Release Musculoskeletal Pain, Acupoint Self-Massage
  • Refinement of Our Healing Qigong Exercise Set

Meditation:
  • Seated Meditation Practice
  • Review Counting the Breath Meditation
  • Introduction to Mantra & Koan Meditation

Creative Visualization Exercises:
  • Stress Self-Assessment, Letting Go of Emotional Pain, Microcosmic Orbit Sun & Moon Visualization, Body Scan, Hakuin's Duck Egg Visualization, Mandala Drawing

Lifestyle Enhancements:
  • Stop & Drop Practice: Is it True? Is it Kind? Is it Helpful? Is it Necessary?
  • Creativity as Meditation
  • Conscious Embodiment: Your Exercise Routine
  • Slow Down & Breathe! Practice
  • One (More) Dietary Change, Increase/Maintain Daily Fluid Intake
  • Seated or Movement Meditation
  • Adequate Sleep Adjustments

Module 3 Cultivating Consistency--Your Life is Your Practice: 
Discussion Themes:
  • Making Healthy Choices
  • Consciousness Training: Concentration, Effort & Mindfulness in Daily Life
  • We Always Have Time to Practice
  • Proper Intention & Motivation for Practice
  • Overcoming Mental Obstacles
  • The End of Self-Sabotage

QIgong:
  • Golden Ball Qigong- The Eight Actions/Movements of Qi
  • Further Refinement and Mastery of Our Healing Qigong Exercise Set

Meditation:
  • Seated Meditation Practice
  • Counting the Breaths, Mantra & Koan Refinement
  • Meditation Troubleshooting

Creative Visualization Exercises:
  • Metta Lovingkindness Meditation, Fire & Water Cleansing, Listening to Your Symptoms, Mountain Meditation, Your Inner Advisor, Tornado Visualization

Lifestyle Enhancements:
  • Stop & Drop Practice Refinement
  • Consciousness Embodiment: Your Exercise Routine
  • Slow Down & Breathe! Practice
  • Diet & Fluid Maintenance
  • The Way of Tea
  • Seated or Movement Meditation
  • Adequate Sleep Adjustments