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Wednesday
August 21
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Opening Circle to Gather and Introduce
Universal Consciousness Festival first started in 2014 with the mission to unite people through health and wellness regardless of beliefs, politics or any other factor. Wellness can be a way of life, and we are here to give you alternatives to unite mind, body and spirit.
4:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Daoist Priest MD. Dr. Xu, Kunjie | Joints & Discs
A student who practices acupuncture, massage and other Daoist Healiing Arts will have an amazing opportunity to learn from our visiting WuDang Daoist Priest Doctor Xuan Kun. This class will cover the theory behind acupuncture needles and acupressure points. After discussing the theory and "qi" there will be practice and applications. Certain topics discussed: frozen shoulder, difficulty squatting with knee joints, swelling of the knee, lumbar disc herniation and cervical spondylosis.
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Break ~ Dinner service for Dao House Guests
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sarah Thomas | Internal Alchemy Mystical Practices for Healing with Stones
and Minerals
The Shang Qing lineage in ancient China was based on internal alchemy. Lady Wei, the matriarch of the lineage and her students focused on meditation, inner visualization and working with the body's internal mechanisms for deep and even miraculous healing. They were able to connect with multidimensional realities, spiritual guides and allies and many plant, animal and stone spirits. When they formed a relationship with a spiritual ally from within, they could work with the spirit of the stone. For instance, to heal the present, heal the past, liberate repressed energy and emotion, integrate trauma and magnetically pull downloads from higher realms of frequency and consciousness.
In this live experiential class, students will be guided within to engage with actual stone spirits and other natural allies to receive guidance on healing treatments that are needed for themselves and others. Through these internal alchemy experiences students will realize just how powerful their own intuition si and how real, close and supportive other dimensional aspects of nature are.
Thursday
August 22
6:30 am - 7:30 am
Morning Practice
Join us for morning qi gong, Dao yin, tai chi, stretching or other intentional movements to get your "qi" flowing.
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Break ~ Breakfast service for Dao House Guests
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Wu Dang Chen | Qi Medicine
Qi is the life force that keeps us fit and healthy. This lecture focuses on learning the concept of Qi, it's functionality and the methods of gathering and cultivating Qi. We will also cover how to use Qi when applying to Daoist healing Arts such as herbal medicine, massage, acupuncture, External Qi Healing (EQH) and other healing arts.
Noon - 1:00 pm
Break ~ Lunch service for Dao House Guests
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Sarah Thomas | Crystals of the 9 Palaces
This presentation offers insights into the ancient Daoist Bagua Map or 9 Palaces that are rarely explored in most acupuncture programs in modern times. Fuxi, who is a scholar and sage, is said to have revealed The 9 Palaces over 2,000 years ago. The palaces reveal a method for life curriculum expressed holographically through a map of space. Bagua means 8 areas, which are positioned around the 9th center area. The secrets to yin and yang, the 5 elements and the magic square exist all within it. The map is used to adjust one's external environment into an emanation of heavenly and earthly beneficial energy that supports the sou's evolution. Natural stones and crystals were chosen to absorb, store and transmit energy in the palaces and to illuminate and evolve one's soul-level challenges.
As healers and acupuncturists we know that our environment plays a role in our journey of healing. In this class students will learn the rarely taught true hallmarks of energy and development for each palace, what stones correspond to each palace and how to place stones and crystals in their own homes for self-healing, or in their healing clinics for enhancing the beneficial energy for patients. Placing stones in The 9 Palaces is much like placing needles to affect the qi. Awareness and movement of energy can profoundly affect healing and transformation within and without.
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Daoist Priest MD. Dr. Xu, Kunjie | Healthy Eyes
Effective Daoist treatment for any eye concerns. With over 40 years of experience Xuan Kun will explain needle techniques and massage methods for the eyes and eye related issues. Specific eye issues that will be discussed: myopia, conjuctitis, Eye floaters, dry eyes, amblyopia, glaucoma, cataract and general techniques for improving eyesight. Following the discussion on the eyes will be a discussion on insomnia.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Break ~ Dinner service for Dao House Guests
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Paul Pitchford | Regenerative Health Plan
Learn from the "Healing with Whole Foods" expert how to regenerate yourself from any disease or imbalance through diet and lifestyle.
Friday
August 23
6:30 am - 7:30 am
Morning Practice
Join us for morning qi gong, Dao yin, tai chi, stretching or other intentional movements to get your "qi" flowing.
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Break ~ Breakfast service for Dao House Guests
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Daoist Priest MD. Dr. Xu, Kunjie | Strengthening Kidney Functions
Daoist MD Xu will share techniques to strengthen the kidney functions and improve the qulity of life. Specific topics covered: "Seven Star Needle to Nourish Qi", which is effective for cold hands and feet caused by yin deficiency; "Higher Immune Power", which covers thyroid, lung dysfunction and sore throat; "Reproductive System:, which will cover several topics from prostatitis, erectile dysfunction, frequent urination and more.
Noon - 1:00 pm
Break ~ Lunch service for Dao House Guests
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Wu Dang Chen | Be An Affectionate Person
This lecture and workshop will introduce yijing mystical knowledge and its application to relationships. To know yourself before entering into a relationship where you begin to know others is a key factor in a successful relationship. Here you will learn to know your own character's strength and weakness, and gain the ability to cultivate a healthy, happy and joyful relationship between any two parties. When one understands the self and other qualities you learn to master the secret communication within the Dao.
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Sarah Thomas | Crystals and the Evolution of Consciousness
Ancient Daoist China has given us the most prolific records of medicinal stone medicine in our earth's history. figures like Ge Hong, a regarded alchemist honored stones as "the laboratory of All Possibility". Stones and minerals were used for healing and longevity, and also transcended that domain becoming tools of spiritual awakening. Because stones evolve over very long cycles of time, reside deep in the earth, do not blow away, do not burn in the cauldron and do not perish under heat or drought, they became seen as the secret keys to immortality. Alchemical pursuits for the elixir of life proliferated in ancient China with metals and alchemical stones at the center.
Today, modern students of the Dao continue to walk with the question: Can stones and crystals help us transcend spiritually? In this class you will explore this potential through the history and origins of Chinese alchemy and a deep dive into the records which reveal the top stones used for the awakening of human consciousness.
As holistic healers, we know that the spirit and soul create disease as a way to help us evolve. It's extremely important that we continue to develop our ability to see the spiritual origins of disease and progress in our pursuit of the awakening of human consciousness.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Break ~ Dinner service for Dao House Guests
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gregg Wilkins | Gong Bath
*Once the Gong Bath begins there will be no entry or exit from the space*
Working as a SonoAlchemist, Vibrational Activator and Consciousness Engineer, Gregg uses the Paiste Earth Gong along with other sacred sound instruments such as tingshas and Himalayan bowls to create Sacred Sound on these amazing percussion instruments while allowing the listeners/ participants to bathe in a glorious range of vibrational frequencies.
These sessions are also known as Gong Baths. You are immersed into the vibrations and resonance of these incredible instruments allowing the sound to "wash" over you. These sessions can have a profound effect on many levels of your being and consciousness including the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional as well as facilitating the potential for reaching Theta and Delta states from our waking Beta state.
Due to the broad spectrum of frequencies created by these instruments and the resonance created through them, not only are you able to hear sounds through your ears, you are also able to sense through your skin and skeletal system. This may even affect your being on a cellular level.
Saturday
August 24
6:30 am - 7:30 am
Morning Practice with Wu Dang Chen | Qi Gong & Tai Chi Workshop
How to cultivate internal Qi to flow in the body with movement and breath to prevent disease and live a long life.
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Break ~ Breakfast service for Dao House Guests
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Sarah Thomas | Creating Energetic Protections with Daoist Stone Talismans
and Energetic Stone Grids for Practitioners and their Healing
Spaces
As an acupuncturist who is very familiar with stone medicine, my students ask so very often how they can protect themselves and create energetic boundaries and healthy interfaces in their work. They also ask how they can protect the energy of their healing clinics from invasive and detrimental energy such as WiFi, so their patients can experience a true healing sanctuary. Our job as holistic healers is to sense and read many layers of emotion and even deeper vibrations that emerge from our patients. Ancient Daoist medicine focuses intently on the spiritual origins of disease, which include anything from heartbreak to ancestral influence or to ghosts and entity attachments.
It's an art to be able to sense and read these multidimensional layers of deep vibrational energy and maintain clear and precise energetic boundaries. Many holistic and spiritually-focused practitioners leave their work days drained and some even have to stop practicing after several years of full patient loads because the energetic exchanges became too depleting.
In this class, students will explore the physical and metaphysical potentials of stones and crystals for boundaries and protection. Students will explore the earliest shamanic roots of classical Daoist medicine, revealing the creation of stone talismans and amulets, the preparation of protective formulas and stone elixirs, and the creation of protective stone grids in which stones are utilized for their conductive properties representative in ancient sites all over the world.
Students will leave with a greater awareness of their protective fields and we chi along with several great tips and resources for creating powerful energetic boundaries with stones and minerals for themselves and the healing sanctuaries they tend.
Noon - 1:00 pm
Break ~ Lunch service for Dao House Guests
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Brigitte Mars | Aromatherapy
Learn how to use essential oils safely and effectively for immune health, emotional balance, hormonal help and energy giving an overall life enhancement and balance.
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Daoist Priest MD. Dr. Xu, Kunjie | Beauty & Good Health
Daoist MD Xu will cover techniques to prevent diabetes, Thin legs, Abdominal slimming methods, Acute rist sprain, Acute ankle sprain.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Break ~ Dinner service for Dao House Guests
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
BethyLoveLight & Brigitte Mars | Chakra Activation
Experience an elevation of our cosmic circuitry as we ascend through the chakras utilizing affirmation, flavor, color, aroma, movement and music.
Sunday
August 25
6:30 am - 7:30 am
Morning Practice
Join us for morning qi gong, Dao yin, tai chi, stretching or other intentional movements to get your "qi" flowing.
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Break ~ Breakfast service for Dao House Guests
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Wu Dang Chen | Sunday Morning Lecture
Enjoy Wu Dang Chen's weekly Sunday morning life philosophy lecture based on Daoist principles.
9:45 am - 11:45 am
Wu Dang Chen | Destiny & Life
Here, Wu Dang Chen will introduce the concept of immortality, teach students how to cultivate stillness with theory, philosophy and methods of practice. Students will learn the way to change the life quality through improving the way for achieving statues and value to improve the luck in their life journey. Through enlightenment and cltivation of the Dao you can have a greater ability to become a master of the Qi and spirit, and improve the skills ofbeing a Daoist healer.
Noon - 1:00 pm
Break ~ Lunch service for Dao House Guests
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Brigitte Mars | Color Therapy
Color is not only to delight our eyes, it can be a tool for affecting the mind and body. Learn how to select colors that can calm, energize, enhance and how this can be a tool in selection of clothing, jewelry, decor as well as a healing tool for pain.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Closing Circle, Farewell and Thank you!