For Katrina Relief
Shaolin Legacy-World Tai Chi and Qigong Festival

Grand Master Shi De Ru, the 31^st generation Master of the Shaolin Temple, will lead a public Mass Tai Chi & Qigong session and martial arts Demonstration for Hurricane Katrina Relief on Behalf of the great Master of the Shaolin Temple, China, the Zen spiritual leader of the Shaolin Temple, His holiness Shi Su Xi. The event for Katrina Disaster Relief will unfold at 9:00 AM on October 15, 2005 in Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus in Atlanta to promote health-wellness, peace, and harmony worldwide.

World Shaolin Federation, East-West Cultural Exchange Foundation, South Chinese-American Association in Atlanta will host the event in Atlanta in coordination with USA Sanshou Kungfu Federation, and Liu Institute International.

Master Shi De Ru will be available for the next few months to render free services to conduct seminars and workshops as well as counseling services in order to focus on releasing emotional and mental stress for emotional and mental healing. The seminars and workshops aim to motivate through public speaking and heal through conducting ancient Chinese energy empowerment exercise techniques (Qi Gong and Tai Gong) compiled from traditional Chinese Medicine therapies.

With the incredible amount of stress the Katrina Working Force and Survivors are taking on, the trauma against their minds and bodies can be troublesome to their health. The following techniques help to re-channel energy for a more internal calm and harmonious energy within oneself and with others.

The event committee cordially invites all health conscious individuals and organizations world wide to join in this unprecedented Tai Chi Qigong Festival to promote healthy body and healthy minds. This global health and natural healing festival will feature various styles of ancient Shaolin and Taoist Qigong, Tai Gong , and Tai Chi presentations. There will also be teaching workshops and seminars to fit every health conscious individuals needs from no-experience to advanced instructors in Tai Chi and Qigong studying.

Other world-renowned masters such as Grand Master Chen Zheng Lei of Chen Style Tai Chi, Gand Master Shi De Yang of the Shaolin Temple, and Master Wang Zheng from China and US will present their teaching seminars. Many gulf coast victims and Katrina homeless will be also present

For more information contact us at 678-642-4716 or 251-343-6023; www.usaskf.org, www.liuinstitute.com

Tai Chi and Qi Gong

TAI GONG (Tai Chi with Qigong-breathing exercises)

Based on both Taiji and Chinese Medicine, the Tai Gong breathing exercise works to redirect, unblock and balance out Qi (energy) movement throughout the entire body (using existing internal pathways) and internal organs for both wellness and healing.

Through circular motions, Tai Gong exercise serves to improve Qi flow, re-channel Qi, mobilize Qi, increase energy levels, strengthen organs, ligaments and muscles and improves the transportation of Oxygen, energy and nutrients for proper healing and body function.

The Chinese believe that the primary mechanism that is triggered by the practice of Qigong is a spontaneous balancing and enhancing of the natural healing resources in the human system. Over thousands of years millions of people have benefited from these practices believing that improving the function of Qi (the life force) maintains health and heals disease

Tai Chi and Qigong are the exercise of the mind and body, having shown in research to reduce anxiety, depression, blood pressure, back pain, and other chronic pain conditions. They help to boost the immune system, improve oxygenation, energy and nutrients transportation, respiratory circulatory function, burn calories, drastically improve balance, provide cardiovascular benefits, provide powerful stress releasing tools, and prolong both quality and quantity of life. As the Time magazine article in August 2002 stated, "Tai Chi Is the Perfect Exercise...The slow-motion martial art builds strength, agility and, best of all, balance"

For Katrina Relief Shaolin Legacy-World Tai Chi and Qigong Festival

For Katrina Relief
Shaolin Legacy-World Tai Chi and Qigong Festival