Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD
Upon fulfillment of program requirements, you’ll receive a certificate of graduation for the Healer Within Medical Qigong Training from the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC).
The most profound medicine you’ll ever need is produced within your own body — with the power to heal disease and cultivate radiant health, boundless energy, and a deeply fulfilling life.
In this powerful 20-week training, you’ll learn powerful Medical Qigong practices for cleansing your energy field, invigorating your entire being, and activating your inner medicine — and the skills you need to help others do the same.
A wave of healing is sweeping across the globe — and you can ride it on your way to a successful career as a healer.
Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD — director and chief instructor at the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) — shares that learning to harness, strengthen, and direct your life-force energy, or Qi, through the Four Dimensions of Medical Qigong...
... can help you experience a deep and lasting sense of peace, joy, and wellbeing yourself, and help others discover the same transformative power, creating ripples of wellbeing around the world.
Medical Qigong is a holistic approach to healing based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the ancient self-cultivation holistic wellness system, Yang Sheng.
It uses movement, breath, mind/focus, and self-massage to create an array of healing elixirs that permeate and nourish the Three Treasures of TCM — the body, mind, and spirit.
Medical Qigong is an ancient path to lasting wellbeing — one that Dr. Roger Jahnke has thoughtfully enhanced with modern science to awaken the mind-body connection and activate your innate healing power.
In this 20-week training, you’ll receive the tools not only to heal and rebalance your own body, mind, and spirit — but also to guide others in doing the same.
You’ll explore powerful Medical Qigong practices designed to improve some of the most common and life-threatening chronic conditions, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, insomnia, depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, Parkinson’s, neurological disorders, vision loss, dementia, addiction, and obesity.
When you’re aligned in mind, body, and spirit, and feeling healthy and whole, you’ll begin experiencing the full transformative power of Medical Qigong — and the vibrant energy it generates to support your highest wellbeing.
Dr. Jahnke, who has dedicated his professional life to sharing and teaching his unique approach to this holistic Chinese healing tradition training, has certified close to 5,000 teachers and practitioners worldwide.
Medical Qigong unlocks your innate healing potential by activating the “one cure” to the “one disease,” the idea that there is only one energetic distortion that underpins all health ailments — and, therefore, one cure: healthy, balanced, harmonious Qi created through a healthy Qi lifestyle.
Through the gentle movements of Qigong, focused breath, self-applied massage, and mindful meditation, you’ll cultivate and harmonize your Qi, the vital energy of your life.
Are you ready to elevate your Qigong practice from a general wellness exercise to a potent tool for targeting specific challenges and maladies through the potent practices of Medical Qigong?
Who This Training Program Is For:
This training is for anyone who feels called to heal and empower using a holistic time-honored practice based on the ancient healing methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Whether you’re a seasoned wellness professional or someone with a deep desire to help yourself and others thrive — this training promises to be life-altering. You don’t need a background in healthcare or experience in Qigong, TCM, or other healing work to experience the myriad benefits of Medical Qigong.
Certified Teachers (Practice Leaders, Instructors) are often hired by:
- Integrative medicine clinics
- Ayurveda or naturopathy clinics
- Sound healing or energy healing centers
- Chiropractic offices
- Acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Medicine clinics
- Physical therapy centers
- Functional medicine practices
- Yoga studios
- Fitness centers
- Hospital-based wellness program
- Pain management centers
- Rehabilitation clinics (post-injury, stroke, etc.)
- Occupational therapy and physical therapy clinics
- Cancer support centers (oncology-focused wellness)
- YMCAs
- Veterans programs
- Schools and universities
- Social service agencies
- Drug and alcohol programs
- Hospices
- Faith-based community health programs
Alternatively, many IIQTC graduates are entrepreneurs who start their own businesses and teach either live local classes or create teaching businesses online.
What You’ll Learn:
This healing journey is about stepping into an extraordinary truth: the most profound medicine is already within us — and it’s free.
Through this professional training, you’re invited to explore and embody that truth by learning to work with the five elements within your body — wood, fire, earth, metal, and water — understanding their impact on Qi and how Medical Qigong harmonizes these forces for optimal wellbeing.
You’ll learn to activate Spirit Medicine, the Qigong ideal that our true Self is eternally whole and can never be harmed. Known as cultivating the Golden Elixir, this inner alchemical medicine awakens the vitality of your mind, body, and spirit.
At this level, Medical Qigong evolves from healing physical and emotional problems to revealing an eternal, essential, transcendental core of vibrant wellbeing.
By deepening your inner awareness, or interoception, and embodying the Four Dimensions of Medical Qigong — body practice, breath practice, mind/focus (meditation), and self-massage...
... you’ll evolve toward what ancient Traditional ChineseMedicine physicians called the Immortal Self — your innate wellbeing, always available within.
You’ll gain strategies for cultivating Qi as a potent functional power that can recharge the body, calm the mind, enable greater self-regulation and healing, and stabilize your consciousness...
... allowing you to feel centered and aware in your body and emotions while also connecting to higher guidance.
You’ll integrate the core principles of ancient Chinese mind-body Qigong — Qi, yin, and yang... the Three Treasures... the Four Dimensions... and the Five Elements — into a daily practice to awaken and harness the profound medicine that already exists within you.
This potent life force has the power to strengthen immunity, boost healing responses, dissolve stress, and elevate your overall wellbeing from the inside out.
You’ll also learn from guest teachers Dr. Gayl Hubatch, a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 35 years, as well as a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and author, who will delve into the healing potential of Qigong — and guide the class in a meditation and Qigong practice...
... and from William “Bill” Douglas, the Founder of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, an annual event that began in 1999 to mobilize millions of people to gather and practice Qigong and Tai Chi on the last Saturday of April. Bill, who is the author of several books on Qigong, consciousness, and global wellbeing, will lead the class in an inspiring Qigong practice session.
What You’ll Explore in This 20-Week Training
During this 20-week Medical Qigong training, you’ll gain lifetime access to Dr. Jahnke’s Healer Within Medical Qigong Video Library. Upon graduation, you’ll receive Dr. Jahnke’s Breath Medicine Video Library.
You’ll also learn how to:
- Harness the 4 Dimensions of Qigong: Learn to integrate body movement, breathwork, meditation, and self-massage to create a full-spectrum healing experience. See the full list below of specific practices you’ll learn in each of the 4 dimensions.
- Cultivate and Direct Qi: Deepen awareness of Qi and develop the ability to intentionally circulate and direct energy for healing and vitality.
- Teach Qigong for Accessibility and Impact: Master how to present Qigong in a simple, engaging, and empowering way for diverse audiences.
- Neutralize Stress Through Medical Qigong: Use breath, movement, and mental focus to calm the nervous system, reduce stress hormones, and promote resilience.
- Integrate Yang Sheng Lifestyle Practices: Apply ancient Chinese longevity wisdom — including seasonal living, conscious eating, sleep, and emotional balance — to daily life and teaching.
- Create Transformative Healing Atmospheres: Learn to lead classes that foster safety, joy, and openness, supporting deep relaxation and self-healing.
- Empower Self-Healing and Self-Regulation: Cultivate inner medicine through repeatable Qigong processes that enhance the body’s natural healing functions.
- Synergize Movement and Breath as a Qi Engine: Develop refined coordination between movement and breath to supercharge vitality and inner harmony.
- Develop Interoception and Mind Focus: Train inner sensing and mental focus to enhance awareness, presence, and healing efficacy in practice and teaching.
- Apply Self-Massage to Activate Qi Flow: Use targeted massage techniques to stimulate acupoints and meridians, release stagnation, and direct healing energy.
- Teach With Metaphor, Story, and Nature Imagery: Use accessible language and playful imagery to demystify concepts and make Qigong approachable and memorable.
- Build Inner Joy, Lightness, and Resilience: Foster a relaxed, philosophical, and joyful approach to life and practice — modeling this for students as part of the healing process.
- Understand the Basic Nature of Common Chronic and Acute Diseases: While you’re training to be an educator or consultant, it’s important to understand some basic knowledge of disease categories. In many of the modules, Dr. Jahnke will provide basic education on common chronic medical challenges.
- Use Qigong for Specific Conditions: Apply Medical Qigong techniques for conditions like heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic stress, enhancing targeted healing outcomes.
- Embody the Teacher-Healer Archetype: Step into the empowered role of guide and facilitator, teaching from lived experience and deep personal practice.
- Adapting and Customizing Qigong Practices: Gain the skills to tailor practices for individual needs, conditions, and ability levels — expanding your impact and inclusivity as a teacher.
You’ll also be equipped to teach the following comprehensive Medical Qigong practices:
Movements:
- Flowing Motion
- Honoring Heaven and Earth
- Wind In Bamboo
- Holding Up and Opening the Sky
- Tracing the Qi Channels
- Spontaneous Qigong
- Ringing the Temple Gong
- Beating the Heavenly Drum
- Shoulder Wheels
- The Arms are the Wings of the Heart
- The Qi Ball
- Gathering from Heaven and Earth
- Clearing the Small Universe
- Watching Clouds Pass
- Marrow Bathing
- Immortal Dragon Cultivating The Golden Elixir
- Dissolve in Qi
- Connective Tissue Transformation
Breath Practices:
- 2-Part Conscious Breath / Essential Breath
- 3-Part Maximizing Breath
- 4-Part Elixir Breath
- 5-Part Ultimate Breath
- Sigh of Relief
- Remembering Breath
- Gathering Breath
- Xi Xi Hu Breath
- Warrior’s Breath
Meditations:
- Total Body Scanning
- Three Treasures — Body, Mind, and Spirit — Meditation
- Encouraging Self-Talk
- Can and Cannot Control Meditation
- Microcosmic Orbit
- Relaxed, Tranquil, Fearless, Carefree
- Visualize the Qi Channels
- Standing in Stillness Yi Quan
Massage:
- Micro-System Massage: Ears, Hands, and Feet
- Directing Qi to the Organs
- Abdominal Massage
- Tracing the Qi Channels
- Facial Massage — Qigong Face Lift
- Eye Massage
Create Your Own Learning Experience
Join the Livestream — or Enjoy Flexible Access to Pre-Recorded Sessions Anytime, Anywhere!
You’ll connect with Dr. Jahnke and experience his teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device.
Not able to attend the live sessions? No problem! With our flexible access options, you have the freedom to create your own classroom experience on your own terms.
Whether you want to dive deep into regular training sessions or savor the journey over several months, you can choose how to best benefit from this one-of-a-kind training program:
- Tailor Your Experience: Watch the sessions at your own pace, whenever it suits you. You can mix and match, replay your favorite parts, or spread out the content over several days (or even months).
- Ultimate Flexibility: Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, our recorded sessions are available to you 24/7. Create a learning experience that fits your schedule.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Twenty 90-Minute Class Sessions With Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor Roger Jahnke, the Director of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. Each class will guide you to understand and apply Medical Qigong theories, self-cultivation practices, and techniques for activating the healing, transformational power of Qi for yourself and teaching the process to others. Program sessions are on 2025-05-20 1:00:00 pm
Twenty Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Twenty Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Twenty Transcripts of Class Sessions
You’ll also receive the entire class transcript after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the insights and practices you found most impactful.
Twenty 30-Minute Interactive Group Practice Sessions
With live class attendance, there will be a 30-minute interactive practice session facilitated by senior trainers directly following each class. You’ll be placed in an intimate group with several other participants on the Zoom call to interact, share, and do additional practices to help you further integrate the weekly lessons. If you can’t attend live, a video of what’s covered in each practice session will be made available for you to stream at your convenience.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
The Healer Within Medical Qigong Video Library
This extensive video library is the video companion to the comprehensive healing and Medical Qigong methods in the book The Healer Within by Dr. Jahnke. It includes guided practices in breathwork, gentle movement, self-massage, and meditation — designed to build vitality, relieve stress, and support healing. You’ll find both brief and advanced versions of each technique, along with full practice sessions, physiology insights, and downloadable resources — all aligned with the core IIQTC Medical Qigong curriculum.
Certificate of Graduation
Participants meeting requirements will receive a certificate of graduation for the Healer Within Medical Qigong Training from the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC).
Online Community
Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your program materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
About Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD
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Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD, a respected luminariy in the fields of mind-body practice, wellness, and integrative medicine, has dedicated his professional life to sharing and teaching the holistic healing traditions of China. He's emerged as a key spokesperson for and master teacher of Tai Chi, Qigong, and mind-body practice, combining his 35 years of clinical practice as a physician of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine with knowledge gleaned from 10 research tours to China.
Roger is director and chief instructor at the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) in Santa Barbara, California. His first book, The Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques to Release Your Body’s Own Medicine, delivered a revolutionary guide to self-care with simple medical Qigong practices, adaptable for every lifestyle. His second book, The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi, distills best practices drawn from 25 traditional and modern forms of Tai Chi and Qigong, and offers guidelines for tailoring a personal wellness and empowerment regimen to each individual’s unique needs.
Program Details & Curriculum
Sessions are on 2025-05-20 1:00:00 pm
This program will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Dr. Jahnke. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to master the Medical Qigong practices and Yang Sheng wellness methods that lead to lasting health and wellbeing for yourself and others.
Module 1: Activate the Healer Within With the Core Principles of Chinese Mind-Body Qigong - Qi, Yin and Yang, the 3 Treasures & the 4 Dimensions of Qigong (2025-05-20 1:00:00 pm)
Begin your journey with an exploration of the core principles of the ancient Chinese mind-body practice of Qigong.
Focus on Qi, yin and yang, the Three Treasures, and the Four Dimensions of your Qigong practice.
Learn how the Three Treasures — body, mind, and spirit — work together as one holistic, integrative health and wellbeing system.
Dr. Jahnke will share the Four Dimensions of Qigong:
- Body practice for cultivating fluidity and strength
- Breath practice for harmonizing internal energy flow
- Meditation and mind focus to enhance mental clarity and emotional balance
- Self-massage to release tension and direct inner healing resources
Understanding these core principles creates your pathway to cultivate inner peace, vitality, and a deeper connection to your own energetic essence. They are the foundation of your role as a Medical Qigong Teacher.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- The difference between Qigong and Medical Qigong
- Qi as inherent functional power — and the medicine within that everyone can cultivate for healing and thriving
- Yin and yang energies as the foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine — their dynamic balance governs all aspects of health, healing, and vitality
- The 3 Treasures — body, mind, and spirit — and how Medical Qigong works to integrate each of these to cultivate holistic health
- The 3 Amazing Inner Elixirs, the medicine within that brings healing to the Three Treasures
- The 4 Dimensions of Medical Qigong — body, breath, meditation and mind, and self-massage — and how they work together to create healing states and neutralize stress
- Guided Medical Qigong practices that give you a greater understanding of the healing synergy of the Four Dimensions
Module 2: Awaken the Medicine Within for Greater Self-Regulation & Self-Healing Through Accessible Medical Qigong & Qi Cultivation Practices (2025-06-03 1:00:00 pm)
Go deeper into the Four Dimensions of Medical Qigong.
Explore how body practice strengthens muscles, enhances flexibility, and improves circulation.
Breath practice oxygenates cells and calms the nervous system.
Meditation and mind focus cultivate mental clarity and emotional balance.
Self-massage relieves tension and directs Qi (healing resources) to the parts that need healing the most.
These naturally occurring inner healing functions are the medicine within.
By engaging and integrating these four dimensions, activate your inherent ability to refine the function of the body-mind complex to self-regulate and self-heal.
Dr. Jahnke will train you how to help others do the same.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore empowerment-based healing through a greater understanding of the 4 Dimensions of Medical Qigong
- Deepen your Qi awareness, cultivation, and ability to direct Qi where it is needed most
- Continue to investigate the concept that the most profound medicine is within
- Be guided through Medical Qigong practices that build on the healing synergy between body, breath, mind, and self-massage — cultivating greater Qi harmony and flow
Module 3: Teaching Medical Qigong - Making It Easy, Accessible, Fun & Transformative (2025-06-10 1:00:00 pm)
Teaching Medical Qigong is most successful when teachers and practitioners prioritize accessibility, stress neutralization, and feel free from concerns and considerations — making it easy, accessible, and fun.
Complex, esoteric forms of Qigong are interesting but can be confusing and reduce motivation. Easy practices emphasizing breath and mindful awareness — that can be modified — are the foundation and are easy to implement.
Learn to break down techniques into manageable steps, using clear and relatable language. Incorporating playful elements — like flowing movements, guided imagery, and nature metaphors — will engage your students.
Develop the skill to encourage laughter and a relaxed atmosphere, dispelling the misconception that Qigong must be serious…
… and focus on the core principles: body, breath, mind, and self-massage. By simplifying and demystifying the practice, empower others to activate their own innate healing potential.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- The deeper role of the teacher and practitioner
- Why Qigong teachers and practitioners are not doctors
- The bell curve as the foundation of fluid movement
- Why fun is more important than information in a Qigong practice
- How to create healing atmospheres and why they are important
- The importance of being a model of light-heartedness and acceptance
- Medical Qigong practices that support the body’s ability to de-stress and self-heal — and gain a greater understanding of how adaptable these vitalizing practices are
Module 4: Reduce Stress and Find Balance & Vitality With Yang Sheng - The Ancient Wellness Program of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2025-06-24 1:00:00 pm)
Yang Sheng is the ancient wellness program of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) developed by grandmothers and dating back 2,500 years or more. Yang Sheng means “nourishing life” and emphasizes living in harmony with nature to cultivate longevity and vitality.
This holistic approach encompasses dietary wisdom, mindful movement, emotional balance, hydration, rest/sleep, enhancing relationships, and living in alignment with the seasons to cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and self-awareness.
A key component includes tailored nutrition, aligning food choices with individual constitutions and seasonal changes. Dr. Jahnke will introduce an easy-to-communicate contemporary holistic life-planning framework that you can share with your students to complement their Medical Qigong practices.
Qigong and Tai Chi promote gentle movement, fostering Qi flow and physical flexibility, which are foundational to Yang Sheng.
Meditation and mindfulness practices cultivate mental clarity and emotional equilibrium. Seasonal living encourages adapting daily routines to the rhythms of nature — the patterns of the sun and moon. Benefits include enhanced immune function, improved digestion, reduced stress, and increased energy.
By weaving Yang Sheng together with Qigong practices, experience more integrated mind-body wellbeing, unlock your body’s innate healing potential, and achieve health longevity and wisdom.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore Yang Sheng, the ancient shamanic wellness system
- Understand how Qigong and Yang Sheng are complementary
- Learn to weave health and wellness information into Qigong classes
- Discover the power of having a holistic life plan
- Explore a contemporary version of Yang Sheng — the circle of life
- Explore Medical Qigong and heart disease
- Be guided through Medical Qigong and Yang Sheng practices that instill a deep sense of how you and your students can nourish the body’s innate, natural capacity to heal and live well
Module 5: The Qi Engine - A Deeper Exploration of Movement and Breath to Inspire Healing & Transformation (2025-07-01 1:00:00 pm)
Movement and breath activate Qi and turn on the medicine within, while meditation and massage direct Qi and function.
Dive into movement and breath — the Qi engine. In Qigong, body practice and breath practice integrate, supercharging the Qi, accelerating inner healing and vitalizing function.
As Qi flows freely, experience a profound sense of wellbeing — a vibrant connection to mind-body integration that you can share with others as a path to an inspiring, invigorating journey of personal transformation.
Qigong’s flowing movements loosen tight muscles, calm the nervous system, and open Qi energy pathways. Drawing in fresh Qi and oxygen maximizes cellular function and accelerates lymph flow. Expelling stagnant Qi eliminates airborne metabolic waste.
Integrating movement and breath creates a symphony of complementarity, each amplifying the other’s influences and benefits.
Physically, experience increased flexibility, improved circulation, and a surge of energy. Emotionally, through the flood of parasympathetic neurotransmitters, stress is neutralized and replaced with a soothing sense of calm, clarity, and centered groundedness.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- Practices for activating Qi to improve circulation, flexibility, and vitality — while also reducing stress
- Qigong’s capacity to clear mental fog and transform habitual distress and judgment into clarity and focus
- The profound effects of body and breath practice — the ultimate Qi engine
- How your own wellbeing and personal transformation creates a path of inspiration for your students
- Medical Qigong and diabetes
- Guided Medical Qigong practices that synergize body and breath, expel toxins, release stress, and awaken the medicine within
Module 6: Guest Teacher William Douglas - Qigong As Powerful Preventative Medicine (2025-07-08 1:00:00 pm)
Dr. Jahnke will interview William Douglas, founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day and one of the most revered Qigong influencers in the world. William is the author of three books on mind-body practice.
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day has been the last Saturday in April since 1999. Millions of people gather in communities all over the world to practice Qigong and Tai Chi.
William’s current project is advocating through the United Nations for MindBody Practice to be implemented in schools worldwide in conjunction with the Global Transformation Project.
Dr. Jahnke and Bill will discuss the profound healing and disease prevention power of Qigong — accessible practices you can learn and use for a lifetime for little-to-no cost.
In this module, you’ll:
- Hear details of the worldwide health revolution
- Learn about the global Qi rush that happens annually on World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
- Explore William Douglas’ research on naturally occurring inner healing capacities — and his experience with extraordinary human abilities
- Discover the Global Transformation Project and the UN Petition
- Be guided by William in a gentle, healing Qigong practice
Module 7: Multiply the Power of Qi and Maximize Healing Benefits With Mind Focus & Self-Applied Massage (2025-07-15 1:00:00 pm)
“Interoception” is a scientific word for the ability to sense internal bodily and emotional states. It describes cultivating conscious awareness of both physical and emotional feeling — a kind of mindfulness. It’s the entry point to purposefully achieving present moment focus — the essence of Qigong.
Supercharge your Qigong practice using mind focus to neutralize distraction and sustain present moment focus. Self-applied massage is especially important in Medical Qigong as it is a primary method for directing Qi and healing resources within the body.
Learn how to teach these healing multipliers to your students, discover key Qi centers, and master an array of simple massage techniques that stimulate energy pathways and maximize healing capacity.
Integrating mind focus and massage with breath and movement is the essence of Qigong. This purposeful integration cultivates a deeper connection to inner energy, empowering you — and your students and clients — toward extraordinary healing balance and robust vitality.
In this module, you’ll:
- Learn how meditation combined with massage maximize function and Qi capacity
- Explore how meditation leverages and sustains the power of the practice
- Practice the art of interoception to maximize Qi flow
- Discover how self-massage directs Qi and healing resources to where they are needed the most
- Master the 5 types of self-massage
- Refine your capacity and skill to weave and integrate body, breath, mind, and self-massage — the super powers of Qigong
- Explore Medical Qigong and cancer
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practice focused on harnessing the power of interoception and massage to multiply the power of Qi and maximize healing benefits
Module 8: Learn to Transform Any Qigong Into Medical Qigong With the 4 Dimensions, Intention & Focus (2025-07-22 1:00:00 pm)
The Medical Qigong goal is to turn on the medicine within to sustain — and even enhance — health stability and vitality.
Fortunately, any Qigong can be transformed into Medical Qigong by emphasizing the integration of the Four Dimensions of Qigong in coordination with holistic living, Yang Sheng.
Intention and focus — the minimization of distraction — create this unique and powerful Medical Qigong atmosphere.
All Four Dimensions of Qigong enhance and direct Qi to targeted areas for healing and restoration. Incorporating precise acupoint stimulation during self-massage is aligned with Traditional Chinese Medicine principles, especially harmonizing the Qi and function in deep relaxation.
Dr. Jahnke will share how to tailor your practice to address your own unique imbalances, whether physical or emotional — and how to help others do the same.
In this module, you’ll:
- Discover the difference between self-assessment of health challenges and the medical diagnosis of disorders and diseases
- Learn how all Qigong can be Medical Qigong
- Explore more deeply two kinds of feelings — physical and emotional
- Tailor your practice for personalized techniques that are necessary for different medical challenges
- Explore Medical Qigong and insomnia
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that harness the 4 Dimensions, intention, and focus to activate and direct the medicine within
Module 9: Harness Long-Term Benefits & Power Up Your Personal Practice for a Deeper Connection With Your Own Internal Functional Energy (2025-07-29 1:00:00 pm)
The essence of Qigong is sustainably cultivating an intimate awareness of and connection with one’s internal functional energy, Qi. This requires intention and focus in a nondistracted context.
Explore how regular practice transforms theoretical knowledge into tangible experience and benefit. Each practice session, however brief, strengthens your ability to choose which practices to weave together on any one day.
Through repetition, movements become familiar and fluid, breath awareness deepens, and mind focus sharpens.
Begin to understand your unique lifestyle choices and personal energy patterns. Adapt techniques to your own individual needs. Learn how to help students and clients adapt their personal practice beyond your classes.
This personal cultivation unlocks profound benefits, such as increased vitality, reduced stress, and enhanced self-awareness — all contributing to and activating the healer within. It all conspires to create a palpable sense of personal power.
Learn to share Qigong so it becomes a living, evolving inner dialogue for you and others — a marvelous journey of self-discovery fueled by consistent, ever-evolving practice.
In this module, you’ll:
- Gain a deeper understanding of the profound power of developing a personal practice
- Learn why books, classes, and videos are not a practice — and why having a practice is actually learning enough and having enough motivation to practice alone
- Explore how to weave Qigong practice into a busy life
- Learn when and where to practice — once a day, every other day, throughout the day
- Explore Medical Qigong and depression
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that cultivate greater self-awareness, a shift in mood and mindset, and a palpable sense of your personal power
Module 10: Understand the Rivers of Qi - the 12 Organ Channels of Qi - to Restore Organ Function, Prevent Disease & Promote Wellbeing (2025-08-05 1:00:00 pm)
A foundational theory in TCM is that the Yang energy descending from Heaven and the Yin energy ascending from Earth travel in 12 Qi channels or meridians — the "Rivers of Qi.”
Learn theories of TCM, including the relationships of the Qi — the Qi channels, their associated human organs, and the primary human emotions.
Each organ corresponds to a specific meridian or channel, forming an intricate energy network, or Qi matrix. For instance, the lung meridian governs respiration and skin health, while the liver meridian influences detoxification and emotional balance.
Imbalances in the organs — usually caused by stress, diet, or over working — disrupt Qi flow within their associated meridians, leading to disharmony.
This awareness of basic TCM theory will help you heal yourself and enable you to guide students and clients to restore organ function, prevent disease, and promote overall wellbeing.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore the 6 Yin and 6 Yang organs and their Qi channels
- Learn why it’s important for a Qigong practitioner to have general TCM medical information on the organs and channels
- Explore whether specific practices for specific organs are needed — or if most Qigong practices enhance all of the organs
- Use massage to direct the Qi to the organs in the Qi channels
- Explore Medical Qigong and anxiety
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that enhance and harness the healing potential of Qigong that addresses the Qi channels — the Rivers of Qi
Module 11: Understand the Role of Being Hospitable in the Healing Paradigm of Qigong to Support Recovery & Renewal (2025-08-19 1:00:00 pm)
In ancient times, a hospital was a place of refuge for weary travelers. In our complex contemporary times, we are all weary travelers. Your students and clients will be weary travelers.
Cultivate being hospitable. Your Qigong classes will be like ancient hospitals — a refuge for rehabilitation, recovery, and renewal. Notice that hospitality is both physical and emotional.
Explore how Qigong supports your students to become their own sources of healing — learn how to help them become more hospitable to themselves, both physically and emotionally.
This means going beyond just doing Qigong in your practice sessions and includes making health and wellness-maximizing choices throughout the day, being kind to yourself, and being supportive of others.
A person who has realized that they are their own hospital is making a huge contribution to their family, community, and nation.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore how to become your own hospital — why being self-hospitable is renewing and healing
- Learn how to support your students and clients by creating a hospitable environment
- Discover why being self-hospitable creates a refuge for both the physical and emotional self
- Learn how to create narratives of self-hospitality
- Explore Medical Qigong and chronic fatigue
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that create a hospitable inner sanctuary that is renewing for the body and mind
Module 12: Discover How the 5 Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine Manifest in the Body, Mind, and Qi & How Medical Qigong Balances and Harmonizes Them (2025-08-26 1:00:00 pm)
Another fundamental of TCM is the Five Elements theory. Explore how wood, fire, earth, metal, and water manifest within the body, mind, and energy — and how Medical Qigong practices affect each of the elements, cultivating balance and harmonizing the medicine within.
Discover the emotional associations linked to each element, opening a doorway into the sacred wisdom of the original Qigong masters and their amazing insights into healing, health, wellbeing, and longevity — and the intriguing mystery of immortality.
Dr. Jahnke will share how to create relaxing visualizations and weave together body and breath practices to integrate the Five Elements.
Be informed, inspired, and empowered to support your students, clients, and yourself to cultivate physical resilience and emotional balance and gain an ever-deepening understanding and transforming of the energetic self.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- The 5 elemental correspondences — and the organs, emotions, and seasons associated with each element
- The powers of the Chinese Shamanic Medicine Wheel — absorbing the natural forces, or Qi, of the directions and the center
- Keeping complex concepts that are somewhat simple — yet inspiring
- Medical Qigong and Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders
- Guided Medical Qigong practices that activate and harmonize the 5 Elements for greater health and wellbeing
Module 13: Explore Contemporary Yang Sheng & How to Support Your Students in Creating A Holistic Life Plan Using the Circle of Life System (2025-09-02 1:00:00 pm)
Qigong is a key feature of Yang Sheng..
Explore how Qigong complements your personal holistic life plan through the Circle of Life — a contemporary holistic life planning system developed by Dr. Jahnke and his colleagues.
Dr. Jahnke will share how to use the Circle of Life concept in Qigong classes and client sessions — to accelerate healing, reach a professional goal, enjoy retirement, or create a next career.
Discover that weaving Qigong with the Circle of Life framework multiplies the potential for Qi balance and transformational empowerment.
Dr. Jahnke will also share how students are especially susceptible to messages about holistic living when in a deep and relaxed Qigong state.
In this module, you’ll:
- Discover the amazing logical power of holistic life planning
- Explore how Yang Sheng — the Circle of Life — complements Medical Qigong
- Learn to weave encouraging holistic lifestyle language into your classes and sessions
- Notice how the aspects of your external life are interactive and interdependent, just as the functions of your inner organs are interactive and interdependent
- Understand how to help your students make lifestyle changes more achievable by breaking large goals into many small action steps
- Discover how to integrate Qigong into your daily life plan
- Explore Medical Qigong and improved eyesight
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that weave in Yeng Sheng for ultimate holistic wellbeing
Module 14: Inspire An Ancient Breakthrough - "One Cure" for the "One Disease" (2025-09-09 1:00:00 pm)
The concept of “one disease, one cure” proposes that all ailments stem from a fundamental imbalance, a core disruption of the integrated function and harmony of the Three Treasures — body, mind, and spirit.
TCM is founded on this intriguing idea, viewing all disease as a manifestation of disrupted Qi. Contemporary functional medicine, holistic medicine, and integrative medicine align with this idea, emphasizing resolving root causes over medically-based symptom management.
The “one disease” is often seen as disconnection from our natural, inherent wellbeing state — emotional, physical, and/or spiritual. The “one cure” is the act of restoring that connection. This isn’t a literal single remedy, but a holistic approach encompassing lifestyle, mindset, and environment — Yang Sheng.
Medical Qigong is rooted in this amazing idea. It stresses the interconnectedness of all aspects of wellbeing, suggesting that true health arises from an integrated, harmonious, balanced state. As a Medical Qigong practitioner, become an ambassador of this extraordinary concept.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore the concept of “one disease, one cure”
- Learn why most people will have a hard time with this — and how Qigong makes it accessible
- Learn how Qigong and Yang Sheng connect in the “one disease, one cure” context
- Discover how Qigong activates the one cure as it enhances all aspects of human function — mind, body, and spirit in an integrated way
- Explore Medical Qigong and dementia prevention
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that further integrate Yang Sheng and Qigong as the one cure for the one disease
Module 15: Traditional Taoist & Buddhist Philosophies to Stabilize Your Consciousness, Generate the Elixir Within & Become an Authentic Person (2025-09-16 1:00:00 pm)
In Taoism and Buddhism, great Asian philosophical systems that are the foundation of TCM, the most powerful healing comes from simple living and humility.
These are rooted in the choices arrived at through the mind and intention — a stable, undistracted mind is the essence of Medical Qigong.
Explore how the practice of stabilizing consciousness requires nonreactive emotional balance. This generates the elixir within, the relaxation response triggering immune function and healing neurotransmitters by soothing the autonomic nervous system through the vagal system.
In Taoism, the practitioner cultivates “naturalness” — zi ran. With cultivation and evolution over time, one becomes a real, authentic person — zhen ren. An authentic, humble, and relaxed person automatically produces the medicine within.
In Buddhism, such a person is a “stream enterer” — sotopanna — one who purposefully pursues freedom from suffering.
Qigong is widely considered as the entry gate to immortality (Taoism) and Nirvana (Buddhism). Witness how these ancient philosophies are the foundation of Medical Qigong.
In this module, you’ll:
- Understand the philosophical essence of Medical Qigong
- Learn why the most profound medicine is the calm and undistracted mind
- Discover how this is achieved in Taoism by becoming a real person and in Buddhism by becoming a stream enterer
- Discover how Qigong is a gateway to enlightenment
- Explore Medical Qigong and addiction
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that stabilize your consciousness and thereby promote healing
Module 16: Go Deeper Into the Circle of Life System - Yang Sheng - to Enhance Your Skills as a Qigong Teacher & Practitioner (2025-09-30 1:00:00 pm)
Medical Qigong necessarily complements and enhances all the lifestyle changes that activate the medicine within — Yang Sheng.
Holistic life planning through the Circle of Life System is an easy way to remember to encourage your Qigong students and clients to consciously make beneficial choices throughout the day — choices that eliminate the causes of disease and maximize the causes of health.
Everyone has the option and even the invitation to create a life that is aligned to their life purpose and values. As a Qigong teacher and practitioner, support your students in weaving a lifestyle that includes mind-body practice and healthy daily choices.
Simple holistic life planning language woven with Qigong instruction is an empowerment system that has been tried and tested for many thousands of years.
In this module, you’ll:
- Recognize that when students are in a relaxed state, your messages about life choices penetrate more efficiently
- Learn how your classes create a community of shared values
- Consider what it might be like to create community Yang Sheng sessions where your students talk about their successes and explore strategies to fulfill unfilled goals
- Share the logic of making healthy choices linked to the seasons and holidays
- Discover Qigong as a power tool for leveraging personal change throughout all of your student's and client’s days — and all of their distracting concerns
- Explore Medical Qigong and obesity
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that deepen your understanding of Yang Sheng and the Circle of Life System
Module 17: Guest Teacher Dr. Gayl Hubatch - Accessible Medical Qigong & the Mysterious Made Simple (2025-10-07 1:00:00 pm)
Is all Qigong Medical Qigong? Perhaps it depends on how you look at it and how you practice.
Dr. Gayl Hubatch, doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 35 years and licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and author, explores how the ancient Chinese art of Qigong encompasses techniques and movements aimed at cultivating and harmonizing the flow of Qi throughout the body.
Dr. Gayl leads Qigong classes and maintains a TCM practice in Austin, Texas.
She teaches that by aligning the mind, body, and spirit in a symphony of balance, Qigong practitioners can unlock a treasure trove of health benefits, including invigorated circulation, diminished stress, and a fortified immune system.
Dr. Gayl is also a certified HeartMath Trainer and helps people learn efficient ways to heal their nervous system and transform stress. She believes integrating eastern and western medicine is imperative in today’s world.
This session will begin with a meditation and close with a Qigong practice led by Dr. Gayl.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore Dr. Gayl’s integrative approach to Medical Qigong
- Discover additional insights on the healing benefits that Qigong can unlock
- Be guided by Dr. Gayl in a meditation and Qigong practice
Module 18: Pinpoint Common Situations That Can Derail Your Student's Qigong Practice (2025-10-14 1:00:00 pm)
Qigong teachers and practice leaders witness many students who are quite enthusiastic, but who will — unfortunately — drop out of class, be distracted, or not progress because they don’t develop a personal practice.
Sharpen your awareness of the principles of practice refinement and sustainability as you continue to bring Qigong into your own life and support your clients and those you teach.
Dr. Jahnke will share the many reasons why students do not progress — and the main prize for sticking within it, such as healing practices that they can keep and use for the rest of their lives.
Old habits, false assumptions, life traumas, default reactivity patterns, a multitude of distractions — all are obstacles. A sincere teacher creates a profoundly hospitable refuge and a community of enthusiastic practitioners with shared values.
It is unfortunate that some people will miss the point and slip away. Our focus as teachers, however, is to support those who stick with it.
Learn to identify and focus on the students who are “getting it” rather than those who are not.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- Why teachers must be patient with building their following
- Why the best teachers are compassionate and encouraging
- How patient teachers build powerful communities of students and followers
- Why it’s important not to focus on those who do not return to class
- Why it’s important not to try to satisfy those who aren’t embracing the vision — and focus on the ones who are getting it
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices that embody and exemplify the patient and compassionate teacher that is naturally present within you
Module 19: Activate Spirit Qi - the Golden Elixir - the Mysterious Medicine of the Eternal Self (2025-10-21 1:00:00 pm)
Wizards, master teachers, shamans, gurus, and even quantum scientists recognize that true healing, empowerment, and transformation actually abide inherently within us.
Explore the aspect of yourself that is eternally well, cannot get sick, and does not die. Medical Qigong can actually reveal your inherent wellbeing — and even what ancient Chinese physicians and philosophers called the immortal self.
The teachers of the highest levels of Qigong suggest that there is an eternal spiritual presence within our being. Those who recognize and cultivate this are called the immortals. These are the “real people” (zhen ren) who transcend constant worry and distraction while cultivating compassion.
To many, it may feel like their spirit needs healing. But actually, according to the most inspired Qigong ideals, the spirit is actually the ultimate medicine.
Focus on advancing and deepening the practices of this training to purposefully move closer to what Dr. Jahnke calls the grand promise of Qigong — total integration of the whole person body, mind, and spirit.
This is called the Golden Elixir.
In this module, you’ll:
- Discover and understand the Golden Elixir of longevity and immortality
- Understand the Qigong concept of spirit medicine
- Explore the eternal self — being immortal while in this life
- Discover the Golden Elixir as a path to an extraordinary mindset that is the root of an unshakable, steadfast, and cultivated character
- Be guided in Medical Qigong practices to experience the presence of the eternal self
Module 20: Graduation Party! Refine Your Teaching Skills, Build Your Business & Gain Deeper Strategies for Teaching Live Classes (2025-11-11 1:00:00 pm)
Congratulations! Celebrate your graduation as a Medical Qigong Teacher.
Focus on building your business and teaching live classes in person and online.
Reflect on the amazing transformation of the shared experience.
How will the world be a better place?
Qigong and other forms of Mind-Body Practice will proliferate widely through courageous and compassionate people like you taking the role of supporting others in personal healing and transformation.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore proven techniques to stay focused as you grow your own practice for the rest of your life
- Gain strategies for building your business — including setting fees, promotion, marketing, social media
- Gain insights for teaching online
- Participate in a longer practicum to refine your teaching skills
- Be guided through a Medical Qigong practice to refine and empower your teaching skills
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
In addition to Dr. Jahnke’s transformative 20-week professional training, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the program and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
The Most Profound Medicine
PDF From Dr. Roger Jahnke on Mind-Body Practice & the Medicine Within
The most profound medicine is the definitive guide to understanding how all mind-body practices are related and how they work. It is a comprehensive introduction to the self-healing and spiritual aspects of mind-body practice — Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga. The book penetrates the roots, history, and philosophy of Qigong and Tai Chi and its links to Chinese medicine along with an exploration of the energy basis for the most profound medicine which is produced within the human system. The most profound medicine was one of the first publications to outline the physiological functions that are the equivalent to the Qi of China and the Prana of India.
The Essence of Medical Qigong & a Brief Sample Session
Video by Dr. Roger Jahnke to Inspire & Motivate Your Practice
In Traditional Chinese Medicine and Qigong, emotions are deeply interconnected to create a bridge between the body and the spirit. This video distills the principles of Qigong and presents an exemplary Qigong practice session. Dr. Jahnke explores the Three Treasures as a profound “model” for achieving personal liberation and creating harmony between body, mind, and spirit. It is a compelling revelation of “the medicine within” — the healer within, the elixir within.
Plus... you’ll receive these bonuses too!
The Yang Sheng Masterclass: A Contemporary Version of the Ancient Wellness System of Yogis & Qi Masters
7-Part Video Program by Dr. Roger Jahnke for Medical Qigong Practice Leaders
The “Circle of Life Coach Approach” to Yang Sheng is a tool that anyone can use and is easy for Qigong Teachers to weave into their classes, practice sessions, and workshops. A mind-body practice leader is always a coach, reminding people of the fact that the most profound benefits of Qigong are the shifts in attention and choice. This naturally leads to enhanced holistic living, accelerated healing, and maximal wellbeing. Here is an outline of the classes:
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 1 — The Power of Coaching
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 2 — The Coach Is a Curious Witness
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 3 — Question 1
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 4 — Question 2
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 5 — Question 3
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 6 — Accountability
- Circle of Life Coach Approach Class 7 — The World Needs Thousands of Coaches
Mapping the Essence of the Qigong & Tai Chi Universe
22-Page Article by Dr. Jahnke
This 22-page article explores Qigong and Tai Chi’s roots, traditions, how the body is engaged in the mind-body “form,” whether quiescent or dynamic, and with what intended focus. Dr. Jahnke explains how the true essence of Qigong and Tai Chi lies not in the form itself, but in the state it cultivates. All the various forms serve as guides, leading the practitioner toward this state of balance and flow. The vast diversity and multitude of forms reflect the rich range of theoretical and philosophical foundations, as well as the unique tastes and preferences of those who created them. With the thousands of Qigong forms to choose from you can easily find a tradition, dynamic, or focus that suits your goals, medical condition, and philosophy. Like the ancient Qi masters, you may find yourself combining your favorite methods and practices to create your own personal form.
What Graduates of Dr. Jahnke’s Courses Are Saying...
Although I had been doing some Qi Flow practices before taking the Medical Qigong course, I now feel better prepared to practice and to share with others the proper steps to include in a Qigong practice, and the importance of giving each step sufficient time to make the practice most beneficial. Such an incredible experience to be led by Dr. Roger Jahnke, such an accomplished master of the art of Medical Qigong.
New Brunswick, Canada
This course has expanded my personal Qigong practice on several levels. All four dimensions have provided me with ways to advance my personal practice and to share with family/friends and with participants in the classes I teach. It has given me ways to focus during practice, which has always been difficult. As an artist, I need the clarity of mind, focus, imagination, and inspiration — and the movements, breathing, and massage keep this (76 year-old) body in condition to stay active. I was very excited to learn more about the spirit and the eternal self. It has challenged me to explore more about this area of my life.
Caldwell, Idaho
All of the course was outstanding, and I gained a greater understanding of Qigong. I truly resonated with the wisdom Dr. Jahnke passed on to us, which is truly appreciated. For me this course is a confirmation of how important and valuable Qigong can be to me personally and to the world at large.
Sedona, Arizona
This Qi Medicine for the Heart-Mind course has touched me on a deep level. Dr. Jahnke teaches in an open, joyful, and loving way, which not only has a profoundly healing effect during each lesson, but continues with daily practice. The follow-up practice videos are especially helpful.
Birmingham, United Kingdom
I feel so fortunate to have been able to experience this class. Dr. Jahnke's superbly delivered course content has become life-changing for me. I breathe and move much easier and feel more competent in sharing the lessons of The Healer Within with my students and clients.
Warsaw, Ohio
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If you’re serious about becoming a Medical Qigong teacher, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
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Qigong has the power to transform your life! Dr. Jahnke lives the values of the Qigong Way. His teaching is pure and potent, combining mind and heart to give you insight and practices to benefit you for the rest of your life.
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Roger Jahnke is a wise teacher and healer. Here he introduces the healing power of Qigong and Tai Chi ‚ a simple yet profound method of achieving wellness of the body and mind.
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