Shaolin Grand Master Shi DeRu Teaches One of His Chan (Zen) Meditation Series at Piedmont Park in Atlanta
LIU International Shi DeRu Shaolin Institute invites health and healing conscious people world-wide to join the Mass Chan Meditation, & Tai Gong Exhibitions & Mini Workshops led by Grand Master Shi DeRu (Master Shawn Liu). First of the series will start at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, on World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day, 9:00 Am-12:00 PM on Saturday April 30th, 2011. This global health & healing event will unfold across the planet, beginning in New Zealand, it will spread time zone by time zone across the globe through the U.S. and over 70 countries across 6 continents.
Along with GrandMaster Shi DeRu, his top instructors of various Shaolin Institute campuses in Mobile Al, New Orleans and Thibodaux, LA will teach the beginning level Chan (Zen) meditation & Tai Gong which will initiate and echo the Qi of human consciousness, the energy of healing, peace and harmony. These sessions will be held at Cathedral Square in downtown Mobile, Alabama, and at the Audubon Zoo on St. Charles across from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana; and, at Pelpier Park in Thibodaux, LA. Shaolin brothers and fellow Masters of GrandMaster Shi DeRu will also be holding similar meditation classes in China as well in celebration of World Tai Chi & Meditation Healing Day. This health and healing wave will be an opportunity to promote peace and healing worldwide.
The following series of Chan (Zen) meditation and Tai Gong will be starting at the following locations and dates:
4350 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Studio 500 A, Norcross, GA
Saturday morning 8:00 AM on May 7th and June 11th
Saturday evening – June 25th
2708 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA – May 28th, 2011
704 Lakeside Dr., Mobile, AL – June 4th, 2011
Shaolin Temple, China – July 20th, 2011
Participants will learn calming and peaceful mind, adjusting breathing, and empty mind. They will experience total tranquility, the sense of lightening, floating, releasing and enlightening. As expressed by the Master:
“You forget, let go all the past and present and refresh yourself with new life and a new way of living.”
According to Susan Chan, Chief Coordinator of the Liu Institute, by following the Master participants will learn to breathe and stretch in various postures to relax the muscles, tendons and ligaments, to balance and circulate Qi, to improve mental and physical harmony and communication. The sessions will introduce a few basic techniques of Shaolin, including “Yijinjing” & “Eight Pieces of Brocade”. Such techniques are 1,500 years old, and help to balance and channel Qi (energy), so as to calm and cleanse the body and mind to release stress and improve overall healing.
“Tai Gong”, said the Master, “is a combination of Tai Chi and Qi Gong based on ancient Shaolin Chan and medical exercise therapy practices. It focuses on Qi (energy) empowerment and body/mind cleansing, as well as Qi redirecting. Tai Gong redirects, unblocks and balances Qi on the right path in the meridian channels and within the organs for wellness and healing. It helps to improve calmness of body and mind, opens the Qi flow, re-channel the Qi, mobilize Qi and increase energy levels and strengthen the functions of organs, ligaments, and muscles. The circulation of Qi from the circulating motions of the body, limbs, joints, and organs, and improves the transportation of Oxygen, energy and nutrients for healing and the bodily function. Tai Gong will help each individual to bring about the body and mind communication into reality.”
The Harvard Medical Press notes, “..Tai Chi might well be called medication in motion. ..”. Researchers at Harvard found growing evidence that this mind-body practice, which originated in China as a martial art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Combined with traditional treatment, tai chi appears to be valuable for several medical conditions such as: anxiety, depression, back pain, arthritis, low bone density, breast cancer, heart disease, hypertension, Parkinson’s disease, sleep problems, and stroke. Participating in Tai Chi may also help to boost the immune system, improve respiratory-circulatory function.
With over 25,000 combined square feet of training and studying facilities, the LIU International Shi DeRu Shaolin Institute is the only institute of its kind in the United States with full time live-in students. The live-in students come from as far as Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. Although the institute teaches and serves students from all over the world, the majority of the student body lives in the southeast region of the US; Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. The Institute is committed and prepared to demonstrate the values and principles of the Shaolin for all students and their families regardless of age, gender, race or cultural background. All teachings and daily gatherings are directly supervised by Grand Master Shi DeRu, one of the only two disciples of the Shaolin Temple’s Great Grand Master, Shi SuXi.
The Institute is derived directly from the Shaolin Temple in China and continues its commitment to teaching original Shaolin wisdom that has been passed down generationally for more than 1,500 years. Through the wisdom of Chan, Confucius, and Taoism combined with the discipline of traditional Kung Fu, the Institute has an age-appropriate curriculum in Shaolin Culture, Shaolin Kung-Fu (Gong Fu), Tai Chi (Taiji Quan), Qigong, Tai Gong (for Natural Healing) and Chan (Zen) Meditation.
The Institute is carrying the torch of original Shaolin Temple, the cradle of all martial arts and natural healing. The Shaolin Institute is that authentic institute from China that can and will revitalize the ancient wisdom of China and of the orient for the benefit of future generations to come in the US and around the world. Grand Master Shi Deru (Master Shawn Liu) is the 31st generation of that Shaolin Family, has devoted all his life to natural health and healing for the betterment of men and women around the globe.
Contact the institute at 770-286-9808; 251-662-3225 or visit www.shaolin-world.net; 4350 Peachtree Industrial BLVD, Studio 500 A Norcross, GA 30071.
