Emei Healing Qigong
A Unique, Nourishing & Powerful Qigong System
The Main Peak (Jinding, Golden Summit) of the Emei Mountain,
3077 metres above sea level
Emei Mountain, one of China’s four designated sacred Buddhist mountains, is in the Sichuan province. It is a beautiful place with waterfalls, verdant green forests and ancient temples. It has been a refuge for those seeking self-cultivation and on the quest of enlightenment. In 1227, a Taoist monk made his way to the Lofty Eyebrow Peak, the summit of the Emei Mountain and meditated there until he became fully enlightened. After he had realised his true nature, he took the name, Bai Yun (White Cloud) and created the Emei Qigong system. Qigong means energy work. It uses postures and awareness to cultivate, transform and move qi (energy) throughout the body.
Bai Yun (White Cloud),
the founder of Emei Qigong
The Emei Qigong, famous for its healing arts, is a comprehensive system comprising of knowledge and techniques from Taoist, Buddhist, traditional medicine and martial arts. The system is multilayered. It lays the foundation for good health and sustained well-being as well as healing. It serves to deepen one’s understanding of life and leads to enlightenment (awakening of one’s true nature).
The Emei Qigong system has an unbroken lineage since its inception, now close to 800 years. It has been passed down only to monks for centuries and they did not teach in public. It was only during the Second World War that the system was transmitted to a lay person, Zhou Qian Chuan as the 12th Lineage Holder, for preservation of the system. From then on, the position of Lineage Holder alternates and is shared in an over-lapping manner between a monk and a lay person. The lay person lineage holder makes the knowledge of the Emei Qigong available to the public while the monk lineage holder resides in a monastery hidden from the world.
Grandmaster Fu Wei Zhong, 13th generation, is the second lay person to be an Emei Qigong lineage holder. He began studying traditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of his grandfather at the tender age of six. During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, due to Grandmaster Fu’s medical training background, he (18 years of age) was sent to the Heilongjiang province to work on a collective farm as a veterinarian. For 8 years, he utilised traditional Chinese medicine to treat both sick people and animals.
Grandmaster Fu returned to Beijing in 1976 and taught martial arts, including Xingyi (Form Mind Boxing). Knowing Grandmaster Fu’s interest in spirituality, a friend of his introduced him to Abbot Ju Zan, the 12th lineage holder of Emei Qigong, who was widely respected in Beijing. When they met, Grandmaster Fu recognised the Abbot as the monk who had appeared in a recurring dream since his childhood. The Abbot said, “You’ve finally arrived. It’s time for you to train.”
Abbot Ju Zan,
the 12th lineage holder of Emei Qigong
Although skilled in many forms of Qigong, Fontane is most drawn to the Emei system. It consists of practices which are both powerful and user-friendly, such as the Self Healing Wuji Gong, the Sacred Healing Sounds to balance the organs, etc., in allievating stress and illness of the modern world. Following her intuition and passion, Fontane began learning from Grandmaster Fu in Beijing. She is very fortunate to have Grandmaster Fu as her teacher whom she feels a close connection with. Fontane has been extensively trained in the Emei system under Grandmaster Fu and is authorised to teach the healing arts of Emei Qigong.
Grandmaster Fu Wei Zhong,
the current 13th Emei Qigong lineage holder
& Fontane
Grandmaster Fu & Fontane in Boston, USA
Grandmaster Fu & Fontane in Nevada, USA
Grandmaster Fu Wei Zhong,
the current 13th Emei Qigong lineage holder,
Zhong Feng Temple, Emei Mountain
Learn about Ray’s wonderful experience with Emei Qigong:
“I have always sought out new and different experiences to expand my understanding of the world and myself. Having practised Tai Chi for many years, I intuitively felt there was more to be learned. As with a lot of my experiences, doors seem to open when you are ready. Fortuitously, I was invited into the Emei Qigong training. Fontane mentioned that some of the training might be esoteric but just to ‘stick to the method’.
In the last four years of the Emei training, I have had multiple experiences which sometimes cannot be simply explained in words but needs to be experienced. To be sure, the practice requires patience and time, being open and listening even though I question every experience. Over the years, I have approached the training with some skepticism. However I cannot deny the experiences. As an extension to the Emei training, I have tried traditional Chinese medical treatments, such as acupuncture and was surprised to experience the strong movement of energy.
There are two experiences which might give some sense of explanation. Both of these experiences I can now intentionally make happen. The first is being able to sit and enter a state where all the physical world evaporates. At an energy level, as I sit with my eyes open, I can see through the physical world and experience a feeling of moving through space without time while sensing the chaos of the universe. The feeling of travelling to the other side of the universe happens in an instant. Initially, this was disconcerting but I have grown to enjoy the experience.
The second is when lying in bed. I can initiate a similar experience where the physical world evaporates with a sense of falling through the universe. I can intentionally turn off the body senses so there is no feeling of the physical body. There is a point where I feel the body is asleep but the spirit appears to be awake and more sensitive on a different level. Even though I am lying flat in bed, as you fall through space, there is no up or down. To describe the feeling, it is as if I have two distinct aspects: the physical and the energetic. When I allow it, the energetic aspect rises to the surface, becoming the dominant sensation.
I find practice needs to be undertaken daily for the various experiences to manifest. For me, Emei training started as a journey to understand which has now become a quest of discovery, moving from one experience to the next. Initially, the feeling of expansion of self so enormous as to encompass large parts of the universe. Feeling the flow of energy through the body can be distracting.
Experiencing the process of ‘knowing’ that suffering is not to be avoided but to be experienced. Feeling the joy of purity, if only for a fleeting moment. The intentional removal of the physical form to experience the vastness and chaos of the universe, where time does not seem to exist. It now appears I had been short-sighted. There is so much more beyond the world and myself. We are physical representations of our karmic self, travelling through space and time.
To those who follow a similar quest, I encourage you to train consistently, engage the universe and listen for the next experience.”
– Ray, public servant
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“I feel the benefits of the practice mostly at a physical level. Not only do I have more energy, the practice seems to be beneficial for my immune system. I am less prone to tension headaches and migraines. I feel calmer generally and more alert throughout the day. It has improved my mental stamina and problem solving abilities.
At a different level, the practice has started to renew me at a level that is difficult to explain. It has brought self-awareness and started to change the way I respond to life’s stresses and challenges in a more positive and constructive way. Consequently, I feel more alive as I’m able to take things in my stride and make changes in my own life that are beneficial to myself and also others.”
– Maria, Public Servant
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“My experience with Wuji Gong so far has been extremely pleasant. I feel a deep sense of calmness and connection after I do the form which lasts throughout my day or evening, depending on the time I practise.”
– John-Pierre, Earthmoving and Construction Business Owner /Worker
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“My Wuji Gong practice provides me with an overall sense of calm and after practising I feel in an energised but relaxed state. It is a great supplement to my Tai Chi form, I feel a greater connection with my body and the energy flow which is stronger.”
– Christine, Scientist