NW Qigong Forum & Member-based Community Center

My dear community,

Wow! With eight people’s incredible dedication, we finished all the major parts of ZYQ’s move in ten hours! This gives me such enthusiasm for our community’s new beginning. After a day of vigorous work, we all sat around boxes, resting, eating fruit, drinking tea and laughing together. I looked around and felt in my heart such a strong and clear principle—the material things don’t matter that much, it’s the people who truly matter.

You, too, who are reading this right now, are the most precious part of this organization. Each one of you is essential to this community.

Then the vision came through so clear and simple in three steps:

I. A Non-profit to hold a general structure
II. A NW Qigong Forum to bring teachers and students together
III. A Community Center for Wellness & Spirituality for its members, supported by its members

I. The Non-Profit Kundawell Institute
a. With ZY Qigong as the foundation and open to incorporate other teachings
b. Bringing complementary teachings together
c. With a general qigong blog site to share info.

II. NW Qigong Forum
a. Short presentations on all the styles and lineages of qigong
b. Students can then go to following workshops by different teachers
c. Will bring qigong into the general consciousness of Seattle and the Northwest by:
i. Having the mayor declare a Seattle Qigong Day
ii. Getting wide publicity for qigong (press releases, radio shows and other media coverage)
iii. Bringing qigong to a wider audience
d. Will bring Northwest qigong teachers together to form a collective to better serve the larger community

III. Community Center

I would always like to practice more. When I do, I feel more relaxed, energized, inspired and emotionally balanced. When there is a group of people, my practice is deeper. Many people have told me they feel the same. There is more than enough interest to have our own center, to support a vibrant common space. Together, we can suggest times and types of classes. We can all lead practice groups which expands our own learning in the most effective way. We can all get involved and make it happen!

· Classes and practice groups will be going on 14-hours a day, 7 days a week.
· All different styles of qigong, and other supporting programs and practices will be taught. DVDs of different styles will also be available for practice groups.
· It will be a place to simply relax and be in the moment, nurture process, and detach from goal oriented approaches.
· It will be a place to mutually support each other in practice.
· It will be supported by membership (you can vote for the best times and practices for you).
· You can invest in your wellness, spiritual growth and that of your community.
· It may have other amenities to support process oriented practices such as a tea house, a library, individual meditation rooms and a play center for children.
· There will be different levels of membership: General (one class per week $60/mo, 10% off weekend workshops), Deluxe (unlimited use, $90/mo, 15% off wrkshps), and Sponsor (can propose programming and sponsor low-income members, $150/mo, 20% off wrkshps)

Now that these preliminary ideas are released to you, our community, please offer your input, ideas and help, and please invite others who have such visions into our community so we can realize our manifestations together! I look forward to the unfolding of a new life for our community!