A Personal Invitation to the May 24-28 Qigong Global Summit From Your Host, Sharon Smith
Our fourth annual Qigong Global Summit, hosted by Sharon Smith, takes place May 24-28.
This FREE summit features a global gathering of highly respected Qigong teachers who will share timeless techniques to calm your nervous system, address chronic illness, improve your bone health, and spring clean the energy in your organs.
You’ll discover how to boost your physical and emotional flexibility with nourishing low-impact routines.
And you’ll receive essential practices you can use right away to take better energetic care of your body, mind, and emotions — generating harmony, equanimity, and reconnection with yourself and nature.
To register for free, click here.
Hey there, I'm Sharon Smith, the host of The Shift Network's Qigong Global Summit that is coming up really soon, May 24th through the 28th. Those of you who practice Qigong know that it is such an important practice for these challenging times. And those who might be new to Qigong practice, you should be aware that research has shown there are numerous benefits, including building our immune system, releasing stress, and enhancing our ability to feel happier in our lives.
As a longtime practitioner and the summit host, I am absolutely thrilled to invite you to share the wisdom and knowledge of these very inspiring Qigong masters, dedicated teachers, and practitioners. All of them have a lifetime of knowledge to share with us.
Take a look at the dazzling roster of speakers and motivate yourself to participate. Our speakers are the experts in this field. Robert Peng, Mantak Chia, Chunyi Lin, Li Junfeng, Daisy Lee, Lee Holden, Violet Li, Mingtong Gu, Deng Ming-Dao, Dr. Nan Lu, and a host of others.
In this summit, they will share with you the powerful life-changing Qigong practices that they know and have experienced over time, including movement, meditation, and sound healing that you can start using right away to enhance your health and happiness.
You will also hear from practitioners who have very inspiring stories to tell. Dr. Karine Martin on her 15-year experience living in the Daoist temples in China. Emeka Okafor, a professional basketball player, shares his personal story of using Qigong to be a better athlete. And Bianca Molle's experience of healing herself from Parkinson's disease.
Go ahead and register, you have absolutely nothing to lose. It's completely free and you will receive powerful wisdom, practices, and insights that can help you in your life right now. Please join the growing international community of Qigong practitioners. I look forward to seeing you soon in the Qigong Global Summit.
Sharon Smith has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, and other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 42 years, and teaching them for 38. Her influential teachers include Masters Mantak Chia (she was in his original class of western students in 1981), Li Junfeng, Ming Chan, and T.K. Shih. Other important teachers include Juan Li, Gilles Marin, Don Ahn, and Carol Anthony, as well as many other Tao masters. In 2011, she attended the Wudang Martial Arts Internal Kung Fu Academy in China.
Sharon teaches seminars internationally, and regularly at the New York Open Center. Other teaching venues include The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Master Mantak Chia’s Tao Garden in Thailand, Omega Institute, La Guardia Community College, Queens College, New York University, Adult Education Division of the New York City Board of Education, and the New York State Department of Parks & Recreation.
Sharon was the Creatrix and Director of The Immortal Sisters Conference held in 2017, a historic gathering of women committed to “Returning to the Tao,” honoring Yin in an overly Yang world. She was also a seminar leader at China’s Women in Daoism conference in 2011, and presented her work with senior citizens at the 2009 International Tai Chi Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. She has received numerous foundation grants for her work with senior citizens and in community mental health programs. Sharon was a spokesperson for Qigong on the nationally syndicated PBS television show, Asian America, and was the Chinese Astrology columnist for the Asian Food and Lifestyle Journal from 2005-2007.
Sharon is a visual artist whose photographs are in the collections of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Hofstra University Library, Special Collections Department, Hempstead, New York; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; The Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Polaroid Europa, Offenbach, Germany; and Polaroid Far East, LTD, Hong Kong, as well as many private collections in the U.S. and Europe. Her 2015 film, Saturn Saved Me, featured her experiences with Indian astrologers.
