In today’s fast-paced world, we’re often told that to succeed, we need to go faster, push harder, and do more.
But what if the secret to living a longer, healthier, more fulfilling life lies in the opposite approach of simply slowing down?
Science shows us that when we slow down the body, we naturally slow down the mind, calm the nervous system — and create a harmonious body-mind connection that supports greater emotional and hormonal balance, vitality, awareness, and even productivity.
Slowing down enhances our ability to respond to others and life’s challenges with clarity, strength, grace, and ease, rather than from a place of stress, reactivity, or urgency.
You’ll experience this firsthand as renowned Qigong teacher Lee Holden guides you into Qi living —the practice of bringing Qigong principles into your daily routines.
You’ll learn specific Qigong movements and techniques in addition to holistic breathwork and other wellness practices to help you channel yin energy and slow down your everyday life to experience more joy in and through your body, and revitalize your mind, relationships, and connection to spirit…
... as you learn to take Qigong’s art of effortless power into your day-to-day habits to “transform stress into vitality” according to Lee.
In this course, you’ll learn specific, simple, and practical Qi living practices, including mindful eating, taking the ideal breath, de-escalating difficult conversations, and using Zen inquiry meditation to become more present and available to the joy and clarity that are obscured when we rush through the stresses of daily life.
These types of yin energy practices allow us to align to our true nature as we bring more thoughtfulness, ease, inspiration, clarity, and agency into the moment.
A doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and internationally known instructor in meditation, Tai Chi, and Qigong, Lee has traveled the world and studied with the great masters from Eastern culture. In this course, Lee is distilling both ancient and modern teachings to show you the strategic areas where you can master the art of slowing down, which he says is one of the most powerful steps you can take to find balance...
... and catalyze long-term transformations in your health, relationships, work, sense of purpose, and spiritual wellbeing.
Lee teaches that the secret to unlocking your full potential lies in releasing the need to rush through life, and letting go of the pervasive sense of urgency in everyday tasks.
Instead, he encourages taking your time, becoming more receptive, creating spaciousness for magical moments to occur, giving yourself permission to experience the joys of life...
... and drawing in new life-force energy that can revitalize your cells and spirit on every level.
With a down-to-earth teaching style, Lee has helped thousands around the world elevate their health and wellbeing through Qigong and modern wellness practices that harness the natural healing wisdom of the body and spirit.
If you’d like to learn simple yet effective techniques for slowing down that support you in living each day more fully — so you can bring your best self into your work, relationships, and life, join us.
A Qi life empowers you to live in your wholeness — energized and present, motivated and receptive, productive and purposeful...
... as you become more adept at drawing in and amplifying your life-force energy and more available to the blessings that are here now.
Lee’s slow approach shows how calming the nervous system is not just restorative but vital for long-term health, regeneration, and emotional balance — and even for opening yourself to new levels of awareness and spiritual evolution.
Whether you’re new to Qigong or have extensive experience, you’re sure to walk away with potent practices that you can integrate into all facets of your life, ushering in not only holistic health, but also a deeper awareness of the precious moments in lifethat make life worth living.
In this 7-week transformational course, Lee will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies you’ll need to slow down to power up your mind, body, and spirit and activate a Qi life using potent Qigong practices and techniques.
You’ll connect with Lee and experience his teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Lee’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Lee. 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 experience the life-enhancing benefits of slowing down — whether in your health, work, or relationships.
Our modern life doesn’t promote a high vibratory way of living. We are busy, rushed, stressed, anxious, in pain, and basically wired and tired as individuals — and as a culture.
When our minds perceive urgency, our bodies move into fight or flight. In this module you’ll explore the slow remedy, and learn how to become mindful as we feel into where we are in time and space.
You’ll also explore how the slow concept appears through spiritual communities and cultures throughout time…
… and why it’s so beneficial for stress management, health, and connecting to loved ones — and for a deep and meaningful connection to life.
Lee will share a concept called Bliss Over Busy as a way of living fully each and every day — and guide you in a slow Qigong movement meditation as a way to set intention for the day and the course.
This week, you’ll learn how to:
In Chinese culture, the mind was alluded to as the “monkey mind,” swinging from proverbial branch-to-branch.
This week, Lee will share how the monkey mind is the mind of agitation sacrificing present moment contentment for endless future worries.
You’ll explore why the mind tends to behave this way — turbulent and rambunctious — and why slowing it down is the remedy.
Lee will show how simple Zen inquiry meditation is a key practice to shift the agitated mind into a peaceful present moment.
You’ll also be guided through Mindfulness in Motion Qigong flows as a way to enhance Zen meditation.
This week, you’ll discover how to:
In Qigong and Tai Chi practice, slow breathing is integrated into slow movement for energy cultivation.
This week, you’ll discover how slow breathing is integrated into slow movement to relax the body and ignite the inner healing power within your cells.
We all have innate capacity to rebalance and find equilibrium in life — and tapping into your inner power breath is the key to unlocking our potential.
Lee will explore why slow breathing is fundamental to health and longevity, and guide you through various breathing exercises and Qigong movements for optimal health and energy.
This week, you’ll discover:
Why are practices like Tai Chi and Qigong done slowly? The ancient masters knew a secret…
By moving the body slowly, you absorb and take in more life-force energy from nature — and the universe.
Qigong was known as the “art of effortless power” — and this effortless ease came from relaxed slowness. The masters of antiquity knew that by moving slowly, practitioners would relax the mind and body, drop into the present moment without effort, and cultivate healing life-force energy.
By moving slowly and intentionally, you can also develop the skills to work with all of life’s various energies in healthy ways.
This week, you’ll:
“It’s not just what you eat, but how you eat,” that boosts your metabolism, your energy, and allows your body to more easily shed any excess weight, says Lee.
When you eat quickly, your gut requires more energy to digest food. Chewing your food slowly and mindfully can improve metabolism and energy levels — so you are less inclined to overeat.
Lee will guide you through a meditative eating practice to strengthen metabolism and help you more easily recognize when you’re full.
He’ll also lead a Qigong movement practice for healthy digestion and offer tips on what to do before and after eating to improve digestion and metabolism.
This week, you’ll:
This week, explore how slowing down influences your relationships.
Lee will share key concepts to navigate arguments, discussions that feel heavy, and agitating conversations.
People feel truly heard when you slow down in communication with them. Slowing down removes urgency and immediacy out of the dialogue, which allows for more mindful interactions without escalating emotional energy.
You’ll explore how difficult interactions can be transformed into something deeply connecting…
Lee will also share how slowing down romantic interactions help heighten energy, connection, and pleasure as you learn how to savor and increase, loving, blissful, and even orgasmic energy by slowing down.
You’ll be guided through Qigong movements for cultivating “Jing” Qi, which is the “essence” or “sensual” energy of the body that allows us to build a sense of stability, balance hormones, and ease uncomfortable menopausal symptoms. This inner groundedness allows you to approach relationships from a place of wholeness and connect more authentically with yourself and others.
This week, you’ll:
Lee will guide you through a longer Qigong routine to integrate enlivening Qigong exercises with moving meditation.
You’ll explore how you can bring the concept of slowing down into your daily life — whether your home life, work, passion projects, relationships, or lifestyle.
You’ll then end class with a Zen meditation.
This week, you’ll:
In addition to Lee’s transformative 7-week online course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Lee guides practitioners in this Zen meditation on how to use inquiry and contemplation to truly relax the mind into the present moment. Mind-Fullness is about bringing the fullness of our attention into the present moment. This meditation provides an effortless way to enter into the moment and feel grounded in the now.
In the first chapter from Qigong teacher Lee Holden’s book, Ready, Set, Slow: How to Improve Your Energy, Health, and Relationships Through the Power of Slow, you’ll discover how to reignite your passion for life’s beautiful moments and simple blessings by embracing the power of slowing down. Lee explores how the Slow Method, rooted in Eastern meditation, Chinese martial arts, and Taoist philosophies can fuel us in a way that zipping through life never could. You’ll discover how a slow mind, slow body, and slow relationships actually add the spark back to life — and your health — as you make time for the moments that make life worth living.
This course has calmed me down considerably and taken my anxiety away. I was always stressed out, and it has brought down the gauge considerably to no anxiety at all. So amazing.
San Antonio, Texas
Lee Holden has a wonderful spirit, and he’s a great teacher. He shares his wisdom and knowledge with love and enthusiasm. Lee did a fantastic job, and I found the course sessions to be highly informative. I especially loved the Qigong and breathing exercises. I love that the sessions were recorded so that I can revisit them and do all of the practices again and again. I would definitely recommend this course to a friend.
Bermuda
This class with Lee Holden was transformational for me. His detailed teachings were very profound yet easy to understand. I experienced a new level of understanding of how our universe all fits together as a result of this course. I’d love to see an advanced course from Lee sometime in the future!
Denver, Colorado
This traditional physician was blown away by the success of something I can’t quite understand. I am very pleased! My body feels great. I can't recommend Lee more highly.
Lee’s experience shines through. Thank you for sharing relatable stories and examples, and teaching us how to release the tension of modern day living from our bodies to facilitate the flow of healing energy. I loved it and am practicing each day.
Ontario, Canada
Qigong & the Power of Slow offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Lee Holden will share in this powerful program.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from Lee Holden, Qigong and Tai Chi instructor — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you on how to cultivate a Qi life through Qigong practices that slow down the body, mind, and spirit and ignite holistic health and wellbeing. Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 1:00pm Pacific.
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.
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.
You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
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.
Our exclusive Facebook online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
We feel honored that Lee Holden has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with an instructor of Qigong, meditation, and Tai Chi whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about cultivating a Qi life, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE Qigong & the Power of Slow — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before January 21, 2025 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
Lee does great work. I’m happy to work with him every chance I get. I recommend him highly.
Grandmaster of Inner Alchemy & Qigong
I am actually feeling the benefits of Lee’s exercises in a very short time, and my posture is straighter and I feel more aligned. The combination of Qigong with various yoga poses is very effective, and it has significantly released the tension and tightness in my back. His explanations during the exercises really increase my understanding and insight into the benefits of the movements — and help keep me on track and focused on the practice. The benefits last throughout the day. I am calmer, more focused, and have increased concentration. I am less anxious and much better equipped to handle a very stressful day.
Associate professor, Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of CUNY
Lee’s Qigong routines are the perfect blend of exercise to jumpstart your day and help you relax at night.
Author of more than 65 books, including 19 New York Times bestsellers
Lee Holden first discovered the healing power of Qigong and Tai Chi after experiencing injuries as a college soccer player that nearly crippled him. He was impressed by how these ancient practices healed his body and allowed him to return to playing, and he made their study a priority.
Today, he is an internationally known instructor in meditation, Tai Chi, and Qigong. He is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and author of 7 Minutes of Magic. His popular library of Qigong DVDs has made him a regular fixture on American Public Television, and on more than 105 PBS stations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Lee’s expertise and down-to-earth teaching style make him a popular speaker and workshop facilitator. He’s worked with world-famous healers like Deepak Chopra and Grandmaster Mantak Chia, a widely revered Qigong expert. He consults with top Silicon Valley corporations like Apple, Google, and Cisco on stress management. He’s even been the wellness consultant for several Hollywood film productions. He is also a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a graduate of Five Branches Institute of Acupuncture in Santa Cruz, California (a leading acupuncture college in the U.S.), and he graduated from UC Berkeley with a psychology degree.
