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Mingtong Gu
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Discover the fundamentals of effectively working with energy for your physical, emotional and spiritual healing and wellbeing.
Many of the world’s greatest healing practices come to us from thousands of years of experimentation by ancient and modern Qigong masters in China.
These master healers were the original scientists of the subtle body — working with the circulation of Qi (life force energy) for health, longevity, fertility and more.
The Qigong masters’ capacity to heal and focus energy is legendary and eminently practical. Over centuries, they tried innumerable ways of working with the body’s subtle energy fields and culled the techniques that delivered results and prevented disease.
Some of the most important methods involve working to shift stagnant or blocked energy patterns in the body. When we experience trauma or even everyday stressors, we often accumulate such areas of dense, blocked energy, which can persist for decades and lead to disease.
Specific Qigong practices have the ability to shift these blocks or “charge up” areas with diminished Qi to activate organ systems and their self-healing powers. This results in a greater flow of energy throughout your system, which in turn increases immune function and overall good health.
Greater flow is also connected to other forms of abundance, as circulating Qi attracts more energy.
Just a few minutes a day of focused practice can have dramatic effects on your happiness, wellbeing, stress levels and even on long-standing health issues.
While Qigong might initially seem “far out,” it’s actually one of the alternative healing modalities that’s getting the most attention and respect from the Western medical establishment — because it delivers results.
What that means is that there is now a growing body of scientific data supporting the wisdom of this ancient lineage.
In Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health, you have the opportunity to discover essential daily practices from Wisdom Healing Qigong — the specific lineage taught in this program — which will help you take better energetic care of your body and establish a new baseline of health for a long and vibrant life.
You’ll learn about the role of Qi energy and how to connect heart, mind and body to cultivate abundant Qi flow for your health, healing and daily life. You’ll receive specific teachings focused on energy abundance, and develop your own personal Qigong practice for creating this healing flow.
And as you do this, you’ll become more adept at cultivating and nourishing a balanced flow throughout your body so that you can better prevent disease, boost vitality — and even slow aging.
You’ll join thousands of people who are practicing Qigong to live with more joy and less stress and exhaustion. You’ll understand how to start the program and stay motivated to meet the ebbs, flows and challenges of your day.
The Importance of an Authentic Teacher
During Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health, you’ll have the honor of studying with Master Mingtong Gu, one of the pre-eminent teachers of Qigong for over 20 years.
Through The Chi Center, the organization Master Gu built in the West, he has trained thousands of students and teachers to work with Qi in ways that get results.
Over the course of the seven weeks, he’ll illuminate both the philosophical and practical components of working with Qi — and give you simple practices and positions that allow you to connect with the energy that supports and nourishes your body.
You’ll benefit not only from his verbal teachings but also from video-recorded exercises that demonstrate the proper movements, sounds and ways to direct the flow of energy.
These principles of energetic healing can help you address and heal underlying issues that can result in imbalance, disharmony and disease.
There is something intrinsically empowering and beneficial about learning practices of self-care that complement traditional biomedical approaches. Rather than passively waiting to be fixed by a doctor, you can be empowered to effectively work with your personal energy system — a crucial dimension of holistic health.
During the course, you’ll also work with the principle of “integrative oneness,” which allows you to truly experience your consciousness, heart, body and mind as a united whole.
You’ll learn to circulate Qi to weaker parts of your body and deepen your understanding of the energetic connections between your body, emotions and spirit.
When you join Master Mingtong Gu for this special training, you’ll benefit by:
- Releasing the hold of stress and exhaustion on your ability to access energy
- Cultivating more energy for your wellbeing
- Opening energy channels that support healing underlying conditions that contribute to illness and stress
- Learning a personal practice to release stagnation and cultivate more energy that can be done at any age and ability over a lifetime
- Discovering more creativity by connecting within and shaping the greater capacity for resilience and joy
- Learning specific movements and sounds to connect with external energy of the universe for an endless flow of Qi
- Understanding the Wisdom Healing Qigong teachings on moving energy blockages that hold our emotions and our body in old, unhealthy patterns
- Exploring the power of the moving meditation of Qigong on our ability to focus and deepen the experience
- Starting a 50/100 Day Gong that delivers vibrancy for your life
- Learning movement and meditation to transform energy throughout the day to give a needed boost, and at night to support a deeper, restful sleep
Applying the daily practices of Qigong, you’ll learn to better prevent disease and develop the foundations for lasting, radiant wellbeing. You’ll also experience more connection and inner peace and a feeling of wholeness.
This course provides the joyful enthusiasm of Master Gu’s teachings together with the robust multi-media practice tools — including video, audio and text — needed for every student to start and maintain a personal practice.
To learn this healing practice, you’ll listen to the course presentations and follow along with the guided video and audio practices during class. Your personal practice is further supported by the video/audio practice sessions and materials available 24/7 at the class portal.
No prior experience with Qigong or energy practices is needed to participate in this course. Wisdom Healing Qigong is suitable for all ages and abilities and can be done sitting, standing or lying down. This form is highly supportive and compatible with other energy practices as well, including yoga, tai chi, acupuncture and meditative practices. Comfortable clothes are recommended, but special exercise clothes or mats are not needed.
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for those who would like to move their lives into joy and health while releasing stress and exhaustion, low energy and worry, blocked creativity and overwhelm, including:
- Anyone who is open to more energy and vitality in their lives each day
- Anyone who would like to release old habits and patterns that do not serve health, joy and community
- Anyone who is inspired to contribute to self and the world, but finds their energy is low or unfocused
- Anyone who does yoga or meditation and would like to experience the teachings of Qigong movement and meditation
- Anyone facing illness or injury, and who would benefit from more energy for healing
- Anyone feeling depressed and worried, and who would like to bring in more happiness
Join us for a healing and illuminating journey with one of the world’s most esteemed Qigong masters — and receive practices you can use for a lifetime.
And remember, when you heal yourself, you contribute to the healing of our world.
Greater Connection Through Video
As a special feature of this course, Master Mingtong Gu will present his teaching sessions on video so you can have an even more powerful connection and transmission. These video presentations will be easy to access and will greatly increase your learning and transformation.
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Weeks
Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 5:00pm Pacific
During the 7-week program, Master Mingtong Gu will joyfully guide you through the role of Qi energy and how to connect heart, mind and body to cultivate abundant Qi flow for your health, healing and daily life. Master Gu has selected Wisdom Healing Qigong teachings focused on energy abundance, and will guide you in the steps to explore this powerful Qigong lineage and to create your own Qigong practice for energy abundance.
Each weekly class session will build harmoniously upon the next and will include a pre-recorded video presentation by Mingtong Gu featuring the teachings, demonstrations, and/or guided movements, meditations and visualizations for that week. You can practice along with Master Gu as he demonstrates these practices and return to the recorded version when the class is over to maintain your practice.
Each video presentation will be followed by a LIVE Q&A session with Master Gu — a favorite feature! The Q&A invites students to communicate directly with this renowned master and to receive support for incorporating these teachings into their personal practice.
Practice Component: The deep benefits of Qigong come from practicing the sounds, movements and meditations yourself, so you can feel and experience their transformative effects. Each weekly session will help you to develop a practice of your own. Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health is appropriate for all ages and abilities and does not require special clothing or exercise equipment. If you are unable to attend live, you’ll receive class recordings, transcripts and supplemental materials so you can still experience the full benefits of the program.
Module 1: Cultivating Energy Through Wisdom Healing Qigong (November 22)
How can we cultivate greater energy to heal our body, mind and heart? Master Mingtong Gu will explore the role of opening up our energy, reestablishing our baseline and reshaping our capacity for greater health, happiness and creativity for ourselves and others. Instead of the mind thinking one thing, the body behaving in a contrary way and the heart feeling something altogether different from both, you’ll discover how Qigong provides alignment of and connection with the deep energy flow within and around you. When you access abundant energy, you’re better prepared to live your life and care for your health challenges. This session invites you to start or deepen a personal practice for abundance.
In this module, you’ll:
- Experience a Qigong meditation for stress relief
- Explore the powerful lineage of Wisdom Healing Qigong and the 3 A’s to integrate and open connections of mind, body and heart
- Gain insight into how stress and worry are closing down your access to energy and causing energy blockages
- Discover a Spinal Bone Marrow practice from Wisdom Healing Qigong to help release the Qi blockages in the back and spine
- Learn Qigong fundamentals and how course materials, including the ebook and other bonus materials can support your learning and practice
- Discover the steps to start your own 50/100 Day Gong (a personal Qigong practice)
Module 2: Opening Your Heart to a Clear & Pure Purpose (November 29)
When we’re discouraged by our health, work or relationships, our ability to connect with our deeper purpose and to focus on it can become clouded. In this module, discover how to connect with the subtle energy within you and bring clear intention to a daily Qigong practice for your wellbeing and to foster pure purpose. The result is more vitality for creating and living.
In this module, you’ll:
- Attract abundance into your life through a Heart Opening Meditation for cultivating purity of purpose, health and creativity
- Practice acceptance to revitalize your body, creativity and stamina
- Learn the Qigong tools of G.R.A.C.E. for deeper practice
- Discover a “wake-up” practice to re-energize and access a clearer focus on your deepest purpose
Module 3: Awakening the Flow of Energy in the Spine (December 13)
A resilient, flexible spine opens your capacity for creativity and health. In this module, Master Gu will guide you to improve the alignment and flexibility of your back.
Your spine not only connects your brain with the rest of your body, it affects the entire energy flow that shapes the quality of your health and increases your joy and sense of peace.
In this module, you’ll discover:
- Practices that open your spine for the free flow of energy
- The Bending Spine Movement and the Awaken Vitality Method, which strengthen your central nervous system
- How to nourish your brain through the practice of Haola, when you feel exhausted or depleted
- A stress-relieving practice to relax your spine, back and legs, and undo unhealthy posture
Module 4: Deep Compassion & Forgiveness in the Heart (December 20)
Forgiving yourself and others is essential to your health and happiness. An Inner Smile awakens a deeper level of compassion and loving kindness. In this module, Master Gu will delve into the Wisdom Healing Qigong compassionate teachings that can help release the stories you carry in your body, heart and spirit.
In this module, you’ll discover:
- Healing sounds for your heart to release suffering caused by resentment or anxiety — and increase your joy and sense of connection with others
- A guided Inner Smile Meditation to bring you deep contentment
- Wisdom Healing Qigong compassionate teachings that help release energy blockages of past stories, making room for peace, love and understanding
Module 5: Gathering Abundant Energy (January 3)
With the pace and stress of modern living, we can lose connection with the life energy that flows around and within us. We can become isolated, disconnected from our inner selves, families, environment and the universal life force. This week, you’ll discover a key practice for circulating Qi (life force energy) by gathering this energy to flow within you and back out to the world. This practice is especially helpful for people challenged by chronic or acute conditions, emotional depletion, and/or who care for others as a caretaker, health professional or parent.
In this module, you’ll:
- Discover how to connect to internal energy with external universal energy through movement and the gathering of energetic flow
- Gather and expand Qi to release blockages and stagnations to promote healing and wellbeing
- Expand your awareness and connection to life around you by practicing a balanced standing posture for the intentional gathering of life energy
- Discover the Lift Chi Up, Pour Chi Down Open and Close method of Wisdom Healing Qigong
Module 6: Digesting Abundant Energy With Centeredness (January 10)
Aligning your body to digest Qi is valuable for your own health and wellbeing as well as for aiding in the positive transformations of our planet. This week, you’ll be invited to bring discernment into your life, so you can better open to releasing old habits that no longer serve you. Unhealthy choices drain our vitality and block true comfort on a physical and energetic level.
In this module, you’ll:
- Discover the Qigong healing sounds for the digestion system, which help release worry and awaken centeredness and thoughtfulness
- Learn to release the mind from data overload and over thinking
- Discover how to drop your “story” by transforming energy
- Transform energy from worry to ease and relax your digestive system
Module 7: Abundant Energy for Self, Family, Community & Our World (January 17)
What would you like to do for family, friends and the world, if you had the energy? In this final module, you’ll integrate Master Gu’s teachings on Abundance Energy and the threads of the physical, emotional, and spiritual abundance. He will gather the entire course teachings and integrate them into one practice.
In this module, you’ll:
- Open your vertical energy flow to nourish your organs, bones and muscles and release blockages
- Review in class, the entire home practice with all the movements integrated into one guided practice
- Discover how to apply abundance that is being cultivated through Qigong practice, helping you realize new vitality and compassion in service to others
The Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health Bonus Collection
In addition to Master Gu’s transformative 7-week virtual course, you’ll receive these powerful training sessions to complement what you learn — and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Abundant Energy
E-book by Master Mingtong Gu (Valued at $35.00)
This e-book is designed to support this course, providing the relevant teachings, movements and sounds so that students have a great reference. Master Gu has gathered these teachings for this publication to expand your understanding and help you deepen your everyday personal practice. They include step-by-step practice instructions and illustrations for Wisdom Healing Qigong practices focused on energy abundance. When you combine this book with the weekly “Deepening Practices Video and Audio Teachings” included with the course, you’ll have a powerful set tools to support your health, wellbeing and creativity.
Awaken Energy for the Work Day
Video From Master Mingtong Gu
We all have busy days filled with lots of information and we need to process. These full days can become overwhelming, causing stress and exhaustion. This video teaching will help you awaken and align your energy throughout your workday. Add this meditation to your phone or computer, so that during your next lunch or midday break, you can listen or watch and instantly renew your energy.
Sounds for Happiness & Compassion
Video From Master Mingtong Gu
Stress, the loss of of a loved one, challenging interactions throughout your day, cause your heart energy to contract. And when this energy is too contracted, you can experience hatred and discontent. In this teaching video, Master Gu leads us in the Wisdom Healing Qigong sounds for the heart which open the energy channels to awaken happiness. This instruction can be especially helpful to people facing health crises, including depression, Parkinson’s disease and chronic fatigue, for which it is essential to open the heart Qi or energy.
Q&A Consultation Email With Mingtong’s Team
In addition to the class instruction and Q&A time, you’ll receive a dedicated email address where you can reach out to Master Gu and his team of experienced practitioners between class sessions to ask follow-up questions that may not have been answered in the sessions. This greater level of access is a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge and practice.
100 Day Gong Chart
PDF From Master Mingtong Gu
This 100-day Gong Chart makes it simple to record every Wisdom Healing Qigong practice and includes tips to stay focused. Gong means “practice of,” and 100 days of dedicated practice is the key to beginning a new journey in cultivating health, happiness and vitality through Wisdom Healing Qigong. Master Gu invites students to start one day at a time, until you complete one Gong, to allow the mind-body to connect on new levels. The ancient masters have long recommended 100 days of steady practice to form the mind-body connections needed for health and healing, and modern neuroscience can now see the benefits in the neural pathways. To support your dedication, at the end of 50 days, students can send in their Gong Chart for the gift of a bonus teaching, and at the end of 100 days you’ll receive a certificate.
What Graduates of Master Gu’s Courses at The Shift Network Are Saying...
This was just the combination of a spiritual and healing practice course I have always been looking for and Master Gu’s wisdom, sincerity and the happiness he radiate make him an exceptional teacher and soul.
— Sue, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
I found this course to be such a joyful and deeply peaceful experience. My body is happy with me now and Master Mingtong Gu shares "Haola" and presence that reaches through cyberspace right into my heart. I was also delighted with the reminders, explanations, class materials and support that The Shift Network provided. It was truly the best online experience I have ever had. Blessings and blissings,
— Reverend Pomaika’i, Holualoa, Hawaii
The sound healing exercises have become an important start to my day. I love the experience of contacting my organs and body in the morning this way. It’s almost like my safety checks a pilot makes prior to a flight. I feel more aware of the connection between my body and my brain. I enjoy this modality tremendously. It feels good. Was quite distraught when it ended, but so excited when following program started. There is so much wisdom. I listen to replays and gain more and more understanding of information that is provided. Mingtong has a captivating way of teaching.
— Yvonne Praschma, Newfield, New York
Before taking the course: for the period of 1.5 years I’ve been having shoulder pains so bad that I was ready to go for the surgery. I’m absolutely pain FREE now! I tried to do meditation several time before and never succeeded; in this course I finally learned how to do this and it helps me daily. I feel better, my outlook to the existence improved so much more than I could imagine. I just went through a divorce when all my life fell into pieces, and I don’t know where I would be now if not for YOUR help. You really save me in the most difficult situation, you helped to want to live again. Thank you!
— Anonymous
As Mingtong says Just Do It! Everyday brings new mental or emotional and physical freedom that transforms old stuck patterns into a liberating happy life. Physically I would say there has been 95% improvement in chronic conditions that I have lived with for many years and emotionally I am feeling more at ease with life and it’s journey. I also realise this is just the first step in a life long commitment and I eagerly look forward to following this gentle and life transforming age old wisdom.
— Manuel, Sydney, Australia
A great benefit was being in the presence of Mingtong Gu and experiencing his focus, silence and delicious sense of joy. Also watching his intent focus, listening and response to the questions asked during the Q&A. It was a very important lesson in a different possibility of being present to one another, of being truly seen and heard.
— Helene, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
The Shift Network course with Master Mingtong Gu is a unique and powerful course. The techniques are fully explained by Master Gu. You are guided carefully through the exercises. There was time allowed for questions. Students could interact on Facebook and in breakout group phone conferences after each session. The Shift Network staff are excellent facilitators of a positive experience. The course materials are all electronic and well designed. If a course interests you, I would say to give it a go.
— Karen C., San Diego, California
Mingtong Gu is one of the bright lights on our planet. Just being in his presence will make you feel better and how he passes on the teachings is very skillful. Being in the presence of a master is always a blessing. I feel very grateful to have connected with his teachings. They will be my companions for the rest of my life’s journey.
— Grita, Santa Cruz, California
Immediate effect and benefit. The course was easy to take individually without the constraints of being physically present at a specific time.
— Peggy Pierotti, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This course is a blessing using ancient sounds to awaken and heal your body that works from the first time you try it. Just amazing!
— BA, Dallas, Texas
I loved everything about this course and wish it go on and on forever. It awakened me deeply and also gently and organic. Thank you.
— Xie Xie
Join the Global Community
Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health not only offers some of the most advanced online Qigong teachings currently available, it’s also a thriving global community of support.
Join your fellow students and practitioners from across the world in the live interactive conference events or in our online community. You’ll support and learn from each other while you embark on a path to connect with the flow of energy within mind, body and heart for abundance now and for a lifetime.
This international community is at the leading edge of a global movement of people committed to co-creating a better world for all beings. This emerging planetary movement is rooted in an open heart and stands for the principles of mutual support, cooperation, harmony and reverence for all of life.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 60-minute Wisdom Teachings With Mingtong Gu
Experience a rare opportunity to be mentored and learn with master teacher Mingtong Gu — from the comfort of your own home. Each class includes a 60-minute broadcast of Master Gu’s pre-recorded video presentation, guiding you to progress through Qigong teachings for abundant energy and the practice movements and meditations. Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.
Seven 30-minute LIVE Q&A Sessions With Mingtong Gu
Following the pre-recorded teaching, Master Gu will come on live every session for 30 minutes or more of Q&A time, so you can have all your questions answered. The Q&A sessions invite you to communicate directly with Master Gu to get support and clarity for these teachings in your personal practice. As you engage directly with him, you’ll have the opportunity to deepen your learning and embodiment and synthesize it all in a truly powerful way.
Seven Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the video will be available for you to download or stream in high quality format. This way, you’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime you desire — on your phone or on your computer.
Seven Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to download in high-quality MP3 format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere — on any connected device and at your convenience.
Seven PDF Transcripts of Class Sessions
In addition to the high-quality MP3 audios and videos, you’ll also receive the entire class transcription in PDF format after each session is completed. You can then review, print and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Interactive Exercises and Supplemental Teachings
After each lesson, you will then have the option to do related exercises, practice new tools and answer questions in order to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson. Mingtong will also share additional guided video and/or audio demonstrations of the movements, meditations and sounds that are available for guided practice during the week.
50-Day Gong Support
Designed to deeply support the discovery of opening energy for your own purposeful living and healing, you are welcomed and fully supported to begin a 50-Day Gong — which translates into “50 days of guided Qigong practice” — together as a class. You can move at your own pace through building your practice, since you will receive recordings of all course sessions.
Online Community
Through our exclusive Facebook online community, you’ll continue your discovery process and build community through the shared journey of learning and doing a 50-Day Gong together. Here, you can ask additional questions, interact with your fellow students and get access to additional resources to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health Bonus Collection
- Abundant Energy
E-book by Master Mingtong Gu (Valued at $35.00)
- Awaken Energy for the Work Day
Video From Master Mingtong Gu
- Sounds for Happiness & Compassion
Video From Master Mingtong Gu
- Q&A Consultation Email With Mingtong’s Team
- 100-Day Gong Chart
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Qigong for Abundant Energy & Health Virtual Training
We feel honored that Mingtong Gu has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive, LIVE online training. This is a rare opportunity to interact directly with a master Qigong teacher whose powerful practices and wisdom are helping us heal and awaken ourselves — and our world.
Through this powerful online format, you’ll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations and meals — which would cost thousands of dollars), you’ll also be able to benefit from Master Gu’s empowering teachings and exercises from the comfort of your home — at your own pace!
If you’re serious about developing a fully integrated healing practice you can use everyday to feel deeply grounded and energized both physically and spiritually, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.
If you’re ready to take the next step in evolving yourself, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
More Praise for Mingtong Gu...
Mingtong is full of vitality, wisdom and skill. He is a real healer, and the practices he teaches can change your life.
— Jack Kornfield, PhD, Co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Author of Several Bestselling Books
Mingtong lives what he teaches, exudes vibrancy and love, supports the empowerment and health of each person and shares his experience and knowledge as a wisdom master.
— Bruce Fabric, MD, Board Certified Psychiatrist
Master Mingtong Gu has brought a level of transmission of mind-body practice that is unparalleled in my experience. Since making these teachings available to patients in my medical practice, they become healthier and happier.
— Brian Bouch, MD, Director of Hill Park Medical Center
Master Mingtong Gu and Wisdom Healing Qigong are the partners I have been searching for during my 40 years as a western physician. My personal experience with this powerful mind-body practice has confirmed its amazing (in some cases, miraculous) ability to heal emotional distress and physical illness, from life-threatening to life-altering.
— Jerome Weiss, MD, Director
He is definitely one of the rare true healers that are very hard to find. I strongly recommend for anyone to spend some time with him and experience his powerful healing energy.
— Dan Vicario, MD, Founder of San Diego Cancer Center
About Mingtong Gu
Master Mingtong Gu joyfully and skillfully translates the ancient teachings of Wisdom Healing Qigong for modern times. He founded The Chi Center and The Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong, a beautiful 79 acre resort near Santa Fe, New Mexico, to bring Qigong wisdom to benefit others. Based on his success working with all ages facing major illnesses and physical and emotional challenges, he teaches online courses, workshops and retreats for the individual, wellness professional, and for students attaining Qigong teacher certification. He is the author of several publications including Wisdom Healing Qigong, More Energy, More Life and Sound Healing Technologies, and is a respected speaker on healing ourselves and our planet.
Mingtong Gu completed his primary and secondary schooling and his Bachelor’s in China, then came to the US and received his Masters in Math and Fine Arts. He received master training with Grandmaster Pang Ming, the founder of Wisdom Healing Qigong and the Zhineng Center, the largest Qigong medicine-less hospital in China. Master Gu received the Qigong Master of the Year Award at the 13th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is a virtual course?
A: It’s a great way to engage live teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a phone line (or an equivalent voice service). If there is more than one person in your household taking the course, you will each need your own line. We use MaestroConference to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions, participate in groups, and deepen your exploration of the course themes.
Please note that dialing MaestroConference from your phone is a regular toll call to California; your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. Other options include calling cards and discount long-distance carriers. You can also use Skype to connect to MaestroConference at no charge, and we offer a webcast which is free to use from anywhere in the world.
I have never participated before in an online course. The packaging, presentation, inclusion and Facebook postings created a wonderful, safe cocoon to participate. I haven’t seen a course so well put together ever — not in all the years of taking college classes — and I had my doubts about doing an online course. The wealth of organization and ease of learning materials and support made this fun as well.
– Claudia F., Medford, MA
Q: Can I get benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can download the recordings and transcripts of all course sessions from our online media archive, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage the full community and leaders on our private community website.
Q: Can you tell me about the Private Course Group?
A: We will have a private community group for all course participants on Facebook that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, completing homework assignments and exchanging information about events and other activities that can supplement your transformational journey. You’ll have the ability to share your experiences, projects and growth throughout the Course.
Q: Are there scholarships available for this Training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, giving preference to those in developing countries or doing important but underpaid work to which they can apply the training material immediately. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.
Q: What is your refund policy?
A: Your satisfaction with The Shift Network and this course is our highest priority! We offer a satisfaction guarantee so that you can sample the course risk-free. The deadline to receive a full refund is December 13, 2016. To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Your refund will be processed within five business days and we'll send you an email confirming your refund. However, we'd love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there is something we can assist you with, please email us at support@theshiftnetwork.com and we'll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarship awards.)
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