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Jiaoshi Andrea
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Misleading Mysticism: The Trap Of The Spiritual Journeys
When we start a spiritual path, be it Buddhist, Christian, etc, most of the time we get too much involved with the external aspect of it. We don’t realize that the rituals, the story behind the religion, the clothing, a particular mantra, and so on, represent only the “tools”, not the end game. If we get too attached to a system or a belief, we forget that we are something more than all of that. We might forget who we truly are. We become rigid, with many opinions and ideas,
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Aug 21
- 2 min
Does Spiritual Enlightenment Really Exist?
Enlightenment is an escape. It's a concept we believe in when we have conflict within ourselves. We try to find a solution, an appealing solution, in some kind of world that is not this. A world that is not within our perception. We have conflict inside and we create more conflict by looking for something outside of ourselves. We resist life. We resist what we perceive. How can this bring the enlightenment that we are hoping for? That's a kind of nonsense, isn't it? If we wou
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Aug 14
- 2 min
How to Transform your Life & Grow Spiritually with Nei Qi Gong
Working with ourselves means also encountering our limits. It means to see our negative tendencies and transform those lower tendencies into a greater aspect of ourselves. It's about knowing ourselves on a physical, emotional, and mental level. The Nei Qi Gong path can transform our minds and turn bad habits into good ones. As long as there is mind movement, we will never find that natural blissfulness that we have as human beings when we relax. Nature is a beautiful space to
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Nei Qi Gong: Authorized Instructors & Copyright
Today I’m clarifying a very important aspect of the Nei Qi Gong: who can teach it and why the system is protected by copyright. Nei Qi Gong is not some sort of course or training you follow for a couple of days to then become a teacher. It's a very serious, efficient, and powerful system created by my teacher Shifu Costantino Valente. He is the founder of the Nei Qi Gong Fu school. This is a practice that can only be taught by an authorized instructor, like me for example, an
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Aug 6
- 2 min
Spiritual Business: Taking Advantage of Our Ignorance
Spirituality has become a mess nowadays and let’s be frank about this: we’re cheating each other! It’s a shame and it’s sad to see people that do business out of something they don’t really know anything about. They take advantage of people’s confusion, fragility, and insecurity. Unfortunately this happens quite often. The web is full of spiritual retreats of all kinds: for the feminine, the masculine, ayahuasca retreat, and so on. A popular one is the tantra retreat where pe
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Jul 30
- 2 min
The Difference Between Nei Qi Gong & Qi Gong
One of the questions I get asked often is what is the difference between Nei Qi Gong and Qi Gong. When we talk about Qi Gong we are referring to all those breathing, static, or dynamic exercises that aim to work with vital energy: the invisible layer of reality, called Qi by the Chinese people, that flows in the meridians and regulates our health. Like an underground system of pipes, Qi regulates our human functions and it’s the foundation that also delivers the energy and th
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Is Nei Qi Gong like the Mo Pai system of John Chang?
Many people contact me with the silly idea of developing superpowers. I get contacted by many who are interested in Mo Pai. This is a lineage of teaching coming from John Chang, a teacher from Thailand who passed away a couple of years ago. There is a documentary of him filmed by the BBC and available on youtube called “The ring of Fire” and also a book, written by one of his students, where I think these superpowers are over exaggerated. For me it’s not about superpowers. It
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Jul 12
- 4 min
The Importance of Learning Qi Gong with a Teacher AND NO with Books!
It’s very important to study Nei Qi Gong, Qi Gong, or I think, any kind of discipline in general, with a teacher. The reason is very simple: when we talk about Qi Gong, for example, we might get into it intellectually, reading and fantasizing about things, maybe using a book or a YouTube video. But the experience is what is really missing, and we don’t have anybody to verify our energy sensations. We are talking about something that is in reality quite complex and subtle at
Jiaoshi Andrea
- May 26
- 2 min
How To Become Emotionally Stable With Qi Gong
When we start following a spiritual path we do it for several reasons: some of us are looking for a more meaningful life, and others want to resolve their inner conflicts and have a pleasant experience in life. Growing personally or spiritually involves big work. It is not something that society encourages us to do, especially because does not make money. It requires money and time! It is also the toughest thing to do because it means discovering and facing our personal limit
Jiaoshi Andrea
- May 13
- 1 min
Q&A with Jiaoshi Andrea & Julian (Cyprus): Integrating Meditation and Nei Qi Gong in our Daily Life
I have recently asked my followers and students if there was any topic that they would like to touch on together in an open discussion that would have been shared on my Youtube channel. In this video, I am talking with Julian from Cyprus, one of my students that recently started the path of Nei Qi Gong. It was very interesting to talk together and explore certain topics related to Meditation, Qi Gong, and their practical integration/implication in our daily lives. Most of us
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Mar 25
- 2 min
The Endless Illusory Journey of Spiritual Seekers (Tulum, Mexico)
Unfortunately, when I meet people who are interested in spirituality, I see the same problems all the time: people are constantly in search of something, confused, unbalanced emotionally, uncertain, insecure, lonely, fearful, disconnected from what is around them. I was in the same situation for a long time. Constantly searching for something more. I was living what I could define now as a "childish form" of spirituality: based on beliefs, rituals, ceremonies, ayahuasca, peyo
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Xing Shen Zhuang Gong - The Best Chinese Longevity Practice (Learn Online and in Costa Rica)
The first level of the Nei Qi Gong system is called "Xing Shen Zhuang Gong", which means "the unification of the spirit with the frame". It is considered to be the best Chinese longevity practice because unlocks the circulation of Qi in the whole body through the meridians regulating health, strength, psycho-physical well-being, longevity, and awareness. It is the most "physical" practice of Nei Qi Gong because it consists of 15 exercises that unlock the joints, improves post
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Feb 10
- 2 min
(Costa Rica Tour 2022) Nei Qi Gong Seminar 1°: Xing Shen Zhuang Gong
NEI QI GONG IS A MILLENNIAL PRACTICE THAT UNLOCKS, INCREASES, AND RELEASES OUR VITAL ENERGY ("Qi") IN A CONCRETE AND VISIBLE WAY, FOR HEALTH, MARTIAL ARTS, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, AND HEALING OTHERS The problem is that Qi is generally still an abstract concept because the practices taught - in the West but also in the East, from Qi Gong to Tai Chi and Reiki - are based on the mechanical repetition of movements and/or physical sensations that are too light. We don't really know why
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Feb 1
- 3 min
The Activation of the "Third Eye" or Shang Dan Tian in the Nei Qi Gong system
In many spiritual traditions the Third Eye, also called Shang Dan Tian in our system, plays a very important role in the process of one's own spiritual evolution. There is some confusion about it, due to the fact that spirituality has lost its strength as it has become widely available, creating lots of misconceptions about it. In the Nei Qi Gong school, we talk of three main energy centers: Lower Dan Tian, Middle Dan Tian, Higher Dan Tian. Each of these centers has very spec
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Jan 15
- 2 min
What is Qi or Vital Energy?
When asked "What is Qi or Vital Energy?" I will not be able to give a direct answer. For sure I can say that it is an aspect of existence, something that we can explore and grow within ourselves using particular ancient systems that are able to help us do this. These Qi Gong exercises have the goal in the beginning to help us become sensitive to this level of reality, by opening the meridians in our body, and thus starting the process of cultivation of Qi and strengthening th
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Jan 11
- 2 min
How To Avoid Negativity In Pandemic Times!
We are living a difficult moment in society which is creating even more pressure on our minds, filling it up with uncertainty. If the human condition is already quite chaotic, we have to understand that during this Covid-19 times, it is even more difficult to find stability. People are deadly scared of the situation, which is leading them to act in a quite erratic way. Their minds are under pressure, and their actions sometimes are out of control. When we are affected by fear
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Importance of "Intention" in Qi Gong Practice and Exercises
When we practice Qi Gong, we are working with our minds as well. While executing certain instructions that we might have learned, it is important to keep ourselves free from any expectation. In fact, practicing an exercise with the idea of developing certain energetic sensations might lead to a wrong territory, especially at the beginning of our path. We could end up imagining things that do not exist.Our intention plays a very important role in the Qi Gong practice, especial
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
Qi Gong Teacher: The Best Way To Learn Qi Gong
It is more and more difficult to keep people down to earth. Especially in the field of Qi Gong and spirituality, in general. Sometimes, people learn few things, practice for a very short period of time and feel that they have already understood the principles behind these technologies. The worst thing, that unfortunately happens many times, is that people feel entilted to give instructions to others or even teach. And they might even do that only because they have read some b
Jiaoshi Andrea
- Nov 27, 2021
- 3 min
(Online Seminar) Nei Qi Gong Seminar 1: Xing Shen Zhuang Gong - 11th & 12th December, via Zoom
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Jiaoshi Andrea
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
Qi Gong Teacher: Isolate yourself from the ground
There is a lot of confusion on the web about Qi Gong's best practices. Unfortunately, this is due to the fact that many Qi Gong exercises we find on the web do not come from proven systems, taught and shared by teachers who have an actual experience of Qi Gong principles. Nowadays, anybody reading a Qi Gong book feels entitled to give suggestions on how to practice to others. Sometimes in the wrong way. This is due to the fact that the topic of energy and spirituality has bec
