Chaoyi Fanhuan Qigong

Qigong is the ancient art of cultivating (gong) the flow of bioenergy (qi) through and around the body. This flow cleanses the body of disease-causing blockages and frees the mind.

Many styles of qigong are being taught throughout the world. Chaoyi Fanhuan Qigong, or Cosmic Freedom Qigong (CFQ), has a distinctive focus on health and healing. While other styles bear a closer association with the martial arts and stress the building up of inner strength, CFQ teaches us to flush out stagnant qi that has accumulated within the body thus freeing it of the constrictions that lead to illness and distress.

CFQ is particularly helpful for the relief of stress, trauma and anxiety and the treatment of chronic diseases. It can be recommended, however, as a means of dealing with virtually any problem (problems, in general, having their origins in the mind). CFQ offers a comprehensive method of promoting health, well being and spiritual advancement. One learns with CFQ to harmonize the body with the mind and to train the mind in detachment, openness and equanimity.

CFQ is more than simply physical development. It is a system of holistic healing which consists of dynamic qigong movements, quiescent qigong meditation and external qigong healing techniques.

CFQ is the creation of Master Yap Soon Yeong. Based in Penang, Malaysia, Master Yap is a world-renowned healer and teacher who has taught extensively in Canada, Spain, the UK and Greece and has a wide following in other countries, as well as his own. The impressive and powerful CFQ movements are not Master Yap's only contribution to healing. He has also revitalized and modernized the tradition of Zen meditation and instructed a generation of healers in the techniques of CFQ healing. This is all in addition to maintaining a vital healing practice out of his CFQ Centre in Penang to which people from around the globe come for healing of the most serious diseases.

Jack Risk has been studying CFQ with Master Yap since 2000. He is certified by Master Yap to instruct Level One and Level Two. He has taught CFQ in various centres across Canada since 2004. Jack is an Anglican clergyman with a lifelong interest in eastern meditation. He resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with his partner Christine Willette, also a CFQ instructor.

In Level One you will be taught a number of qigong movements—a wide assortment of tools for your self-healing. These include the essential Hexagram set of seven movements. All the movements are easy to learn and you can begin your CFQ practice immediately. You will soon be enjoying the deep relaxation and serenity that come with CFQ. The movements will help you relieve stress and restore health to your entire body. In Level One you will also be given an introduction to the principles of CFQ healing.

In Level Two Jack will guide you in the highly effective methods of CFQ meditation. Benefits of meditation are being clearing demonstrated by scientific research. Such benefits include a lasting reduction in the effects of stress, an increased ability to focus and concentrate, increased clarity of thinking, freedom from negative thoughts and emotions, increased learning capacity and memory, and greatly enhanced well-being and peacefulness.

However, learning to quieten the mind is something that many people find challenging. With CFQ you will make quick progress. CFQ will provide you with the tools to embark and sustain yourself on the inner journey. A clear understanding of what happens in meditation and how you can begin to free your mind will serve as encouragement to your daily practice.

As a result of the self-healing and meditation training that are part of CFQ, practitioners are able, in time, to offer external healing of others. Jack Risk is an experienced qigong healer. He is available for consultation and healing sessions.

Jack Risk supports his students with regular practice groups along with occasional refresher sessions and retreats.

Make use of this web site to familiarize yourself with what CFQ has to offer and as a set of resources to support your ongoing practice of CFQ Level One and CFQ Level Two.