Qigong Retreat: Daoist Water Method Foundations & Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
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This summer, for the first time in over a decade, Master Bruce Frantzis is bringing together the two complementary pillars of the Daoist neigong system for a full three weeks of immersive, in-person training.
This is not a regular retreat season, and it won't happen again for the foreseeable future.
Week 1: Daoist Water Method Foundations — Opening the Energy Gates Qigong | July 18–23
Opening the Energy Gates is the foundational practice of the entire Energy Arts system, and one of the most powerful entry points into the Daoist tradition for building genuine, lasting health. This six-day intensive teaches you to work with the body's descending current of energy: correct alignments, Longevity Breathing, smooth weight shifting, and how to locate, open, and maintain the energy gates throughout your body.
This week is both a complete training in its own right and the essential preparation for what follows.
Week 2 & 3: Spiraling Energy Body Qigong | July 25 – August
Where Energy Gates draws energy downward through the water element, Spiraling Energy Body moves in the opposite direction. This is fire. Over two weeks, Bruce will teach you to dramatically raise your energy level and master the movement of qi in circles and spirals throughout the entire body, projecting it anywhere at will, neutralizing unhealthy internal, and connecting the full energy matrix in ways no foundational practice alone can reach.
Rooted in the five elements of classical Daoist neigong, this intensive builds directly on everything learned in Energy Gates and takes it to a new level.
Over these two weeks you will learn to:
- Direct the upward flow of energy through your body
- Move qi along the body's spiraling pathways
- Neutralize and transform unhealthy internal qi and negative environmental energy
- Project energy to any part of the body at will
- Connect the body's energy matrix and gates
- Work with the core energy channels and dantiens
- Integrate spiraling energetics across arms-extended standing qigong postures
Why attend in person?
These are transmission-based teachings. Bruce responds directly to who is in the room, adjusts in real time, and works through hands-on corrections throughout every session. Senior Instructors Craig Barnes, Paul Cavel, and Bill Ryan, each with 30+ years of teaching experience in the Water Method, will be assisting throughout all three weeks. You cannot replicate this in a recording.
📍 Energy Arts Training Center | 1602 9th Ave, Longmont, CO 80501
📅 July 18 – August 5, 2026
Register at energyarts.com/events
This is not a regular retreat season, and it won't happen again for the foreseeable future.
Week 1: Daoist Water Method Foundations — Opening the Energy Gates Qigong | July 18–23
Opening the Energy Gates is the foundational practice of the entire Energy Arts system, and one of the most powerful entry points into the Daoist tradition for building genuine, lasting health. This six-day intensive teaches you to work with the body's descending current of energy: correct alignments, Longevity Breathing, smooth weight shifting, and how to locate, open, and maintain the energy gates throughout your body.
This week is both a complete training in its own right and the essential preparation for what follows.
Week 2 & 3: Spiraling Energy Body Qigong | July 25 – August
Where Energy Gates draws energy downward through the water element, Spiraling Energy Body moves in the opposite direction. This is fire. Over two weeks, Bruce will teach you to dramatically raise your energy level and master the movement of qi in circles and spirals throughout the entire body, projecting it anywhere at will, neutralizing unhealthy internal, and connecting the full energy matrix in ways no foundational practice alone can reach.
Rooted in the five elements of classical Daoist neigong, this intensive builds directly on everything learned in Energy Gates and takes it to a new level.
Over these two weeks you will learn to:
- Direct the upward flow of energy through your body
- Move qi along the body's spiraling pathways
- Neutralize and transform unhealthy internal qi and negative environmental energy
- Project energy to any part of the body at will
- Connect the body's energy matrix and gates
- Work with the core energy channels and dantiens
- Integrate spiraling energetics across arms-extended standing qigong postures
Why attend in person?
These are transmission-based teachings. Bruce responds directly to who is in the room, adjusts in real time, and works through hands-on corrections throughout every session. Senior Instructors Craig Barnes, Paul Cavel, and Bill Ryan, each with 30+ years of teaching experience in the Water Method, will be assisting throughout all three weeks. You cannot replicate this in a recording.
📍 Energy Arts Training Center | 1602 9th Ave, Longmont, CO 80501
📅 July 18 – August 5, 2026
Register at energyarts.com/events
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