During this opening week, you’ll explore the golden treasure of healing: meridian healing.

You’ll learn how to apply meridian systems into a simple practical program, promoting longevity and graceful aging to prevent illness and improve mental and physical health.

Within 312+8 is a dynamic set of tools that combine acupressure points, abdominal breathing, and squatting with a beautiful series of meditative movements to stimulate and ground your Qi.

During the first class, you’ll learn:

• The first 8 Cycles movement, Stroking the Waterfall at Sunrise — to gather Heaven and Earth Qi and empower your energy of wisdom, love, and vitality
• In-depth information on the healing power of meridians
• The 312 Meridian Healing Protocol
• Chest breathing, abdominal breathing, and therapeutic abdominal breathing — and when and why to use them

Dynamic squatting not only benefits your muscles and joints, it also activates all 14 meridians with a therapeutic effect on the internal organs of your body.

This week, you’ll learn how dynamic squatting can boost your strength and balance your body systems… and how to apply them and different modifications correctly.

Robert will also refine the previous 8 Cycles movement and share the second 8 Cycles movement, where you’ll open the yin and yang meridians in your hands and arms. You’ll also learn the third 8 Cycles movement.

This week, you’ll discover:

• The second 8 Cycles movement, Opening the Heart and Embracing the Day — to feel the pulse of your Qi and place yourself in the arms of universal loving Qi
• The third 8 Cycles movement, Dancing With the Universe — to regulate your central meridian and make you the center of the universe
• A 312 dynamic squatting exercise that boosts your strength and balances body systems
• How to turn your head and rotate your waist to release tension in all the meridians — balancing yin and yang within your autonomic system

The Hegu acupressure point is located on the large intestine meridian and has a certain effect on the discomfort and diseases of the tissues and organs where the large intestine meridian flows.

You’ll learn all about the Hegu point this week — how to locate it and how to work on it.

Headache, fever, toothache and other oral conditions, arthritis, cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, and tennis elbow are just some of the ailments that Qigong may heal with proper stimulation of Hegu.

Robert will also further refine the previous 8 Cycles that you’ve learned and share the Cycles movements 4 and 5.

… and movement 5, Stirring the 5 Elements to activate deeper healing.

This week, you’ll learn:

• The fourth 8 Cycles movement, Turning the Wheel of Heaven — to open your heart and kidneys, move the big joints of your body, and cultivate energy for longevity
• The fifth 8 Cycles movement, Stirring the 5 Elements — to activate your healing potential and clear emotional and physical blockages
• The first of 3 acupressure points in this protocol, Hegu, and its healing function
• How to locate Hegu, work with it, deqi (feeling the Qi) of Hegu — and how to adapt Hegu according to different conditions

This week, you’ll learn how to work with the acupressure point, Neiguan, including its meridian and healing effect.

Neiguan belongs to the pericardium — opening and relaxing the chest — and is directly connected to the thoracic cavity, lungs, and heart. In Qigong, massaging Neiguan can address heart disease, lung diseases, palm heat, elbow and arm pain, underarm swelling, breast diseases, and more.

This point is also known to alleviate insomnia, nausea, carpal tunnel syndrome, and epigastric pain, and to improve mental conditions and memory.

Robert will further refine the 8 Cycles you’ve learned so far, and he’ll share the nurturing 8 Cycles movement 6, Playing the Tai Chi Ball.

This week, you’ll explore:

• The sixth 8 Cycles movement, Playing the Tai Chi Ball — to allow your body, mind, and spirit to drift in a harmonious way
• The differences between Tai Chi and Qigong
• The second acupressure point, Neiguan, and its healing function
• How to locate Neiguan, work with it, deqi (feeling the Qi) of Neiguan — and how to adapt it according to different conditions

This week, you’ll learn how to work with the acupressure point of Zusanli, the point of longevity, including its meridian and healing effect.

Zusali is one of the points where the Qi of the meridian collects and goes deep into the body and is therefore considered one of the most important acupressure points to tonify Qi, blood, and all the internal organs — and promote general wellness.

In Qigong, Zusali is used to address digestive disorders, issues relating to the spleen and stomach, and other ailments such as fever, headache, toothache, mental disorders, asthma and wheezing, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, jaundice, palpitations, urological diseases, diabetes, and more.

Robert will also continue to build on the past 8 Cycles and share the seventh and eighth 8 Cycles movements.

During the fifth class, you’ll learn:

• The seventh 8 Cycles movement, Rising Mist and Flowing Water — which works on your Sanjiao, the fascia that connects all of your physiology to move in wholeness with you as a single, organic being
• The eighth 8 Cycles movement, Touching Heaven and Earth — to balance yin and yang within your body
• The third acupressure point of the 312 protocol, Zusanli, and its healing function
• How to locate Zusanli, work with it, deqi (feeling the Qi) of Zusanli, and how to adapt it according to different conditions

This week, you’ll deepen your knowledge of the universal principle of yin and yang.

When water flows freely, it’s pure and clean like a mountain stream. You can drink this water safely. It’s rich in minerals and tastes delicious. But if the flow has been blocked and this same water becomes stagnated, it would become murky and attract disease.

Similarly, when Qi flows smoothly throughout your body, your internal organs absorb this radiant force and feel nourished and satisfied. When your internal organs are happy, you feel great.

You’ll experience this sensation as you move through all practices of the 8 Cycles Movement in the Flow Like Water sequence.

You’ll also learn how to adapt the 312 technique to your specific needs.

This week, you’ll:

• Deepen your knowledge of the universal principle of yin and yang, how it was discovered, and how to apply it in your daily life to refresh your body with Qi
• Learn the benefits to applying yin and yang in your Qigong practice and daily life
• Practice the final Flow Like Water sequence — the complete set of the 8 Cycles Movement
• Explore how to apply 312+8 in your daily life in an organic way