YI JIN JING: Classic of Changes (Jan-May 2022)

14 Weeks of BodyMind Transformation

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The course has started and the registration is closed. We will start next one in the summer. The date is yet to be decided.

Start: Saturday, January 29 End: Friday, May 6

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What is YI JIN JING

Yi Jin Jing is a powerful practice popularized by the fighting monks of the legendary Shaolin Temple. Originally, these monks slouched over religious texts and prayed for many hours. As a result of their sedentary lifestyle, they suffered from poor posture, backaches, tight shoulders, and neck pain.

Sounds familiar?
The legend was that a famous wandering monk named Damo (Bodhidharma) developed the practice of Yi Jin Jing to transform the bookish monks into spiritual martial artists of the highest order. At the highest levels of development, Yi Jin Jing transforms even the smallest framed individual into a mighty human being capable of incredible feats of strength and kindness. (Legend of Bodhidharma movie)

The practice of Yi Jin Jing, unlike the kinds of exercises done at the gym that focus on developing muscles or cardio, focuses on infusing soft tissue, including ligaments, tendons, fascia, and even bone marrow with a specific kind of qi.

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In a short period of time, the body becomes significantly stronger, resilient, and flexible. Along with the physical transformation, comes a profound mental-emotional transformation as well. Yi Jin Jing works on both levels simultaneously to enhance your potential as a complete human being able to move through the world with more confidence and compassion.


Start: Saturday, January 29 End: Friday, May 6

14 Weeks of BodyMind Transformation

This course is divided into 14 weekly parts. Each week, we introduce a theme and focus on empowering one organ and the associated emotions for the given theme.

1. TEACHING DAY
I will introduce new teaching material on every Saturday of the week. The material is pre-recorded and varies from 30-50 mins, except the initial Saturday that is 80 mins.

2. PRACTICE DAYS
The days Sunday through Friday are the practice days, during which we drill the exercises taught on each Saturday. Each day takes about 30 mins of practice combined with movement, breathing and meditation. It is also pre-recorded.

During these 98 days, I’ll guide you day by day, week by week to awaken and empower all the different meridians and organs. All you’ll need to do is simply log in to the course website and that day’s practice will be right there for you to follow.

3. WEBINAR
Throughout the span of the course, I will organize webinars to answer your questions related to the practice and share additional insights about the practice.

In the history, after Bodhidharma’s teaching, the sickly monks had their body and mind totally transformed in just a few months.

Start: Saturday, January 29 End: Friday, May 6

Course Outline

Every week, through practicing specific Yi Jin Jing breathing techniques, you empower energy on one organ and its related energy is then channeled both physically and mentally throughout the body. If you could practice 20 – 30 minutes a day for 14 weeks, it is like you are giving your body a thorough cleansing of your whole system and you will upgrade everything from the inside out. Then, by the end of the course, you will have created the most radical transformation in your life. You will find yourself:
  • Emotionally much more balanced
  • Experiencing more happiness and compassion
  • Noticing that your body seems much lighter, yet your strength is much stronger
  • Walking more stably with an uplifting posture
  • Feeling that every day is going by easily because you are more light-hearted and full of calmness and appreciation
  • Boosted with vital energy and enjoying better overall health

What would it take to feel like this every day? Doing Yi Jin Jing could be the answer if you view the details of what you will learn in this 14-week course:

Week 1: Getting Started – Learning the Powerful Breathing Meditation that is the Key to Living a Complete, Healthy Life
Learn the truth about breathing movements and how breathing can impact your entire body and overall health both inside and out. Get introduced to a powerful, ancient breathing meditation called Xi Breathing. The class will end with a powerful group healing.

Week 2: Balance Grief and Kindness
Learn Stretching the Tendons – Front Breathing Movement. Empower the lungs to improve your respiratory system, transforming grief into kindness.

Week 3: Balance Stagnation and Relief
Learn Stretching the Tendons – Side Breathing Movement. Empower the large intestine to improve your digestive system, transforming stagnation into relief.

Week 4: Balance Irritability and Satisfaction
Learn Stretching Tendon – Up Breathing Movement. Empower the stomach to improve your digestive system, transforming irritability into satisfaction.

Week 5: Balance Worry and Confidence
Learn Separating Heaven and Earth Breathing Movement. Empower the spleen and pancreas to improve your lymphatic system and endocrine system, transforming worry into confidence.

Week 6: Balance Frenzy and Joy
Learn Pulling the Bull’s Tail Breathing Movement. Empower the heart to improve your cardiovascular system, transforming frenzy into joy.

Week 7: Balance Uncertainty and Clarity
Learn Pushing the Mountain Breathing Movement. Empower the small intestine to improve your digestive system, transforming uncertainty into clarity.

Week 8: Balance Jealousy and Progress
Learn Drawing the Sword Breathing Movement. Empower the bladder to improve your excretory system, transforming jealousy into progress.

Week 9: Balance Fear and Caution
Learn Dynamic Horse Stance Breathing Movement. Empower the kidney to improve your excretory system, transforming fear into caution.

Week 10: Balance Defensiveness and Protection
Learn Twisting the Spine Breathing Movement. Empower the pericardium to improve your cardiovascular system, transforming defensiveness into protection.

Week 11: Balance Fragmentation and Cohesion
Learn Crouching Tiger Eyes the Prey Breathing Movement. Empowering San Jiao to improve your organ-energy system, transforming fragmentation into cohesion.

Week 12: Balance Timidity and Courage
Learn Striking the Heavenly Drum Breathing Movement. Empower the gall bladder to improve your digestive system, transforming timidity into courage.

Week 13: Balance Anger and Enthusiasm
Learn Wagging the Tail Breathing Movement. Empower the liver to improve your digestive system, transforming anger into enthusiasm.

Week 14: Transform Body, Mind, Emotion, and Spirituality into ONE
Learn to put all the breathing movement practices together and have an overall empowerment tune-up each time you practice Yi Jin Jing. This will let you continue to nourish your Qi and let the wisdom of the universe guide you forward.

Start: Saturday, January 29 End: Friday, May 6

Your Instructor


Robert Peng
Robert Peng

Robert Peng is a world-renowned Qigong Master and healer, was born and raised in Hunan, China. At age eight, he began an intensive apprenticeship under the close guidance of the legendary monk Xiao Yao, an enlightened master known for his profound healing ability and martial arts skill. At age 15, Robert endured a 100-day water fast in a small dark room at a secluded monastery in the remote mountains of Hunan province, which initiated a radical spiritual transformation and awakened amazing healing powers.

After pursuing his training quietly while attending university in Changsha, he began to teach publicly at 29, and within five years had trained over 150,000 students all over China, Australia, and the U.S.

With his deep understanding and practice of Qigong, and with extensive life and teaching experience in the Western world, Robert has developed a unique way to teach Qigong that people from different cultures can easily understand and follow while enjoying the real essence of this ancient Chinese healing art of wisdom, love, and vitality.

Robert is the author of The Master Key: Qigong Secrets for Vitality, Love, and Wisdom, and the DVD/CD companion series, The Master Key. He has been a regular presenter at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Esalen Institute, Integrative Health Symposium, and many other organizations and schools.

Together with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pema Chödrön, Robert was honored as one of Spirituality & Health magazine's “Top 10 Spiritual Heroes of 2013” for his contribution to transform the ancient Chinese healing art of Qigong into one of today’s fastest-growing holistic practices.

For more details, click HERE, or you can watch this YouTube video of Robert’s talk about his own story: My spiritual journey guided through my Master Xiaoyao


Yi Jin Jing Course Preview (Free Trial)

We’ve made two clips from the first day of the course available for free:


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts on Saturday, January 29 and ends on Friday, May 6.
How long do I have access to the course?
All of the videos making up the course will remain archived for a whole year after the course ends. You'll be able to go to review the course videos anytime during this period, until May 5, 2023. On week 14, the final week, you will also be able to download a follow-along video of the entire practice that you can keep for your reference anytime in the future. You'll have also an option to download the audio version of the full teaching materials.
What if I have to cancel the course?
If you feel the course is not for you, contact us in the first 15 days after we start the course and we will give you a full refund (minus the processing fee of the credit card company).
What if I missed a teaching day?
All the previous courses will be archived. So if you miss a teaching day, a practice day, or a webinar—or if you just want to review the course—you can always watch them later.
I've taken this online Yi Jin Jing course before. Is there a discount for students repeating the course?
Absolutely! We encourage people to repeat the course to take advantage of the improved format, the group energy, and additional insights through webinars and repetition. All students who attended the Yi Jin Jing online course before should have received an email last week with instructions on how to register for the discounted price of $78.
How much daily practice time is required?
The first day, Saturday, is the longest teaching day, lasting about 80 minutes. During the introductory session, I'll explain the core principles of Yi Jin Jing and the structure of the practice. I will also teach some breathing techniques essential for YJJ practice. We will also learn and practice an esoteric breathing technique called: XI BREATHING. Look at the Course Outline at the bottom of this page. Every Saturday after that, a new teaching session that introduces new material around a theme will be released. Each teaching session ranges from 30-60 minutes. The rest of the week (Sunday - Friday) are practice days that require about 30 minutes of your time once a day. If you want, of course, you can repeat the practice twice a day. All the online practice videos are pre-recorded follow-along videos that you can access at any time after their initial release from a computer or smart phone with internet connection.
Do I have to practice at a set time?
No. You are free to practice whenever you wish. The videos for any given day will be released at midnight EST and archived for viewing anytime after that until your subscription expires. There will be a number of live webinars offered throughout the course to bright into deeper insightfulness and to address questions related to the practice. These webinars will take place at set times and will be archived for you should you happen to miss one.
I am recovering from muscle weakness due to a rotator cuff injury and I have limited range of motion. Will Yi Jin Jing be too strenuous for me?
Some aspects of the practice require generating isometric tension. Throughout the course, I introduce modifications to those parts to enable practitioners with injuries to adapt the practice to their limitations.
Do I have to make any lifestyle changes during the 14 weeks?
No lifestyle or dietary changes are required, although improving habits is always encouraged.

This course is closed for enrollment.