Hot Off the Press: update of World Congress on Qigong & TCM

I just got updated information on the 12th World Congress on Qigong and TCM, (the Traditional Chinese Medicine) which will be held in San Francisco on April 24 - 26 in conjunction with the 12th World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day. A list of confirmed speakers, presenters and performers of this event reads like a Who’s Who in the global Taichi, Chi Gong, and the TCM community. There are over thirty groups and individuals who will present and perform at this remarkable event. There are 23 celebrated Taichi and Qi Gong masters and grandmasters, who will share their masterful skills and profound knowledge with the Congress attendees and perform live healing. There will also be 20 renowned medical doctors and research scientists, who will present their discoveries.

One of the key presentation of this Congress will be delivered by Mr. Trivedi. Mr. Mahendra Kumar Trivedi was born with a special gift. He can utilize an extraordinary amount of his potential and through thought transmission, positively impact the information field of both living and non-living matter at the most basic level of the atomic structure. This might be unthinkable, but according to Deepak Chopra and Dr. Effie Chow, founder of East West Academy of Healing Arts, Mr. Trivedi has participated in thousands of research studies in laboratories around the world that have proven his ability to create beneficial effects in areas as diverse as agriculture, material sciences, microbiology and human health. Mr. Trivedi will share some of the research during the Congress and explain how his can make plants grow healthier with his power.. Mr. Trivedi has also affected the lives of well over a hundred thousand people around the world including those with cancer, chronic pain, debilitating arthritis, severe food sensitivities and depression with his personal energy alignments. "I have no doubt Mr. Trivedi will change the face of science and human well-being in my lifetimec" comented by Dr. Rustum Roy, Evan Pugh Professor of the Solid State of Emeritus, Penn State University and Founder of Penn State Materials Science Laboratories.

Owing to a generous anonymous donor, the World Congress is able to offer numbers of special admissions to the entire Congress including the Saturday Gala Dinner and Sunday lunch for only $68. (However, no refunds though transferable). It is good for a short window of time. So act soon before the seats are gone.

Below is a list of the presenters/performers as of today. Some of the presentation material is still not available to the press yet.

	The ShaolinTemple San Francisco will perform spectacular Shaolin Hard Qigong Acts from the Famous 72 Supreme Shaolin Feats.
	Acupressure Institute* will teach self-healing hand acupuncture
	Sifu May Chen
	Dr. Effie Chow, PhD, RN, LAc (CA)
	Alex Feng PhD, OMD, LAc
	May (Ying Li) Matecki, MD
	Five Branches Univeristy
	Sonia Gaemi EDD, CMQG. RD
	Gloria A. Gronowicz, PhD, will present “Effect of Human Bio-energy on Cellular Function in Cultured Cells”
	Kiyoko Hancock will present “Fast Track Tai Chi”
	Dr. Sadao Hayano will present “Qigong Healing Basic”
	Hidy Hiroaka, PhD., will present “Cosmo Power (CP) Application”.
	Lee Holden of PBS - KQED
	Master Chunyi Lin, M.A.
	Linda Hole, MD
	Michael Irwin, M.D , will present “Improving Immunity and Sleep in Older Adults with Tai Chi”.
	Dr. Roger Jahnke will present “Qigong and Tai Chi in the U.S.A.”
	Dr. Shin Lin, PhD, will present "Convergence of Eastern and Western Medicine for Optimal Health and Healing"
	Michael Mayer, PhD
	Sandra Rose Michael, DNM, Ph.D., DCSJ
	Dr. Stanley Ngui, and Dr. TCM, Dr.Ac., DIM., OSJ, will present “Happiness, the Qi Gong way”
	Professor Jonathan Schooler, PhD., will present Using mind-wandering to assess the impact of meditation on mindfulness
	Sifu Michael Shaman
	Lama Tantrapa
	Beverly Rubik, PhD., will present “HEALING STATES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA BAND EEG IN PREFRONTAL LOBE”
	Anthony Tung CMT will present “This Is Life – Learn How to Breath”
	Ge Wu, Ph.D., will present "Biomechanical Analysis of Movements and Tele-Tai Chi for Promoting Long-Term Practice and Benefits"
	Philip Lei Yang, LAc, OMD, Qigong Master, will demonstrate the One Qigong Needle Practice, the changing of One’s Length of fingers, and standing on Eggs.
	Dr. JD Zhang will perform his famous “Changing Face” Chinese Opera and Eyelid Weightlifting, wherein he will lift a pail of water with the thin string securely held with his eyelid. He will play the beautiful Gourd Flute. He may also stand on raw eggs.
	Sifu Phillip Wong and Mei Zhang Hong of Pacific Wushu
	Grandmaster Wayne Peng and Sophia Bo Zhou will present Zhao Bao Tai Chi and interact with audience on efficient traditional health fitness and self-defense.