Qigong to Increase Your Healing Power

This qigong workshop at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is a residential weekend with qigong master and healer Robert Peng. It is open to everyone, from people who have never practiced qigong to helping professionals who want to deepen their knowledge. Together you study the three dantians, the energy centers said to govern wisdom, love, and vitality, and learn how to awaken and harmonize them.

What to Expect

The program is built around five core practices, each with a clear purpose:

- Hologram Palm, to empower the three dantians
- Breathing techniques that stimulate the central meridian
- Three Treasures Standing Meditation, to strengthen willpower
- Four Golden Wheels, a movement exercise to make the body more supple
- Lotus Meditation, to open the heart

The idea running through the weekend is that when wisdom, love, and vitality are activated and balanced, your energy shifts, and that can show up in your relationships and in the quality of daily life. Beginners learn the foundational techniques. More experienced practitioners and helping professionals refine their understanding and how to integrate the practices.

The rhythm is steady. The opening day begins with check-in at 2:00 pm, a Kripalu Yoga class, dinner, and a first program session from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Full days start with yoga from 6:30 to 7:45 am and a silent breakfast, followed by program sessions from 9:00 to 11:30 am and again from 1:30 to 4:00 pm, with lunch between them. An evening yoga class and dinner close the day. On the final morning there is yoga, silent breakfast, and a last session from 9:00 to 11:00 am before lunch and departure. Times can shift, and the schedule given at check-in has the final word.

About Robert Peng

Robert Peng was born and raised in Hunan, China, and began studying qigong at the age of eight. He apprenticed intensively under the monk Xiao Yao, who was revered for his healing abilities and martial arts skill. At fifteen, he completed a 100-day water fast in isolation at a remote monastery in the mountains of Hunan, an experience that set off a deep spiritual awakening and revealed his healing gifts. He continued training quietly while at university in Changsha, then began teaching publicly at 29. Within five years he had trained over 150,000 students. He has since worked with people of all ages and cultures for three decades, and he is the author of The Master Key: Qigong Secrets for Vitality, Love, and Wisdom, the recommended reading for this program.

The Setting

Kripalu is a center for yoga and health in Stockbridge, in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Accommodations are intentionally simple, meant to help you unplug and feel grounded. You can choose a private room, a semi-private room shared with one other guest, or a community dormitory for those who prefer connection. Rooms are ready by 4:00 pm, and a luggage room is available if you arrive earlier.

Your stay includes three nutritious meals a day, with breakfast taken in silence, access to the grounds, and more than ten yoga classes across the program. Healing Arts sessions and items from the Kripalu Shop and Cafe are available for purchase separately.

Before You Go

No prior qigong experience is needed. The program is taught in English. Room check-out on the last day is at 10:00 am, but you may stay on campus and take part in workshops until 2:00 pm. Online booking is available for one or two guests, and if the program is full, a waitlist is offered. A livestream version of the workshop is also available for those who cannot travel.