Soul Journey Qi Gong 1 - The Initiation of the Heart
A description of Soul Journey Qigong 1 in Maria's words:
"Soul Journey Qi Gong 1- The Initiation of the Heart" is a unique form of Qigong practiced to the healing tones of gongs, crystal singing bowls and crystal pyramids. It is a beautiful and powerful blend of ancient shamanic wisdom (mainly from the Q'ero shamans in the Andes, descendants of the Incas), old eastern philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The method has sprung out of my intuition and I share it in co-creation with my twin soul and husband, Bjørn Løken, who accompanies me on the gongs and crystal instruments.
By practicing Soul Journey Qigong 1 you give yourself one of the three great initiations of the Q'ero shamans - The Initiation of the Heart. You open up your heart to feel the oneness with the original light of love, Munay, the light that you are a unique part of.
The method consists of five series of simple, soft, beautiful, slow and powerful movements with a specific concentration for each movement. The movements, in combination with the music and the concentration, connect you on a very deep level with heaven and earth, the water, the mountains, your own inner mountain, the wind, the trees and your own tree of life. You can feel the oneness with the whole of creation.
In this method you center yourself, connect with all the lay lines and water lines on earth and stand strong in your own magnetic field. You fill your body with oxygen and the specific nutrition you need. You connect with the original life energy from the source of life and spread it through the spinal liquid to every cell in your body. By cross-connecting and balancing the two sides of the brain, you create harmony within and open up for your intuition and creativity.
On a physical level you stimulate the circulation of blood and lymph in your body, you soften and strengthen muscles, joints and ligaments and you make the life energy, "qi", flow freely in the 12 energy meridians that are connected to the main inner organs in your body."
The whole program takes around 40 minutes to practice but you can also choose to practice just one or a few series of movements. You get a video recording with you home (made in the Blue Mountain Hall in Oldedalen) in which Maria shows the whole program accompanied by Bjørn's deeply healing music. She also gives spoken instructions to the movements.
Maria also gives private lessons in Soul Journey Qi Gong 1, both at Løken Gård and online, live. In a series of sessions (5 clock hours in total divided into 2, 3 or 4 sessions according to what suits you best), you will learn the method thoroughly together with Maria. In this course the video recording is included so that it will be easy for you to continue practicing on your own at home. Investment: 3000 NOK.