The “Eight Little Treasures” is the short form of the longer Eight Treasures Qigong Form transmitted by the Ni Family Tradition. The Eight Treasures is comprised of 32 movements arranged into 8 sections. The “Eight Little Treasures” is composed of 1 movement from each of the 8 sections. Teaching certifications are available for this form through the CHI Health Institute which is a non-profit institution that promotes health through the Ni Family Taoist Movement Arts (see our website at www.chihealth.org). Descriptions of the movements may be found in The Eight Treasures: Energy Enhancement Exercise book and The Taoist Eight Treasures DVD or video by Dr. Maoshing Ni (available at www.sevenstarcom.com).
The 8 Little Treasures Sequence:
1. Move the Stars and Turn the Big Dipper2. The Great Bird Spreads Its Wings3. The Jade Plate Receives the Morning Dew4. Turning the Head to Look at Your Star5. Lying Down to Watch the Constellations6. Bringing the Stream Back to the Sea7. Pushing Down the Fierce Tiger8. The Dragon Flies Throughout the Heavens0. Standing Meditation
There is now a new Tai Chi Straight Sword Short Form! This form, approved by Master Maoshing Ni, consists of the first 16 movements of the full (33-Step) form. Teaching certifications are now being offered for the new short. So Tai Chi Straight Sword is now comprised of Level 1 (the new 16-step short form) and Level 2 (the full 33-Step long form).
Sept. 23-26th, 2010
Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico (2 hours NE of Albuquerque)Please join us, with Dr. Maoshing Ni, DOM, PhD, LAc in the beautiful southwest as we celebrate Community and the Equinox under the Harvest Moon! The Southwest Integral Friends are sponsoring this event to offer you a focused experience in the Ni family movement art of Harmony StyleT’ai Chi.
Entry levels of the 18-step and 28-step ver-sions of the Harmony T’ai Chi form will be taught. Participants will have an opportunity to learn the entire 18-step form if they have not previously done so, or may go on to learn much deeper levels of the form.
Opportunities for certification and in-structor training in 18-step and 28-step Harmony T’ai Chi will be provided Practice the form with other focused practitioners to deepen and revitalize your cultivation. Refresh your spirit, mind and body with your IWS family and friends as we culti-vate during this auspicious celestial event. Join us for Sunday morning spiritual ser-vices featuring the Everspring Renewal Ceremony and group T’ai Chi!
More information will be announced as it becomes available.
For immediate questions, please contact:Peter Stege at: 505-454-0003 E-mail: pstege@hotmail.com www.spacious-sky.com
After more than 31 years of intensive training, he was fully acknowledged and empowered as a true master of the traditional Tao, including all aspects of Taoist science and metaphysics.
In Taiwan for 28 years, Grandmaster Ni taught and practiced Taoist arts such as Tai Chi Chuan, Kung Fu, Taoist meditation and internal alchemy, as well as acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. He is the author of more than 50 books in Chinese and 40 books in English on various Taoist subjects.
Since his arrival in the United States in 1976, Grandmaster Ni has written books which are related to his life, his teaching, and the practice of traditional Chinese medicine and herbology. He has also given world-wide lectures on religion, natural philosophy and special practices for spiritual growth. His works are available through SevenStar Communications to all sincere people who are working toward their own spiritual development.
Grandmaster Ni says of himself, "I have dedicated my life to supporting people who have come through a hard life and are growing through diligent learning. This is my personal offering to all my friends." He is the founder of Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the College of Tao and the Integral Way, and the Universal Society of the Integral Way. His work is supported by his students and friends, and his two sons, the eminent Doctors, Daoshing and Maoshing Ni.
The Ni Family Tradition 
The Ni Family tradition is heir to the wisdom and experience transmitted through an unbroken succession of 74 generations of Taoist masters dating back to the Han Dynasty, 216 BC. As a young boy, Grandmaster Ni Hua-Ching, was educated in spiritual learning by his family, and was then chosen to study with Taoist masters in the high mountains of mainland China, fully achieving all aspects of ancient spiritual science and metaphysics. Hua-Ching Ni considers his teaching to be the product of thousands of years of spiritual cultivation, and freely offers it to people to support their own path of growth. 