Chaos to Calm

In this episode, Kathy Fogarty, a Seattle naturopath interviews two Yuan Gong/Ren Xue teachers, Bill McMillan, a retired psychotherapist and Diana Lion, who has taught various forms of social and individual healing since 1975. Both guests have spent many years assisting people with chronic illnesses and life-threatening conditions, including cancer. Bill speaks about his current classes with cancer survivors. Diana shares how living with chronic illness can be traumatic, chaotic and disruptive to one’s life and that to begin the healing process, it is important to cultivate tools that bring the body/mind back into a calm, centered place. Using Yuan Gong style Qigong and Ren Xue practices, individuals with chronic illness can learn to develop that sense of calm.

In Grow Your Life with Qi, guests and life partners Ollie Clifton and Vanessa Lukes, describe how life has changed since they began using Ren Xue and Yuan Gong. Ollie, a project manager, ex-mountaineer, Ren Xue teacher and tiny house enthusiast, tells the story of how he became involved in Yuan Gong through the experiences of his partner, Vanessa Lukes, as she recovered from cancer. Vanessa, a keen gardener, ex-mountaineer and Ren Xue and Yuan Gong teacher, describes the shock she felt at being diagnosed with cancer at the age of thirty, while leading what she considered to be a fit and healthy outdoor life.

Our guests throughout the series will be talking about how they have used Ren Xue to bring peace and harmony to their relationships, lightness and wisdom when facing the transition through death, vitality to their bodies and lives, release from trauma and addiction, and positive transformation to many other aspects of human life.

Today, we will talk about Yuan Gong, an innovative and contemporary Qigong method where body, mind and Qi (life force) work together to transform life from dis-ease to ease and health. We will hear from co-host Kathy Fogarty about the transformation she experienced in her own and her clients’ health, when they practiced these techniques, and from our guest Cathy Fox, about her incredible transformation from chronic pain to wellness.