How A Qigong Certification Can Benefit Your Clinic
Over the past century or two, prodigious western scientists such as Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking have significantly impacted our understanding of the building blocks of ourselves and our universe. Through their work, the fields of quantum and theoretical physics have exploded and taken the scientific community down the rabbit hole that intersects philosophy and modern science. They continue to discover the depths of a concept that Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners learned thousands of years ago: energy comprises everything and everyone in our universe, and manipulating that energy can have profound effects.
Qigong is a holistic approach to health and healing utilizing the life force energy of Qi that emerged from Chinese Daoist practices. As one of the oldest branches of Chinese medicine, Medical Qigong effectively combats persistent mental and physical disorders to elevate overall health. You can develop a more well-rounded medicinal practice for yourself and your clients through the powerful therapeutic methods involving deep intentional meditation, breathing techniques, and movement forms that a Medical Qigong certification gives you.
Our Medical Qigong Certification Options
We offer four levels of Medical Qigong certification with online webinars and videos augmented by in-person training intensives. The courses offered at Red Thread Institute include:
If you are a Medical Qigong student or practitioner, we also offer an Anatomy and Physiology course that blends western medical practices with the ancient wisdom of Qigong. This online course deepens your understanding of the body's response to Medical Qigong with over 50 hours of training, webinars, and interactive anatomy software utilized by medical students from prestigious universities.
Each course builds upon the previous one, so you can expand your education to your desired skill level. Though the industry standard for Medical Qigong certification online tends to be 200 hours of instruction, our Practitioner program requires a minimum of 300 hours of education and supervised practice. We developed our extensive curriculum from methodology and knowledge from various institutions, hospitals, and medical universities in China. The Chinese Ministry of Health acknowledged our curriculum in 2005 as the first international Medical Qigong curriculum that met "standards of academic and clinical quality" worthy of utilization by a university of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.
Advantages of Acquiring a Qigong Certification From Red Thread Institute
Procuring a certification in Medical Qigong allows you to tap into your body's natural healing abilities and boost your healthcare practice in various ways.
Understanding the Fundamentals of Ancient Medicine
Energetic healing practiced by our predecessors still holds value in our modern world. Learning the theories encompassed in Qigong helps you better understand your personal and professional healing abilities.
Combat the Effects of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
Compassion fatigue and burnout are an epidemic amongst all kinds of healthcare workers. Helping others heal requires a lot of emotional and physical energy. It is very easy to focus so much on your work that you lose the balance necessary to take care of yourself. We emphasize the importance of proper energetic hygiene to prevent burnout and physical injury throughout our Medical Qigong certification online and in-person training.
Enhance Your Healthcare Practice
Patients with chronic illnesses and pain often feel trapped in a vicious cycle of referrals that never truly help them. Qigong training allows you to implement non-invasive methods to help treat symptoms and illnesses that have not responded well to conventional treatments.
Educational Advancement That Sets You Apart
Our Qigong certification courses are approved for at least 150 CEU/PDA credit hours for current healthcare practitioners to further their education while meeting industry standards. Learning these energetic holistic practices promotes a whole-person approach to healthcare that helps your patients feel that they are more than an impossible puzzle to solve.
Many students of our Qigong certification online and in-person programs have diverse medical backgrounds, such as:
Medical Doctors
Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine
Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Licensed Acupuncturists
Registered Massage Therapists
Certified Mental Health Professionals (psychotherapists, counselors, etc.)
This indicates a critical paradigm shift in the modern medical world. Healthcare can be more than just mitigating symptoms. Integrative care combines conventional treatment methods with holistic ones and shows promising results in improving the well-being and quality of life of patients.
Accessible and Applicable Medical Qigong Certification
Our mission is to provide comprehensive and professionally accredited Qigong training paths emphasizing practitioner and patient safety. Our Master Instructor, Dr. Michael Sweeney, is a licensed physician in the US and China with decades of experience in mastering and practicing Medical Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He currently works as our Director of Academics and Master Instructor for each of our courses and certification programs.
At Red Thread Institute, accessibility to an internationally recognized master is essential for each of our students to become proficient in the clinical applications of the Chinese Energetic Medicine Qigong. Additionally, our in-person training classes never have more than 20 students at a time, ensuring that you receive high-quality personalized instruction.
We also offer scholarships to potential students that need financial assistance and demonstrate strong dedication to earning their credentials. We are not one of those schools that hand out certifications to anyone that can pay the fees. At Red Thread Institute, we are committed to having a legacy of excellence and building leaders of holistic medicine that understand the responsibility of ethical and compassionate healthcare. We encourage you to reach out to us to learn how you can benefit from Qigong training and certification.
