Qi Gong in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Enrollment is until September 1, 2017

Class Schedule

9:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Fridays, September 8, 2015 to November 10, 2017
Room 206, Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila Univerity

Overview

This course seeks to explore Qi Gong as one of the four pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Qi Gong refers to various ancient Chinese techniques of self-healing. These include movement, meditation practice, and martial arts, that are known to generate good health, balanced emotions, and quality of life. The practice of Qi Gong is especially relevant in today's modern world as a means to relieve stress, release negative emotions, and to help overcome life's difficulties. As a holistic system of bodywork, mindfulness, and meditation, it instills good virtues to the practitioner, allowing one to have a better experience of life overall.

About the instructor

Francisco V. Navarro V, M.D.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Project Director
Chinese Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University

Francisco V. Navarro V, M.D. graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine in 1998, under the Integrated Arts and Medicine (INTARMED) Program, and had his medical internship at the Philippine General Hospital. He trained in medical acupuncture at the Academy of Pain Research, at the St. Lukeʼs Hospital in San Francisco, under the Stanford Medical School; and at the Xiamen University Hospital, Fujian, China. Dr. Navarro is a faculty member at Ateneo de Manila University, under the Chinese Studies Program; and a consultant at St. Lukeʼs Medical Center Quezon City, and the founder of the Complementary Medicine Service at St. Lukeʼs Medical Center, Bonifacio Global City. He is also a Yin Yoga teacher, trained under Yin Yoga in Asia.

Registration and payment

  • Course fee is Php10,000 per student, inclusive of handouts, snacks, course materials, and certificates.
  • Payment may be through the following methods

    Over the counter at any Metrobank branch

    • MBTC Payment slip
    • Company name: ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
    • Subscriber's Name: (student's name)
    • Reference Number: Chinese
    • Subscriber Number: 181
    • Mode of payment: Cash/check/debit account
    • Amount of payment: P10,000.00


    Ateneo de Manila University Cashier's Office

    • Payee: (student's name)
    • Description of payment: Chinese Registration Fee
    • Account to be credited: 181-078-001

  • Send a copy of your payment receipt and registration form (if applicable) via email with the receipt attached to chinesestudies.soss+tcm103@ateneo.edu, or by fax at 926-5118 or 929-5397. You may also opt to submit directly to the Chinese Studies Program at Room 200, 2/F Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.
  • Refunds for withrawal before classes start will be 50% of the fee paid. Class dissolution will merit a 100% refund. Refunds will no longer be honored once classes start.

Contact

For questions, please send us an email at chinesestudies.soss+tcm103@ateneo.edu, call us at (632)426-6001 loc. 5208, 5280 or 5209, tweet us @AteneoChnS, or send us a message at our Facebook page.