HOW MUCH TIME DO I NEED TO ALLOCATE TO STUDY PER WEEK?↓
Part 1: The Introduction Course can take 8 weeks to complete.
Part 2: The Six Phases takes 6-8 weeks to complete each series for a total of 48 weeks. To complete one module in a 12-month period (150 hours of online practice and home study), it will take an estimated 3+ hours per week. To complete one module in a 6-month period (150 hours of online practice and home study), it will take an estimated 6+ hours per week. It's up to you and your lifestyle.
Each Series has a suggested weekly schedule of practices. The course is designed in a way that will guide you through the practices. Practice involves one dynamic yang practice and one seated yin meditation or yin yoga practice, and watching lecture.. It is not recommended to mix more than four different practices from one series in one week. Choose four videos in a series and stick to them during the week. This is all explained in the coursework.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DOCUMENTED HOURS? ↓
The On-line training course requires 100 hours (A.I.) or 200 hours (C.I.) of practice per module. These hours can be accrued through:
the live immersion training (50 hours)
on-line training program practice videos and audio meditations (not lectures)
video on demand library videos
meditations and self-practice
To document your hours is simple. Just keep a log of your home practice hours with the date, name of practice and whether it is a video or self-practice on your own (for example: 10/1/2022 1 hour, video Purge 2, Meridian Bean Bag routine, 10/2/2022 30 minutes, self practice Inner Smile). Turn in this log with the assignments. This is also explained in the course manual. Submit these hours for each series seperately on the Teacher Directory. For example in the Attune series you will submit one page of practice hours for the Attune Series coursework.
DO I HAVE TO MAKE A VIDEO FOR A FINAL PROJECT?↓
Not to become an Associate Instructor. Yes to become a Certified Instructor. The alternative option is to teach a live class to a YOQI senior instructor.
WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS AND PRACTICES TO DO BEFORE A LIVE IMMERSION? ↓
Before you attend a live immersion to become an Associate Instructor, it is required to complete the Introduction Series and corresponding assignments in the Online training course and practice the 9 core practice videos.
Please download the Practice Guide for the Introduction Series in the ALL COURSE DOWNLOADS category, to help you with what is accepted as Practices, and the Practice Log to log your hours, all practice hours are to be typed on the document provided.
Please upload your Practice hours to your Yoqi Directory when there is the full total of 100 hours, 50 hours self practice and 50 hours from attending an Imemrsion. Upload your 100 practice hours after you have attended an Immersion. Please remember to total your hours at the bottom of the document, and put your name, date and email address at the top of the page.
Note that you do not need to complete the Attune Series or any other series, although it's great if you do! Here is a check list to complete before the live immersion:
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Complete all Introduction Series lectures and practices (download the Practice Guide in the All COURSE DOWNLOADS for information on practices)
- Complete Introduction Series Assignment Questions (at the end of the Introduction Series PDF manual) and upload to your Yoqi Directory
- Take the Test: Test Your Qi
- M1.INTRO.MYELEMENT.pdf (In M1-INTRO.4 ENERGY MAPS)
- Practice and become familiar with the 9 Core Practices
- Optional: visit a Traditional Chinese Doctor near you and have them diagnose your pulse and tongue.
I AM TAKING THE ONLINE COURSE. HOW DO I USE THE VIDEO ON DEMAND LIBRARY TO COMPLIMENT THE COURSE MATERIAL?↓
There are two main ways I recommend to use the video on demand library to supplement the course:
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Focus on the 9 core routines. Seven of them are in the library.
- Practice the Seasonal Series that matches your season where you live or matches the Series you are working on in the Course. For example if you are working on Attune Series, do the Late Summer Series in the library. Or if it is Spring in your country, then use the Spring Series to supplement your Online Course practices.
I AM ALSO TAKING A COURSE WITH ANOTHER QIGONG INSTRUCTOR. CAN I USE THAT COURSE AS DOCUMENTED PRACTICE HOURS? ↓
No. The self practice hours for the YOQI program reflect home practice, not group training hours with another system or instructor. The reason for self-practice is to master the forms on your own without being dependent upon a video or instructor, so they should include both video practices and self practices without videos. In this way you can learn through your own experience and internal wisdom. You can also take your time and move at your own pace. Also the YOQI program self practice hours are specifically regarding YOQI practices. Although there may be some exercises that are the same or similar between YOQI and other qigong styles or teachers, the hours should reflect YOQI practices.
WHAT ARE ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS?↓
Please watch the first two videos in the online course for a visual guide to this answer. Throughout each module you will be asked useful assignment questions that correspond to the coursework. This is not a research paper or serious thesis! Assignment questions are a way to integrate the learning, reflect on your own experience and track the development of your practice. Please use your own words and do not copy answers from the PDF manual. Since I wrote the manual, I know my own voice and I really want to hear yours. Also, included in the assignment for Attune, Purge etc.,(not Intro series) on the is an exercise to design your own Qigong Flow Classes. Often students use these classes they have designed when they start teaching others. Guidelines to Submit Assignment Questions:
Upload to your Yoqi Directory.
- Assignment questions should be submitted for each Series before you begin the next series. For example, submit the Introduction Series Questions before beginning Attune Series. All Assignment questions are in Word Format.
- Save your document as a WORD file (not a PDF) so that comments by instructors can be easily made and sent back to you.
- Save the name of document file with your name, assignment, and Series, and date and upload to your Teacher Directory profile. For example: SusanAssignmentAttuneSeries.doc Date:
WHAT IS A REFLECTION JOURNAL? ↓
A reflection Journal is for you to write down your experiences during training. For many people writing an energetic experience helps to integrate the subconscious mind and the conscious mind. Throughout the course there will be optional reflections assignments that are for your own personal use. You do not need to submit this information as an assignment.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO ATTEND A FULL IMMERSION TEACHER TRAINING WHERE EVERYTHING IS TAUGHT LIVE?↓
Not yet. At the moment the immersion trainings are 9 days trainings per module. In the future we may combine modules into longer training periods, but it would be a lot to digest. All the practices can’t be covered extensively in one 9-Day Immersion. This is why the corresponding On-Line Training Course is designed to support the Immersion and to review the practices after the Immersion. It is possible to attend an Immersion without the On-Line Course, but studies show that repetition is the best form of learning.
DO I HAVE TO ATTEND ONE LIVE IMMERSION PER MODULE? ↓
To become certified, yes
WHY DO I HAVE TO ATTEND THE LIVE IMMERSION TO BECOME A CERTIFIED YOQI INSTRUCTOR? ↓
Qigong is learned through experience. It is important to attend the live immersions to become an instructor because we will do hands on adjustments, qi transmission and partner work. YOQI team instructors are there to give feedback and corrections. Training with a group energy is also different from training alone and for many people can empower their practice and take it to another level.
HOW MANY LIVE IMMERSIONS DO I HAVE TO DO TO COMPLETE A MODULE? I LIVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY, SO IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MANY OVERSEAS TRIPS DO I NEED TO MAKE? ↓
One live immersion per module. That would be one trip per module- totally three trips.
WHAT IF I ONLY WANT TO TEACH QIGONG FLOW, BUT NOT YOGA?↓
Once you complete Module 1 and the Module 1 Live Immersion, you will be certified as a Certfied Instructor to teach Qigong Flow. You can stop there if you like. Module 2 & 3 are a Qigong and Yoga fusion, so they are not only Yoga. They also include more advanced Qigong practices not taught in Module 1.
WHEN WILL MODULE 2 AND MODULE 3 BE AVAILABLE?↓
In 2024. We are currently focused on training Module 1 Instructors.
DO I HAVE TO HAVE PRIOR YOGA EXPERIENCE TO TAKE MODULE 2 AND MODULE 3? ↓
No.
I AM ONLY INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CERTIFIED YOQI YIN INSTRUCTOR. DO I HAVE TO TAKE MODULE 1 BEFORE TAKING MODULE 2? ↓
Yes, it is required to take M1 before M2. Module 2 builds on Module 1.
I AM ALREADY A CERTIFIED YOGA INSTRUCTOR. DO I NEED TO TAKE MODULE 2 AND MODULE 3 TO BE FULLY CERTIFIED? ↓
Yes, YOQI is different from the way Hatha Yoga is traditionally taught and these modules incorporate more advanced Qigong practices not taught in Module 1.
DO I NEED TO FINISH ALL THE SERIES IN THE MODULE 1 ONLINE COURSE BEFORE I PARTICIPATE IN THE LIVE IMMERSION? ↓
No, but it is highly recommended to complete the Introduction practices and the Attune Series portion of the On-Line Training Course. This will take about 4 months to complete.
CAN I PURCHASE MODULE 1 AND SEE IF I LIKE THE PROCESS AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE?↓
Yes.
CAN I GET CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT WITH YOGA ALLIANCE BY TAKING A YOQI COURSE?↓
We are currently working on this.
WHAT CREDIBILITY DOES A YOQI CERTIFICATION GIVE ME TO TEACH?↓
After completion of Module 1, the student will receive a ‘YOQI Qigong Associate Instructor Certification’. This gives them the ability to start teaching Module 1 (Qigong Fundamentals). A Certified YOQI Qigong Instructor has completed more hours of training.
After completion of the Course Work and Live Immersion and for all 3 Modules and the final Teacher Training Immersion, the teacher in training will be a ‘500 Hour YOQI Certified Instructor’ which is also a YOQI Senior Instructor. Combining yoga and Qigong makes Qigong more accessible and can be easily integrated into Yoga studios which gives you a greater opportunity of locations to teach at.
We are currently working on forming the Global Qigong Alliance, a nonprofit association representing the qigong community to which you will be able to receive further accreditation status. YOQI is quickly growing and we are in the process of publishing and making YOQI a well known qigong style.
WHAT WOULD THE NEXT BE STEP AFTER I AM A CERTIFIED YOQI TEACHER?↓
You will be certified to teach YOQI at yoga studios, healing centers, private, spas etc... In the Teacher Training Immersion we talk about how to structure a business and build your brand as a teacher. Private coaching sessions by Marisa are also available for your personal branding, how to make videos, take photos, social media, travel to teach, set up your business etc...
CAN ONE PAY BY INSTALLMENTS AND STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OVERALL DISCOUNT?↓
One On-Line Training Module can be paid over a three or 6 month period. The 30% discount code can’t be used on the YOQI website payment plan due to technical reasons. If you would like to pay in installments with the discount code, you can arrange to pay through Pay Pal to yoqi.yogaqigong@gmail.com.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES YOQI TRAINING? DOES A GRADUATE GET INTEGRATED INTO A BROADER YOQI CAREER PROGRAM? WHAT DO GRADUATES GO ON TO DO?↓
The YOQI Instructor Certification program gives you the freedom to create your own brand of Qigong Flow or join the YOQI instructor collective as a YOQI ambassador. The YOQI Ambassador program will start in 2023. Creating your own brand of Qigong Flow means that you are on your own to promote your own name and produce your own unique material. You will still be a part of the YOQI community but will represent your own individual brand.
Becoming a YOQI Ambassador means that you would like to represent the YOQI brand, through your workshops, classes, Yoga Studio, Wellness Studio, material and social media. By joining the YOQI membership you have the opportunity to audition for YOQI Global and YOQI Productions to produce your videos in English or your native language and receive royalties from YOQI for your videos. By representing the YOQI brand you are a brand ambassador and will be supported through YOQI marketing and events. We will introduce this program in 2023.
To review, once you are certified there are two directions you can take with your own business:
- CREATE YOUR OWN BRAND OF QIGONG FLOW OR QI FLOW “Certified YOQI instructor”
- PRESENT YOURSELF AS A CERTIFIED YOQI INSTRUCTOR “Certified Instructor”
This information and other ways to grow a Qigong business is further explained in the YOQI Module 1 Training Course.
USEFUL INFORMATION ON COPYRIGHT LAW ↓
Qigong movements are functional movements and not copyrightable. Expressions of movements, such as unique names of movements and the expressions of them, are copyrightable. All YOQI movements and their names are deemed common domain by YOQI and can be used by the public freely.
Qigong and yoga sequences are also not copyrightable. But unique expressions of qigong and yoga sequences such as the title of the sequence (i.e., Qigong Flow for a Happy Heart) and scripts are expressions of the sequences and are copyrightable. YOQI scripts and sequence titles (i.e., Qigong Flow for a Happy Heart) are published material which makes them the intellectual property copyright of YOQI and can’t be reproduced on video as a YOQI routine unless reproduced by YOQI Productions.
