Chi-Lel TM Instructor of the Month -June
The healing power of Chi-Lel is from the heart of a person filled with love and compassion. Every month we choose one instructor for his or her good deeds. Please nominate your favorite instructor to be the Instructor of the Month, email to me at lukechan@chilel.com Hao La! Luke Chan
Jim Granade, Ph.D.
Teaches in Atlanta area, Georgia, U.S.A.
Editor: Jim has devoted much of his time to serve the community by teaching senior citizens Chi-Lel(TM). Jim is a very sincere (serious) chilel practitioner and has completed many gongs. People love him for his enthusiasm and friendliness. In his many classes, students learn and have fun at the same time.
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Two Testimonials by Jim Granade, Ph.D. I have lost 38 pounds I started with Hong Chen in December 1993 and practiced
daily.
Even
though
I
attended
NICABM
in
between
it
was
not
until
Luke's
workshop
in
December
1998
that
I
heard
of
wall
squatting.
During
the
period
between
1996
and
1998
I
had
been
trying
to
lose
weight
unsuccessfully.
I
decided
that
my
weight
would
not
change.
So,
before
I
retired
1-31-99
I
got
several
pairs
of
pants
and
shirts
because
I
knew
with
a
fixed
income
that
might
be
too
costly.
However,
as
a
result
of
wall
squatting
and
time
to
practice
diligently
daily
I
have
lost
38
pounds
(more
since
the
30
I
reported
at
Black
Mountain),
and
apparently
even
more
in
waist
reduction
since
I
have
to have my pants altered 3 times [38 to 36 to 35 to 34 1/2].
The "popping" in my neck is gone I
finished
100 days of Crane's Neck, Dragon's head on 4/15. I go to the doctor in
late July for another series of neck X-rays to see what progress has been made.
Regardless of what they show, the "popping" in my neck is gone, and I can
turn my head to each side without it getting "stuck". When I see you
in Black
Mountain in September I'll have the x-ray results.
“Journey into
Health
with
Chi-Lel
™ Qigong” Jim
Granade,
Ph.D.,
Instructor Jim has been practicing yoga since 1963 and Tai Chi since 1988. He first heard of qigong when Bill Moyers presented “Healing and the Mind” on PBS in February 1993. Subsequently, he attended the “Psychology of Health, Immunity and Disease” conference hosted by the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). At that conference, Jim participated in a 3-day pre-conference workshop on qigong presented by Master Hong Chen, Martha Howard, MD, and Gene Arbetter (massage therapist). The conference was held at the Hyatt Regency on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in December 1993. Jim practiced qigong |