{"id":8817,"date":"2018-06-22T00:47:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T00:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/?page_id=8817"},"modified":"2018-06-22T00:47:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T00:47:56","slug":"collective-sitting-meditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/collective-sitting-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Sitting Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Internal Alchemy &#8211; Dan Dao course 2018 just started with 39 students from 14 countries :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>France, Italy, America, Russia, Canada, Portugal, England, Ireland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic,\u00a0Ukraine,\u00a0Brazil, Australia, and Germany. Students have settled down harmoniously as residents of the Five Immortals Temple, Tai Shan Temple, and the Longevity Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/collective-sitting-meditation\/wechat-image_20180621223520\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WeChat Image_20180621223520\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8820 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?resize=638%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223520.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>As the course is just beginning, students are starting to study the Eight Great Incantations (Ba Da Zhou \u516b\u5927\u5492) and Incense Offering, the early morning Qi Gong and standing pillars practice, and evening sitting meditation. During the first class, Li Shifu introduced everyone to the Gong of Nourishing Stillness (Jing Yang Gong \u9759\u517b\u529f), as the most foundational practice to accumulate energy and protect oneself, shared guidance for sitting meditation, and answered countless questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223530.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/collective-sitting-meditation\/wechat-image_20180621223530\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223530.jpg?fit=533%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"533,355\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WeChat Image_20180621223530\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223530.jpg?fit=533%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8819 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223530.jpg?resize=533%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223530.jpg?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223530.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Starting tonight, at 9pm (Chinese time), and for 10 days, collective sitting meditation will unify everyone in the Five Immortals Altar and in Guan Yin Altar, for one hour. Our students and friends worldwide who wish to partake in this collective meditation can practice at home at the same time (please calculate the time difference between China and your country). Unifying with the field may increase one\u2019s energy field.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223526.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/collective-sitting-meditation\/wechat-image_20180621223526\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223526.jpg?fit=533%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"533,355\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WeChat Image_20180621223526\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223526.jpg?fit=533%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8818 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223526.jpg?resize=533%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223526.jpg?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180621223526.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internal Alchemy &#8211; Dan Dao course 2018 just started with 39 students from 14 countries : France, Italy, America, Russia, Canada, Portugal, England, Ireland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic,\u00a0Ukraine,\u00a0Brazil, Australia, and Germany. Students have settled down harmoniously as residents of the Five Immortals Temple, Tai Shan Temple, and the Longevity Field As the course is just [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Collective Sitting Meditation - WUDANG FIVE IMMORTALS TEMPLE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Starting tonight, at 9pm (Chinese time), and for 10 days, collective sitting meditation will unify everyone in the Five Immortals Altar and in Guan Yin Alta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/collective-sitting-meditation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collective Sitting Meditation - 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