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“My philosophy is that psychological issues and bodily disease are “divina afflictios” (divine afflictions) giving us opportunities for psycho-spiritual growth, soul-making, and finding the source of healing”
Dr. Michael Mayer
Online Bodymind Healing Training Programs
~NEW!~ Bodymind Healing Qigong: Embodying Cross-Cultural Wisdom Traditions
An Educational, Integral Healing, and Training Program. A 26-session, on demand, downloadable program. First session free.
Tai Chi Chuan; 4 Dimensions of Purpose
A 19-session, Educational, Integral Healing and Training Program. On demand, downloadable. Four free introductory videos.
Bodymind Healing in Psychotherapy
A 3-Unit Continuing Education Course for health professionals and Qigong practitioners.
River Of Life ~ NEW!~
A core element of Dr Michael’s Bodymind Healing Psychotherapy approach is the River of Life Guided Visualization Process. It is an integral treatment protocol which combines Gendlin’s Focusing, a guided visualization, Qigong breathing, clinical hypnosis, and Cognitive Restructuring. Participants will experience this process and hear how it can be applied to various patient issues.
What will I learn from Bodymind Healing Tai Chi/Qigong?
- You’ll expand your understanding of Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji Quan) with associations from wider cross cultural wisdom traditions.
- You’ll be inspired by creative and Imaginal interpretations of movements.
- You’ll discover how each movement has Four Purposes: Self-healing, Spiritual Unfoldment, Self-defense, and Changing your Life Stance Psychologically.
For a deeper look into my work with psychotherapy please see our companion site: www.bodymindhealing.com.
Note: I presented this workshop on Bodymind Healing Qigong: Embodying Cross-Cultural Wisdom Traditions
at the annual Eurotas Transpersonal Psychology Conference in Oaxaca, Mexico on October 22, 2025. Couldn’t make it to the
conference? Here the video program of the teachings behind this presentation 🙂
Integrating Psychological Methods & Tai Chi/Qigong: A Holistic Approach to Healing, American Tai Chi &Qigong Association, Feb. 23, 2024.
Meet Dr. Michael Mayer
Michael Mayer, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, and Qigong/Tai Chi teacher who specializes in giving his patients self-healing methods for health problems. He pioneered the integration of Tai Chi/Qigong and psychotherapy, and presents his approach to bodymind healing at professional conferences, national/international workshops, universities, and hospitals; and he is a keynote speaker. Michael is certified as a master Tai Chi instructor by the American Tai Chi and Qigong Association.
BLOG
Tai Chi Chuan: A Postmodern Metaphysical Point of View, Tai Chi Chuan & Oriental Arts, Summer, 2012
This controversial article addressed the critique by classicists that Tai Chi is a complete tradition in itself and one does not need to incorporate any other spiritual tradition.
What others are saying about Dr. Michael Mayer’s Work
“The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi” (Wayne & Fuerst, 1991) says: “regular practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that Tai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the mind.”
NEW!
An Educational, Integral Healing, and Training Program in Qigong
Bodymind Healing Qigong:
Embodying Cross-Cultural Wisdom Traditions
The best way to approach this program is by following the Experience Pathway in 5 steps shown below. Begin your bodymind healing journey here, and you’ll discover time-tested tools for self-healing and energy cultivation.
BMHQ is an integral Qigong tradition developed by Dr Michael Mayer from his 40 years of training with various Qigong masters. Though Michael was trained classically in many forms of Qigong, he integrates Qigong with his background in researching, writing and teaching about ancient wisdom traditions. In the Bodymind Healing Qigong 26 Video Series. Each class begins with a Qigong warmup and then new movements enriched with: healing practices, cross-cultural teaching stories, two-person self-defense applications, and invocations about how to change your psychological life-stance.
The Extended Short Form Qigong video perfectly complements the Qigong videos. Watch it before, during, or after the above videos. Some students prefer to put their training emphasis on this Qigong set versus the Tai Chi training, or find their unique preferences of how and when to combine the Qigong and Tai Chi traditions.
Classes
Saturday Morning Zoom Tai Chi / Qigong Classes for Troubled Times
Each Saturday we’ll focus on one or two Tai Chi movements as well as immune enhancing, resiliency building (wei chi), parasympathetic nervous system enhancing elements from Bodymind Healing Qigong.
Self Healing
Learn self-healing methods for your health issues: anxiety, chronic pain, hypertension, insomnia, trauma, etc. Dr Michael has developed an integral, complementary approach, which can be integrated with your doctors and health team.
Books
The Path of the Reluctant Metaphysician: Stories and Practices for Troubled Times
- Ben Franklin Award, from the Independent Book Publisher’s Association, Silver Medal in the Body, Mind & Spirit category.
- New England Book Festival, honorable mention in the Spiritual Books category.
Chronic Pain
Qi Magazine: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health, 1996.
New: Integrating Psychological Methods and Tai Chi/Qigong: A Holistic Approach to Healing,
American Tai Chi & Qigong Association, Feb 23, 2024.
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