Supporting Qi Gong Teachers and Students for 30 years!

Soma Dao Qi Gong

Dr. Michael Smith was first introduced to Qi Gong over 40 years ago. He began studying formally with lineage-holding masters over 37 years ago. 

Michael is also a Doctor of Traditional Chinese medicine and a professional martial arts teacher. He has dedicated his life to sharing Qi Gong, ancient healing wisdom, and the subtleties of Daoist practice. 

Learn More About the Soma Dao Qi Gong Curriculum

Qi Gong - Five Days a Week

Learn how to practice Qi Gong in a playful and practical way. Each day of the week you will receive an in depth exploration of a powerful and new Qi Gong exercise. Enjoy!

  • $247

18 Movement Tai Chi Qi Gong (Taiji Shibashi)

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  • 17 Lessons

If you are looking for an easy to learn, soft, and meditative approach to combining Tai Chi (Taijiquan) gestures and Qi Gong principles, this form is easy to learn, effective and very enjoyable. It is a lot like dancing. This course will take you on a 9-week gradual and progressive journey into where Tai Chi and Qi Gong meet – in the most beautiful way.

  • $247

Beginning Your Qi Gong Healing Journey

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  • 22 Lessons

Embodied awareness practices, like Qi Gong and Yoga, can help you stay fit, healthy, happy, and able to work with strong feelings have always been a part of life. Beginning Your Qi Gong Healing Journey is all of that. Open your joints, improve your posture, breathe better, and in some potent ways, learn to meditate while moving ecstatically, all while dissolving patterns of Embodied Distress.

  • $24.97

Beginning Your Qi Gong Healing Journey - Ebook

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  • 1 file

Available Now! Beginning Your Qi Gong Healing Journey A 300-page deep dive into the healing potential of Qi Gong, as well as a ten-week guided personal practice, to help you discover what feels just right for you!

  • $49

Connecting with the Qi of the Day

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  • 12 Lessons

This week we are exploring the Qi - or the Qualities of Aliveness for each Day of the work week. Qi Gong practice loves to flow with the weather, the seasons, special times of year, and, always, the Qi of Today. What if there was an optimal alignment with each day of the week? The ones that I will share are based on my experience and intuition. Enjoy finding your own!

  • $49

Five Playful and Popular Qi Gong Exercises

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  • 11 Lessons

This Week, we will learn five playful and popular Qi Gong exercises. Each class will begin with a conscious opening, an invigorating opening, some time to learn the exercise of the day, a gentle settling into stillness, and a conscious closing. Enjoy!

  • $97

Inner Cultivation - the Nei Jing Tu - full translation

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  • 9 Lessons

The Nei Jing Tu (内經圖), or ‘Mapping One’s Inner Landscape’ is a well-known relatively modern scroll that depicts several essential aspects of Inner Cultivation. The translation s process takes about seven hours because the terminology contains contextual meaning and some terms that have encoded Daoist meaning about in-depth Apophatic Realization code words.

  • $24.97

Returning to an Ancestral Diet - eBook

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Eating like your Ancestors could be the wisest choice to a healthier metabolism and a stronger immune system. It is a given that human physiology has adapted very successfully to the ways our ancestors have eaten for the last few million years. It is also becoming abundantly clear that our physiology is not adapting to the modern way of eating at all. This 600 page cookbook will kickstart your health - the old way!

  • Free

Soma Dao Qi Gong Courses and Teacher Training Programs

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In this eBook, you will find a description of the entire Soma Dao Qi Gong Teacher and Therapist programs, the certification process, and the student contract. I invite you to begin a life-changing journey of exploring your Self-Awareness, Conscious Embodiment, Breathwork, Meditative Stillness and Silence, Energetic Sensitivity, and Spiritual Renewal through the practice of Qi Gong.

  • $321

Ten Steps to Abundant Health

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  • 15 Lessons

Recover From Burnout! Boost Your Vitality, Reset Your Metabolism, While Cleansing and Rejuvenating Your Whole Body. Reawaken Your Authentic Self, all while Learning the Essentials of how your body works, what goes wrong, and what you need to do about that.

  • $49

The Five Pillars of Qi Gong

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  • 16 Lessons

One of my favourite ways to introduce people to both the Five Phases and to Qi Gong is to put the theoretical aspects into practice – right away. The following aspects of Qi Gong practice can be seen as expressions and investigations into the Five Phases. Alignment and Structure Self-Expression and Expansion Embodied Sensation and Thought Breath, Receptivity, and Acceptance Stillness and Readiness

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Feedback from other Students

“I’ve benefited so much from participating in this qigong class on a personal and professional level. "The value of what you will learn is priceless.” 

Lucy Mei Lee, R.Ac.

"I have been a student of Dr. Michael Smith’s for 20 years and still learn something new every class. Mike is such a creative and descriptive teacher and has an immense amount of wisdom/knowledge to share."  

Tanya S.

"I am now in level 3 of the Qi Gong teacher training and I enjoy the process a lot. The training is highly experiential and moves through different aspects of Daoist training." 

Matti B.

The Most Popular Article This Month

Every month we take a poll and choose an article to share with the greater Qi Gong community.

This month, the winner is 'San Dao - The Threefold Path of Daoism'