Live Well & Long.
Transform Your Mind, Body & Spirit
through the practice of Wild Goose Qigong.
Philip Stoyanov - University Lecturer (Bulgaria)
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Janice Fields (Texas, USA)
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Meet Your Mentor, Guide & Shifu Gregg Wagstaff
My Wild Goose Qigong journey began 24 years ago. It helped me overcome a long standing, debilitating anxiety disorder. Wild Goose Qigong became a daily practice that changed my life.
I retrained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and continued my study with Master Chan Kim Fung (Hong Kong) and Master Wang Tai Li (Beijing) [see below], both inner-door students of the late 27th generation Grandmaster Yang Mei June.
I became a wild Goose Qigong instructor, receiving a blessing from Grandmaster Yang in Beijing in 2002, shortly before she passed away.
The Da Yan Academy is the resource I wish I had 25 years ago. Its purpose is to share, teach and unfold what others have passed down to me.
Allow me to be your guide and mentor. Let's 'spread our wings’ together. See you in the Da Yan Academy!
Gregg Wagstaff 衛仕
Founder of the Da Yan Academy.
UK certified Acupuncturist & Tui Na therapist.
Why Practise Wild Goose Qigong?
Qigong is a simple yet effective practice for all ages and abilities. Qigong will nourish you and continue to serve you into your later years.
Here's the Top 10 Health Reasons to do Qigong....
#1 Live Long, Well & with Purpose
Follow life nourishing principles (養生), to improve your longevity & health-span. Discover a deeper connection to your true self and life purpose.
#2 Increase Energy & Vitality
Activate untapped levels of latent physical, mental and spiritual energy - boosting stamina, creativity and overall vitality.
#3 Build Strength, Flexibility & Balance
Move with fluidity and balance, improve body strength, increase your range of motion, whatever your current age or ability.
#4 Reduce Pain & Stiffness
Gentle movements lubricate joints, reduce inflammation and allow you to enjoy a more pain-free life, even into old age.
#5 Lower Stress, Anxiety & Blood Pressure
Reduce the effects of chronic stress - the root cause of over 80% of many disorders and disease, including hypertension.
#6 Improve Sleep & Recovery
Enhance the quality of your sleep, aiding your body in repair and restoration, so you wake up feeling refreshed and energized.
#7 Boost Immunity & Heal Faster
Increase your body’s immune response, promote circulation of blood and energy, and speed up recovery from illness or injury.
#8 Enhance Lung & Heart Health
Breathing techniques improve lung and respiratory function, support heart function, and help regulate blood pressure.
#9 Cultivate Calm & Stillness
Achieve a deep inner calm and relaxation through a range of meditative techniques, harmonizing the Heart, Mind and Breath.
#10 Improve Focus, Clarity & Productivity
Enhance emotional and cognitive function, helping you stay clear-minded and focused, even in these times of distraction.
Why the Da Yan Academy?
The Da Yan Academy is the #1 online training platform dedicated to Wild Goose Qigong.
System + Shifu + Courses + Community + Coaching
- System: Wild Goose is an authentic, safe, effective, time-proven Qigong System.
- Shifu: a certified instructor with 25 years experience, with the lineage & skill to unpack and teach you that system.
- Courses: on-demand video trainings, login 24/7, learn what you need, at your own pace.
- Community: 'The Nest' - a place for connection and inspiration & mutual support from other students on the same journey.
- Coaching: in the form of Personal Mentoring or LIVE 1:1 sessions (online or in person).
The Nest Community
Practise and grow alongside other students like yourself in our private online community. We learn better and journey further in community. The Nest is an online space for us to connect, share and encourage each other.
FREE with membership
Online Courses & Training
24/7 access to the Da Yan Library: a growing treasure house of unique gongs (forms) from the extensive Wild Goose Qigong system. Currently includes 5 detailed courses, 200+ videos. See Courses.
FREE with membership
Monthly LIVE Q&A + Replays
Jump on our Da Yan LIVE Zoom with Shifu Gregg Wagstaff. Get your questions answered with a mix of Q&A and training. Plus, deepen your practice and connection with other live attendees. Recordings available.
FREE with membership
Personal Mentoring | 1-to-1
Accelerate your learning and results. When you're ready to take your practice to a higher level, Da Yan Academy's Founder Shifu Gregg Wagstaff, offers Personal Mentoring and LIVE 1-to-1 sessions. *Available online or in-person.
In-person Retreats & Events
In-person retreats, workshops & classes with Da Yan Academy's Founder & Shifu Gregg Wagstaff. See here for forthcoming events TBC.
Related Trainings
The Da Yan Academy will also host further trainings on related subjects such as: Qi Therapy, Yang Sheng 養生(Art of Nourishing Life), Daoism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, optimal health, longevity, mastery, and more.
FREE with membership
Get Started for just $24...
Start Your Wild Goose Qigong Journey Here...
- Get Started - click the green button below and begin your 14-day trial of the Da Yan Academy
- Explore - with 'all access' to the academy's courses and community.
- Experience the Benefits with as little as 10-minutes of practice a day.
Our new 'Subscribe-to-Own' membership model gives you ongoing access to all our current & future online Courses + Community + Monthly LIVE. Plus...
If you cancel, we'll credit you with an e-voucher, equal to the sum of your subscription payments, so you can purchase life-time* access to the online courses of your choosing.
Plus these FREE Bonuses...
Bonus #1
Mobile App (iOS).
With this free Da Yan Academy mobile app, you'll have access to your trainings, The Nest community, and any 1-to-1 or personal mentoring sessions. Available via Apple Store (Android / Google Play to come).
Bonus #2
Course Certification
Optional Online Assessment & Digital Certification on completion and video submission (moving forms only). Required if you wish to progress to Teacher Training program. Value $50 per 'gong' / form.
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About The Lineage
杨梅君
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty (c. 1909), at the age of 13, Yang Mei June was chosen by her Grandfather, Yang De Shan (then the 26th generation Grandmaster), to be the sole inheritor of the Kunlun Da Yan Qigong system and title.
Helped by her skill, she managed to survive the bloodiest century in China’s history. Only in 1978, after the fall of Mao, did she feel safe to break with tradition and begin teaching Da Yan Qigong publicly for the well-being of everyone.
The 27th generation Grandmaster, Yang Mei June quickly became highly respected in the Qigong and Internal Martial Arts circles, especially for her healing capabilities.
Yang Mei June passed away on July 23rd, 2002 at the age of 106. Through her, millions of people in various parts of the world now benefit from this practice. Wild Goose is recognized as one of China’s most ancient, authentic and effective systems of Qigong.
陳劍峰
In 1994, Chan Kim Fung was accepted as an “in door” student of the 27th Generation Grandmaster, Yang Mei June. She called him 二陳 (Chen the Second). In 2000, she appointed him as ‘Overseas General Manager’ of the Da Yan Qigong Headquarters (established in 1979) in Beijing.
In his recent book, Master Chan writes, 'In 1999, Yang Mei June told me, Wang Tai Li has good gōngfu / 功夫 / skill. You must help him to come out of the mountains." [chūshān / 出山]
Master Chan took early retirement to honour Yang Mei June's request, enable his study of Traditional Chinese Medicine and further promote Wild Goose Qigong. He is also Chairman of the Da Yan Qigong Association in Hong Kong and UK.
王泰力
Wang Tai Li was accepted as an “in door” student of Yang Mei June in the early 1990’s. This was the beginning of a close 10-year student-master relationship that lasted right up until her passing in June 2002 at the age of 106. During this time Grandmaster Yang passed her knowledge to her disciple Wang and he also became her carer. In 2000, she bequeathed him the Da Yan Qigong Headquarters.
In 2017, Master Wang and Master Chan co-authored a book on the Wild Goose Qigong’s 1st 64, including case studies and therapeutic applications. Master Wang is now based in Shenzhen, running clinics and a training centre in Hong Kong & Beijing. Here he integrates his high level Da Yan Qigong skills of Qi diagnosis (vision) and therapy (Qi emission).
About The Wild Goose
Some time during the ancient Jin Dynasty (265–420 C.E.), Daoist monks living in the Kunlun Mountains originated a system of health and self-cultivation exercises, known today as Kunlun Da Yan (Wild Goose) Qigong.
The Daoists closely observed and followed the ways of nature and were inspired by the bar-headed geese, which also inhabited these mountain plateaus.
Bar-headed geese, Da Yan 大雁 (literally = ‘Great Goose’) are extraordinary: They migrate some 2,000-3,000 miles over the Himalayas. They fly higher than Mount Everest - having been recorded at 33,000 feet - in tail winds of up to 100 mph!
Their lungs recycle their breath, so that every available bit of oxygen is used. These great geese are long-lived, stay together through all seasons and mate for life.
The monks based their practice on the qualities, character and movements of the geese. They built into this system their Daoist understanding and insight into nature, medicine, martial arts, plus years of empirical science and deep meditation.
Over generations the Kunlun Da Yan Qigong system grew to include over 70 different sets of exercises, both dynamic (Dong Gong) and still / meditative (Jing Gong).
