Rest assured that our new, modern, mobile-friendly website really will be up and running sometime during the New Lunar Year of the Earth Boar. Making it happen is a complicated process, however, and we're all volunteers. So it's taking a little longer than expected.

2nd Set Qigong classes will start on Tuesday mornings in May at the Energy Matters Acupuncture & Qigong Wellness Center, located at 4341 Piedmont Avenue, 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA 94611.

Grandmaster Hui Liu gave a special presentation on Teachers Day about the Five Elements Theory. This not only applies to qigong, but taiji and shaolin as well. Click here to see the full text in both English and Chinese on the Wen Wu School.com website.

Call (510) 524-1057 for questions, or register online at WenWuSchool.com.

Springtime 8-week Qigong Basics sessions at Kaiser Permanente Fremont and San Leandro will culminate on August 8, giving students plenty of outdoor practices and short-course opportunities elsewhere to more deeply embed what they've learned so far.

New 8-week classes for all ability levels will begin on August 12.