How to boost your immune system
3-day retreat with teacher Ning in The Hague (NL) – 9, 10 & 11 October 2026
When your immune system is strong, you feel healthy and vital. Your energy levels are good and you do not get sick that easily. Not only can your body defend itself against bacteria and viruses. It also helps fight infections, manages inflammation and is crucial for preventing chronic illness, improving overall health, energy and sleep quality.
Did you know that in Traditional Chinese culture, the doctor was only paid as long as people stayed healthy? Where the Western world fights against disease, the Eastern perspective supports overall health. In strenthening the immune system both perspectives meet and agree on the importance of healthy living.
The role of the Du Mai, Ren Mai and Dai Mai for the immune system
You have probably heard about the ‘meridians’ in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Next to the 12 main meridians, there are 8 ‘extraordinary vessels’. These vessels support the whole body on a deep energetic level and a structural balance. During this retreat we will focus on three of these extraordinary vessels that together boost your immunity.
Du Mai – Governing Vessel
This channel runs along the back and governs the spine, the nervous system, nourishes the brain and ‘expels wind’. In TCM we do not talk about viruses and bacteria (those were not know 5000 years ago), but about wind, humidity or coldness that comes into the body when the immunity is weak).
Ren Mai – Conception Vessel
The Ren Mai runs along the frontline of the body. It supports digestive health and respiratory issues. When your digestion works well (again), your body can better absorb the nutrition of your food, thereby strengthening your body and energy levels.
Dai Mai – Gurdel Vessel
The Dai Mai is like a gurdel around your belly. It connects the upper and lower part of the body, plays an important role in emotional balance.
How to boost your immune system
In this retreat you learn a practical approach to activate the Du Mai, Ren Mai and Dai Mai channels. Thereby strengthening your immunity as well as:
- supporting digestive health
- balancing your emotions
- nourishing the nervous system and brain
- improving and strenthening the legs
All in all, this is not only about boosting your immunity. It is about boosting your energy levels and your overall health on a physical, mental and emotional level.
Retreat teacher Ning – practical information
Dates: Friday 9, Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 October 2026
Time: 10.00 – 17.00 hours
Location:
In De Bonenrank
Koningin Emmakade 133
The Hague (NL)
Costs:
The costs for this 3-day retreat is 325 euro.
This includes lunch on all three days (some soup, salad & bread).
About Teacher Ning
Teacher Ning was born in inner Mongolia in China. He studied with Dr. Pang and graduated as a Qigong healer at the famous medicineless hospital, the Huaxia Center. In 1997 he left with a few others after receiving blessings from Dr. Pang Ming, the founder of Zhineng Qigong. He continued his practice and provided healings to many.
From several masters he was taught different methods. Nowadays his teachings are characterised by the ‘translation’ of Traditional Chinese Medicine into Qigong exercises. It is quite a unique way of applying Qigong and TCM.
For many years now he teaches in Western countries as well, such as United States of America, Serbia, Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
Methods of Self-Healing Qigong
Teacher Ning’s teaching methods are taught in a gentle, humble fashion. Self
healing exercises are easy to learn and they are focused on letting Qi flow freely by dispersing or gathering Qi in the body, so blockages or disorder can resolve. From the perspective of TCM illness or discomfort is characterised by blockages or leaks in the Qi flow.
Use of the Qi Field & TCM
From Zhineng Qigong he adopts the building up of a Qi field for teaching, healing and any other project one can imagine. In his methods however great emphasis is on strengthening the inner organs, both on an energy level as on the information level. From a traditional point of view, the meridian system, channels, vessels, extraordinary meridians and the organs are one complete health system. Qi practice is considered the quintessence of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).
Sounds & Self-healing
The basic knowledge of TCM teaches us that 5 organs (Spleen, Kidneys, Heart, Liver and Lungs) form the basis for health. Any disturbance within and between organs will be balanced again because organs will help and compensate for each other’s instability. In order to regain health, we need to restore the health within and between the organs. We can do this with sounds and self-healing techniques.
Programmed nature
One topic that is at the core of teacher Ning’s teachings is ‘transforming the programmed nature’. According to teacher Ning we can do a lot of things to gain health, but as long as we do not transform our programmed nature, the same problems will arise again and again. These programmes started to form already from conception on and were developed throughout your life. The Yin (‘negative’) nature of it mainly refers to forms of anger, judgement and distrust. When we transform it into the Yang (positive) nature, we experience more trust, peace of mind and inner joy.
Background information
Qi Friends started to work with teacher Ning after we met in Hainan, China in 2020. The clear way in which he shared some deeper insights in healing and self-healthcare appealed to us. During the many programs that followed, we have more and more adopted his methods in our own teachings as well since they are easy to do and effective. We also started to share information on specific topics both in English and Dutch.
English:
- Transforming the programmed nature
- Blog with several articles with free webinars by teacher Ning
Dutch: