Blake Bauer – Unconditional Self Love
OMTIMES: What brought you back home to the US?
Blake Bauer: Both of my parents, who live in Chicago, where I am from, are struggling with their health and needing my support. I am also negotiating with large US publishers to re-publish a new updated edition of You Were Not Born To Suffer as well as my next book, which will require me to spend more time being and teaching here.
OMTIMES: Your path has been an interesting one did you set out to become a wisdom teacher?
Blake Bauer: No, not consciously. If you believe that we choose/create our lives before we incarnate, then yes, from this viewpoint, subconsciously and instinctually I would have known. On a conscious level, however, I had no clue. In retrospect, it’s clear that the intense suffering and drama I grew up around and then experienced within myself as a young man was laying down a path for me to seek liberation from the psychological and emotional torture I experienced as my top priority.
OMTIMES: How has your study of Qi Gong influenced your work and your beliefs?
Blake Bauer: During my in-depth studies of both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Element Chinese Medicine, I began to practice Qi Gong very intensively on a regular basis and found that this practice led to more inner peace, freedom of movement, and vitality than any other practice I had come across. Since most of my work stems from benefits I find in self-application and testing, I began to confidently share them with other people. I found that the results they reported regarding alleviating symptoms like anxiety, depressive feelings, and physical pain, were second to none, just as they had been for me. I have come to understand that stagnant blood, energy and emotion are responsible for all forms of depression, pain, and disease, so when supporting someone to heal themselves my view is that beyond learning how to love ourselves mentally and emotionally, we need lifestyle habits which effectively keep our blood, energy, and emotion flowing daily. I have taught Qi Gong to over 10,000 people and it is integral to my work because, in my experience, there is no other practice on the planet that unlocks stuck energy, emotion or blood more efficiently. I have now worked with many people suffering from anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as people suffering from illnesses like cancer and auto-immune diseases, who have expressed they have found greater relief from Qi Gong than from any other alternative. Lastly, but most important, is that Qi Gong is a practice that can be learned independently to heal and to prevent illness. There is no need to keep paying for expensive therapy or treatment, which for those who struggle financially can be very empowering.
