The Interview with Mr. Rod Taylor in Canada

– By Jessica Lin, July 2006

J (Jessica):  I am very glad that I have this opportunity to have an interview with Mr. Rod Taylor, who is the Pan Gu Shengong moving form and non-moving form instructor in Canada.  Rod, I am so glad to meet with you here in Canada.   

R (Rod): Thank you.  It’s good to be here with you. 

J: Well, I would like to know why did you become a Pan Gu Shengong teacher? 

R: I had been practicing and teaching meditation for about 30 years before learning Pan Gu Shengong.  While I was traveling in the United States in 2001, I met someone who told me about Pan Gu Shengong and took me to a course that Master Ou was offering.  I learned his moving and non-moving form of Qigong, and found that it was very good; it felt like a meditation for my whole body.  I really liked that experience.  After I came back home, I was meeting with a group of people about meditation.  When they heard about me learning Pan Gu Shengong, they said they wanted to learn it too.  So some months later, in 2002, I went and became qualified by Master Ou as a Moving Form teacher, so I could teach them.   

J:  Sounds great!  How do you like being a teacher? 

R: I love being a teacher!  I started teaching Pan Gu Shengong because people said they wanted to learn it.  But I was surprised when I started teaching how much I really enjoyed teaching it.  I also felt myself deepening in my appreciation and understanding of Pan Gu Shengong.  So by teaching it I received benefits for myself as well as helping others - both of which I enjoy.   

J: What is the source of your students?  How do you attract them? 

R: Some of my students have come because they know me and know about my involvement with personal and spiritual development and now want to find out about Pan Gu Shengong.  Sometimes I advertise in newspapers and hold public lectures on Pan Gu Shengong.  I have also taken part in health conferences and seminars where people come to find out about natural healing methods and I talk about Pan Gu Shengong. Some people who learn Pan Gu Shengong have jobs helping others and they recommend their clients to come to me to learn it.  Sometimes when I am traveling to conferences I meet people who ask me to teach them.  Those are some of the ways.   

In the public lectures and other talks, I tell people about Master Ou and how he founded Pan Gu Shengong.  I tell them some stories about practitioners’ experiences and how they healed themselves with Pan Gu Shengong.  I also tell them about the motto and the Pan Gu Shengong philosophy for living a kind and benevolent life.  I talk about increased balance, improved health, greater energy, enhanced well-being and other practical benefits from Pan Gu Shengong, and I tell them about how easy it is to learn and practice it.  I also take time to transmit Qi to them in a group.  People also have an opportunity to ask questions.   

J:  How many people have you taught in total so far? 

R:  For the moving form, I’ve taught about 75 people.  I just recently became qualified to teach the Non-Moving Form and the Healing Skill.  I’ve taught the Non-Moving Form to about 10 people.  They were actually waiting for me to come back from the Non-Moving Teacher Training Seminar to teach them.  I’ve taught more people this past year than I have in previous years, so I think the interest in Pan Gu Shengong is going to keep growing.  

J:  How are their responses?   

R:  Everybody likes it.  People like the course and they enjoy the energy.  Some people are very enthusiastic about it. 

J:  Are they able to keep practicing daily? 

R:  It really varies.  Just like my experience of teaching meditation, some people stick to it and do it regularly, and some people don’t.  So it is a matter of encouraging people and supporting them, so they will be able to do it as much as they can.   

J:  How do you encourage them to keep practicing? 

R:  One of the things I do, is schedule a meeting about a week after I teach a course, so the new students will come back together with me.  That is a chance to refresh their understanding of the practice, remind them of the reasons why Pan Gu Shengong is so good, and encourage them with some of the stories of others healing results.  Sometimes people get a little mixed up while they are doing the practice by themselves in the beginning.  So at this meeting I can make sure that everybody has the correct information to practice correctly.  That is very helpful.   

Another thing I have done is hold group practice sections for practitioners once a week.  Each week when we start our meeting, we sit and have some green tea together.  I brought some back from China when I was there.  People like it and we have a little time to chat and make a personal connection with each other.  Then we practice our Pan Gu Shengong together using Master Ou’s CD.  Afterward I transmit Qi to the group while they are standing or sitting in a circle.  Then we sit and talk about Pan Gu Shengong.  Sometimes I tell them some news that comes from the Pan Gu Shengong organization or some healing stories I heard from people I’ve met.  Sometimes practitioners like to share their own experiences - sometimes about their experience in the group practice or in the Qi healing circle, and sometimes about their experience using Pan Gu Shengong in their life, how it benefits them and how it fits in for them.  The practice sessions seem to be very good for people who want to have an experience of extra Qi.  It also seems to be good for people who may not be practicing regularly.  By coming to the group, it gives them experience and encouragement to practice more regularly.   

Sometimes I advertise a refresher meeting, so people who haven’t been practicing regularly have a chance to come and get started again.  They can ask questions, receive information about the practice, hear about the benefits people receive from practicing Pan Gu Shengong, and experience the stronger energy that comes from practicing in a group.  

J:  How do you organize some follow-up activities? 

R:  I use email as a prime way to keep connected with people.  It is an easy way to pass on the Pan Gu Shengong organization newsletters, to invite people to attend the weekly group practice sessions, and to advertise lectures and courses so practitioners can tell their friends about them.  There are a few people who don’t have emails so sometimes I send out a letter in the mail to them.  Also, during our weekly group practice sessions we talk about scheduling our follow-up activities and when courses are coming up.  So that keeps them informed and they can tell other people.   

J: Did you have any difficult situations while teaching?  How did you handle that? 

R:  For the most part, teaching is easy and really pleasant.  Sometimes when I am giving a lecture, people question whether Pan Gu Shengong is different from other practices.  I like answering those questions because this is a chance to talk about the benefits of Pan Gu Shengong and how it is complementary to other practices they may have.  I tell people it is best to learn Pan Gu Shengong when they feel ready to practice it regularly.  It is a practice and you have to do it to receive the benefits.  So if people don’t feel ready to practice it regularly, it is good to wait until they do feel ready.  But it is such a good a practice, I encourage people to learn it if they are interested or curious.   

Sometimes people who have already learned Pan Gu Shengong are not so sure about the benefits or whether they are still feeling the energy.  So I encourage them to make an appointment with me and come in and have a Qi healing whenever they wish.  I also suggest that they come to practice with the whole group in our weekly meetings because they will experience more energy that way.   

Those are the key examples; otherwise I think I have enough experience and have learned enough ways from Master Ou to answer any questions or challenges that may come up. 

J:  Are you enjoying teaching Pan Gu Shengong, and why? 

R: Yes, it has been great for me!  Teaching Pan Gu Shengong really deepens me in my appreciation of this knowledge and strengthens my Qi experience.  The teaching process allows me to absorb more energy and allows me to transmit it to others.  I love to teach and help others; I always have.  This is a teaching that is very accessible to a lot of people because it is something people can easily do.  People of all ages and conditions can do it.  People who don’t have much strength can do it and people with other practices can fit it in without a problem.  So it is a real pleasure to be able to help others in a way that is easy and accessible for all.  I love to be able to do that for others and to feel the energy increasing in me.   

J:  Did you attend any advanced training and events of Pan Gu Shengong? 

R:  Yes, one of the things I have learned is the advanced, condensed form, which I really love.  It is valuable to learn it after practicing the moving form and the non-moving form for a while.  It is a powerful practice and it is very short so it is easy to fit in each day.  It has also given me a deeper quality of connection with Pan Gu and the source energy of the universe, and I love that.   

I was also invited by Master Ou to go on a three-week tour of China in September 2005 with a group of Pan Gu Shengong teachers - about half from North America and half from China.  It was a wonderful cross-cultural trip in China to many beautiful places, and Master Ou gave many lectures, deep knowledge, and Qi energy healings.  It was a very beautiful experience.  When I came back home, I felt like I brought back within me a feeling of what it is like in China. This connects me more with the source of Master Ou’s knowledge and helps me feel more of a connection to Master Ou’s description of the future world and how that might feel and look.   

I also went to Hong Kong in May 2006 to attend the Non-Moving Form Teacher Training seminar that Master Ou was offering there.  I had the chance to meet many senior teachers from China who had been practicing Pan Gu Shengong right from the beginning of Master Ou’s teaching in the early 1990s.  I learned from the knowledge and experience they shared.   

Before and after that training seminar I spent a couple of more weeks in China, living and visiting with some of the Pan Gu Shengong teachers there.  I learned a lot from them and I enjoyed meeting with many Pan Gu Shengong students.  I talked with some of the students who had healed from serious illnesses using Pan Gu Shengong.  All of those experiences were really helpful and enjoyable to me.   

Another thing I’ve done since becoming a Moving Form teacher is to travel to places in North America where Master Ou was teaching.  I just observed him teaching everything he teaches, and I found it was great for strengthening my teaching.  I took notes during those sessions and I got some good ideas and useful knowledge for when I am teaching.  Each time I would listen to him lecturing, teaching the moving form, teaching the non-moving form, and offering other courses and events.  Sometimes I would have heard everything before, but when I came home I would still feel deeper in my practice and more confident in understanding his teaching.  So it has really been very beneficial for me to just be with Master Ou and watch his teaching.   

J: What are your thoughts about teaching Pan Gu Shengong in the future? 

R:  I am really looking forward to continuing the pleasure of teaching it.  I think that Pan Gu Shengong will become more and more popular with people.  I have taught people who have been trained in Reiki , therapeutic touch, massage therapy, and other healing practices.  Many times those people are really sensitive to subtle energy and really like the Qi they experience with Pan Gu Shengong.  Some of them then recommend it to their clients - so I think there will be more and more interest from people who are already experienced with energy, to learn something as valuable as Pan Gu Shengong and then recommend it to others.   

Also, I think the public in North America is becoming more aware and interested in Qigong now.  Pan Gu Shengong is so much easier and more effective than many other practices that people learn.  I think it is just a matter of us talking to more and more people, perhaps transmitting some Qi to them so they feel good with the energy, and then having people tell others about it and invite us to come and talk to more people.   

For myself, I feel teaching is a service I want to keep providing to others as a way for me to use my life to contribute to other people’s well-being.  I am really looking forward to continuing to do that in the future.   

J:  That is wonderful!  I would like to thank you so much for your time to share your experience with us.  I am sure that we will benefit from it.  Thank you again. 

R:  Thank you so much for this talk.  I really enjoyed it.