Gary Collins has been a Tai chi and Qi Gong instructor, spiritual facilitator and healer since the 1980’s. Over the course of his practice he has developed a system of energy healing called ‘Solar Sound Healing’ which is now taught to others, and a therapeutic system called ‘Toltec Therapy’ as well as having crafted the self-healing and self-development syllabus offered by the Jade Sun School (https://jadesunschool.com/syllabus/).
He has worked with many teachers; Sheila Grandpierre of Tai Chi Alliance, Christopher Pei, master teacher of the Yang Family Tradition, Wu Tiang Shen of Nanjing, China, from whom he learnt the fundamentals of Qi Gong including the Divine Mother Qi Gong structures. He also studied basic Tai Chi forms and systems from Nanjing College of TCM as taught on their various programmes.
Further to this he researched the BuQi healing and Wuxi Qi Gong systems of the late Shen Hongxun, and he trained in the Pranic Healing System of the late Grandmaster Choa Kuk Sui.
A highlight of his efforts was in 2000 when he studied with the oldest then living member of the Yang Family, Yang Zhen Ji. For three weeks he trained with a small group in Beijing, China. He asked this Master ‘What can bring you to the deepest level in Taiji?’ his reply was ‘Xin Xu’ or ‘Empty Heart’. This had a profound effect, and the need for the acquisition of knowledge for the purposes of Ego Identity left him.
However, by far the most powerful influence on his growth and learning was the Spiritual Apprenticeship he served with Toltec Seer Don Juan. Through the Toltec Grail Teachings he experienced the essence of reality; Love and opened his heart and Soul to “Her” presence and the reality of why love became human. This experience then informed the founding of the Jade Sun School of Tai Chi & Qi Gong.