7 Lotus Chi Kung
A Path of Transformation
For thousands of years, Chi Kung has been cherished as one of humanity's great healing arts, a living tradition that cultivates vitality, inner balance, and the realization of our deepest potential. Rooted in ancient China, its many lineages have evolved through centuries of contemplative practice, including shamanic, Taoist, and alchemical traditions that embrace the body, mind, energy, and spirit as one integrated whole.
Online Chi Kung for Healing, Transformation & Liberation
Created by Dr. Carlos de León, 7 Lotus Chi Kung is a comprehensive energy cultivation system that weaves together the timeless wisdom of Taoism, Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism, and Hindu Tantra. Inspired by teachings received from extraordinary Eastern and Western masters, it offers a practical and progressive path for cultivating presence, resilience, compassion, profound inner freedom and joy.
More than a series of movements, 7 Lotus Chi Kung is an invitation to awaken the power of your own life force. Through carefully designed postures, breathing practices, meditations, and energy sequences, you learn to restore balance, expand awareness, and consciously participate in your own healing and transformation.
Whether you are beginning your spiritual journey or deepening a lifelong practice, this path welcomes you exactly where you are, supporting you in discovering the wisdom, clarity, and wholeness that already live within.
"Like the Lotus reaching for the sun, you bloom, nourished by the deep energy within."
The Steps on the Path
1.
Welcome to the Path
Begin with a Welcome to Lotus Session, where you'll receive personal guidance to establish your practice, create your individual study pathway, and develop a sustainable rhythm that supports your growth.
2.
Deepen Through Community
Join a Chi Kung Hub Review Session to refine your practice, ask questions, and experience the transformative support of practicing with others. Community practice strengthens both understanding and the flow of energy.
3.
Integrate the Teachings
Review your class materials between sessions to deepen your understanding, refine your movements, and cultivate a more natural connection with the principles of Chi Kung. Consistent study and practice allow the teachings to become a living experience.
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Prepare for Your Next Level
Meet with Tessy Bardavid or a member of the Lotus Team for a Chi Kung Level Review. Together you'll assess your progress, celebrate your development, and prepare for the next stage of your journey with greater confidence, clarity, and purpose.
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Continue the Journey
Transformation unfolds through consistent practice. By following the quarterly rhythm of learning, review, and integration, you cultivate greater vitality, emotional balance, inner resilience, and spiritual awakening while deepening your connection with the harmony of the Tao.
A Journey You Never Walk Alone
The Lotus Path is more than an online learning program; it is a living community of practice.
Throughout your journey, you are supported by live online teachings, Hub Review Sessions, Community Forums, personal guidance, and ongoing mentorship. Every stage of the path is designed to encourage, inspire, and strengthen your commitment to practice.
As your energy system develops and becomes more balanced, harmony naturally unfolds throughout every dimension of your being: physical, emotional, mental, subtle, and spiritual. This integrated approach creates the foundation for lasting vitality, mental clarity, emotional resilience, compassionate presence, and the inner freedom to live with greater purpose and authenticity.
A Progressive Pathway: The Seven Lotus Levels
The 7 Lotus Chi Kung system unfolds through seven carefully designed levels that progressively develop your relationship with energy, awareness, and conscious living. Each level integrates postures, breathing practices, movement, visualization, sound, and meditation into a complete and accessible system for cultivating vitality, balance, and well-being.
As your practice matures, you not only strengthen your health and reduce stress, but you awaken a deeper capacity to live with presence, resilience, wisdom, and joyful connection. Each level offers meaningful benefits in itself while naturally preparing you for the next stage of growth, creating a lifelong pathway of healing, transformation, and spiritual evolution.
The Seven Lotus Levels
Each Lotus level builds upon the previous one, guiding you through a progressive journey of energy cultivation, physical vitality, emotional balance, and spiritual awakening. As your practice deepens, so does your capacity to embody greater presence, resilience, and harmony.
First Lotus · Establishing the Foundation
Open the body's primary energy channels, awaken the energy centres of the hands and feet, and cultivate deep relaxation, renewed vitality, and mental clarity.
Second Lotus · Awakening the Energy System
Activate the body's major energy centres (chakras), harmonize the doshas, and begin cultivating the dynamic flow of Spiral Chi, creating greater balance and energetic awareness.
Third Lotus · Strengthening the Body
Develop strength, flexibility, and vitality while supporting the body's natural detoxification processes and enhancing the free circulation of energy.
Fourth Lotus · Cultivating Inner Vitality
Nourish and strengthen the internal organs, deepen the cultivation of Internal Chi, and establish a more resilient foundation for health and well-being.
Fifth Lotus · Integrating Energy and Awareness
Refine the cultivation of Hot Chi, Cold Chi, and Spiral Chi while developing the capacity to consciously unite energy with awareness in daily life and spiritual practice.
Sixth Lotus · Expanding Consciousness
Connect with Cosmic Chi, strengthen the body's natural immune response, cultivate heightened intuition, and awaken deeper states of perception through the activation of the Third Eye.
Seventh Lotus · Living in Harmony
Integrate Internal and External Chi with the Five Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine, cultivating harmony between body, mind, nature, and consciousness as an expression of awakened living.
Join the 7 Lotus Chi Kung Membership
Become part of a living community dedicated to healing, energy cultivation, and conscious living.
The 7 Lotus Chi Kung Membership is more than access to a library of teachings, it is a complete pathway of guided practice, personal mentorship, and spiritual development. Designed to support practitioners at every stage, your membership provides the structure, inspiration, and community needed to establish a lifelong practice that continues to deepen over time.
Whether you are taking your first steps or advancing through the Seven Lotus Levels, you are supported by experienced teachers and a global community committed to awakening vitality, balance, and inner freedom.
Energy Development & On-Demand Learning
Build a strong and sustainable practice through a comprehensive collection of learning resources.
- Sequential 7 Lotus Chi Kung Curriculum: Progress through each Lotus Level with a clear, step-by-step pathway.
- Guided Practice Videos: Learn and refine each movement with detailed instructional practices.
- Theoretical Videos: Deepen your understanding of the principles, philosophy, and application of Chi Kung.
- Masterclasses & Special Teachings: Continue expanding your practice with exclusive advanced presentations and seasonal offerings.
- Resource Library: Access downloadable practice guides, reference materials, and PDFs that support continued study.
- Welcome Sessions & Personal Onboarding: Receive guidance in establishing a practice rhythm aligned with your experience, goals, and lifestyle.
Personal Guidance & Progressive Advancement
Move confidently through each stage of your journey with ongoing support.
- Lotus Level Reviews: Receive personal guidance and advancement reviews from Tessy Bardavid and members of the Lotus Team as you prepare for each new level.
- Pathway Mentorship: Stay connected with experienced practitioners who help you maintain consistency, overcome challenges, and continue growing with confidence.
Live Practice & Global Community
Transformation flourishes in the community.
- Live Chi Kung Practice Hubs with Tessy Bardavid: Practice together in interactive online sessions that strengthen technique, deepen energetic awareness, and cultivate the power of collective practice.
- Student Community Forum: Connect with fellow practitioners from around the world, ask questions, exchange insights, and celebrate your progress together.
- Exclusive Member Content: Enjoy ongoing access to new classes, guided practices, masterclasses, and evolving teachings as the Lotus curriculum continues to grow and expand.
Lotus Chi Kung Membership
$550 per year
"Like the Lotus flower, we rise through challenges, bloom with grace,
and embody the infinite potential of transformation."
- Access to 20 Courses, including:
71+ Classes
Chi Kung Courses, Masterclasses and a Workshop Series - Sequential Levels:
First through Seventh Lotus Courses - Ongoing Live-Streaming Practice Sessions for all student levels
- Join a vibrant community and connect with fellow members!
A Lifelong Path of Practice
Membership is an invitation to cultivate more than physical vitality, it is an opportunity to develop resilience, inner peace, clarity, and compassionate presence through a living tradition of energy cultivation.
Step by step, practice becomes transformation. Breath becomes awareness. Energy becomes wisdom. Like the lotus itself, you gradually unfold into the fullest expression of your true nature.
The Next Step on the Path: Lotus Instructor Program Pathway
For those called to deepen their practice and serve others, the 7 Lotus Chi Kung Instructor Pathway offers a transformative journey from practitioner to instructor. This advanced pathway is designed to cultivate not only technical mastery, but the presence, wisdom, and compassion required to guide others with authenticity and integrity.
Your Journey to Becoming a Certified Lotus Instructor
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Complete the 7 Lotus Chi Kung Program
Complete the full online study and practice pathway through all Seven Lotus Levels and receive your Certificate of Completion, recognizing your dedication and foundational training.
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Attend an Instructor Pathway Forum
Join an introductory forum to explore the vision, structure, and commitments of the Instructor Training while discerning your next steps with the Lotus community.
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Participate in an Instructor Retreat Intensive
Deepen your embodiment of the teachings through an immersive residential training held in Mexico or Spain, where practice, mentorship, and community come together in a powerful learning environment.
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Complete Your Lotus Integration Review
Meet with Tessy Bardavid for a comprehensive Seven Lotus Review to integrate the complete system, refine your practice, and prepare for Instructor Certification.
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Continue Your Evolution
Certification is the beginning of a lifelong journey. As part of the international Lotus Instructor Community, you will continue refining your practice through quarterly advanced training, ongoing mentorship, and specialized studies in Juki, Yuren Chen, teaching methodology, and conscious leadership.
A Path of Mastery, Service & Living Wisdom
The 7 Lotus Chi Kung Instructor Training & Certification Program is an immersive journey of personal transformation, energetic refinement, and professional development for practitioners who feel called to share this living tradition with others.
Guided by Tessy Bardavid, the program integrates rigorous practice, theoretical understanding, mentorship, and experiential learning to cultivate confident, compassionate, and skillful instructors. Through this process, you learn not only how to facilitate the movements, but how to embody the principles of presence, balance, and conscious energy that lie at the heart of the Lotus tradition.
Whether your aspiration is to teach professionally, lead community classes, share one-on-one, or simply deepen your own path of awakening, the Instructor Program provides a comprehensive foundation for lifelong practice, meaningful service, and authentic leadership.
Begin Your Instructor Journey
If you feel called to share the transformative power of 7 Lotus Chi Kung with others, we invite you to explore the Instructor Pathway. Contact us to learn more about upcoming Instructor Forums, Retreat Intensives, and the application process.
Meet the Visionaries Behind the Lotus Path
Creator of the 7 Lotus Chi Kung System
Dr. Carlos de León
For more than five decades, Dr. Carlos de León has devoted his life to exploring human consciousness, healing, and spiritual transformation. His work bridges the timeless wisdom of the world's contemplative traditions with contemporary psychology, transpersonal studies, and practical methods for personal evolution.
Guided by distinguished masters from Taoism, Tantra, Zen Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Bön, and other contemplative traditions, Dr. de León has developed an integrated approach that makes profound spiritual teachings accessible and relevant for modern life.
He is the founder of Ontogony®, an evolutionary model for healing, self-realization, and human development, and the creator of the 7 Lotus Chi Kung System, a progressive pathway that unites movement, breath, meditation, energy cultivation, and conscious living into a lifelong practice of transformation.
Today, thousands of students around the world continue to benefit from his vision of a path that nurtures not only physical vitality, but emotional integration, expanded awareness, compassionate action, and the direct realization of our true nature.
Lotus Instructor & Director of the Lotus Chi Kung Program
Tessy Bardavid
For more than three decades, Tessy Bardavid has dedicated her life to teaching the transformative art of Chi Kung. An internationally respected instructor, author, and mentor, she has guided thousands of students through in-person retreats, professional training, and online programs worldwide.
A graduate of Anáhuac University in Mexico City and the author of four books, Tessy has successfully brought the principles of Chi Kung into educational settings, corporations, therapeutic environments, and high-performance athletic programs. Her teaching combines technical precision with warmth, compassion, and a deep commitment to each student's personal journey.
As Director of the 7 Lotus Chi Kung Program, Tessy accompanies practitioners from their very first practice through advanced training and instructor certification, creating a supportive learning environment where every student is encouraged to cultivate vitality, resilience, inner balance, and authentic spiritual growth.
Voices of the Lotus Community
Discover How Lotus Chi Kung Has Touched Students Around the World
Students from many countries have embraced Lotus Chi Kung as a simple yet profound practice for cultivating vitality, balance, and inner peace. Whether beginning their energy wellness journey or deepening a lifelong spiritual path, participants consistently share the positive impact these practices have had on their daily lives.
