Shi Xing Mi 释行米 Walter Gjergja ||| 32nd generation Shaolin Master 少林武僧
ANCIENT WISDOM FOR THE MODERN TIMES. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SHARE THE BEST OF YOURSELF. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | TO FLY, A BIRD MUST FIRST HAVE THE COURAGE TO LET GO OF THE BRANCH. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SERENITY IS METHOD OF TRAVELING, NOT A DESTINATION TO REACH. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
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CULTIVATE THE MIND WITH THE BODY AND THE BODY WITH THE MIND. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | MIND TO MIND, HEART TO HEART. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | LESSONS FROM THE PAST, ACTIONS IN THE PRESENT, IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SHAOLIN TEMPLE VENERABLE ABBOT SHI YONG XIN. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
EIGHT FUNDAMENTAL VIRTUES: RESPECT, HUMILITY, RIGHTEOUSNESS, COMPASSION, PATIENCE, GRATITUDE, WILLPOWER, COURAGE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | EVERY JOURNEY BEGINS WITH ONE STEP. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | NATURE ALWAYS SHOWS ITS COLORS. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SWEEP AWAY NEEDLESS THOUGHTS AND KEEP YOUR SOUL CLEAN. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
SIT LIKE THE STONE. STAND LIKE THE TREE. MOVE LIKE THE WIND. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | EVEN SMALL IDEAS CAN LEAD TO BIG CHANGES. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SHAOLIN TEMPLE GRAND MASTER SHI DE YANG WITH HIS DISCIPLES. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | JUST CULTIVATE WITH DILIGENCE, DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE HARVEST. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
THE RIGHT DISCIPLINE CREATES HABITS, THE RIGHT HABITS ARE THE PATH TO RESULTS. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | CIVILISE THE MIND, BUT KEEP THE BODY SAVAGE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | TRAIN THE BODY TO CLEAR THE MIND. CLEAR THE MIND TO FREE THE SPIRIT. FREE THE SPIRIT TO HELP YOURSELF. HELP YOURSELF TO HELP OTHERS. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SERENITY IS INSIDE ALL OF US: OFTEN WE DON’T FIND IT BECAUSE WE LOOK FOR IT OUTSIDE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
WISDOM AND HAPPINESS NEVER DECREASE BY BEING SHARED. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | YOUR MASTER, YOUR TEMPLE: BOTH ARE ALREADY IN YOUR HEART. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | COMPASSION, FOR OTHERS AND FOR OURSELF. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | MINDFULNESS IS TRULY ENJOYING A CUP OF TEA. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
JUST BREATHE: NOTHING IS SIMPLER YET MORE PROFOUND. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | THE GREATEST WEAKNESS CAN BECOME THE GREATEST STRENGTH. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | MOST THINGS ARE DIFFICULT BEFORE THEY ARE EASY. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | THERE ARE ONLY TWO DAYS WHEN NOTHING CAN BE DONE: YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
SHAOLIN TEMPLE MASTER SHI YAN ZHUANG. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | BREATHE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | NO MUDDY WATER, NO LOTUS FLOWER. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | WORK TIRELESSLY TO DEFEAT THE GREATEST ENEMY, YOURSELF, AND TO DISCOVER THE GREATEST MASTER, YOURSELF. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
BALANCE REQUIRES MINDFULNESS, MINDFULNESS REQUIRES BALANCE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | THE WAY YOU DO IS THE WAY YOU ARE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | EVERY SUNRISE IS A NEW BEGINNING: MAKE IT COUNT. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | NEVER FORGET YOUR BEGINNER MIND. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | LET NATURE REVEAL YOUR NATURE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | THE WAY YOU DO IS THE WAY YOU ARE. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | FIND SPACE, FIND TIME, FIND YOURSELF. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
THE ONLY COLD TO BE TRULY FEARED, IS THAT OF THE HEART. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | GO INSIDE THE TEMPLE ONLY TO DISCOVER THE TEMPLE INSIDE YOURSELF. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | OUTER STRENGTH IS ONLY A STEP TOWARDS INNER STRENGTH. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | MINDFULNESS IS THE SPEAR OF WISDOM WHICH CAN PIERCE THE CLOUDS OF DELUSION. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
STRONG RESOLVE, FLEXIBLE APPROACH. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | EVERYTHING YOU DO, DO WITH ALL YOUR HEART. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | SHAOLIN MONASTERY PAGODA FOREST. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | THOUSANDS OF DAYS TO FORGE THE SPIRIT. A LIFETIME TO POLISH WHAT YOU FORGED. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
A MASTER OPENS THE DOOR, BUT YOU MUST ENTER BY YOURSELF. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja | YOUR HEART IS A MONASTERY AND YOU ARE ITS MONK. Shi Xing Mi ||| Walter Gjergja |
Biography
Walter Gjergja – Shaolin Temple secular monk Shi Xing Mi – is a Shaolin Master, philosopher, advisor, strategist, co-founder, coach, speaker and author.
Born into a modest background, in a small village on the foothills of the Italian Alps, he embarked on a remarkable journey of personal and academic growth that culminated with studying in Australia (La Trobe and Melbourne University) and China (Shaolin Temple), co-founding multiple educational projects and wellness companies, conducting diverse activities internationally (News & Press) whilst - currently - living in Switzerland.
Walter studies Kung Fu WuShu (Chinese martial arts) since age 13 and Chan (Shaolin philosophy) since age 18. Disciple of Grand Master Shi De Yang, with traditional ceremony in the Shaolin Temple he has been nominated secular warrior monk of the 32nd Shaolin generation, monastic name Xing Mi.
He has spent many study stays in Shaolin spanning a period of over two decades, becoming one of the very few real western Shaolin Sujiadizi Wuseng and perhaps the only one to have studied in depth all the Shaolin wellness and mindfulness practices, augmenting them with contemporary academic studies; Shi Xing Mi has been the protagonist of many magazine and newspaper articles (News & Press), numerous international events and several television documentaries (BBC, Discovery Channel, Disney XD, Italia1, CCTV, RSI).
Author of three books and over one hundred papers on mindset, wellness, fitness, philosophy and strategy, Shi Xing Mi has also completed a double major university degree (Philosophy and Economics), has additional qualifications in psychology, sports sciences, health sciences, strategy, and has applied his Shaolin-inspired philosophy in various fields and over 30 countries, utilising his unique eastern and western cultural and professional background.
He has been called by the international media a "cultural acrobat", "the monk of strategy", "master of effectiveness", "the wellness master" and "the fitness monk".
After beginning to practice Kung Fu WuShu as a child in the mid '80s in Italy, from the early ’90s Walter then traveled for more than two decades, studying in China at the Shaolin monastery and in Australian universities, as well as achieving wins and placements in many national and international competitions as an athlete (Kung Fu WuShu forms and Sanda combat) including three consecutive Asia-Pacific championships.
Walter initially studied Shaolin culture – Wugong (martial disciplines and physical training) Chan (philosophy) Yi (health practices and medicine) – with various Masters, among whom the teachers of the famous Shaolin Temple WuShu Guan in Shaolin and other illustrious Shaolin monks.
In parallel to his deepening Shaolin studies and following university graduation, Walter also had an extremely rapid and successful international corporate career, becoming at age 27 Co-Founder and CEO of a publicly listed company and then director of a strategy consulting firm, but courageously decided to abandon it, to complete his Shaolin Temple education and then focus his life on sharing his unique mix of competencies.
During one of the study stays in Shaolin he had the opportunity to meet Shaolin Temple Grand Master Shi De Yang; the Master accepted him as student and eventually, after years of study and friendship, as formal disciple (the first non-Chinese), descendent of the 32nd Shaolin warrior monks generation. The rare traditional ceremony officialized his entry in the Shaolin genealogy with the monastic name Shi Xing Mi, which has also been inscribed on a stele in the ancient Pagoda Forest.
In 2004 Shi Xing Mi co-founded Shaolin Wuseng Italy, in Milan, donated to his disciples a decade later and active also in other cities and in Switzerland as Shaolin Wenhua Europe, one of the principal Shaolin Cultural Centers in Europe, member of the Shaolin Temple official representatives association; he has also been appointed Head Master of the Traditional Shaolin Culture Center in China and Shaolin Cultural Director of various international federations.
From his unique and diverse educational, professional and teaching experiences, he created four specific mindfulness-based training systems: 'The Warrior Monk Way', 'Shaolin: power of movement', 'Shaoness' and 'Moving Minds' (Mission & Activities).
Walter Gjergja - Shi Xing Mi, has conducted seminars and keynote speeches at conferences and corporate events, coached the management of many international organisations (Partners & Clients), held lectures at university faculties (Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Russia), trained champions in various sports, written books and articles, collaborated as advisor in a very diverse range of fields (Mission & Activities).
In recent years, he has become deeply involved in leading wellness and health-tech projects, contributing his uniquely eclectic mix of knowledge, wisdom and experiences as Board Advisor and Head of Mindfulness at Palta, as well as Co-Founder and Chief Fitness Officer at Zing.
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