精
JING / MATTER
Matter
The body and tangible experience: a starting point for exploring life.
Ancient wisdom.New images of life.
Connecting traditional wisdom, the study of life and contemporary well-being through image-based thinking.
01THE INSTITUTE
A space for life, image
and Eastern wisdom.
Founded in Beijing in 2008, Kundawell is an internationally oriented institute for image-based studies, well-being and health management.
BEIJING / 200812 Meishuguan Houjie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Rooted in traditional Chinese medical thinking and image-based thinking, the institute brings together academic inquiry, well-being practices, teaching and international exchange, exploring the legacy of the Bian Que school today.
Health-management specialists, practitioners of traditional well-being methods and international scholars meet here in a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary setting.
Spaces
KUNDAWELL2008Founded in Beijing
30+Years of international exchange
10International conferences
THE MEANING OF KUNDAWELL
A name. A beautiful life.
KUNDA
/Life
KUNDALINI
/Vitality
WELL
Well-being
KUNDAWELL
A beautiful life
In Kundawell’s naming philosophy, Sanskrit and English meet: life, vitality and well-being express an aspiration for a full and beautiful life.
02THE LEGACY OF BIAN QUE
BIAN QUE · The legacy of Bian Que
The legacy of Bian Que
An ancient legacy.
A living perspective.
Bian Que is an important figure in the history of Chinese medicine. Kundawell looks beyond a historical name to the observation of life through images. The institute understands seeing, recognising and transforming the image as a path connecting the thought of the Bian Que school with contemporary Image Medicine.
Explore Image Medicine03IMAGE MEDICINE
See the image. Change the image.
Developed by Mingtang Xu through years of study, practice and international exchange, Image Medicine draws on the Bian Que school and traditional image-based thinking. Its framework describes life through Jing, Qi and Shen, with seeing the image as a way of understanding and changing the image as a guiding principle of practice.
气
QI / ENERGY
Energy
Flow, change and vitality within a traditional view of life.
神
SHEN / INFORMATION
Information
Awareness, spirit, emotion, thought and the state of life.
Feel through the handsPerceive an inner imageSee and transform the image
Jing, Qi and Shen describe the traditional framework of this practice; they are not modern medical diagnostic measures.
04FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
MINGTANG XUFounder & Director · Founder of Image Medicine
Mingtang Xu
Drawing on traditional image-based thinking, Mingtang Xu connects ideas from the Bian Que school with contemporary inquiry into life. Since 1991, he has taught Image Medicine and traditional Chinese well-being practices in the former Soviet Union, Europe and the Americas. He founded Kundawell in Beijing in 2008.
- 2009 · Recognition for contributions to external therapies in Chinese medicine
- 2014 · Visiting professor, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine
05FROM BEIJING TO THE WORLD
From Eastern wisdom
to global exchange.
From a Moscow classroom in 1991 to the Prague conference in 2025: a journey of inquiry and connection.
1991
Teaching Image Medicine and Bian Que pulse methods begins in Moscow.
2008
Beijing Kundawell Medical Institute officially opens.
2011
Moscow hosts the first international forum and marks 20 years of Image Medicine in Russia.
2025
After six years, the tenth conference brings participants together in Prague.
View all milestones
Teaching Image Medicine and Bian Que pulse methods begins in Moscow.
The Ukrainian–Chinese Dayou centre opens in Kyiv.
Image Medicine teaching reaches Spain.
Image Medicine reaches the United States.
An Image Medicine clinic opens in Seattle.
The Beijing site for Kundawell is selected.
A roundtable exchange on Image Medicine follows an invitation from US Congressman Kucinich.
Beijing Kundawell Medical Institute officially opens.
A presentation on pulse diagnosis and Image Medicine at the third Fuyang Forum.
A lecture on Image Medicine and ancient Chinese medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
A presentation on image-based thinking at a CAST academic salon.
Moscow hosts the first international forum and marks 20 years of Image Medicine in Russia.
An expert discussion of Bian Que Image Medicine organised by the China Association of Chinese Medicine.
A lecture on the modern legacy of Bian Que medicine at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
The Chinese Image Medicine alliance is registered in the United States.
The sixth international conference takes place in Dengfeng, China.
The seventh conference takes place in Almaty.
The eighth conference takes place in Budapest.
The ninth conference takes place in Ukraine.
After six years, the tenth conference brings participants together in Prague.
0610 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Ten conferences. An ongoing dialogue.
Across Europe and Asia, real exchanges and encounters connect different cultural perspectives on life.
01/ 10
2011 · Russia
Moscow
02/ 10
2012 · Ukraine
Odesa
03/ 10
2013 · Latvia
Riga
04/ 10
2014 · Russia
Yekaterinburg
05/ 10
2015 · Slovakia
Bratislava
06/ 10
2016 · China
Dengfeng
07/ 10
2017 · Kazakhstan
Almaty
08/ 10
2018 · Hungary
Budapest
09/ 10
2019 · International conference
Ukraine
10/ 10
2025 · Czech Republic
Prague
PRAGUE · 22—23 OCTOBER
Six years later.
Together in Prague.
On 22–23 October 2025, the tenth International Conference on Chinese Image Medicine took place in Prague, Czech Republic. Participants from different cultures gathered again, continuing the conversation across languages and distances.
07IMAGE ART HEALING
ART · BODY · NATUREImage Art Healing
Image Art Healing
The invisible,
made visible.
When an inner feeling becomes an image we can see. Painting, colour, movement, music, sound, natural materials and human interaction offer forms for experiences that words cannot fully express.
What matters is not how beautiful the work is, but what happens in the process.Explore Image Art Healing
- 01Feel
- 02See
- 03Express
- 04Observe
- 05Transform
Sundays · Open to everyone
Make time to reconnect with yourself.
A free Image Art Healing experience, open to the public. No drawing experience is needed. Come with curiosity, just as you are.
Times, places and availability follow the latest announcement. Please contact us before attending.08KUNDAWELL SPACE
More than a building.
A place to experience life.
Around 4,000 square metres bring together research, teaching, international exchange, quiet practice and health management. Space is part of the culture, not simply its backdrop.
09EASTERN WISDOM · ACROSS CULTURES
Eastern wisdom.
Across cultures.
Classes, conferences and shared practice bring people from different cultures together. International exchange begins with human connection.
Illustrative locations of exchange, not branch locations or service coverage.
Places of exchange
Europe
Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia, Latvia, Hungary, Ireland, Germany, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Norway, Italy, Estonia, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Finland, France, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Czechia, Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Türkiye, Portugal, Romania, Iceland, Denmark, Georgia
Asia
China, Kazakhstan, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Iran, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Americas
Brazil, United States, Cuba, Canada, Peru
Oceania
Australia, New Zealand
Africa
South Africa
10CONNECT WITH KUNDAWELL
Begin a conversation
with Kundawell.
For research exchange, learning, visits and free public art sessions, we welcome your enquiry.
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