Qi Gong

Register for the August 2nd Qi Gong Workshop and Zoom Drop-In Classes

Use the button below and register on our Jane App booking site, or call our office at 605-858-9571

Qi Gong Classes

Summer Qi Gong Series on ZOOM & In Person Qi Gong Workshop

Greg is offering an 8 week series in July and August through Zoom, and an afternoon workshop on transforming Anxiety through Qi Gong available in-person and on Zoom. We do have a drop-in option for the weekly Zoom class in case your summer plans are keeping you extra busy!

August 2nd Workshop: Cultivating Heart, Qi Gong Exercises to Help Anxiety and Fear

In this half-day workshop, you’ll learn simple, powerful and healing qi gong movements that enhance our awareness and build tranquility of mind and spirit. We will cultivate our connection to our Hearts, building strength and resilience through gentle movements and meditative exercises that relax the mind, improve health and lift the spirit. You will learn basic qi gong movements as well as healing sounds that enhance embodied connection with the heart and helps with feelings of anxiety and fear.

This workshop will include some Chinese Medicine theory. All are welcome and no experience required!

August 2nd 1-4pm, Cost is $100

Summer Zoom Classes

Zoom classes for the series begin July 2nd, and run for 8 weeks through August 27th. There will be a one- week break on July 16th, making for 8 classes over the course of 9 weeks.

Class Times On Zoom: Wednesday mornings, 8:00am - 9:15am MT on Zoom. All students will also receive a recording.

Class dates: July 2, 9, 23, 30, August 6, 13, 20, 27.

Workshop: in person at Thrive and on Zoom: August 2nd, 1-4pm

$25 per drop-in Zoom class only. You must sign up for the Zoom class 24 hours prior for us to send you the link!

Who is Qi Gong for?

If you are suffering from chronic conditions, including pain, autoimmune conditions, cancer, or generally want to increase your health and vitality, this class is for you! Qi Gong is an easy daily practice that transforms your relationship with your health, yourself and your life.

Greg's teaching is influenced by 42 years of experience with traditional healing from many cultures. He teaches from these influences with joy and enthusiasm and helps people to bridge the Western mind with the natural rhythms of nature and the body. Qi gong is a gentle easy practice to restore the connectivity and communication between the mind, emotions and body, and restore the natural functions of the body.

In this foundational class series you will learn:

Qi Gong movements synchronizing Breath, movement, and intention.
Harnessing the breath in practice.
Grounding in your posture
Opening the joints to enhance flow and circulation
Movements and specific exercises for Spring and Summer seasons
Medical Qi gong- applied movements for specific conditions
Connection physiology (Eastern anatomy and physiology)
Mind body emotional regulation

About Qi Gong

Qi Gong is a form of gentle exercise focused on cultivating “qi” while relaxing the body, synchronizing the breath, movement and visualization, and building flexibility, vitality and strength. When practiced regularly, Qi Gong can have amazing benefits for the overall health of the body, mind and spirit. Greg Carder emphasizes utilizing a Qi Gong practice to maintain health and heal from chronic illness.

Greg has been practicing Qi Gong for over 18 years and is a practitioner of East Asian medicine. He has studied with many teachers with his main focus in Hunyuen Qi gong. He studied with Master Wang Fengman who is considered to be a lineage holder of Hunyuen style Qi Gong and Tai chi quan. Greg was introduced to Qi gong when he was diagnosed with a chronic illness in his mid 30s. Ultimately he gives credit to Qi gong and traditional medicine to for helping him to restore healthy function in his mind emotions and body.

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“Qi Gong and Chinese medicine have completely changed my life. Nearly 20 years ago when I first began to practice Qi Gong, I was suffering from chronic health issues and losing the motivation to live my life fully. Shortly after I began my Qigong practice, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and Crohns disease. I suffered from chronic pain, digestive upset, fatigue, and depression. After practicing qigong for just a few weeks with dedication, I started to feel relief from the pain and some other symptoms improved in a subtle way; enough for me to be inspired to continue to practice. Since that time, I have continued to have a dedicated practice and not just because I wish to prevent disease but because of the quality of life I sustain through my practice. Qi Gong gets me in touch with how I truly feel inside and connects me with innate feelings of joy and gratitude that sometimes are hard to feel when we are living with chronic illness.”

– GREG CARDER