Qi Gong
Qi Gong Classes
Now Enrolling: Fall Qi Gong Class Series
Greg is offering an 8 week Hunyuen Qi Gong class series in September and October. Classes will run from Tuesday September 16th through the week of November 11th, with a one week break in mid-October. There are two opportunities to join: come in person to Thrive on Tuesday mornings and join online via Zoom on Wednesday mornings, or join the Zoom class only. Recordings for the Zoom classes are available to watch all week, so you can continue to cultivate your practice daily.
Beginners are welcome! 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 the Fall season
- Medical Qi gong- applied movements for specific conditions
- Connection physiology (Eastern anatomy and physiology)
- Mind body emotional regulation
Tuesday classes: In person at Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness, 8:30-9:30am, Sept 16 - Nov 11 (no class Oct 14)
Cost: $300 - includes the Wednesday Zoom class
Wednesday classes: on Zoom, 8:00-9:15am, Sept 17 - Nov 12 (no class Oct 15)
Cost: $185
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.
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