QIGONG PRIVATE SESSIONS Meet regularly with Lori for private instruction or meet once to create a session designed especially for you to be done at home on your own. This process involves an in-depth health questionnaire and a hands-on assessment of your energy balance using acupressure points to determine the appropriate Qigong forms for you.
QIGONG GROUP CLASSES Tuesdays 4-5:15pm Qigong Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EnerQi Yoga
QIGONG DVDs for home practice
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What is Qigong?
Qigong (pronounced chee kung) is a self-healing art that originated in
ancient China. It combines gentle, rhythmic movement,
self-massage, self-acupressure, focused attention, visualization, and
meditation. Qi (also known as ch'i) means "vital energy," and gong
means "skill through practice." So Qigong practice cultivates our vital
life energy to maintain health and bring harmony to body, mind, and
spirit. The movements are soft, easy, and mindful. The practice is
relaxing yet rejuvenating.
Qigong has a rich history, rooted in the Daoist philosophy of flowing in
harmony with the Dao (the Way). The Way of the universe is cyclical,
rather than linear. To follow the Dao is to flow with the natural cycles of
creation and destruction, including life's "ups and downs." Qigong
practice promotes clarity and stillness in our daily life and brings us
back into harmony and utter balance within the rhythms of yin and
yang. Yin signifies stillness, softness, and the downward flow of qi.
Yang signifies movement, strength, and the upward flow of qi.
Through the practice of qigong, we learn to flow with ease through the
constant changes and interactions between yin and yang.
What are the benefits?
Qigong can reduce stress, increase vitality, enhance the immune
system and the body's ability to heal itself, improve cardiovascular and
respiratory function, and balance the lymphatic system. The body's
energy (qi) flows throughout a system of circuits called meridians and
energy centers called dantians. Qigong practice helps to cleanse and
purify the energy and allow it to flow freely to support all our vital life
functions. Qigong promotes physical healing, mental peace and
clarity, and reconnection to your spirit. Through regular Qigong
practice, you become master of your own energy and healing power.
What do I need?
Qigong is performed mostly standing, so you might want to wear
warm, comfortable clothing you can easily move in. Weather
permitting, classes will be held outside. Dressing in layers is
recommended. You may practice in socks or bare feet indoors and
shoes or bare feet outdoors.

Lori with Master Xin Hengshan Mountain, Shanxi Province, China
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Lori practicing at White Cloud Temple, Beijing, China
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"Qigong has helped me learn what I can and
cannot do with my back. I have tried different
venues of exercise but YOU are on the top of my
list. Your class is helping me cope with a very
disabling back. I can't thank you enough." ~MD,
Qigong student
"I am very grateful for the amazing blessing your
classes, teaching, and healing sessions are for me.
Your healing gifts are strong and generous. Your
classes open my mind and heart and body to
constant healing, increasing my health, my
strength, my acceptance for the gift, for the
awareness of energy in, through, and as me. I see
you radiate love to everyone. I am grateful, happy,
honored, and celebrating my good fortune to be
your student". ~LD, Qigong and Reiki student
Recommended Reading
Qigong:
Cohen, Kenneth S. The Way of Qigong.
Jahnke, Roger. The Healer Within.
Jahnke, Roger. The Healing Promise of Qi.
Daoism:
Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching.
Towler, Solala. Embarking on the Way: A Guide to
Western Taoism.
Wong, Eva. The Shambhala Guide to Taoism.
Recommended Qigong Music
Seits, Marilynn. Dragon and Phoenix.
May, Daniel. Feng Shui: Music for Balanced Living.
August, John. Massage: Zen Garden.
Khechog, Nawang. Music as Medicine.
Seibert, Budi. Qi Gong.
Deuter. Wind and Mountain.
QIGONG
PRIVATE SESSIONS Meet regularly with Lori for private instruction or meet once to create a Qigong session designed especially for you to be done at home on your own. This process involves an in-depth health questionnaire and a hands-on assessment of your energy balance using acupressure points to determine the appropriate Qigong forms for you.
GROUP CLASSES
Tuesdays 4-5:15pm Qigong
Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EnerQi Yoga (class is full)
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11am-12pm Qigong Parkpoint Health Club, Santa Rosa Drop-in rates & punch cards available
DVDs for home practice
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If you want to be healthy and live to 100, do Qigong. ~Dr. Mehmet Oz
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