Four Golden Wheels Qigong (2 sessions)

Description

This class meets on two Wednesdays, December 4 and 11, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Eastern. This is a foundational, 4-hour Qigong class with coherent breathing. The Four Golden Wheels Exercise is a gentle yet powerful Qigong practice to become more grounded and resilient. You will learn the foundations of how Life Force energy (Qi) can be cultivated (Gong) in your belly, heart, head, and spirit. Through movement, breathing, and visualization, you will learn the key skills to relax your three centers of perception (thinking, feeling, and instinctual). All of the practices support nervous system balancing (homeostasis), trauma-informed stress management, and vagal toning. Kathy Jankowski, your guide, is a certified breath worker, a trauma-informed Qigong trainer, and a certified Robert Peng Qigong trainer. Payment for the class is based on your ability to pay: $50 for those on a very tight budget, $75, or $125 for this 4-hour class. Class size is limited so all of your questions can be answered! Practicing Qigong has numerous evidence-based benefits: -Step into life with more resilience, confidence, and joy -Decrease stress and anxiety and fortify immune functions -Reduce pain and inflammation throughout your body -Experience calm, loving kindness, and expansiveness All students completing this class are invited to join a *free* weekly practice group. They also receive access to an unlisted YouTube playlist with practice videos. Qigong is the Art of energy cultivation. Our bodies have three important energy centers where bundles of nerves are concentrated: your belly, your heart, and your head. In Qigong, these centers are called dantians. Over the past 25 years, new research and applications in physiology, psychology, biology, neuroscience, and interpersonal neurobiology have confirmed that the health of these three centers and the vital energy that flows through them influences perception, mood, stress, emotions, thoughts, wellness, behaviors, and actions. Energy wants to move and circulate. Practicing Qigong is like doing calisthenics for your energy body, for revitalizing from head to toe! (Note: Kathy recommends this class for Enneagram people who want to experientially explore the healthy levels of development and build a sustainable practice for embodying the Virtues and Holy Ideas.)