About us

This is a group for anyone interested in learning traditional Chinese body practices and meditations. Beginners welcome.

Qigong is Chinese yoga and meditation that involves gentle ways of moving and caring for the mind and body. It involves exercises drawn from Daoism, Buddhism, traditional Chinese health practices, and Asian martial arts traditions.

Classes and workshops are led by Steve Geisz, Ph.D.--that's me.

My book, A Philosophy of Mindful Movement: Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, and the Kinesthetic Imagination, was published by Routledge in May 2026.

I am a graduate of the multi-year qigong-teacher-training program of Ken Cohen, a Certified Full Instructor in the Universal Healing Tao qigong system of Mantak Chia, and a 500-hour registered yoga teacher (E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP) who trained at the Kripalu Center in Massachusetts and the Lotus Pond Center for Yoga & Health in Tampa.

See here for more info:

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@rottenwoodcanbecarved

Rotten Wood Can Be Carved Qigong: RottenWoodQigong.com

Healing Tao Instructors Association: https://www.healing-tao.org/Sys/PublicProfile/45584801/4814216

Substack: https://rottenwood.substack.com