About us
This group includes in-person Qigong classes in Olympia, WA, online Qigong classes, and online writing workshops.
Qigong classes are outside as long as weather permits. Rae teaches a variety of forms, including several Wild Goose forms (ranging from athletic to meditative), Taiji Wuxigong, Wuji, An Mo Gong, various Dao Yin and many other shorter Qigong forms. Come learn and practice Qigong for overall wellbeing, transformation, and the joy of being in community. Learn the physics of movement and of Qi, acupoints, channels and vessels, and 5-Phase/Element and Yin-Yang theory to help you understand the inner workings of the movements and forms.
Writing workshops are inspired by nature, and help you work with the Daoist and Wu Xing (Five Phase or Five Element) concepts that underlie Qigong practice.
Find out more online:
Rae's Qigong practice – rae13diamond.com
Rae's writing practice – raediamond.com
Upcoming events
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- $10.00
Write Your Medicine FURTHER—into the roots
·OnlineOnlineOne hour of developing your raw writing material—with very little chatting. Bring the work you began on the 1st Monday meeting, or bring any other writing you'd like to work with.
This month, we'll continue with our theme of down, down, into the roots.
This is a developmental hour for writers and for seekers.
- Writers, creatively extract from, twist, turn, redefine, and refine raw or semi-developed material.
- Seekers, access the insights hidden in your initial written impuses.
Via Zoom. 6:30 pm PST.
Register at this Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/EMfZ1zeHTaC0eWd7oUIdyw#/registrationBy donation or subscription. Links to Venmo, PayPal, and Substack here:
https://www.raediamond.com/tips-purchasesMore info about Write Your Medicine here:
https://www.raediamond.com/writing-workshops- 5 minutes somatic/breath centering practices
- 50 minutes innovative developmental writing practices
- 5 minutes, popcorn a group poem of our favorite snippets of writing
See you there!
1 attendee - $15.00
Long Tone Singing Workshop
Decay - Diverse Events & Creative Arts Yard, 402 Washington St NE, Olympia, WA 98501, USA, Olympia, WA, USLet tension melt away as you learn breath, singing, & deep listening practices.
Learn how to release tension from your jaw, neck, & face.
Co-create a communal soundbath.
6:45 - doors
workshop begins promptly at 7 pm
7 pm - 8:30 pm, with optional socializing after
~45 minutes warmups and release techniques
~45 minutes co-created vocal sound bath
~30 minutes community-building hangout afterwardsplease donate as appropriate to your circumstances.
$15 suggested—more if appropriate, or less if needed
no one turned away for lack of fundsRae Diamond, musician & Qigong teacher, founded & directed the Long Tone Choir in the SF Bay Area 2013 - 2020, and has been developing this practice since 2002. Techniques draw on Rae’s studies of pranayama, harmonics, intonation, fascia, and singing.
More info:
raediamond.com/ltc-workshops
decay.events/events/2026-12-09-long-tone-singing-workshop1 attendee
Past events
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