What we’re about
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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•OnlineAll Levels Qigong—Online
OnlineIn this all-levels classs, we focus on calming and toning the nervous system, centering the mind, harmonizing breath with the movements of the body, and cultivating energy appropriate to the season. These classes are designed to settle your emotions, and to build whole-body coordination, mental focus, a relaxed yet energized feeling, and a deeply rooted, quiet joy.
All-levels, drop-in, and open enrollment.
These drop-in classes draw from many different Qigong and Dao Yin traditions, including Wild Goose, Taiji Wuxigong, Wuji, An Mo Gong, Bone Marrow Washing, Eight Directions, and many more. Read more about the forms I teach.
I am as in love with teaching, moving, and co-creating in community as I am with Qigong and Chinese medicine. Please join me in this deep and beautiful practice that benefits not only those who practice, but all beings.
Please wear sneakers, and clothes you can breathe and move easily in.Class is only $10. Purchase.
Or pay $15 if you would like to also receive three-day access to the video of the class. You will need to send me your email if you wish to receive the video.
Once you have purchased the class, you may join the class from this page.
3 attendees
Seasonal Qigong Classes
Squaxin Park (Formally Priest Point), 2600 East Bay Drive NE 98506,, Olympia , WA, USThis is an all-levels, drop-in class.
- We'll include practices from several forms and traditions of Qigong and Daoyin.
- Find more information on the forms I teach here, including Wild Goose (Dayan), Taiji Wuxigong (Silk Reeling), Wuji (Primordial), An Mo Gong (Self-Healing Massage), Xi Sui Jing (Bone Marrow Cleansing), Ba Duan Jin (Eight Brocades), and many more.
- Build vitality by aligning with nature's rhythms of ebb and flow on macro (seasonal) and micro (breath-to-breath, inhale-to-exhale) levels.
- Learn how to work with the "physics" of Qi—the interplay of Yin and Yang and of the Five Phases (AKA five elements).
- Learn how to use acupoints, meridians, breath, alignment, and movement to feel grounded, clear, balanced, and inspired.
- Build community, and make new friends! :)
Class is $15
- Cash, Venmo, Zelle, and ApplePay.
- Links to purchase here.
Meet us by the rose garden
- We will practice under the covered shelter on rainy days.
- Class will continue at Squaxin as long as it's warm enough, and then we will shift to an inside space.
Stay tuned for workshops in which you'll learn specific forms and concepts. You can also practice with me online on Mondays at 4p.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. I look forward to practicing with you soon!
3 attendees
•OnlineNature Writing as Medicine for These Times—Into Subtlety
OnlineWe are living in a time of accelerated change—climate change, technological leaps and bounds, and radical shifts in political, global, and social climates. So how do we support ourselves through the stress of so much change?
In this workshop series, we turn to nature to find solace, insight, inspiration, and medicine to guide us through the pressures and uncertainties of this era. Through observation, immersion, meditations, and generative writing practices, we will explore what nature is, what medicine is, and how we might weave healing into our hearts, our communities, and the Earth itself through the medicine of our writing.
This session (10/12) focuses on practices of deepening into the subtleties of nature through listening, opening to awe, and exploring the inner workings of nature.
(The next session [10/26] focuses on the many intelligences of nature—animal, plant, elemental, and even directional.)
Price for each session of this salon is on a sliding scale: $15-$45.
Sign up for either/both sessions here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/makermentormuse/1852746
Hosted by Maker Mentor Muse and Alta Mesa Center for the Arts.
3 attendees- •Online
All Levels Qigong—Online
OnlineIn this all-levels classs, we focus on calming and toning the nervous system, centering the mind, harmonizing breath with the movements of the body, and cultivating energy appropriate to the season. These classes are designed to settle your emotions, and to build whole-body coordination, mental focus, a relaxed yet energized feeling, and a deeply rooted, quiet joy.
All-levels, drop-in, and open enrollment.
These drop-in classes draw from many different Qigong and Dao Yin traditions, including Wild Goose, Taiji Wuxigong, Wuji, An Mo Gong, Bone Marrow Washing, Eight Directions, and many more. Read more about the forms I teach.
I am as in love with teaching, moving, and co-creating in community as I am with Qigong and Chinese medicine. Please join me in this deep and beautiful practice that benefits not only those who practice, but all beings.
Please wear sneakers, and clothes you can breathe and move easily in.Class is only $10. Purchase.
Or pay $15 if you would like to also receive three-day access to the video of the class. You will need to send me your email if you wish to receive the video.
Once you have purchased the class, you may join the class from this page.
3 attendees
Past events
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