Let the Qi Flow

About the event
Whether you are new to sensing energy in the body or are more familiar with the power our own energy has to revitalize + soothe + nourish us holistically, come experience the flow of Qi ( "chi," your life force/bioelectricity!) through gentle and accessible QiGong forms, therapeutic yoga (if applicable to the group) and meditation experiences that utilize breath, sound, focus, color, and sensation to bring you deeper into presence and embodiment. All you need is your feet and the ability to inhale and exhale! Shoes are optional and comfy clothing highly recommended. If you're alive and kicking, then you have Qi at your fingertips ready to direct down into your joints, organs, cells, and the crystalline structure of your bones. Let that Qi flow!

Led by Mary Claire Delony A Louisiana native, Mary Claire discovered yoga almost two decades ago and has been teaching the practice for the last 14 years in yoga studios, fire stations, residential addiction centers, prisons, and adolescent psychiatric facilities. Her early years of practice were richly steeped in Ashtanga Vinyasa and Jivamukti, but age and motherhood eventually led her down the path towards slower + steadier movement and the integration of QiGong. Movement practices have taken her though every life transition and have evolved parallel to her creative endeavors and the many rabbit holes of self inquiry. She began regularly visiting an EES center in Louisiana a few years ago and was thrilled to find a TLS here in her new home! The Light System is a synchronistic pairing to QiGong and energy work.

She and her family are now embarked on a journey of unwinding stress in their new life out in the mountains and consciously connecting to the natural world. When she is not teaching or taking care of her two girls, you can find her barefoot in the woods or in a river soaking it all in. Movement and breath practices are no longer sectioned off times of the day - they are vital elements of life and she hopes to bring that passion to fellow practitioners.