Why Qi Gong
Are you craving a way to stay energized, grounded, and connected to your own path through Portland's dark and wet winter? Qi Gong offers a time-tested way to nourish your physical, mental, emotional, and energetic well-being in one simple practice.
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This 10-week series will introduce the Jin Jing Gong lineage of Qi Gong: a standing, movement-based form with synchronized breath and guided meditative focus. It is accessible to all levels and adaptable for different bodies.
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Join Dr. Tara Radsliff for a 10-week journey into this traditional healing modality, where you will learn:
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The Five Element model of Nature
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How the Elements relate to different emotions and parts of the body
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Movements to stretch tendons and open energy channels
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Techniques to cultivate a somatic sense of internal safety
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A complete set of movements for your own home practice
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You will leave this series with enough familiarity to begin and maintain your own home practice.
When
Tuesdays 1/6-3/10
1:15-2:15 PM
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Where
Hybrid Course - Sign up for In-Person or Live Online (recordings sent after each class)
In-Person meets at Kwan Yin Healing Arts Center East
3115 NE Sandy Blvd
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Cost
Cost: $160 for 10-week class
Includes recordings for each class
No refunds given after registration
No one turned away for lack of funds
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Next series begins in December and will run for 10 weeks.
Why Practice Qi Gong?
Qi Gong is a traditional Daoist healing and cultivation method. It reminds us that all of life is interconnected, that we are between the Earth and the Sky, that the Qi of the Universe is available to us, is within us.
In Daoism, unregulated emotions are considered both a root cause of illness and a path to healing. By combining movement, awareness, intention, and breath, Qi Gong helps regulate emotional energy so that you may release what no longer serves you and invite ease into your physical body and daily life. This practice improves organ function, relieves tension and pain, and reconnects you to the abundance of Qi all around and within you.
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To learn more about the experience of practicing Qi Gong, read their blog post about Qi Gong and Stress Relief.
To learn more about lineage, philosophy, and Tara’s journey with Qi Gong, read their blog post about the Jin Jing Gong.
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What Students are Saying
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"Tara is a wonderfully kind and generous teacher of Qi Gong who obviously loves their lineage, has dedicated themself to embodying and sharing its wisdom, and cares deeply about cultivating a supportive community of practitioners. It's been such a gift to learn and practice with them. I've found their classes healing and transformative on so many levels." – ML
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"I wasn’t able to attend the classes because of a health issue, but later was able to follow along with the recordings. I really enjoyed how Tara taught and connected the history and philosophy from the lineage with the form, and invited us to really fully engage in it. I could feel a difference after just a few sessions and use the shaking technique regularly even when I’m not feeling up to practicing the form."

"As a complete beginner, this class has been very accessible and not intimidating. I felt challenged but not overwhelmed. This class really helped me connect to my body, energy and the elements. Thank you!"
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About the Lineage
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Jin Jing Gong, literally the Tendon Channel Cultivation, utilizes Qi generated through engaging the tendons to nourish the Kidney Essence (core life energy) passed down from Master Wang QingYu in Chengdu, China. Dr. Tara Radsliff is a fourth-generation disciple of this tradition, authorized to teach by Heiner Fruehauf, Master Wang’s designated successor. To learn more about Master Wang Qingyu, click here to listen to an interview of his inspiring life story.
