This workshop will focus on creating a seamless mind body connection in the way we move. One of the biggest causes of tension and stiffness building up in the body is when areas operate independently of the whole structure, when for example we isolate the movements in our arms and legs. By connecting your shoulders and your hips and your torso and your limbs back to the body, they all begin to work together. The more of your body that you can involve in any one movement, the deeper they can relax, causing less tension in any one movement. By bringing our attention to the center of our bodies and moving from there, rather than our stiff shoulders or hips, it causes our focus to shift from the problem to the solution and we can move with less effort. 

Qigong teaches us that our primary energy center is located in our lower belly, our physical center of gravity. By learning to move from our center we begin to reintegrate our mind, body and breath. and move more effortlessly. As our postural integration increases we become less awkward and clumsy in our movement and more coordinated. We become more connected to the earth that we live on and sensitive to the universal energy that surrounds us. We become more focused and less distracted. Our personal energy increases and we are calmer and less exhausted in our lives.