Qigong and Daoist Meditation (IN-PERSON CLASS)

About this event

**$15 per class session** (or a **4-pack** of classes for $40). (Cash, Venmo, Zelle, Paypal, or Apple Pay.) In-person training in traditional Chinese meditation, mindful movement, and metaphysics. Beginners welcome. Most Sundays, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Mt. Song Martial Arts Academy, 6412 N Central Ave, Tampa, FL 33604. This 75-minute class introduces various forms of qigong and Daoist meditation. It is led by me, [Steve Geisz, Ph.D.](https://www.facebook.com/stevegeiszqigong/) Want some idea what the class will be like? Please check out the videos I post over at my [Rotten Wood Qigong YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@rottenwoodcanbecarved) channel: [https://www.youtube.com/@rottenwoodcanbecarved](https://www.youtube.com/@rottenwoodcanbecarved) Please check out the free sample of my book *[A Philosophy of Mindful Movement: Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, and the Kinesthetic Imagination](https://a.co/d/02dWn4vd)* (Routledge 2026) at Amazon. ……………………………… **WHAT IS QIGONG?** Qigong is Chinese mindful movement and yoga-like exercise. It consists in movements, postures, and meditations that draw on traditional Chinese contemplative practices, health-preservation techniques, and martial arts and that instantiate in the body aspects of Daoist, Buddhist, and various Chinese folk-metaphysical worldviews. ……………………………… **WHAT IS DAOIST MEDITATION?** The Daoist (i.e., Taoist) meditation practices we do in this class involve visualization and draw upon traditional Chinese Yin-Yang and Five Phase metaphysics. Two meditation practices in particular that we will do over the weeks are the Microcosmic Orbit Meditation and the Inner Smile Meditation. Microcosmic Orbit meditation (i.e., Small Heavenly Orbit; Xiǎo zhōutiān 小周天) is a traditional Daoist practice. There are many different ways to do the practice, but, at a basic level, the practice involves moving (or imagining moving) qi (qì 氣) in the body up along the surface of the back, over the top of the head, back down along the…