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  • Location Santa Monica Meditation Center
  • Experience Levels All
  • This class is a donation based class. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
  • Date/Time Friday, April 10, 2026
    10:30 AM - 11:45 AM PT

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Qigong for Meditators
Embodiment in Motion. Emptiness in Experience.

Join us to cultivate a gentle, meditative movement practice that supports and deepens insight.

Vipassana trains the mind to observe impermanence, sensation, and emptiness with clarity. Qigong offers a complementary doorway: experiencing these truths through the living, moving body.

This class draws from Taiji Qigong, Medical Qigong, and Wisdom Healing Qigong forms to explore:

  • Slow, simple movements that anchor awareness in sensation
  • Moving without striving
  • Direct experience of arising and dissolving through motion
  • Softening the boundary between “self” and field
  • Emptiness as felt continuity

Qigong steadies attention, relaxes the body & mind, and helps create conditions for an embodied, grounded, and integrated mindfulness practice. While most forms are done standing, modifications are available for seated or even laying down practice.

Event Location and Times
March 10 – April 10, 2026, Tuesdays &/or Fridays 10:30 – 11:45 am PT
In-person at Santa Monica InsightLA Location

Drop Ins Welcome Anytime
While the class is best experienced by attending at least once weekly, each class stands alone. Drop ins and those curious to try are welcome any time at any class throughout the series. No prior experience needed and seasoned Qigong practitioners are welcome.

Suggested donation: $25

 

Gabrielle Hammond Visiting Teacher

Gabrielle Hammond (Movement Teacher | Qigong) has been practicing as an acupuncturist, herbalist, and Qigong instructor for the past 30 years. She offers Qigong playfully while facilitating practitioners to create conditions for a stable, healing, and calm abiding in movement and stillness. She has been practicing Vipassana meditation for 18 years and practices silent meditation... Read more

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