Breathe, move and use your own hands …

Breathe with our planet in Manitowaning, Ontario, Canada. Foster and nourish a deep well of calmness and happiness. Together, we Move, Harmonize, Flow.

Tai Chi/Qigong Class Times:

New schedule from April 7, 2025 in Manitowaning

Mondays at 11 am

Fridays at 1 pm

Saturdays at 4 pm

One hour classes will include Tai Chi, the8-Silk Brocade or Dance Qigong routines, subject to what YOU are interested in. Please let me know.

Other times available for private and semi-private sessions

Come and connect, let us share smiles in person.

Enhance your coping skills as we revitalize our bodies, mind and spirit with the flowing movements of chikung (qigong and Tai chi), adding story and fun.

Boost the battery of your life with Jin Shin Jyutsu. Examine and build more coping skills as we spark and fill our inner smiles.

Plan a class, workshop or course at Sweet Hollows Haven, on Manitoulin Island. Contact Ingrid via email or by telephone (705-229-4916).

Let us practice, play and train together. Use each routine individually or as a sequenced daily workout. Dance (or Dawu) qigong was designed to mobilize major joints and requires an ability to stand and maintain your balance with minimal support (such as holding onto the edge of a chair). Tai Chi routines emphasize balance, mobility and internal strength. The 8-Silk Brocade is more adaptable to sitting or standing, so includes mobility-impaired practice.

The videos below are via YouTube.

Dance (or Dawu) qigong was designed to mobilize major joints and requires an ability to stand and maintain your balance with minimal support (such as holding onto the edge of a chair). Tai Chi routines emphasize balance, mobility and internal strength. The 8-Silk Brocade is more adaptable to sitting or standing, so includes mobility-impaired practice. Done slowly, the routines are a marvellous refresher when you are feeling tired or achy. The routines are great for encouraging calmness and peace and as a daily practice to de-stress your life.

Balance, harmonize and clear your energy from the inside out

  • nourish calmness

    Nourish calmness by breathing in harmony with our planet, mobilizing your joints and soothing your emotions

  • Image of feeling pain

    Shift away from pain or chronic exhaustion with the self-touch of Jin Shin Jyutsu.

  • Image of boiling anger

    Release your anger and frustration with the touch of Jin Shin Jyutsu and the flow of Tai Chi Qigong.

  • Image of shuddering with fear

    Mobilize your strength by replacing fear with connection to your inner strength and light.

  • Check out Ingrid's art that deals with the flows of emotion, transformation or balance.

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Our Stuff

  • Qigong or Tai Chi/Qigong Group

    Qigong routines are easier to learn than Tai Chi, and a gentle warm-up or a powerful way to strengthen and mobilize our joints and muscles. You choose how much to practice and when.

    Practice, play and train together as we use Tai Chi Chi-kung (qigong). Learn the 24-movement Tai Chi Chuan set (which has qigong components), or start with the first six movements along with our warm-up. Did you know that Tai Chi is a form of qigong (or chi-kung, which means life force energy work)? Like other forms of movement, regular practice enhances circulation, mobility and strength. Adding life force energy work (qigong) encourages deeper peace and connection to our inner purpose in harmony with our planet.

  • Fluidity Group

    Stretch with Qigong (Chi-kung), hold and strengthen your battery of life with Jin Shin Jyutsu, talk about your goals with life force energy work. What should the next meeting be about? Choose one of my topics or create your own … balancing our spinal energy, strengthening our immune system energy, harmonizing the flow of our water energies … During a session we can focus on one topic, such as a chikung routine, or focus on a “project,” such as pain management.

  • Our Courses: Reiki (Usui/Tibetan system)

    Reiki is taught using three Levels. In the first Level, the participant is attuned (introduced to and provided with the Reiki frequencies). In Level 2, we add specific purpose-based movements and symbols, while in the Teacher/Master Level the symbols are further practiced, and the attunements taught and practiced. Reiki is both a system and a new way of living.

  • Parsing our HEF Course

    Empower your inner vision and kinesthetic skills by using ancient qigong practices, Reiki or axiatonal alignment. Use movement, visualization, meditation and other techniques to work on balancing, harmonizing and strengthening your human energy field (HEF) and thus your inner awareness.

Opening Specials

Get to know our place: First class free or pay what you can; subsequent sessions sliding scale.