CommunityAwake was founded in 2001 as a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization to help build a global community of like-minded people who are choosing to wake up to their natural healing abilities and personal empowerment.  Founded by Francesco Garri Garripoli, an internationally recognized Qigong and Meditation instructor, yoga practitioner, musician, brainwave researcher, author, lecturer, and wellness advocate. Chairman Emeritus and senior advisor to the National Qigong Association (NQA) and current Chairman of the Qigong Institute. Francesco is featured in a series of award-winning, instructional Qigong videos and is the author of ‘The Qi Effect‘, ‘Qigong – Essence of the Healing Dance’, and ‘Tao of the Ride’ on his experiences of leaving a full, medical school scholarship to live in China, India, Hawaii, and Thailand to study with elder healing Masters since the mid-1970’s. He founded CommunityAwake as a non-profit organization to support empowering and healing projects such as Wuji Mountain, classes, and workshops around the world for teens, adults, and Certified Qigong Instructors and Qi Healers