Welcome to Qigong Fundamentals…

…an introduction for all, a refresher for your Qigong practice, and an opportunity for Yogi’s and Healing Arts Practitioners to feel how it all fits together…

This is a live, in-person, one-day workshop in Trinidad & Tobago 7 February 2025

…at the beautiful Ishtara Center, Chaguanas, Trinidad

This workshop emerged out of a challenge that the team at Insight Timer presented to me to introduce Qigong to people who are new to Qigong or those who practice Yoga or were interested in learning about this practice as a complement to their existing training as a healer or practitioner.  After over 1,000 people took the online Course and it maintained a 5-star rating, I was honored and happy that served an unmet need. Here at CommunityAwake, we’ve added various video components to support the original audio lessons, so the online, self-guided offering has gone deeper with visual demonstrations and exercises presented by Francesco Garripoli. Click here to learn about that Course

For those seeking an in-person course with like-Hearted practitioners…this live workshop in Trinidad and Tobago is for you! 

Click on the Curriculum link above (the cube icon) to see everything involved in this exciting Course, and once you sign up, each link will become active.

At CommunityAwake our mission is to support, care for and empower communities of like-minded people interested in personal transformation, healing and self discovery. This one-day workshop has been created to support you and in turn the communities you serve.

That this Course is meaningful for you is what is most meaningful to me… I present complex topics that take Qigong into realms that are essential and touch at the core of the practice and its ancient intention. Modern terminology and science can help to uncover these truths, many of which run counter to what is normally taught by Qigong instructors. What is common to these sometimes radical concepts is that they are in fact freeing… and deeply empowering. They free us of the shackles of duality and limitations that have been imposed by the conditioned, modern mind – even if those minds are the minds of Masters and supposed experts.

If you also feel this it means that you are listening with your Intuitive Mind, and thus, your Heart… This is key to true freedom and to tapping into the healing and transformative gifts available in Qigong practice.

Francesco has been practicing both Qigong and Yoga for over 30 years… and teaching around the world for over 25, so he knows how Qigong has helped to transform his body, mind, and spirit – and complements his Yoga practice.

In this Course we do our best to share the basics of what it means to become sensitive to our core energy through breath, gentle movement, and awareness… and then guide you through beautiful concepts that will inspire you to remember the truth of who you are through this empowering practice.

Together we’ll explore the ways Qigong and Yoga principles overlap and, through its gentle movements and intention-setting, see where Qigong offers an added dimension focused on healing and transformation. The amazing elder teachers Francesco studied with in China and India inspired him to realize that getting older only meant getting better …on so many levels. This Course will take you through breathing, grounding and centering techniques, and explore ancient concepts such as Energy Meridians, Dan Tians (which are similar in some ways to Chakras), Jing, Qi, and Shen, and the Five Elements model…

This workshop objective is to share all this in practical ways that you can apply to everyday life. I invite you to go on this journey with me, to discover the benefits of Qigong for your physical health, for your healing and rejuvenation, and also how this practice can build your energy and confidence on emotional and spiritual levels… These challenging times remind us of the importance of a meaningful personal practice… one that makes intuitive sense, is simple to learn, and focuses on real and lasting transformation. If that resonates with you, we trust you will benefit from this Course whatever your experience level is and we invite you to go on this journey together.

“Are you speaking directly to Me? …and I feel that others will feel the same way as I do. For those new to Qigong, this collection of lessons is a way to connect with the heart of Qigong. Francesco you have gifted the listener with practical core concepts to explore as they develop and engage within their practice…and have introduced the possibility that they are more than physical body by inviting them to explore their energetic body.

Those with an experienced practice… it’s a reminder of our true nature and an invitation to look within our “established” practice through rose colored glasses, the eyes of the heart.”

                                                                                                                        H.R., Florida

This event is sponsored by Ishtara Center in Chaguanas, Trinidad

For more information please click here to contact us