Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC

11/07/2025

Join us tomorrow (Saturday) at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness in Glen Arm for mind, body, spirit restoration.

Enjoy a blended yoga and qigong flow, explore self-guided acupressure, and practice breath awareness and meditation to cultivate inner peace and resilience. Reflect and journal in a sacred community space, creating a sanctuary of healing and setting the tone for a harmonious holiday season ahead. Mettle & Tonic Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC

Register at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/8/25/harmonyinflow

11/06/2025

Join us for this free wellness retreat (NOW OPEN TO EVERYONE) on 11/15 at Wishing Star Farm!

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11/01/2025

Prepare for the holiday season with a rejuvenating 2-hour event dedicated to restoring your mind, body, and spirit. Embrace the opportunity to slow down and cultivate inner peace through practices that foster resilience and harmony.

✨Engage in a blended yoga and qigong flow to release tension and restore your mind-body-spirit connection with warming and cooling movements.
✨Explore self-guided acupressure to enhance your body's natural healing abilities.
✨Practice breath awareness and light pranayama to center your mind and invigorate your spirit.
✨Reflect and journal to gain insights and clarity as you prepare for the holidays.

Join Sarah Karp (Certified Master of Medical Qigong) + Cassie Paton (Registered Yoga Teacher - 500 Hours) in a sacred community space where we can collectively embrace healing and renewal. As we come together, we create a sanctuary of peace and resilience, setting the tone for a harmonious holiday season.

Explore more details and sign up at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/8/25/harmonyinflow

10/12/2025

Looking for more wellness at the lovely Wishing Star Farm & Wellness? Mark your calendars for 11/8 (Sat) at 10am!

Prepare for the holiday season with a rejuvenating 2-hour event dedicated to restoring your mind, body, and spirit. Embrace the opportunity to slow down and cultivate inner peace through practices that foster resilience and harmony.

✨Engage in a blended yoga and qigong flow to release tension and restore your mind-body-spirit connection with warming and cooling movements.
✨Explore self-guided acupressure to enhance your body's natural healing abilities.
✨Practice breath awareness and light pranayama to center your mind and invigorate your spirit.
✨Reflect and journal to gain insights and clarity as you prepare for the holidays.

Join Sarah Karp (Certified Master of Medical Qigong, Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC) and Cassie Paton (Registered Yoga Teacher - 500 Hours, Mettle & Tonic) in a sacred community space where we can collectively embrace healing and renewal. As we come together, we create a sanctuary of peace and resilience, setting the tone for a harmonious holiday season.

Check out more details: https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/8/25/harmonyinflow

10/10/2025

Part 3/3: How Does Wei Qi Get Damaged + How Do I Strengthen It?

Wei Qi, our body's protective energy, can be compromised by various factors such as:
❌Environmental influences (pollution, extreme weather conditions)
❌Unhealthy dietary choices (processed foods, sugar, alcohol)
❌Smoking
❌Sedentary lifestyle
❌Suppressed emotions and emotional stress (anger, grief, anxiety, etc.)
❌Physical, emotional, and mental traumas

These factors can create vulnerabilities in the Wei Qi matrix, making the body susceptible to diseases. Unprocessed strong emotions can block the natural flow of qi, leading to stagnant, toxic energy.

How Can I Strengthen My Wei Qi?
➡️ Exercise - Engage in activities that build up a sweat to expel pathogens:
* Practice yin (relaxing) and yang (active) qigong.
* Experience a nourishing yoga flow.
* Enjoy nature walks with mindful breathing.

➡️ Healthy Diet - Opt for foods rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants:
* Foods like chestnuts, onions, Asian pears, garlic, mint, mushrooms, and broccoli.
Warming spices like ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon enhance circulation and digestion.

➡️ Letting Go Practices - Embrace the season's energy to release and shed old patterns:
* Breathwork: Focus on longer exhales to purge.
* Meditate & Reflect: Ask, “What needs to be shed so my path is clear?”
* Use Fire to Transmute: Light a candle, write down what you’re ready to release, and offer it to the flame.

10/10/2025

Thanks to all who joined Connection Catalyst and Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC for last weekend's Autumn Mindfulness Walk + Qigong! Extra thanks to Derek for capturing Chris and I in all our glory 😆

Part 2/3: What Role Do the Lungs Play on Wei Qi?
The lungs are responsible for the skin and the process of breathing. When the lungs’ energy is balanced, Wei Qi is strong, and the immune system can fight external pathogens. However, when out of balance, the body’s more susceptible to the attack of pathogens (bacteria/viruses).

When a pathogen enters the body, body temperature increases, Wei Qi is yang (warm, energetic) in nature. Circulating around the skin and muscles, this defensive energy evokes fever, chills, and shivering.

✅Strong Immune System"
*The stronger one’s immune system, the higher the fever and the worse symptoms.
*This defense mechanism helps the body come back to homeostasis.
*Sweating during a fever is seen in TCM as the body’s way of expelling the pathogen, with the pores letting the pathogen out. This is why TCM practitioners encourage going through a fever instead of suppressing the symptoms.

❌Weak Immune System
*When the Wei Qi is weak, the pores and energetic fields are more open to an attack from the pathogens.

10/09/2025

Move, flow, and connect with sacred ceremony and an open heart this Saturday at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness in Glen Arm.

➡️Deadline to sign up for our catered dinner is 5pm tonight (Thurs).⬅️
For the qigong + cacao ceremony, sign up for 10am on Saturday.

Sign up at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/10/11/25/qigongcacao.

10/09/2025

Part 1/3: A big focus during the autumn season is immunity or Wei Qi.

What is Wei Qi?
All living bodies generate an external field of energy known as Wei Qi (protective or defensive energy). This energy field shields the body from external pathogens and interacts with surrounding universal and environmental energy fields.

Wei Qi in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) vs Medical Qigong: What’s the Difference?
In classical TCM texts, the Wei Qi field is believed to be limited to the surface of the body and circulates within the tendons and muscles.

In Medical Qigong, the definition of Wei Qi is expanded to include:
⭐️The three external layers of the body's auric and subtle energy fields (physical, emotional, and spiritual fields)
⭐️Energy originating from each internal organ, radiating through external tissues
⭐️Formation of an energy field that radiates from the entire physical body

➡️For deep healing, book your Medical Qigong session: https://heal.me/qigonghw

10/07/2025

Much like the trees shedding their leaves🍁, we’ll release what no longer serves us during this seasonal immune-boosting qigong flow at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness. Then we’ll settle into a sacred cacao ceremony where we’ll honor autumn’s gifts – celebrating our accomplishments and and gathering nourishment for the stillness of winter. We’ll share ceremonial cacao blended with warming spices of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and cayenne, each chosen to align with the energies of fall.

Through guided meditation, intention setting, and heartfelt sharing 💖, you’ll experience cacao as both a mirror and a medicine for this turning of the Wheel of the Year. Come sit in circle, savor the sweetness of your harvest, release with grace, and resource yourself for the path ahead.

🍽️Following our sacred ceremony, we’re offering an optional catered autumn harvest vegan dinner, with a protein on the side for those who eat meat. Sign up today! https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/10/11/25/qigongcacao

Looking to spend the whole day (this Saturday) at Wishing Star Farm? Join Chris Coladonato for her Silent-ish Retreat at 10am-2pm! Take a break to explore the land, meditate, or whatever calls you before the 4pm qigong + cacao ceremony! https://www.wishingstarfarm.org/events-workshops/the-quiet-reset

10/06/2025

During autumn, we embrace the metal element, focusing on lung and large intestine health. These practices boost the immune system (wei qi), inspiration, and courage, and release grief and sadness.

For weekly qigong classes at Brick Bodies Fitness Services and Manor Mill: https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes

For this Saturday's special event at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness: https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/10/11/25/qigongcacao

10/03/2025

👤 You: Looking for a nourishing blend of movement, flow, and deep healing within a supportive community.

👥 Us: Your Mindfulness Guides, Chris Coladonato and Sarah Karp, who relish in cultivating unique wellness experiences.

☀️ Weather: Sunny and warming up to 70 degrees as we make our way through the trees during our autumn adventure.

Enjoy crisp, fresh air, the sounds of crunchy leaves, and so much more as we slowly (and mindfully) make our way to the water at the end of this trail in Timonium (Baltimore County). Our guided experience continues by the water with a qigong flow to encourage release and renewal, along with a special energy practice to further encourage connection with nature. 🍂

Afterward, you're welcome to hang out for as long as you wish, breathing, chatting, and communing with the elements. Feel free to bring any snacks, food, or beverages you'd like to enjoy. This trail is pretty straight out-and-back, so it's easy to make your way back to the trailhead solo or together.

Sign up now at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/10/4/25/mindfulnesswalk

📅Take a peek at more wellness events coming up this and next month (cacao ceremony, yoga, and more): https://www.qigonghw.com/specialevents.