Qigong Practice
“Internal martial arts are meditation in motion. A flowing stillness where awareness is not separate from the world, but fully embodied within it. Where the distinction between stillness and movement begins to dissolve.”
Join us on Wednesday, December 3 for a live qigong class led by Matt Dorma, where we’ll enjoy gentle, easy-to-learn movement, along with breathwork and self-massage, all drawn from the internal martial arts of qigong and tai chi.
Practiced for centuries, qigong offers a range of benefits for both body and mind. It helps us relax deeply, ease stress, support the flow of energy, and strengthen the body-mind connection. Research also shows it can enhance vagal tone—helping regulate the rest-and-digest response, lower heart rate and blood pressure, and cultivate a greater sense of calm. And it's fun!—offering us a much-needed invitation to let go and shake it all out.
In the class, our shared intention is simple: move to feel. We draw attention to the whole body—especially to the parts we often overlook. We move softly, giving ourselves time to notice the subtle details of our body and our surroundings. We don’t push full effort, but instead do a little less so that we can make room for curiosity.
Wednesday, December 3
9:00–9:30 am PT | 12:00–12:45 pm ET
Online via Zoom
This class is exclusive to Lotus members.
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Matt Dorma (he/him)
Matt is Lotus Institute's director of communications and outreach, an emerging teacher of qigong and internal martial arts, and an aspirant in the Plum Village Order of Interbeing.
After years of mindfulness practice, a moment of clarity in a Thursday evening tai chi class helped him realize that his aspiration to listen to his body—and, in turn, to himself—was both simplified and deepened through mindful movement. That insight sparked a path of further study and a desire to share the practice with others.
Today, Matt is in teacher training at Tree of Life Tai Chi Studio in Boston, and studies online under Thu Nguyen from the Plum Village tradition and Qigong Master Robert Peng. As a teacher, communicator, and friend, Matt’s work is rooted in authenticity, humor, helpfulness, and warmth.
Drift like clouds, flow like water