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A healthy body, a happy mind

Experience the benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi: more energy, better balance, less stress, and a calmer, clearer mind. At the International Qigong Foundation, our goal is simple: help you build a healthy body and a happy mind through practices that are gentle, effective, and accessible.

Red-crowned crane in qigong pose — symbol of longevity

The International Qigong Foundation's mission is to provide high-quality educational programs in Qigong and Tai Chi for all ages and abilities. Whether you're brand-new or returning to practice, you'll learn skills you can use every day to support mobility, resilience, and emotional well-being.

Not sure where to begin?

Take a short guided quiz and we’ll help you find the practice that fits your goals, experience, and interest.

What brings you here?

I want to improve my health and well-being

I’m living with cancer or supporting someone who is

I want to deepen or advance my existing practice

I want to train in China where these arts began

Our Programs

Qigong Programs

Develop a balanced Qigong practice that supports your health starting with the basics and growing into deeper skill, confidence, and vitality over time.

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Tai Chi

Improve balance, flexibility, and calm the mind through a Tai Chi practice that's easy to learn and welcoming for everyone.

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China Study Tour

Deepen your Qigong and Tai Chi practice where these arts began while immersing yourself in the living culture that shaped them.

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Cancer Support

Feel supported, stay active, and find calm connection while living with cancer. Our Social Oncology Qigong groups create a welcoming space to move gently, breathe deeply, and build community, one moment at a time.

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As I would walk down the dirt path through the bamboo to the lake, I would hear melodious Chinese music in the distance…

Our story begins in 1994 when my husband, who had stage 4 brain cancer, traveled to Beijing China to explore treatment through traditional Chinese medicine. Each morning we would meet our teacher and the cancer group to learn the practice of Qigong in Purple Bamboo Park.

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Training group at the National Medical Qigong Hospital in Beidaihe, China