You are invited to join the online Qigong series!
What People Say about Dancing Tao Qigong
“Spring’s teaching clearly comes from her heart and from her deep passion for the spiritual principles underlying Qigong and Tai Chi.”
“Dancing Tao provides the structural and cultural context for Qigong, which makes the movements much more meaningful.”
“I appreciate that Spring’s Qigong teaching creates spaciousness for spontaneous movement, helping me become more attuned to my own qi. The sensation of qi is palpable!”
“The practice brings more centeredness and spaciousness into my daily life. This energy also touches people and the environment around me!“
In this series, you will immerse yourself in the timeless river of qi, the living energy that flows through body, heart, and spirit.
Through gentle Qigong movement, mindful breathing, imaginative exploration, and playful interaction, we will deepen our capacity to sense and move with the subtle currents of this river. Supported by sustained practice and a community of fellow practitioners, we will cultivate vitality, balance, clarity of mind, and the body’s innate capacity for healing and self-regulation.
First 45 minutes – movement and meditation practice
Next 25 minutes – discussion: the cultural and metaphysical context of the movement, and how to integrate the practice into daily life.
Video recording is available after each session
In-person retreat will take place at Cannery Lodge, Semiyamoo Washington, on Oct 17. Stay Tuned for information!
At the heart of this module is the exploration of the Three Treasures: Jing, Qi, and Shen (精炁神) — three interwoven dimensions of life described in Chinese medicine and Taoist traditions.
Jing 精 — Embodied Essence
Jing is our foundation: the vitality, rootedness, and resilience held within the physical body. It is reflected in our strength, balance, flexibility, and capacity to adapt to the changing conditions of life.
Qi 炁 — Living Energy
Qi is the dynamic movement of life within us and between ourselves and the world. It is expressed through breathing, nourishment, movement, emotion, relationship, and our ongoing exchange with the environment around us.
Shen 神 — Luminous Awareness
Shen is the light of consciousness and spirit. It is reflected in clarity of mind, presence and our capacity to sense what gives our lives meaning and direction.
When Jing, Qi, and Shen are nourished and brought into harmony, Qigong becomes more than a practice for physical well-being. It becomes a way of cultivating greater wholeness—within ourselves, in our relationships, and in how we participate in the living world.
What is Dancing Tao?
The name Dancing Tao points to an ancient way of knowing through the body. In early Chinese culture, the character 舞 (wǔ), “dance,” is closely associated with 巫 (wū), the ritual practitioner or shaman, whose knowledge arose not only through thought, but through intuition, sensation, spontaneity, and raw experience with the living world.
Across many ancient cultures, dance was not primarily performance; it was a way of entering into communion with forces beyond the individual, into the collective and natural world.
Dancing Tao Qigong brings this embodied way of knowing into a contemporary practice. Drawing from her lineage and lifelong exploration of Qigong, Tai Chi, dance, and movement, Spring invites practitioners to experience the body not simply as something to strengthen or regulate, but as a sensitive vessel of perception, relationship, and wisdom.
Dancing Tao cultivates our capacity to listen inwardly, sense the movement of qi, and rediscover the body as a sacred participant in the larger flow of life.
Spring Cheng, PhD, LAc, is co-founder of Dancing Tao Tai Chi, as well as an artist, author, licensed acupuncturist, and guide for inner transformation. Raised in traditional, pre-industrialized China and later educated in the United States, she holds a doctorate in molecular biology and a master’s degree in acupuncture and east asian medicine.
Her work brings together Taoist philosophy, Qigong and Tai Chi, artistic expression, scientific inquiry, and psycho-spiritual healing, inviting participants to cultivate greater trust in the body and a deeper sense of connection with the living world.
Spring is the author of Resonance Code: Empowering Leaders to Evolve Toward Wholeness. She is a musician whose compositions draw upon ancient Chinese poetry. Her work is inspired by a vision of culture rooted in interconnectedness, harmony, beauty, and the inherent wisdom of life.
Sliding scale: $84 – $105. Pay what feels right.
Family pass: $120, for all members of the same household