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natural awareness

relaxed presence, unfabricated,
flowing, just as it is

at CommuniChi

on Seattle’s Beacon Hill

George Draffan
is a Seattle-based practitioner and teacher of Buddhist meditation and Taoist energy practices... more here

CommuniChi
a community clinic providing high quality acupuncture and promoting health care reform through affordable fees... more here

Cost sliding scale $10 to $20
You decide what you can afford. No questions asked.

Getting here
CommuniChi is on the 3rd floor of
El Centro De La Raza
2524 - 16th Ave South
on Beacon Hill in south Seattle
map here

Upstairs to the third floor (Room 301)

Public transit
* Light Rail to Beacon Hill Station
* Metro-King County Bus 36, 38, 60

Qigong (pronounced chee-gung), which means energy cultivation, is a gentle form of exercise that releases stress, supports health, and promotes awareness in activity.

Qigong is an ancient tradition with many different forms, practiced as a spiritual discipline, as a martial art, and for health and longevity.

This weekly evening practice group offers instruction in sitting, standing, breathing, and moving qigong for health and awareness. The aim is to integrate body, emotions, mind, and activity.

The small group format provides opportunities for individual attention and questions. These teachings and practices are suitable for beginning or experienced practitioners from any tradition.

• Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing.
• Please don't eat a heavy meal before class.

You may drop in any Wednesday evening. Registration is not necessary.

For more information call 206-659-1954 or email

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Arthritis: reduced pain and physical functioning

Asthma: enhance blood circulation, oxygen distribution and relax the bronchi

Balance: improved sense of balance, muscle strength, and flexibility

Blood sugar: improve indicators of metabolic syndrome and glycemic control

Blood pressure: lowered

Bone density: improved bone density maintained in post-menopausal women

Breast cancer: aerobic capacity, muscular strength, and flexibility

Cancer: improved immunity, blood circulation, metabolism, respiration, and cardiovascular

Cardiovascular benefits: lower blood pressure, greater aerobic capacity

Cerebral arteriosclerosis: improved blood flow to the brain

Endocrine gland functions improved Fibromyalgia: reduced pain, fatigue, and other symptoms

Heart disease: improved blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and insulin

Hormones: improved balance

Hypertension: lowered blood pressure, improved serum levels

Immune system: increased T-cell production

Pain: raises pain threshold and response

Parkinson's disease: improved balance

Sleep: improved the quality and duration

Stroke: fewer strokes for those who practice qigong daily; improved balance after a stroke

 "To administer medicines to diseases which have already developed and thereby suppress bodily chaos which has already occurred is comparable to the behavior of those who would begin to dig a well after they have grown thirsty, or those who would begin to cast weapons after they have engaged in battle. Would these actions not be too late?"

~ from the Yellow Emperor's Inner Medicine Classic, 500 B.C.

Some of the medical studies are cited at the Qigong Institute website