Courses allow you to feel the benefits of consistent practice. Within a course, we typically revisit the same forms at each session, refining our technique and taking us deeper into the practice to receive more of its benefits. In between sessions, I provide follow-along videos of the main forms that you can practice with. At the end of the course, you will have the skills to incorporate the forms into your own practice, should you wish to do so.
Upcoming live courses:
QIGONG FOR YOUR DAY (rolling 4-week in-person series)
Join me at lunchtimes for a short, simple Qigong practice to rebalance our energy. Clearing energies such as tiredness, heaviness, physical/emotional tension, stress, or agitation from body, mind, and heart, we’ll allow fresh, healthy energy to circulate and nourish us. You will take away simple movement and breath techniques that you can utilize throughout your day and experience greater ease and joy in your life.
Accessible to all and no prior experience necessary. Practice standing, seated, or lying down visualizing the movement.
Meeting time:
Thursdays 12:00 -12:45
Next series dates (each series runs for 4 weeks):
June 18th – July 9th, 2026
August 27th – September 17th, 2026
September 24th – October 15th, 2026
November 12th – December 3rd, 2026
Location:
Lotus Þjálfun (Hátún 6B, 105 Reykjavík, Iceland)
Investment:
12.000 ISK per 4-week series (12 spaces available in each series)
Registration directly through Lotus Þjálfun website.
FOUNDATIONS OF QIGONG PRACTICE (7-week course, online via Zoom)
What is Qigong?
How do we work with Qi (energy)?
What role do the body, the mind and the breath play in Qigong practice?
Let’s explore these questions in this foundational course about Qigong, an energy cultivation practice originating from ancient China. Each week, we will focus on one aspect or principle of practice, experiencing it in our body and developing greater skill with our energy. Layering our discoveries to the same simple, balanced Qigong practice set each week, we will gradually deepen our practice and receive more of its benefits.
Curriculum:
Week 1: Awareness of your energy
Week 2: The body in Qigong practice
Week 3: The mind in Qigong practice
Week 4: The breath in Qigong practice
Week 5: Wholeness and harmony
Week 6: Working with external energy
Week 7: Integration and path forward
What you will receive:
- seven 1-hour live zoom meetings, consisting mainly of practice but including space for questions, sharings, and personal feedback
- recordings of the live zoom meetings (accessible for 1 month past the end of the course)
- follow-along videos of the Qigong practice set (10-minute and 30-minute versions) with indefinite access
- written material to deepen your understanding of each week’s focus
- practice suggestions for each week
- joy of learning Qigong together with others from around the globe
The format of the course will support you in developing a consistent Qigong practice. All practices are accessible from standing, seated, or even lying down positions (with modification). You are also welcome to practice intentionally (visualizing the movement). I invite you to join in on this journey, whether you are a beginner or an advanced practitioner wishing to circle back to the basics.
Live meetings (online via zoom):
Sundays 16:00 -17:00 UTC (August 30th – October 11th, 2026)
Investment:
Early-bird (register by 24.7.2026): 196 EUR (224 USD, 28.000 ISK)
Full price (from 25.7.2026): 245 EUR (280 USD, 35.000 ISK)
If you prefer, you can register by contacting me directly via email ().
QIGONG TOWARDS BALANCED LIFE (5-week course, online via Zoom)
Learn Qigong practices that work with the three main states of energy (Wuji, Taiji, and Wuxing). We will explore the felt sense of these energies in our bodies as well as how they can support us in our Qigong practice and daily life.
Specific Qigong practices you will learn in this course:
Wuji Moving Set: clearing habitual patterns from your body and heart-mind, resetting your energy to its original state
Alternate Nostril Breathing: establishing a healthy balance between opposites (yin and yang)
Five Waves: harmonizing energy flow through the natural, rhythmic cycles of our days and lives
Curriculum:
Week 1: Connecting with our energy
Week 2: Wuji
Week 3: Taiji
Week 4: Wuxing
Week 5: Integration
What you will receive:
- five 1-hour live zoom meetings, consisting mainly of practice but including space for questions, sharings, and personal feedback
- recordings of the live zoom meetings (accessible for 1 month past the end of the course)
- follow-along videos of the three main practices with indefinite access
- written material to deepen your understanding of each week’s focus
- practice suggestions for each week
- joy of learning Qigong together with others from around the globe
The format of the course will allow you to feel the benefits of consistent practice. We will revisit the same practices each week, refining our technique and taking us deeper into the practice to receive more of its benefits. All practices are accessible from standing, seated, or even lying down positions (with modification). You are also welcome to practice intentionally (visualizing the movement). At the end of the course, you will have the skills to incorporate the practices into your life.
Live meetings (online via zoom):
Sundays 16:00 -17:00 UTC (November 8th – December 6th, 2026)
Investment:
Early-bird (register by 8.10.2026): 140 EUR (159 USD, 20.000 ISK)
Full price (from 9.10.2026): 175 EUR (199 USD, 25.000 ISK)
If you prefer, you can register by contacting me directly via email ().
Self-paced courses:
STANDING LIKE A TREE (FOUNDATIONS OF QIGONG STANDING MEDITATION)
Audio course that lays the foundations for the practice of Wuji Zhan Zhuang (Qigong standing meditation in the basic posture of “Wuji”). The course is organized into 8 weekly segments, each focusing on an element of the practice ranging from posture, energy or breath. I offer an enquiry-based exploration of the focus topic and a five-minute guided practice of Wuji Zhan Zhuang. I encourage daily practice of Wuji Zhan Zhuang throughout the week, thus guiding you to simultaneously develop a greater awareness of your body and energy as well as consistent daily practice of Qigong standing meditation. The course is appropriate for both beginners and experienced practitioners. While the name “standing meditation” may imply a limitation to standing, the practice and the course are accessible from a seated position as well.
The benefits of Wuji Zhan Zhuang include improved posture, relaxed alertness, greater physical/mental/emotional resilience, finding internal strength and energy, and feeling more balanced and less reactive in your life. Through Wuji Zhan Zhuang, we can access our original energy, unlocking the vast potential that lies within each one of us.
Past live courses:
SUMMER QIGONG
Summer 2026
In this course, we explored Qigong practices that support and balance the heart, the organ known in Traditional Chinese Medicine as the “empress” or “emperor” of the body. Drawing from Qigong moving practices (Animal Frolics) and Qigong self healing techniques, we cultivated qualities of spaciousness, stability, peace and ease within our hearts. Resting into Qigong breathing practices, we allowed the benefits of our balanced heart to naturally spread to the entire “kingdom” of our body and perhaps beyond, offering the peace cultivated within to soothe some of the tumultuous chaos of the outer world.
Main practices taught in this course:
- practices to activate and balance the three dantiens
- practices to balance yin and yang
- Crane forms (from Five Animal Frolics)
- Whole Body Breathing, Cellular Breathing, and Embryonic Breathing
WINTER QIGONG
Winter 2023, 2024, and 2026
Qigong for the winter season, especially nourishing for the kidneys and adrenals. We replenished our reserves, storing the energy of the returning sun for spring’s growth.
Specific Qigong practices taught in this course:
Bone-Marrow Cleanse: cleansing one of the deepest tissues of our body (the bone marrow)
Washing the Body with the Energy of the Sun: nourishing the whole body with the energy of the returning sun and harmonizing with the awakening yang energy of the season
Bear Forms from Five Animal Frolics: learning from Bear how to conserve energy while simultaneously building strength
FOUNDATIONS OF QIGONG PRACTICE
Fall 2025
What is Qigong?
How do we work with Qi (energy)?
What role do the body, the mind and the breath play in Qigong practice?
We explored the above questions in this foundational course about Qigong, an energy cultivation practice originating from ancient China. Each week, we focused on one aspect or principle of practice. We first explored this aspect in our body, learning to develop greater skill with our energy. Then, we applied our discoveries as we moved through a full, balanced Qigong practice set. Returning to the same set each week and layering our learnings gradually deepened our practice to receive more of its benefits.
QIGONG TOWARDS BALANCED LIFE
Fall 2024 and 2025
We focused on Qigong practices that work with the three main states of energy (Wuji, Taiji, and Wuxing). We explored the felt sense of these energies in our bodies as well as how they can support us in our Qigong practice and daily life.
Specific Qigong practices taught in this course:
Wuji Moving Set: clearing habitual patterns from your body and heart-mind, resetting your energy to its original state
Alternate Nostril Breathing: establishing a healthy balance between opposites (yin and yang)
Five Waves: harmonizing energy flow through the natural, rhythmic cycles of our days and lives
LIGHT WITHIN DARKNESS: PRINCIPLES OF QIGONG PRACTICE
Winter 2023
Qigong journey towards balance in body, mind, and heart. We actively relaxed into the descending darkness and sensed the ever-present light within.
Each week we focused on one principle of Qigong practice and explored how it feels in our body with both meditative and active Qigong. The heart of our active practice was a sequence from Five Animal Frolics. Embodying white tiger, bear, deer, crane and monkey, we explored some of the foundational principles of Qigong practice.
Below are some of the kind words students have shared about practicing with me. Thank you for giving me permission to print your words here.
“During the lessons in this course [Standing Like a Tree (Foundations of Qigong Standing Meditation)] I have been able to visualize myself and felt the energy moving and flowing through my body. Marketa you are a wonderful teacher who made each lesson easy to understand. “Standing Like a Tree” has become part of my Qigong practice. I will be coming back to this course again as there is so much offered. Thank you Marketa 🙏🏼💙” – Donna (Hamilton, Ohio)
“Thank you … for the course [Winter Qigong], I liked the aspect of feeling part of an international community, interconnecting the States, Iceland and the UK. I also appreciated the personal appeal of being part of a small class, all the participants were able to chat with one another, ask questions and give feedback. I valued learning some new practices which I’ve been able to share in the Daoist Flow classes I teach.” – Mike