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 (4-week in-person course)
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.
Dates:
Wednesdays 12:00 -12:45 (April 22nd – May 13th, 2026)
Location:
Lotus Þjálfun (Hátún 6B, 105 Reykjavík, Iceland)
Investment:
12.000 ISK (12 spaces available)
Registration directly through Lotus Þjálfun website.
SUMMER QIGONG (6-week course, online via Zoom)
Amidst the tumultuous chaos in the outer world, what would it be like to cultivate peace within your own heart? Could inner re-regulation and nurturing of internal peace create an anchor point for re-regulation in the outer world?
In this course, we will explore 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 will cultivate qualities of spaciousness, stability, peace and ease within our hearts. Resting into Qigong breathing practices, we will allow the benefits of our balanced heart to naturally spread to the entire “kingdom” of our body and perhaps beyond.
Main practices you will learn 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
The format of the course will allow you to feel the benefits of consistent practice. We will revisit our core practices each week, refining our techniques and deepening our understanding. Our weekly live zoom meetings will consist mainly of practice, but will also include time for questions and reflection. Recordings of all our sessions will be available for 1 month past the end of the course. I will also provide follow-along videos of the main practices with indefinite access and written material including optional practice suggestions for in-between our live meetings. At the end of the course, you will have the skills to incorporate the practices into your life.
This course is appropriate for all levels: from complete beginners to advanced practitioners. All practices are accessible from standing, seated, or even lying down positions (with modification).
Live meetings (online via zoom):
Sundays 16:00 -17:00 UTC (May 24th – June 28th, 2026)
Investment:
Early-bird (register by 15.5.2026): 145 EUR (170 USD, 21.000 ISK)
Full price (from 16.5.2026): 180 EUR (210 USD, 26.000 ISK)
To register for the course, please 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 7 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:
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
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
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)