Purna Ma
Purna Ma has been a devoted and passionate teacher and practitioner of Qigong and Tai Chi for many years and is committed to an ongoing meditation practice. She is a former Shiatsu Therapist and Registered Massage Therapist who practised in Toronto at her own natural health centre. She is regularly invited to facilitate Qigong and Meditation retreats and workshops throughout North America. Purna Ma’s ability to communicate the deep and subtle aspects of Qigong with enthusiasm, clarity and simplicity, is considered by her peers and students to be her unique contribution to the art. Her approach is gentle, encouraging and compassionate and draws on her years of deep inner exploration.
Purna Ma has studied extensively and holds certification from the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC), Santa Barbara, California and the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre in Toronto.
“Be strong, and enter into your own body; for there your foothold is firm. Consider it well. O my heart! Go not elsewhere! Kabir says: Put all imaginations away, and stand fast in that which you are.”
Qigong
Qigong is an ancient Chinese self-healing art and energy cultivation system that uses a series of gentle, focused exercises for the mind and body. The system combines slow Tai Chi-like movements, breath work, static postures, self-massage, visualization and meditation to enhance the flow of qi—vital energy or life energy—throughout the body, increasing overall quality of life and improving flexibility and immune function.
Qigong as Portal to Awareness
The practice of Qigong enables the honing of the usually scattered mind into a focused mind, helping to rediscover one’s natural energy, harmony and wholeness.