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Qi YINtegration: BioEnergetic Habits

A 12-Week Exploration of the Energy We Create Through Daily Living

What if well-being is not only something we practice, but something we create through the way we live?

Every day, we are creating the conditions for our well-being. How we breathe, move, eat, rest, think, interact, focus and respond to our surroundings can support vitality and flow—or gradually contribute to patterns of depletion and stagnation. Qi YIN Integration: BioEnergetic Habits is a 12-week experiential series designed to help you become curious about the energetic patterns hidden within everyday life. Rather than focusing on “good” or “bad” habits, we will explore a different set of questions:

What gives me energy? What uses energy? What helps my energy move? What helps me renew?

Each week, we will explore a different dimension of daily living through movement, breath, posture, Five Element theory, biofield awareness, Figure 8 patterns, intention, sound, colour, nature, creativity and other approaches developed through the Qi YINtegration series.Together, we will investigate areas such as structural organization and posture; breath and rhythm; nourishment and hydration; movement; emotional patterns; attention and mental load; relationships and environments; Five Element habits; creativity and joy; rest, recovery and renewal.The emphasis is on awareness through experience. You will have opportunities to notice what changes in your own posture, breathing, movement, attention, emotional state and sense of vitality as we experiment with simple ways of influencing energetic flow.

Each week will also introduce a small BioEnergetic Habit Experiment that can be incorporated into daily life. These are not about adding another task to your wellness routine. Instead, they invite you to discover how small shifts within activities you are already doing may change the energetic ecology of your day.

Over the 12 weeks, you will begin creating your own BioEnergetic Habit Map, recognizing the experiences that tend to:

ENERGIZE • CREATE FLOW • CONTRIBUTE TO STAGNATION • DEPLETE

The goal is not to create a perfect wellness routine. It is to develop greater awareness of your own patterns and discover practical ways to encourage flow, adaptability, renewal and well-being throughout everyday life.

By the end of the series, you will have explored how your daily choices and experiences interact and layer upon one another—and how you can intentionally create a Living Ecology of Being that supports the way you want to feel, participate and flourish.

12 weeks • 1 hour each week • Experiential learning and exploration  Thursdays 5:30 – 6:30 pm Atlantic. Sept 10, 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, 29, Nov 12, 19, 26, Dec 3, 10, 17 (no class Oct 15, 22, Nov 5)  A zoom link and google drive file will be sent upon registration for the online portal. 

Come curious. Come as you are. And discover what your everyday habits may be telling you about your energy.

What You’ll Explore

Across 12 weeks, we will explore the everyday experiences that contribute to your personal energetic ecology:

Your Energetic Day — Discover where energy expands, flows, becomes stagnant or feels depleted.

Structure Creates Flow — Explore posture, alignment, the spine and the energetic influence of how you organize your body.

Breath, Rhythm & Space — Notice how breathing, pacing, pauses and transitions influence your experience.

Nourishing the Field — Explore hydration, food, tea and sensory nourishment through a bioenergetic lens.

Movement as Energetic Nutrition — Experience how simple movement, spirals, Figure 8s and Tai Chi can support flow throughout the day.

Emotional Energy Habits — Become curious about emotional patterns, holding, expression and recovery.

Attention Is Energy — Explore focus, screens, distraction, thought patterns and mental load.

People, Places & the Biofield — Notice how environments, relationships, boundaries and connection influence your energy.

Five Element Habits — Explore Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water as qualities expressed through everyday living.

Creativity, Joy & Spiritual Vitality — Rediscover the energetic influence of music, art, nature, curiosity, meaning and joy.

Rest, Recovery & Renewal — Explore the difference between stopping and truly creating opportunities for renewal.

Creating Your Living Ecology — Bring your discoveries together to intentionally create daily patterns that support how you want to live and flourish.

You won’t be asked to create a perfect routine or follow someone else’s prescription for wellbeing. Instead, you will develop your ability to notice, experience, experiment and choose.

Your daily life becomes the laboratory—and your own experience becomes an important source of information.

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Expand your self-care practice with this unique online experience blending Tai Chi, intuitive music, art, nature, and intentional tea rituals. Symphony of Radiance brings together seated and standing forms inspired by Master Moy Lin Shin—including the 108 Moving Meditation, Sabre, and Lok Hup—to open blocked pathways, increase mobility, support circulation and lymph flow, and cultivate whole-body wellbeing. This series is ideal for beginners, those returning to practice, or anyone navigating pain, stiffness, or low energy.

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, CIH BioEW, guides you through posture power, integrative movement patterns, and the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula to support daily habits grounded in vitality and resilience. Intuitive musician Colin MacLeod of Scotland offers live soundscapes crafted in the moment to deepen inner awareness and accelerate transformation.

A remarkable creative team enriches the journey each week:

• Donna Hutchison – Harpist and wellness practitioner drawing from music therapy and vibrational healing

• Brenda Bowen Cox – Musical therapist with deep experience in neonatal, hospice, and palliative care

• Marian Egan – Energetic artist capturing class frequencies in symbolic, healing-infused artwork

• Tanya Levy – Nature photographer offering grounding images to connect you to the rhythms of Mother Nature

This series is framed through the Five Element Theory, exploring Ko and Shen cycles and nurturing new patterns of wellbeing through movement, sound, and imagery. You can find this information in the Touch for Health knowledge.

As a special addition, the Cape Breton Tea Company will host a Tea with Intention segment each week. Participants may purchase:

• The full set of teas and companion book for the complete experience, or

• A sample set of weekly teas to enjoy during class

No experience is necessary. Seated and standing options are available, and gentle 40% effort is encouraged for those with pain, injury, or low energy.

Join us for this life-expanding journey into movement, sound, art, nature, and intentional nourishment—a guided pathway to clarity, resilience, and inner radiance.

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The class will be offered for 8 week starting Wed, October 22 at 12 pm Atlantic, 8 am Pacific, and 4 pm in the UK, finishing December 10th.  The weekly gathering will be for 90 minutes and will include applications of techniques to explore during the week.

The cost is $450 plus tax.  You will need the Complete Edition Touch for Health textbook and your enthusiasm to explore.

For those of you with a Tai Chi background, you will begin to see the power behind the Tai Chi moves through the lens of the Five Element Theory and Dr George Goodheart’s discoveries of the organ, meridian, muscle relationship.  Personal skill development will be bringing your movement knowledge forward, especially whole-body movement.  For those who work with clients, this will provide you with the knowledge of how to apply homework and follow up that will sustain and expand the energy activations you create in your one on one sessions.

Please register as soon as possible so we can begin to align any questions and areas of challenge with the Touch for Health materials you may have.  This is your class to explore and grow.  We welcome your inquisitive mind and your out of the box thinking.

See you soon.

PS  Tea is always served at class, so get ready to learn more about the Five Element Teas from the Cape Breton Tea Company.  Our Teas with Intention will enhance your understanding of the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula that is the super power behind the whole system in Touch for Health.

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Dr Michelle Greenwell will highlight setting up your day for success through awareness, intention, posture power and integrative movement patterns using special exercises, Tai Chi patterns, and movement ideas.  She is joined by doctoral student, and intuitive musician extraordinaire, Colin MacLeod of Scotland who will be playing intuitively to the group and with the exercises to maximize the speed and agility of your transformation from chronic pain, stiff joints, and lower energy into vitality and resiliency.  Dr Greenwell will share the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula for successful daily habits, and together you will be empowered to engage in a wellness plan that meets you where your needs are and what you need to be inspired.

No experience is necessary.  Seated and standing options for movement will be offered.  This special group will grow in skill as you are nurtured for your personal needs and goals.

Course dates:  Tuesdays 12 pm Atlantic, 8 am Pacific, 4 pm UK.  September 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 18, 25, Dec 2 (no class on Remembrance Day Nov 11).

The original course was offered in the spring of 2025 with great success and insights and you are welcome to purchase this special series as an adjunct to this course, however, it is not a pre-requisite.

In our first series we explored movement through the award-winning program for Unwinding Trauma, created by Tanya Levy, Michelle and Colin and presented in Tenerife, Spain and San Diego, USA.  In this series we will be exploring the Essence of the Spine and its relationship to sound, muscles, and whole body movement. We will continue our exploration of the sequences in the 108 Moving Meditation by Master Moy Lin Shin, both seated and standing, as well as some special patterns from Sabre and Lok Hup. Each set brings us deeper into the tissue and organs of the body to improve circulation, lymph flow, joint mobility, clear minds, and building energy. Our special focus each week is to help you gain experience with being grounded, finding your heart center, opening your mind to new ideas, and transforming your life into vitality and resiliency.

If you have never taken Tai Chi before, this is a great starting place. If you have never done the Seated Form of Tai Chi, this will be a great introduction.  If you have movement challenges, this will provide you with the space to adjust as you need.  If you have pain, an injury, or low energy, we recommend that you do everything at 40% effort, small and light.  With time you will find your energy grow and you will be able to ease into the exercises as you learn about your internal mechanics of moving.

Thank you for signing up for this life-expanding course.  We are looking forward to meeting you.

Please note that if you send an e-transfer you need to add tax to the course fee.

For full resources for Colin MacLeod, you can go to www.celticfiddleguru.com or www.harmonicsforbusiness.com.

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With Dr. Gregory Webb, Touch for Health® Mentor

The Touch for Health Full Synthesis is Levels 1 through 4 with completion of the Full Workbook and Client Session notes.  This also includes review of all 4 levels at the conclusion to ensure the student is competent in both theory and practical application in a clinical setting.  Should a student wish to be assessed and apply for their instructor status, the next steps would be supported.

Online practice group and in-person applications are possible to achieve competency in all protocols and applications.

For further details about Touch for Health please review the descriptions.

Repeat students can enjoy this deep dive for 50% off the full price. CanBeWell members receive a 10% discount.

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For more information about Touch for Health, please follow the link to get a full description.

Level 4 will begin Saturday October 12th.  In person muscle monitoring will begin the class, and online classes will resume following that based on the needs of the class.  16 hours of study will be completed, as well as 5 case studies to move on to Assessment.

For those wanting to gain all 4 levels, plus advance with the movement skills added to the studies, please consider the full Touch for Health Synthesis program plus Dr Greenwell enhancements.

The photo shared is with Dr Michelle’s mentor, Dr Gregory Webb, and the Touch for Health posters behind.

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For more information about Touch for Health, please follow the link to get a full description.

Level 3 will begin Saturday October 12th.  In person muscle monitoring will begin the class, and online classes will resume following that based on the needs of the class.  16 hours of study will be completed, as well as 5 case studies to move on to Level 4.

For those wanting to gain all 4 levels, plus advance with the movement skills added to the studies, please consider the full Touch for Health Synthesis program plus Dr Greenwell enhancements.

The photo shared is with Dr Michelle’s mentor, Dr Gregory Webb, and the Touch for Health posters behind.

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All levels are welcome to join the class. Beginners too! We begin with the Tai Chi set and explore small movement sections of the set, then add Sabre and Lok Hup as time allows. Seated and standing versions offered throughout.

Membership dues collected 3 times per year, Jan, April and September. $65 for four months.  Payment can be made at class or by e-transfer.

Monday:

Hillsborough-Glendyer Hall
4738 Route 252
Mabou, NS B0E 1X0

9-10:30 am

Wednesday:

Inverness County Center for the Arts
16080, Nova Scotia Trunk 19
Inverness, NS B0E 1N0
(902) 258-2533

9am to 11am

Thursday:

Creignish Community Hall
2061 Ceilidh Trail
Creignish, NS B9A 1B7
9026231508

6:30pm to 8pm

Those with a Tai Chi Cape Breton membership can attend weekly classes in all locations: Inverness, Creignish, and Hillsborough-Glendyer.

Our Instructor, Dr. Michelle Greenwell, is a volunteer for this special program based on the wishes of Master Moy that all instructors teach from their heart.  She has been teaching from her heart for Tai Chi for almost two decades.

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For more information about Touch for Health, please follow the link to get a full description.

Level 2 will begin Saturday October 12th.  In person muscle monitoring will begin the class, and online classes will resume following that based on the needs of the class.  16 hours of study will be completed, as well as 5 case studies to move on to Level 3.

For those wanting to gain all 4 levels, plus advance with the movement skills added to the studies, please consider the full Touch for Health Synthesis program plus Dr Greenwell enhancements.

The photo shared is with Dr Michelle’s mentor, Dr Gregory Webb, and the Touch for Health posters behind.

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