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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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This soft herbal blend has a hint of peppermint and the richness of the flavours of the additional herbs to provide a fruity surprise.  The bright colour of this tea provides for fun in a clear glass or mug.  Served hot or cold, or frozen into ice cubes and added to a water bottle, the freshness of this blend is a great pick up throughout the day.

As part of a self-care daily routine, the use of the intention on each package can help you find the way to improved bioenergetic wellness, while adding the micronutrients gifted by the herbal combination.

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A celebration deserves a bright-coloured tea full of robust floral flavours.  Be sure to serve this special blend in a clear glass and enjoy the colours created, and how they transform with time as well.  It is a green tea in its roots, but the flavours of the herbs soften the green tea.  Enjoy the combination of garden herbs with rosehip, blue cornflower, hibiscus, hawthorn fruit, and rose petals.  The addition of blue pea flower and honeybush provide a sweetness without sugar, and the fun with colour.  Now to invite a few musicians over and gather the neighbours in, there is nothing like a good kitchen party!

As part of a self-care daily routine, the use of the intention on each package can help you find the way to improved bioenergetic wellness, while adding the micronutrients gifted by the herbal combination.

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This traditional Orange Pekoe Black Tea is wrapped in herbal goodness with the addition of apple, hibiscus, rosehip, lemon, strawberry leaves, honeybush, lavender, chamomile, rose and cornflower petals.  Steeping your cup for a soft black tea or a strong black tea is up to you.  Be sure to check out Natalie MacMaster’s Chocolate Cake recipe infused with this Fit as a Fiddle Tea. This is a great conversation stopper at your next tea break or family gathering.

As part of a self-care daily routine, the use of the intention on each package can help you find the way to improved bioenergetic wellness, while adding the micronutrients gifted by the herbal combination.

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An Oolong tea with Rooibos, there is a focus on blueberry.  The ingredients also include hibiscus petals, apple, elderberry, currants, bilberries, cornflower petals or mayflower petals.  High in antioxidants and low in caffeine, this tea is great hot or cold.  As an iced tea, adding blueberries and a little lemon to the blend can bring out the flavours of the area.

In honour of Obediah Smith, who grew up on Port Hood Island, this special blend commemorates his passion for tea by working for and then owning the Morse’s Tea Company. A philanthropist, who’s estate continues to shine a light on the hospital and schools in Inverness County, Obediah took his his wife to China for their honeymoon where they would have tried oolong tea for the first time.  Although Morse Tea highlights Orange Pekoe, this special blend brings forward the berries found in the fields in Port Hood.  You can find this blend at the Chestico Museum in Port Hood during the summer months – a fundraising tea for the museum.

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A Rooibos Tea, with a hint of Green Tea, this full body fruity blend includes Elderberry, Hibiscus, Currants, Apple, RoseHip, Blueberry, Moringa, Rose Petals, Cranberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, Lemon, Lime, Lime leaves, Cornflower petals.  With medium antioxidants and low caffeine, it is an excellent choice hot or cold.  A great lemonade option or for the Switchel recipe, this deep rich flavour promises to bring jewels of goodness into your day. Be sure to add the Harmony Coasters for continuous self-care all day long.

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Fine Japanese Matcha, this traditional green tea powder is organic and made with Green Tea, Vanilla Bean, Cane Sugar and Artificial Flavours.  Packaged in 30 gm bags, it is 1 gm per serving cup. Matcha can be prepared as a solo beverage, but be sure to check out the many recipes and ideas for Matcha’s including Michellie’s Smoothy Blaster.  There are some beautiful Matcha Chocolate Truffles highlighting this matcha blend, you can find the recipes in the tea section. Enjoy.

Matcha Truffles

7 Layer Matcha Cookies

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A fine Japanese Matcha made with Black Tea, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger, Clove, Pumpkin, Artificial Flavours, Cane Sugar.  Medium caffeine, high antioxidants.  A 30 gm package will make 30/1gm serving cups.

Be sure to check on the back of the package for Michellie’s Smoothy Blaster recipe to change the way you add nutrition to your recipes with Matcha, and this special blend is a great addition to a Gooey Ginger Cake found in our recipe section.  On popcorn is also awesome!

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A fine Japanese Matcha made with Hibiscus, Strawberry, Raspberry, Green Tea, Cane Sugar. Low caffeine, medium antioxidants.  A 30 gm package will make 30/1gm serving cups.

Be sure to check on the back of the package for Michellie’s Smoothy Blaster recipe to change the way you add nutrition to your recipes with Matcha.  Check out the recipe page for all the wonderful places Matcha can be added.

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