Transition to Winter Qigong

Description

This series is part of the Ride the Fire Horse year-long Qigong program, designed to work with the transformative and volatile energy of 2026 — so you end the year in a better place, without being scattered by it. Working with a personal intention as our anchor, the practice builds both the clarity to set it and the resilience to sustain it. The overarching goal of every series in this program is to harmonize your Vitality, Emotional, and Wisdom energetic centers — the signature of good health and the foundation for having stamina, being able to deal well with change, and making sound decisions. We will also add specific practices to work with the mini-seasons of the Chinese calendar, which, in Chinese Medicine, are associated with vertebrae of the spine. At the end of one year, your spine will be in much better shape. After the Autumn Equinox, Yin becomes dominant. The weather grows colder, vegetation recedes, and the approach of Winter can be felt in the body as much as in the air. This is the time to strengthen from within — we continue working with Metal energy to build the Respiratory and Immune systems, preparing the body to meet Winter with resilience. In this period, we'll work on C5, C4 & C3. As in all sessions in the Ride the Fire Horse program, the three dates are selected using Ze Ri (Chinese Date Selection), aligning the energy of each session with the specific work we do in it. Replays will be shared within a couple of hours, so you can still do the practice in the following few days, when the energy continues to be supportive for this work. November 11 — Release with the slowing of Yang — turning inward to review how the year has unfolded, what supported your intention and what fell away, clearing what no longer needs to be carried · C5 November 18 — Draw inward and consolidate — gathering what has grown through the year, speaking what the Fire Horse has forged in you, and silencing what no longer needs to be carried · C4 November 24 — Begin the transition — slowing with the Yin energy of the season and turning inward toward the stillness that precedes the Winter Solstice, where completion and new intention meet · C3 A worksheet will be provided to help you refine your intention and identify your next actionable steps. Each class stands on its own; together, the series provides ongoing support for navigating the Fire Horse year with clarity and for moving intention forward in a more focused and resilient way.