Intro to Qi Gong and Tai Chi

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Dates
Wednesday 01/14/2026 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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$0.00 Intro to Qi Gong and Tai Chi


Join Dante Baker for a free 30-minute informational session on Wed, Jan 14th to get an idea of what to expect if you join his upcoming 5-week Qi Gong/Tai Chi session to be offered at Breathe. In this free intro session Dante will introduce Qi Gong and Tai Chi, explain their underlying principles, and highlight the potential benefits—such as improved balance, reduced stress, better sleep, enhanced flexibility, and increased vitality. The session will include demonstrations of gentle warm-ups and foundational moves, guided breathing and a short sequence, practical tips for daily integration, and time for questions and resources. It’s suitable for beginners and all fitness levels, with modifications available.


Qi Gong is a traditional Chinese practice that combines slow, gentle movements, coordinated breathing, and meditation to cultivate and balance the body’s vital energy, or Qi. It’s a holistic component of traditional Chinese medicine and a path to overall health and well-being. The practice rests on the belief that Qi flows through energy channels (meridians) in the body, and regular, mindful movement can improve Qi circulation, supporting health, healing, and balance. Tai Chi is a related practice with slow, flowing movements that emphasizes balance, internal energy cultivation, and mindfulness, and it often complements Qi Gong.



Dante Baker

Since his childhood years, Dante has always had a fascination with the human anatomy and all of its abilities to heal, move, and process. This interest led Dante to studying and receiving a variety of personal training and massage therapy certifications. Through Dante’s own personal life experience and the influence of family and peers, he embarked on a journey that would ultimately move him in the direction of providing health on a more holistic level. In 2011, Dante was introduced to transcendental meditation by Dr. Mahapatra Gyanendra one of the personal physicians of the Mararishi meditation course. This practice shined a light on his own inner stillness that he never experienced before at that time.

Dante was fascinated by the Eastern philosophies such as Chinese medicine and enrolled in a nine month Qi Gong and Tai Chi Ball certification with Master Nianzu Li (L.Ac) in 2013. He went on to strengthen his Qi Gong practice and began to teach personal clients as well as larger classes at various health studios. The passion to discover different modalities of holistic health lead him to discover Singing Bowls and Tibetan bowl in 2013. By linking up with different yoga instructors like Atticus Mooley, he integrated singing bowls into yoga classes as a unique way to allow students to find deeper levels of meditation during savasana. Being a part of many different yoga classes inspired him to take a 200-hour Yoga certification from SOYA(Canada) in January of 2016. As a E-RYT 200 Yoga Instructor, Dante holds CEU courses around the D.C Metropolitan area teaching other yoga instructors how to play sacred instruments and use their voice to create vibratory frequencies that promotes wellness. For Dante, Yoga is much more than just a form of exercise; it is a path that opens the doors to explore the mind, body and spirit. Students in Dante’s class are directed to stay focus on creating proper alignment within the asana and to consciously relax into each posture. Challenging asanas are suggested but never forced upon anyone, and modifications are always demonstrated to ensure that everyone can participant no matter what level they are at. At the end of class, students leave feeling physically restored and mentally rejuvenated.



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