9:30 am – 4:30 pm Sunday 26 July 2o26 – Asheville, NC
When you practice Qigong or Yoga, do you sometimes feel like you are moving through water, with a fluidity of spirit and lightness in your Heart?
Many of us do feel this, and when we have the opportunity to combine the sensation of our Qigong, meditation, or Yoga practice in a pool, lake, or ocean, an amazing sensation comes over us, as if we can better feel the life force energy of Qi and Prana in a deep and tangible and sensual way.
Welcome to Aqua Qigong… where Francesco Garripoli takes you on a full-day journey of sensitivity training, aquatic bodywork, and gentle movement, barefoot on the beautiful grass lawns on Wuji Mountain and in the warm, salt water of the magical Wuji Watsu Pool that is fed by the 545 ft. deep, quartz crystal spring deep in this mountain just up from the French Broad River in Alexander, NC.
Certified as a Senior Qigong Teacher by the National Qigong Association (NQA) and Certified by (BAMA) as a Level 3 Watsu(R) Practitioner by Harold Dull, the creator of Watsu, Francesco’s decades of training, teaching, and offering many hundreds of water sessions helped him develop this training while living in Tuscany, Italy.
Certified as a Senior Qigong Teacher by the National Qigong Association (NQA) and Certified by (BAMA) as a Level 3 Watsu(R) Practitioner by Harold Dull, the creator of Watsu, Francesco’s decades of training, teaching, and offering many hundreds of water sessions helped him develop this training while living in Tuscany, Italy.People who are familiar with Qigong and Yoga as well as those who were simply curious discover that building sensitivity in warm water deeply improves their ability to activate Qi and find their moves and balance on land are profoundly improved and deepened.
This full-day workshop on Sunday 26 July 2026 on Wuji Mountain in Asheville, NC will have you in the warm water and up on land throughout the day with many interactive exercises, so bring a bathing suit, a hat/cap, a towel, and change of clothing. We will go back and forth between the Wuji Mountain House Studio/Classroom and the Watsu Pool throughout the day. This unique and amazing class is limited to 8 people on a first-come basis…
Click on the Curriculum link at the top of this page to see the workshop flow.
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Course Features
- Lessons 13
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 8 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 3
- Assessments Yes
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Workshop Overview
- Opening Meditation and Intention Setting
- Introduction to Qigong Energy Concepts and Fundamentals
- Warm-up Qigong Movement Exercises on the lawn
- Sensitivity Exercises in the Warm Watsu Pool
- Breathwork Techniques and Bouyancy
- Partner Floating Exercises
- Classroom Discussion and Interaction
- Walking and Breathing Techniques on Land
- Walking and Breathing Technques in Water
- Water-based Meditative Movement
- Partner Push-Hands in Water
- Clearing Moves in Water
- Clearing and Closing Moves on Land
