Rebecca Noeline

Qigong + Creative Events

I am a qigong instructor who loves to laugh and believes deeply that creative arts is the catalyst for internal change.

Events

My events run monthly-in person in Ottawa, and weekly online. I would be so happy to have you join.Monthly: Breathe, Move, Make
Weekly: Breathmark Creative Reset

Breathe Move make

Breathe, Move, Make is a workshop where you can slow down, reconnect, and create from a calm place. We begin with a few steady breaths that help you arrive in the moment. Then we move into soft qigong movements that loosen tension and wake up your energy, and get you centred.We'll then shift into a creative activity. It might be a collage, a mandala on an old record, or a small charm you can tuck into your pocket. There’s no pressure to “be artistic”—just space to explore, play with materials, and let your ideas take shape.By the end, you leave feeling lighter and grounded, holding something you made that reflects a part of your inner self.Register Below and Pay in Advance, or Save Your Seat

Breathmark Creative Reset

Breathmark Creative Reset is a live, in-person weekly gathering designed to help you digest, reset, and conquer the post-lunch slump. Every week at mid-afternoon, we meet for a quick, powerful 15-minute session of Qigong movement and meditative mark-making to clear the fog and wake up your body.Whether you join every week or just occasionally, your presence and support keep the energy flowing and the doors open for everyone.Let's turn that afternoon slump into a moment of clarity together!

Qigong changed the way I approached movement.

After over a decade of looking for a daily movement activity I loved and would actually do, I found it in qigong.

After years of struggling with persistent low-back pain, and wanting a daily movement practice that stuck, I was about ready to give up. Nothing resonated and I couldn’t enjoy myself when pain was a risk. My pain affected my mental and physical well-being, and I struggled to walk my dog.I travelled to Yellowknife with a friend and colleague. We had travelled quite a bit together over the past year. My body and mind were tired, and my low-back pain had dulled to something managably uncomfortable. While walking to the territorial museum, in an open park we saw at least twenty people quietly practicing a popular tai chi set in beautiful synchronicity. My heart lifted seeing everyone move together, and I realized that I wanted a movement practice that shifted my perspective, addressed my body posture or position, and built community. My friend suggested I try qigong, and we went about the rest of our day, qigong still in the back of my mind.Two days later we were back on a plane to Winnipeg, and after walking into the hotel room, I pulled up a video on the qigong eight brocades without unpacking a thing. I fell topsy turvy head over heels for the practice. I have since developed a robust personal practice, and completed a 60-hour teacher training program with Saigon Om.

Acknowledgement

I live, work, learn, and play on the unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe people.

As a white woman settler and non-Chinese, I acknowledge my privilege in sharing what I learn, and how I facilitate. Qigong, Chinese Medicine and other Asian traditions are rooted in a human experience. I am committed to anti-racism work, and building inclusive practices through community conversations, and identifying opportunities for collaborative introspection and growth.I acknowledge that movement is sacred. On Turtle Island and in cultures around the world, movement and stillness is part of ceremony. Dance marks significant milestones and seasons in individual or community lives. Movement is healing through ritual, spirituality, and blessing.Arts and creativity are processes that are unlimited. I acknowledge art and creativity as living and non-exclusive to any one person or culture. Claiming that art, or art-making as a component of hierarchy has no place in critical dialogue or thinking.I am committed to reconciliation in my daily life and professional practice, bringing forward the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action as a component of collective responsibility in Turtle Island, Canada. Reconciliation in my work pushes back against current and historic policies that Canada has levvied against people and cultures historically. I look to volunteer and contribute financially to organizations and mutual aid initiatives by and for Black, Asian, and Indigenous Peoples.

Creativity as Internal Arts

Like Qigong and Tai Chi are a form of internal arts, so is building and maintaining a creative practice.

Creative arts and embodied awareness are pathways to inner change and self-discovery. I believe that creating art with curiosity, kindness, and community can open a space for deep healing and growth. Through a person-centred approach to artful expression and the self-awareness of qigong, the creative process becomes both grounding and liberating. It connects movement, breath, and imagination, allowing creative energy to move freely and restore balance from within.My practice is rooted in the understanding that each person is a collaborative partner in their own awareness, and that building awareness with community accelerates everyone's growth. I draw on ideas from humanistic, transpersonal, and somatic perspectives while honouring a mind-body connection. I want to support authentic heart-centred change. Where creativity becomes not just an act of expression, but a living dialogue between inner and outer worlds.

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