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The Gateway of Breath: Qigong and Meditation for Presence, Ease, and Vitality (TJ2Z25)

Teja Bell

July 19 - 20, 2025

Online Program Online

10:00 am Jul 19 - 3:00 pm Jul 20, 2025 PDT

Date and Time Details:
Saturday & Sunday, July 19 - 20, 2025
10:00am - 3:00pm US Pacific Time

Online via Zoom

Contact: Spirit Rock Registration
registration@spiritrock.org

  • Benefactor. – $600.00
  • Sustainer. – $450.00
  • Basic. – $250.00
  • Mudita/Karuna Scholarship Rate. – $50.00
  • BIPOC Scholarship Rate. – $50.00

Cancellation Policy - Online: Drop-ins, Daylongs, Multiday Programs (1-3 days), Family Programs/Series, CEC fees:

  • NO REFUNDS
  • Open Credit, or Donation to Spirit Rock = if cancel by midnight, the day prior to program start (Pacific Time)
  • No Open Credit = if cancel day of the program, or beyond

Please only register for one of the two formats: On-Land or Online.

Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on July 20, 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program.


Program to be held on the land and online!

Description:
The breath can be a gateway to presence, and its rhythm influences our thoughts, energy, and emotional states. This weekend retreat offers a direct, embodied pathway to the transformative power of the breath through QigongDharma. By cultivating mindfulness of breathing, we can stabilize the mind, regulate our energy and nervous systems, and awaken a grounded vitality.

Together, we will discover essential breath-centered practices drawn from Qigong, Dao Yin, Neigong and Zen traditions—integrated seamlessly with meditative awareness. Core skills will include whole-body breathing, interval breath training, and Radiant Body breathing—each crafted to deepen presence and restore inner balance. Practiced in both movement and stillness, these methods encourage a direct experience of energetic flow, spaciousness, and easeful mindfulness that extends off the cushion and into our daily lives.

Whether you’re newer to practicing with the breath or seeking to deepen your meditation practice, you will learn profound tools for cultivating inner calm, clarity, and well-being. Please join us!


Sliding Scale: Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford: your generosity supports the teachers as well as Spirit Rock and your fellow practitioners who need to pay less.

Benefactor – $600
Sustainer – $450
Basic – $250
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $50

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org by 4:00pm PT on the day prior to the program date.

*Recording Note: Registration includes unlimited access to this program’s recording. If you would like access to the recording, you must register by the deadline above. The recording will be available in ~10 days after the program.

Cancellation Policy – Online: Drop-ins, Daylongs, Multiday Programs (1-3 days), Family Programs/Series, CEC fees:

  • NO REFUNDS
  • Open Credit, or Donation to Spirit Rock = if cancel by midnight, the day prior to program start (Pacific Time)
  • No Open Credit = if cancel day of the program, or beyond

About the Teacher

Teja Bell

Teja Bell

Teja Bell (Fudo Myoo Rōshi 老師) is a lineage dharma teacher and Rinzai Zen master, the 84th ancestor of Lin-Chi I-Chuan's Chan lineage. He is a 6th degree Black Belt in Aikido and a life-long practitioner and teacher of Chinese Internal Arts and Qigong. Teaching Internationally (in China and Europe), Teja integrates meditation, and dharma, […]

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