Harness and Hone with Gina de la Chesnaye
Learn how to harness the energetics of Qi Gong into honing your asana practice.
A Master Class with Gina de la Chesnaye
15 May
Saturday at 10:00am CT (150 minutes)
In this 2.5 hour master class, participants will learn how to harness the energetics of Qi Gong into honing their asana practice.
Qi Gong basics will be introduced as well as specific anatomy cues for proper alignment of the gross and subtle bodies.
Comfortable clothes, a meditation cushion and perhaps a pen and paper are all that is needed.
Gina de la Chesnaye offers contemplative based mind/body practices for trauma recovery and resiliency. As well as trauma informed trainings for social workers, trauma therapists and caregivers.
She is a core faculty member of Second Response and has worked most recently in East Africa offering training to survivors of sex-trafficking, refugees, street-children and the women of the Kampala slums.
In 2018, Gina founded the Nachan Project, which focuses on the women and children in the Katwe and Kisenyi slums in Uganda while also training the street couselors, social workers and caregivers in Kampala and Lira.
She serves as key faculty for The Lineage Project bringing practices to at-risk and/or incarcerated youth and their support staff in New York City. Gina has also been a competitive kickboxer for 20 years and is skilled in Western boxing, San Da and Muay Thai.
She lives in Brooklyn with her two teen daughters and has a private practice working with trauma survivors with The Therapy Collective.