Thalia is part of ‘Boss Fit’ a @ beachescouncil initiative to celebrate Small Business Month. Learn how to stay fit and balanced while juggling the demands of running a business with free classes available and also run by other local fitness pros.

Start right on 12:15 at the John Speight Stage
(outside THE RIALTO / Butterboy cookies)
Bring a drink bottle, you need to stay hydrated
Wear clothes you can move in, or your fitness outfit
Make sure you wear a hat or sunglasses, if it's bright

Thalia will guide a 45 minute Small Universe Qigong taster, themed around the element of water, demonstrating an accessible practice to anyone to benefit the health of body, mind and spirit. Learning to work with 'qi', or energy as a tool; Qigong is ‘energy skill’ or ‘energy work’.

Qigong works as a comprehensive system that teaches individuals methods to cultivate as well as preserve their vital energy through specific slow to medium paced, intentional movements synchronised to breath. She will participants to consciously direct 'their energy' physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, for increased harmony and balance.

Qigong is a Traditional Chinese Medicine – TCM modality. It promotes a vital and balanced lifestyle to avoid energy depletion. Lifestyle choices that help preserve 'qi', such as adequate rest, balanced nutrition, moderate physical activities, and stress management are part of the broader ecosystem. However, this taster will touch on gentle movements, controlled breathwork with focused intention so each individual cultivates and enhances their 'qi', refining its flow and enhancing its potency within the body’s energy pathways. Finally, Qigong teaches practitioners to consciously direct and guide 'qi' within the body. By focusing, 'where attention goes, energy flows' to heal imbalances. This modality optimises the body’s natural healing abilities and contribute to overall well-being when practiced consistently and mindfully.

Meet Your Guide
Thalia Economo is a certified 200-hour QiGong and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Guide and Instructor, as well as a Yoga Alliance-certified teacher trained in the Himalayan foothills of Rishikesh. As a Breathwork Coach, she facilitates QiGong for corporate, classes and retreats, focused on health, fitness, and well-being in Melbourne and Sydney’s Northern Beaches. With her extensive background in creative industries, she has always turned to ancient modalities to help find balance. She loves Qigong for it's low fuss, foundation to compliment all other fitness routines, as it's easy accessibility for all ages, requiring no equipment other than the body.

She hopes to create a local space and communal practice to explore new creative ways to transmute and learn personal care in form of a toolkit of breath prescriptions, movements, vocal techniques. These lifestyle practices are medicine to keep grounded in potent times.