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The Ancient Flows — On Qigong with Lisa Li, Yoga with Melissa Jeng, and Reiki with Margaret Wang

The Ancient Flows — On Qigong with Lisa Li, Yoga with Melissa Jeng, and Reiki with Margaret Wang

Update: 2025-10-28
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For thousands of years, humans have sought healing from within — through breath, movement, and energy. Practices like Qigong, yoga, and, more contemporarily, Reiki have emerged from traditions as powerful ways to restore balance, vitality, and inner peace. Qigong uses slow, intentional movement and breath to cultivate life force energy, while yoga unites body and mind through postures and controlled breathing. Reiki, rooted in Japanese energy medicine, offers gentle, hands-on healing by channeling universal energy. In our current world of constant changes, stressors, and stimulations, are these ancient grounding practices for healing and harmony still viable?

In this episode, we are joined by three expert guests within the tenets of Qigong, yoga, and Reiki. Firstly, Lisa Li is the founder of The Qi (a flowering tea wellness company) and a certified Qigong instructor, having trained in the traditional Chinese practice for 7 years. Lisa and The Qi have been featured on New York Magazine, Bon Appétit, Architectural Digest, Food & Wine, and Good Housekeeping.

Melissa Jeng is a decade-long yoga and mindfulness teacher based in New York City. Trained through Yogamaya and with Jules Mitchell, Melissa pursued advanced training in biomechanics, meditation, trauma-informed yoga, and breath work.

Margaret Wang is a Usui/Tibetan Reiki practitioner, having completed her training at The International Center for Reiki Training.

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The Ancient Flows — On Qigong with Lisa Li, Yoga with Melissa Jeng, and Reiki with Margaret Wang

The Ancient Flows — On Qigong with Lisa Li, Yoga with Melissa Jeng, and Reiki with Margaret Wang