Path with Harmony
Qigong for the Awakening Woman
Path with Harmony
Qigong. Rooted in Nature. Flowing with Life.
Path with Harmony
Qigong. Rooted In Nature. Flowing with Life. Find, health, vitality and inner peace with Qigong.
Path with Harmony Qigong
Rooted in Nature. Flowing with Life.
Tai Chi & Qigong on Mount Sequoyah
Root, Restore & Renew
Winter Series | November 10th- December 15th
The Water Element • Turtle Qigong • A 6-Week Winter Practice
Live at Sequoyah Hall & the Mount Sequoyah Overlook
Fayetteville, AR
Tuesdays: 6:00–7:30 PM
What if winter isn't asking you to do more?
Instead, it's asking you to slow down enough to hear what your body is telling you.
What's possible if you gave yourself six weeks to reconnect with the deep wisdom of your body?
By the time November arrives, many of us are carrying a lot. The pace of the year has been full. Our bodies may be tired. Our minds may be overstimulated. And the world around us can feel uncertain and demanding.
Winter Qigong offers another way to live... attuned with the flow of nature.
In the natural world, life turns inward, slows down, and becomes quieter. The trees release their leaves. The days grow shorter and colder. Seeds rest beneath the soil. What is visible becomes quiet and more still, while something essential is being conserved beneath the surface.
Winter is not a season of doing nothing.
It is a season of deep restoration and stillness.
This six-week Tai Chi & Qigong series invites you to work with that wisdom.
We will explore the Water element and the Turtle form from the Wudang Five Animal Qigong tradition, using slow, flowing movement, breath, meditation, and mindful attention to cultivate a deeper relationship with the body and the quieter qualities of winter.
Join us at Mount Sequoyah for six weeks of gentle, flowing movement inspired by the ancient practices of Tai Chi and Qigong in a welcoming and supportive community.
Designed for beginners and rewarding for continuing students.
Benefits of Qigong Practice:
Why Practice Tai Chi & Qigong?
Regular practice may help you:
By moving with intention and breath, you create space in your nervous system and energy field. Participants in this practice often experience:
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Reduced stress and emotional heaviness
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Improved balance, flexibility, and well-being
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Greater mental clarity and inner calm
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Body-mind resilience that supports longevity
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Connection to community and nature’s rhythms
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Feel more grounded, centered, and resilient
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Build a lifelong practice for health and well-being
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No previous experience is necessary
For New & Returning Students
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If you've always wanted to learn Tai Chi:
This is a welcoming place to begin. You'll be guided step-by-step, with no previous experience required.
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If you're looking for a way to stay capable and well as you age:
Tai Chi offers a practice for developing balance, coordination, mobility, and body awareness without high-impact exercise.
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If you're stressed and need to get out of your head:
The combination of movement, breath, and attention gives you a way to slow down and reconnect with your body.
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If you've practiced with us before:
This isn't simply another class. It's another step in an ongoing practice. You'll revisit familiar principles while developing new movement skills and deeper internal awareness.
This Series Is For You If You Are Ready To…
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Return to your center and cultivate a steady foundation for every season of life.
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Slow down and reconnect with what truly nourishes you.
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Build calm strength from the inside out.
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Feel more grounded, balanced, and at home in your body.
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Create a steady practice that supports your body, mind, and spirit.
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Move with greater ease while cultivating strength, stability, and presence.
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Gather yourself after a busy year and move into winter and the new year feeling strong.
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Develop a deeper connection to your body through mindful movement and breath.
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Cultivate resilience by returning to what is steady and true within you.
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Let go of the rush and discover the strength of moving with intention.
A Gentle Practice.
A Real Practice.
Tai Chi is gentle, but it isn't effortless.
You'll learn a progressive series of movements that develops coordination, balance, relaxed strength, and awareness over time. Movements can be modified, slowed down, and adapted to your individual needs, with opportunities to rest when needed.
Tai Chi doesn't give you balance. It teaches you how to cultivate balance.
It doesn't promise to fix everything in six weeks.
Instead, you'll learn movements, breathing practices, and principles you can take with you long after the series ends.
This Session:
The Wisdom of the Turtle
In traditional Wudang Five Animal Qigong, the Turtle is associated with the Water element and the Kidney system.
In this practice, the Turtle teaches us how to gather our energy as we dig for the medicine roots, going beneath the surface to find what nourishes and sustains us.
This is the medicine of winter: turning inward, listening deeply, and reconnecting with what lies beneath the busy surface of our lives.
The Turtle also swims through the ocean of life. It doesn't need to fight every obstacle in its path. It learns to move with the water, redirecting around what it encounters while continuing steadily toward its destination.
And then, having gathered and cultivated its medicine, the Turtle comes out of its shell.
It shares what it has cultivated.
It speaks. It offers. It brings its medicine into the world. And then it returns home. Back to its origins. Back to its center. Back to the shelter of the shell.
This becomes an important part of our winter practice: learning how to strengthen our own energetic home.
A strong back. A protected center. A place within ourselves where our energy can gather, rest, and be renewed.
Sometimes the most important work happens beneath the surface. And sometimes, going inward is exactly how we prepare ourselves to emerge again.
What to Expect
Each 90-minute class includes:
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A guided group experience
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Seasonal teaching and reflection
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Walking meditation
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Gentle warm-up
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Turtle Qigong walking form
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Breath and mindful movement
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Time to settle and return to center
Series Format
This practice is most powerful when experienced over time. For that reason, we’ve designed this as a 6-week series:
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6 Weekly Sessions — to build depth, safety, and embodied familiarity
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Drop-In Opportunities — available for Session 1, so new students can experience the energy of the group while preserving continuity
Adults only
Tickets sold on Eventbrite.
Select your ticket type carefully: 6-Week Series or Drop-In (Session 1)
A Setting That Supports Your Practice
We gather in Mount Sequoyah Hall a warm, light-filled space with beautiful wooden floors and tall windows that welcome the golden hues of evening light.
When weather allows and the group feels called, we will practice outdoors on the grass or at the Mount Sequoyah overlook, letting the fresh air and open sky deepen our breath and expand our perspective
Location & Setting
There is something quietly meaningful about teaching here. This place holds a personal vision I’ve carried for years. My son’s name is Sequoyah, and for as long as I’ve practiced Qigong and Tai Chi in Fayetteville, I’ve dreamed of offering this work in this space.
Now that dream is a reality!
Instructor
Led by Maria Chowdhury, a certified Holden Qigong instructor and founder of Path with Harmony Qigong, this series combines grounded teaching, compassionate guidance, and embodied practice.
With 20+ years of personal practice and 10+ years of teaching, Maria brings a warm, accessible approach that invites you to embody the practice and, even more importantly, to merge it into your daily life so you can move with more resilience, flexibility, grounded steadiness, clarity, and true presence.
FAQ
Q: Is this class suitable for beginners?
Yes. No prior experience is needed. This practice is for you, so it will meet you where you are at. It is suitable for beginners and avid practitioners.
Q: Can I drop in any week?
To support group continuity, drop-ins are available only during the 1st session.
Q: Why a 6-week series?
Qigong is most effective when practiced consistently. The series format allows your body and nervous system to build familiarity, depth, and lasting benefit.
Have more questions? Just ask me here.
Are you ready for a Place, a Practice, a Path?
Here in Fayetteville, on a mountaintop, in a circle of love and power, we gather, we move together: breathing, balancing, awakening. Come home to your body. Come alive to your life force. Come practice with us.
This Is a Practice You Can Take With You
You don't have to become a different person in six weeks. You don't have to master Tai Chi. You simply have to begin. Come practice with me. Learn something real. Take the tools home. And see what becomes possible when you keep going.
What People Are Saying About Qigong & Working with Maria
"Working with Maria has been a transformative and nourishing experience. Maria's skillful and intuitive approach, along with her deep understanding of qigong's healing and wellness aspects, have inspired harmony within my mind, body, and spirit. I feel rejuvenated after each qigong session. Maria is skilled at creating a sacred container for healing and self-discovery within a group while being mindful of individual hopes and needs. I have found a sense of sisterhood and support in her presence, connecting with other women on the same journey. I highly recommend Maria as a qigong teacher and empathetic guide for those seeking to connect with their inner Self and embrace a supportive community."
Kayley. W
Qigong practitioner
I chose to start a gentle exercise routine to honor a commitment to myself. I’m receiving improved physical strength and am delighted to discover so much more within Maria’s unique and fun-spirited way.
-Maryevelyn
Maria is not only an amazing, joyful, loving person…she is a dedicated and committed teacher.
What I have experienced in her QiGong class is a deeper awareness and connection with my physical body, spiritual resonance, and my relationships.
She has the ability to tap deeply into the exploration of our interconnectedness with the elements, seasons, and guides…all while beautifully demonstrating and teaching the form of Qigong.
I highly recommend her classes!!
In deep gratitude.
-Timido Ricard
Rooted Vision- Wellness Center for Massage and Energy Healing
"Practicing qigong with Maria Chowdhury is a nourishing and empowering experience. As a queer and trans person, it's especially affirming to find spaces where all parts of my lived experience are warmly welcomed—and Maria creates that kind of space with deep intention and care. Her teaching honors each person's inherent power and dignity with genuine reverence, creating a sense of belonging that is both grounding and expansive."
-Sam Ash
Group Facilitator
"I was excited and worried about taking this class because I'm out of shape and have pain. Maria is such an excellent teacher! She has brought me through each class with supportive reminders, physically and spiritually, so that this has ended up being a wonderful experience, both physically and mentally.
Taking this class helped me really see and accept my body with its current limitations. Then helped me see the possibilities and what I am ABLE to do with my body! This class took me on a physical and heartfelt/spiritual journey.
I would recommend this class to many different people because you can modify the practice and still be with the group.
Martha Guiri-Phillups
Artist
"Maria, you bring such joy to a practice that has layer after layer of benefits for mind, body, and soul."
-Suzanne Langley
"Maria was a great guide. I was a complete beginner taking her class; she made it all flow and feel very natural. Her guidance was simple and efficient; her words supported the movements, creating a deeper energetic experience through imagery and reflection. I really appreciated our sessions, and they were impactful to me, bringing me more clarity and inner peace. "
-Debora Ribas
"It hasn't just been the physical and energy-moving aspects of qigong that have transformed me in your course. It has been the way you lead students from this rigid world we've been indoctrinated to believe is all there is -- to other realms, if we choose to follow, territories where our vastness is invited to unfurl itself and our capacity for transforming ourselves and supporting the healing of others is cultivated. "
-Gabrielle Idlet
"I enjoyed Maria’s words and explanations before each session. There was always something I could apply to my everyday life, which helped shift my thoughts and feelings in a positive way."
-Ai Nakanishi
"Learning Qi gong with Maria has helped me stay more embodied. The practice helped me ground my energy when it was too scattered and direct it when it was stuck. I love Maria's teaching style! She makes it very comfortable for the beginner and applicable to every day life. She has an energy and a presence that feels calming and inspiring at the same time. I hope to continue learning and growing with her. "
-Kara Iribarren
"Qigon is something I look forward to when I wake up on Tuesdays. My experience has been wonderful, joyful, peaceful and .... did I say Wonderful?"
-Jennifer Nesbitt-Eck
