Qi Cultivator: A Reset Retreat with Kelsey Wishik

Join us at Sweetwater for Spring! Enjoy a reset in nature with daily yoga and Qi Cultivator classes, a unique blend of seasonal Qi Gong, breathwork, and movement practices to harness Qi or life-force energy, also called ‘prana’ in yoga. 

We will learn about sources of Qi and draw them in through our practices to restore, revitalize, and empower our body, minds, and spirits. We will be nurtured by forest walking, mindfulness, and guided flute meditations. In the evenings, we will enjoy the sounds of nature and two fire circle ceremonies. All levels of experience are welcome!

Who's This For?

This is for complete beginners or skilled practitioners of either Qi Gong or yoga, and for anyone seeking a soulful spring reset in nature! 

We will explore the Yi Jin Jing--or "muscle-tendon classic"--a set of movements and breathwork that promotes physical and mental vitality, enhances blood circulation, cultivates muscle and organ health, and nurtures the meridians. Yoga classes will be infused with Qi Gong concepts like grounding, expansion, and the harnessing of Qi--our life force energy.

About your instructor: 

Kelsey Wishik is a movement practitioner, yoga and meditation instructor, artist, and musician originally from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. 

Her movement practice has spanned over 22 years and many disciplines, with 12 years of yogic practice, 17 years of meditation practice, and significant study and training within movement modalities including various forms of classical and contemporary yoga from Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Kundalini, to competitive sports and martial arts.  Her training and teaching philosophy emphasizes the development of each individual, integrated philosophy, breathwork, and sustainable and primal movement patterns.  

Kelsey believes in sharing yoga, meditation, and intuition-building practices as a way to deepen, empower, vitalize, and actualize our shared and personal human experience.  She has held transformational and artistic workshops, retreats, and programs nationally and internationally.

This will be Kelsey's second hosted retreat with The Lodge at Sweetwater Studios.