Virtual Workshop — Wednesday, June 17, 2026
A 75-minute guided experience in Tai Chi, Medical Qigong, and somatic meditation — designed for high-capacity professionals who are ready to stop white-knuckling through the day and start working with their body instead of against it.
No equipment needed. Suitable for all fitness levels and beginners.
You've spent years holding it together. For your team, your family, your clients, your community. You're the load-bearing wall — and you know it. But lately, the weight is showing up in your body.
If you recognized yourself in two or more of these — this workshop was built for you.
This is not a lecture about Tai Chi. We move — and meditate — together from the first few minutes. Here's how the 75 minutes unfold:
We open with a guided body-awareness meditation. You'll take stock of where you're holding tension right now — before we move anything — so you have a clear before-and-after reference point by the time we're done.
Gentle, flowing movement sequences from the Medical Qigong tradition — paired with breath and intention — designed to activate the body's natural regulation response and begin to shift the bracing patterns you've accumulated.
A short teaching segment on why these practices work — how movement, breath, meditation, and intention act on the nervous system at a clinical level. You'll understand what's happening in your body, not just what it feels like.
Gabriel teaches core movements and meditative sequences from the Imperial Yang family lineage — the same system used to restore balance and build resilience in the body's connective tissue and joints. Done slowly, with full attention. This is where stored stress begins to metabolize.
We close with a grounding meditation and movement practice you can use immediately — in the morning, between meetings, or before bed. Then Gabriel opens the floor for questions. This is a real conversation, not a scripted sign-off.
Seventy-five minutes is enough to shift something real — when you have the right practices and understand why they work.
You'll feel the difference between bracing and regulated — in your body, not just as a concept — and know how to return to it on your own.
Simple, accessible, clinically grounded. You don't need a studio, equipment, or prior experience. Five minutes in the morning changes the arc of the whole day.
Chronic tension is communication. You'll leave with a new way of listening — and responding — rather than overriding what your body has been trying to say for years.
Not permanently — that's a longer journey. But you'll have a genuine taste of what it feels like to be in your body without the constant background noise of stored stress. That taste matters.
You'll understand what's possible — clinically and somatically — and what it would look like to address the root pattern rather than managing symptoms indefinitely.
Gabriel Shaw has spent over 20 years at the intersection of clinical movement science and somatic wisdom — working with high-capacity professionals who've done the work and still can't shake the physical toll of decades of stress.
He knows this territory personally. In 2019, while completing his kinesiology degree, managing a martial arts and yoga studio, building a private practice, recovering from a meniscus tear, and serving as a volunteer paramedic, Gabriel hit his own wall. His physical pain became, in his words, "the start of a journey of reconnecting to myself." It's what shapes how he works with clients today.
He's a registered kinesiologist, trained in the Imperial Yang family Tai Chi lineage, and a Medical Qigong practitioner. Through his practice, Embodied Integration™, he bridges what mainstream healthcare often misses: the connection between the bracing patterns in your body and the stored stress that's driving them. He has presented at the BC Physicians Wellness Summit and the Victoria Yoga Conference, and served as a National Kinesiology Ambassador.
Everything you need to show up, move, and leave with something real.
Do I need any experience with Tai Chi, Qigong, or meditation?
None at all. This workshop is designed to be genuinely accessible — not just theoretically. Gabriel has worked with participants who've never done any movement or meditation practice alongside people who've been in the martial arts for decades. The movements and meditations are taught clearly, adapted for online participation, and appropriate for most fitness levels and physical limitations. If you have a specific injury or condition, reach out before the session and Gabriel can advise.
Do I need any equipment or a special space?
No equipment. No special clothes. You'll want a space where you can stand with your arms extended — a living room, a home office with the chair pushed back, or any open floor area works fine. Comfortable clothes are ideal, but you won't be sweating or getting on the floor. If you have space to take a few slow steps, you have enough space.
Will this be recorded? Can I watch it later?
A recording will be available to all registered participants for a limited window after the session. That said, the live experience matters here — the somatic practices and meditations work differently when you're present in real time, not watching a screen playback. Gabriel will be able to respond to what he observes in the room. If you're even a little bit available on June 17th, showing up live is worth it.
Is this just a sales pitch for something else?
Honest answer: no. This is a real workshop with real content and real movement. Gabriel will share, toward the end, what deeper work looks like for people who want it — because it would be doing you a disservice not to. But you'll leave with genuine tools regardless of what you decide next. The 75 minutes stands on its own.
The stress doesn't disappear on its own. But it doesn't have to keep accumulating either. In 75 minutes, you'll learn how your body actually processes and releases stored stress — through movement, meditation, and breath — and you'll feel the difference, not just hear about it.
This is the doorway. Walking through it is up to you.
Registration takes less than a minute. You'll receive a Zoom link by email.