Movement has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

Looking back, I realise that dance was teaching me something far deeper than technique. It was teaching me to listen to my body. I started dancing when I was two and a half years old. Competitive ballroom dancing took me to the Danish Championships, the Danish National Team, and among the world’s top Under-21 dancers. When I later discovered Qigong, it felt like coming home. For me, Qigong is an inner dance.

Meditation became part of my life when I was fifteen. Years later, as the mother of three children, I felt a growing need for a different rhythm — one where balance and presence came before achievement.

For many years I worked as a graphic designer until burnout in 2013 changed the direction of my life. Instead of pushing my body, I began listening to it.

That journey led me to Qigong.

For the first time, everything made sense.

Movement. Breath. Stillness. The quiet energy that arises when we stop fighting ourselves.

Since becoming a certified Qigong instructor in 2017, I have taught from my own experience rather than the idea of perfection.

One practice has stayed with me more than any other: the Inner Smile. Not because it asks us to pretend everything is fine, but because it gently reminds us to meet ourselves with kindness, exactly as we are.

That is what I hope people take home with them after every class.

Bettina Borgen
Qigong Teacher · beqi Qigong

I teach in Danish, German and English.