Wild Goose Qigong Instructors, Katy Langstaff and Lita Buttolph
Kathryn Langstaff, Instructor and Co-Founder Wen Wu School Portland
Kathryn has practiced Dayan Qigong since 1993, studying under Master Hui Liu of Wen Wu School, El Cerrito, CA. In 1999, she received her certification for Dayan Qigong Set one and she traveled to Beijing, China with her teachers to meet Grand Master Yang Mei Jun. Grand Master Yang Mei Jun sanctioned her teaching. She maintains her teaching certification of Dayan Qigong Set 1 with Wen Wu School. She completed Dayan Qigong Set 2 with Master Hui Liu and Erlene Chiang, Ph.D., DAOM, LAc, in 1999. Kathryn completed her Level 1 Spacial Dynamics with Kim Le Bas of Spacial Dynamics Pacific in 2016. Kathryn combines her practice of moving subtle energy and her skill in architectural design and planning to create generative design that is harmonious and healing. She enjoys designing wellness centers and children's places. Her firm is autopoiesis. In 2015, she created Essential Qi for workshops and trainings combining qigong with other healing modalities and essential oils to enhance transformation and harmony.
Master Hui Liu and Katy
"My own journey to wellness has reinforced my desire to help others feel and access their 'qi' and to begin the personal commitment to a life of well being. Optimal health and physical performance change throughout life. I began my studies in earnest because I was suffering from the severe effects of having shingles in my brain stem. My Dayan Qigong practice has enhanced my physical and spiritual connection with living systems. I enjoy working with individuals to access their inner strength and transform their physical body to harmonize with the life forces. I look forward to meeting you where you are and sharing with you an ancient practice that will change your life, for your benefit and for those around you. As long as you maintain your practice, it will continue to take care of you!"
Ancient Taoist saying, "One who practices the Tao will achieve Tao."
Ancient Taoist saying, "One who practices the Tao will achieve Tao."
Lita Buttolph, PhD, DSOM, LAc, Instructor
Lita began studying Wild Goose Qigong in Portland in 1999 from Katy Langstaff and Ann Baker. After practicing for only a few months, she felt immediate health benefits including relief from chronic back pain and digestive problems. She continued to study and practice Wild Goose Qigong. In 2005, she completed her First Set Teacher Training Certificate from Wen Wu School, El Cerrito, CA under the instruction of Master Hui Liu and Dr. Erlene Chiang. She completed her Second Set Teacher Training certification in 2019. She has been teaching Wild Goose Qigong in Portland since 2004 and maintains her teaching certificate from Wen Wu School. Lita has also studied qigong under Master Zhongxian Wu, and Jin Jing Gong with Drs. Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, Tamara Staudt, and William Frazier at the National University of Natural Medicine, where she completed her Doctor of Science of Oriental Medicine.
"I am continually amazed and humbled by this subtle yet profound practice. Wild Goose Qigong has brought me gifts that I never thought possible. It has brought healing to my body, clarity to my mind, and connection to spirit. It keeps me grounded in times of change and uncertainty. I am grateful to my many teachers--Katy Langstaff, Ann Baker, and Master Hui Liu--and to Grandmaster Yang for sharing this form with the world. I am equally grateful to my fellow practitioners and students who have also been my teachers and who inspire me with their courage and dedication. It is a wonderful gift to be able to teach this form. I am honored to share it with others."
"I am continually amazed and humbled by this subtle yet profound practice. Wild Goose Qigong has brought me gifts that I never thought possible. It has brought healing to my body, clarity to my mind, and connection to spirit. It keeps me grounded in times of change and uncertainty. I am grateful to my many teachers--Katy Langstaff, Ann Baker, and Master Hui Liu--and to Grandmaster Yang for sharing this form with the world. I am equally grateful to my fellow practitioners and students who have also been my teachers and who inspire me with their courage and dedication. It is a wonderful gift to be able to teach this form. I am honored to share it with others."
Francine Selke-Minogue, Instructor
Francine first learned Dayan Qigong in 2005 with Lita Buttolph and Katy Langstaff. She then studied under Grand Master Hui Liu and Dr. Erlene Chiang at Wen Wu School, El Cerrito, CA.
Francine completed the First Set Teacher Training Certification in 2015. She has been teaching regularly ever since.
“My love of the Wild Goose Form is profound. And my gratitude for my teachers is immeasurable. When I reflect on my many years of practice, I am awestruck by the myriad ways in which this practice has supported my healing journey. I feel truly fortunate to teach Dayan Qigong within this venerable lineage.”
Francine completed the First Set Teacher Training Certification in 2015. She has been teaching regularly ever since.
“My love of the Wild Goose Form is profound. And my gratitude for my teachers is immeasurable. When I reflect on my many years of practice, I am awestruck by the myriad ways in which this practice has supported my healing journey. I feel truly fortunate to teach Dayan Qigong within this venerable lineage.”
Tatiana Kulbakina-Tannenbaum, LMT, Instructor
"Wild Goose Qigong entered my life in 2007. I was resting in the sun on a green lawn, when a couple started the movements, which enchanted and mesmerized me. I couldn't take my eyes from the Form, that reflected heavenly music and healthy vitality. I joined them and was led to Katy Langstaff and Lita Buttolph-master teachers from Portland. I am forever grateful for the day we met. Wild Goose Qigong is like nothing else--helping me to anchor and be rooted in life. I fell passionately in love with the Form. Katy's and Lita's leadership, caring and warm personalities, deep wisdom and never-ending support are pivotal gems in our community. As a Dayan Qigong Instructor, I am incredibly honored to support our students. My prayer is that the Form will become a bridge of transformation and support on all levels for you as it is for me."
Teresa Farrell, Instructor
"Awakening the Heart," series brought me to Wild Goose Qigong! About five years ago I was drawn to a workshop experiencing the heart through Spacial dynamics, eurythmy, and Wild Goose qigong at my daughter's Waldorf school that Katy Langstaff and Lita Buttolph organized. That led to Friday practice at Lan Su Chinese garden where I fell in love. I am so grateful to my wonderful teachers Katy, Lita, Fran and Tatiana who so patiently teach me this life changing practice.
Also much honor to Grandmaster Yang Mei-Jun, who came in a dream and told me to do this practice, and to Master Hui Liu, Dr. Erlene Chang and all the teachers at the Wen Wu school who bring this form to life. Lastly, I dedicate my practice to my dear husband Rodney who is the catalyst for our daily practice! Couldn't do it without you!
Also much honor to Grandmaster Yang Mei-Jun, who came in a dream and told me to do this practice, and to Master Hui Liu, Dr. Erlene Chang and all the teachers at the Wen Wu school who bring this form to life. Lastly, I dedicate my practice to my dear husband Rodney who is the catalyst for our daily practice! Couldn't do it without you!
Padrice Stewart, Assistant Instructor
"To work with the discrepancies and rending tensions between my own wild energies and the grid-lined technological reality of the modern world, as a young person I began a deep practice of Yang Style Tai Chi Ch'uan and several Qigong animal forms with teacher Michael Phillips in 1991.
Practicing internal arts provided me with a very reliable way to stay engaged with the natural world inside and out of my own body, as I transitioned from growing up in the desert of Sonora into living and working in the city. It also gave me a way to physically withstand and make room for the powerful energies that move through my body.
In 1997, I first studied Wild Goose Qigong with my wonderful teacher Ann Baker here in Portland. Learning and practicing the first set of Dayan Qigong gave me an approach to my own body as a whole smaller earth, a quiet and energetic discipline, subtle and powerful medicine for balancing natural flows.
Master Yang, may her name be praised, is a grand inspiration to me, as are her students and my other teachers Hui Liu, Kathryn Langstaff and Lita Buttolph. While the personal benefits to my own and others' health are undeniable, Qigong helps to restore vitality to all beings, human and non human alike, around whom the practice is done.
If I may I would like to try to share some of the gifts I have been given through this form with others, and may they be received on the path of the return. I look forward to practicing together!"
Practicing internal arts provided me with a very reliable way to stay engaged with the natural world inside and out of my own body, as I transitioned from growing up in the desert of Sonora into living and working in the city. It also gave me a way to physically withstand and make room for the powerful energies that move through my body.
In 1997, I first studied Wild Goose Qigong with my wonderful teacher Ann Baker here in Portland. Learning and practicing the first set of Dayan Qigong gave me an approach to my own body as a whole smaller earth, a quiet and energetic discipline, subtle and powerful medicine for balancing natural flows.
Master Yang, may her name be praised, is a grand inspiration to me, as are her students and my other teachers Hui Liu, Kathryn Langstaff and Lita Buttolph. While the personal benefits to my own and others' health are undeniable, Qigong helps to restore vitality to all beings, human and non human alike, around whom the practice is done.
If I may I would like to try to share some of the gifts I have been given through this form with others, and may they be received on the path of the return. I look forward to practicing together!"
Marilyn Fleming, Assistant Instructor
"In the spring of 2010, facing health issues of heart, lung, sleep, digestion, anxiety, and the pressures of being full-time caretaker for my partner with dementia, I fortuitously stepped into the first season of Wild Goose QiGong practice at my place of refuge, the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Through the 6-month seasons in 2010 and 2011, I joined the "flock" and fine teachers Katy and Lita, entering into a practice which gave me hope and integration, calm and joy and endurance, and drew me into a deep desire and commitment to continue practice and study. From autumn of 2011 to the present I am learning and working with our four inspiring and gifted teachers, Katy, Lita, Fran, and Tatiana, grateful for the invitation to continue deepening my own practice and to work with them offering assistance as the occasion arises. Wild Goose QiGong and flying with our flock has given me a beneficial and comprehensive practice which merges and nourishes my spirit, emotions, mind, and physical well-being. All with enormous gratitude and ever-improving health!"
Michelle Marcyk, Assistant Instructor
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I started Wild Goose Qigong instructional classes with Lita & Katy in 2010 as a compliment to yoga, which became difficult due to injuries. I already had some familiarity with Chinese medicine and meridians, so was curious. Well! I was immediately in love with the graceful, non-stressful, energizing movements of this ancient form AND felt such a beautiful affinity with the community spirit of our Portland "flock." Qigong has been one of my spiritual/physical anchors, seeing me through some major life transitions. It has been supportive of several health issues -- I'm finding that daily practice brings greater awareness of my body and a calmer sense of being to carry through the week.
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