Isabel Calpe
Founder of the Qi Gong School of Verticality
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MORNING BREATHWORK SESSIONS AT CASA BATLLÓ
With a PhD in Anthropology, she completed her studies at the University of Barcelona and seminars at the École d’Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. For over 25 years, she has been researching and teaching Vertical Qi Gong, a body practice, self-healing method, and path to human growth, integrating the dual Taoist and Chan traditions and a multidisciplinary scientific approach.
She earned her doctorate with a thesis on Qi Gong, a pioneer in the field of anthropology, and is the author of the book “Qi Gong: Body Practice and Chinese Thought” (Editorial Kairós, 4th ed., February 2025).
She has taught courses, lectures, and seminars at various universities, educational and cultural centers. She directs the Vertical Qi Gong School, where she teaches various courses, including “Build Your Verticality,” which fuses science and traditional wisdom and provides tools to improve comprehensive physical and emotional well-being and promote balance in all dimensions of being.
With a PhD in Anthropology, she completed her studies at the University of Barcelona and seminars at the École d’Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. For over 25 years, she has been researching and teaching Vertical Qi Gong, a body practice, self-healing method, and path to human growth, integrating the dual Taoist and Chan traditions and a multidisciplinary scientific approach.
She earned her doctorate with a thesis on Qi Gong, a pioneer in the field of anthropology, and is the author of the book “Qi Gong: Body Practice and Chinese Thought” (Editorial Kairós, 4th ed., February 2025).
She has taught courses, lectures, and seminars at various universities, educational and cultural centers. She directs the Vertical Qi Gong School, where she teaches various courses, including “Build Your Verticality,” which fuses science and traditional wisdom and provides tools to improve comprehensive physical and emotional well-being and promote balance in all dimensions of being.
