Understand Yourself.
Trust Yourself.
ALIGN Your Life.
​Learn to work with your energy instead of against it.
Nature doesn't force.
The seasons change.
Rivers flow around obstacles.
Trees release what no longer serves them and grow again when the time is right.
Everything in nature moves according to its own design.
So do you.
Many of us spend our lives trying to live according to someone else's blueprint, pushing harder, overriding our intuition, ignoring our energy, and wondering why success can still feel exhausting.
What if the answer isn't to do more?
What if the answer is to live in alignment with your own nature?
That is the heart of my work.
I help people understand how they are uniquely designed to move through life and give them practical tools to cultivate the energy needed to live that way. Through personalized insight, qigong, the wisdom of the Five Phases, and holistic practices, we move beyond awareness into embodied transformation.
Because when your energy is aligned, your life follows.
My philosophy
Everything I teach comes back to one question:
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How is your energy moving?
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Is it flowing or stagnant?
Expanding or contracting?
Supported or depleted?
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The answer influences how you think, feel, make decisions, navigate relationships, and experience your purpose.
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My work helps you understand the patterns shaping your energy and provides practical ways to cultivate its flow through movement, awareness, reflection, and alignment with your own nature.
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Because when your energy moves, your life moves too.
Work with Me
ALIGN Journey
My signature work.
This is a deeply personalized experience for those who want more than insight, they want transformation.
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Together, we'll explore your unique energetic patterns and uncover why certain challenges continue to repeat while other opportunities feel natural. Using the Success Codex, my Inner Alignment Map, the wisdom of the Five Phases, and embodied practices, we'll create a practical roadmap for living in greater alignment.
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You'll gain clarity about your natural strengths, your decision-making process, and your life's direction while learning daily practices that help you embody that understanding.
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This isn't about changing who you are.
It's about becoming more fully yourself.
ALIGN Discovery Session
A focused place to begin.
If you're curious about this work, not ready for the entire journey, or seeking clarity around a specific challenge, the ALIGN Discovery Session offers an introduction to your unique energetic design.
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During this personalized session, we'll explore one area of your Success Codex and connect those insights with practical tools drawn from your Inner Alignment Map.
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You may receive personalized movement practices, reflection prompts, energetic techniques, and simple daily rituals designed to help shift stuck patterns and support aligned action.
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You'll leave not only with greater understanding, but with ways to begin living that understanding.
Retreats & Group Work
Transformation happens in rhythm and community.
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My retreats and group experiences create space to step away from the demands of daily life and reconnect with yourself through movement, learning, reflection, and shared experience.
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Inspired by the cycles of nature and the wisdom of the Five Phases, these gatherings explore themes of energy, balance, purpose, and personal growth while providing practical tools you can integrate into everyday life.
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They are an opportunity to slow down, restore, and realign.
Email me to inquire about creating a custom private gathering.
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See the current schedule here.
Tai Chi and Qigong
Movement is medicine for the energy within us.
Tai Chi and Qigong are ancient practices that cultivate awareness, resilience, and the healthy flow of qi throughout the body. ​These practices teach us how to move with intention, regulate our nervous system, release stagnation, and build vitality, not through force, but through presence.
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​While my private work focuses on personalized alignment, these classes provide consistent embodied practice strengthening the foundation that allows clarity to take hold.
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Open to all levels. Taught in person and online.
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Current Class Schedule: Tai Chi Fundamentals
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Mondays 8 am @ LaVita Fitness Center, Portage, WI
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Fridays 8 am @ LaVita Fitness Center, Portage, WI - ADAPTED Version
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Thursdays 10:30 am ONLINE 8-week Class (watch for current openings)
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Some Saturdays @ Pardeeville Library - free to attend
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May 16th & 30th, 9 am (Note TIME CHANGE for Summer)
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June 13th & 27th, 9 am
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July - no Tai Chi in July
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Current Qigong Schedule:
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Wednesdays 8 am @ LaVita Fitness Center, Portage, WI
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Fridays 8:45 am (Shibashi Tai Chi Qigong) @ LaVita Fitness Center, Portage, WI
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Tuesdays in June 9:30 am @ Pardeeville Library Gardens - OUTSIDE Class - free to attend
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June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30​
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Want to bring qigong or tai chi to your organization or event? Email me to schedule a time to chat.
Who I Work With
Maybe you've accomplished many of the things you thought would make you happy, yet something still feels out of alignment.
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Maybe you're standing at a crossroads, asking questions like:
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What is my purpose?
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Why do I keep feeling stuck?
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Why does life feel so hard when I'm trying so hard?
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How do I trust myself again?
I work with people who are ready to stop living according to someone else's expectations and start living according to their own nature.
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Together, we'll explore how your energy is moving, what may be blocking it, and practical ways to cultivate greater clarity, resilience, and alignment.
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This work isn't about becoming someone new. It's about becoming more fully yourself.
About Julie Saalsaa
