tthew hasStory Nicole Walters and Mathew Francis. Photo by Fernando Esponda.
In 2025, do you long to experience balance, harmony, and mindfulness in the body, in real time? As we look back and discover what our ancestors did to find a centered life stance, traditions of the East and West offer us wisdom.
Many of the Christian contemplative traditions of the West look to silence and stillness, but not to embodied practices that help us breathe with purpose and ease and move with deliberation and intention.
One way to bring this ancient wisdom into our lives today is through the practice of Unity Tai Ji Qi Gong, which is supported by St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Inverness.
Mathew Francis founded The Unity Praxis in early 2000’s, bringing together dedicated to Christian Discipleship and Tai Ji practice. The Unity Praxis is a method of movement, meditation, prayer, contemplation, and stillness refined over many years.
Mathew guides people to a deeper experience of life through faith, practice, and business. He shares learnings from his personal spiritual journey balancing work, life, and family through the wisdom of Eastern and Western traditions. He is currently President of Pacific Rim Advisory Group, a Business Strategy & Development and Family Succession firm.
Mathew connected with Father Vincent Pizzuto at St. Columba’s in 2019 when he felt in his spirit that he needed to refocus his personal discipleship in a more disciplined Christian contemplative practice. Since that time, a community has formed around The Unity Praxis and meets via Zoom four mornings a week to learn and practice these techniques. St. Columba’s Inverness supports and actively participates in these weekly sessions.
Community members meet together to explore standing meditation, embodied experiential prayer, breathwork, postures, life stances, and movements that are synchronized and expressive of traditional Christian prayer, Buddhist, and Taoist Wisdom traditions. In addition to the regular weekly meetings, The Unity Praxis and St. Columba’s Inverness also regularly host in-person and online seminars that explore embodied contemplative practices.
Join us as together, we are building balance, center, and harmony to live, move, and have our being in Christ. The Unity Praxis community provides resources to be a source of stability and security in community and faith building. To find out more and get a link to join the community, contact Mathew Francis at [email protected].
