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Meet Christopher Grant

As Co-Founder of Great Energy, Christopher brings together technical excellence and embodied wisdom, weaving engineering and education to support the vision and infrastructure of all our offerings.

🌟 Christopher Grant, RYT500 🌟

Cornell University Computer Engineer

Yoga, Qigong, Breathwork & Meditation Teacher

Business Systems Architect

Hi, I’m Christopher.

I live at the intersection of two worlds that rarely meet with ease: Business development and inner practice.

I am an entrepreneur who builds businesses, systems, websites, and online platforms. 

I also teach meditation, yoga, and qigong for Great Energy.

For most of my life, these layers seemed unrelated. Eventually I learned they were inseparable. The clarity that allows someone to structure a business is the same clarity needed to refine an inner life. 

Meditation, rather than being something separate from my work, is a fertile ground where solutions are revealed, initiatives birthed, and simple next steps are listened for.

Whether I’m helping a student understand a particular practice, or helping a client refine their business offerings, the same energy comes through.

People often describe feeling clear, grounded, and relaxed in my presence.

A Short Version of my Story

I didn’t come to meditation from a peaceful life.

My teen years and early 20’s were full of anxiety, sleepless nights, restlessness, and the kind of inner agitation that makes it hard to feel at home in your own skin. I spent years trying to outrun myself. Drugs were part of that story. Numbing was part of that story. Escapism was everything to me then.

Eventually the futility caught up with me. I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. I reached the point where I knew I could not keep going the way I had been going. Something in me cracked. Something in me asked for a different life. I fell to my knees, crying, and prayed for help - many times.

When, through the Grace of this heart-felt prayer I found the right teachers and the right practices - or maybe they found me, the shift began.

Yoga, qigong, breathwork, and meditation gave me a way to meet myself instead of escaping myself. Slowly, steadily, quietly, these practices helped me find a kind of peace I had only imagined before - a treasure that had been within me the whole time without my realizing it.

These practices, which serve as a kind of therapeutic medicine did not fix my life. It gave me a way to live my life from the inside out. It gave me access to clarity, steadiness, and the inner peace that had eluded me for decades.

Addiction started to lose its grip and I stayed on the path.

Today, more than 10 years sober, I help others find that same treasure within themselves.

Testimonial:
 “Christopher has a way of helping you feel safe enough to see what’s actually going on inside. It’s grounding and deeply relieving.”

There and Back Again - A Yogi’s Tale

My 30 year path through many schools of yoga, qigong, and meditation was long, winding, and full of detours. I tried to meditate in college and couldn’t sit still. I tried again in New York City and fled the room. When it started to click, I didn’t enter through stillness - I entered through movement. Through sweat. Through exhaustion. Through the wildness of my own mind. Through the felt sensations in my own actual body.

If you’d like to read the long story - the teachers, the schools, the methods, the injuries, the breakthroughs - you can read the full version here:

▶️ Read: There and Back Again – A Yogi’s Tale (coming soon)

Christopher’s Approach

My approach to both teaching and business system development is rooted in a few simple commitments:

  • No unnecessary complexity - keep things as simple as possible

  • Honest, Right-fitting solutions - honor budget and time constraints and the person in front of me

  • Clarity first - understanding is key to planning

  • Steady, consistent practice and effort over time

Whether I’m helping a client build a website and sales funnel or guiding someone in their own inner meditation, my intention is the same:

To help you access the treasure within you, so you can share your gifts with others in a natural, honest way.

Testimonial:
 “Christopher helped me see the real structure of my work and what I’m actually here to offer.”

Why I Do This Work

I know what it’s like to feel lost, scattered, or disconnected from yourself. I know what it’s like to sit on your own gifts without knowing how to tap in. I spent years, decades, frustrated, sad, anxious and depressed.

I’ve met people with extraordinary gifts who are stuck simply because they don’t know how to bring their work into a right-fitting business plan. 

I’ve met people who long for meditation but struggle to access it, since they are following someone else's access method, not their own.

My work is to help you uncover your true treasure within and support you in bringing it into the world - with clarity, structure, and steadiness.

Who I Serve

I work with:

  • Coaches

  • Healers

  • Yoga teachers

  • Course creators

  • Community leaders

  • Educators

  • Meditation students

  • Those sick and tired of being sick and tired….

Most people find me at a moment of transition when they are ready for focus, structure, and the next right step.

If you are frustrated right now, or seeking a new way, we are well-met.

Ways to Work With Me

Engineering and Creation

I build business systems that support coaches, healers, and creators in delivering their work to the world with clarity and alignment.

▶️ Read about those services here

Teaching in Great Energy Courses

I teach meditation, yoga, breathwork, and qigong inside our group programs to help students uncover their inner steadiness.

▶️ Read about my teaching here

Private Meditation Coaching

My only 1-on-1 offering - a one-month private meditation course designed to help you discover the meditation approach that actually works for you.

▶️ Read about private meditation

Background & Credentials

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Cornell University

  • Developer of web systems since 1995 (hundreds of completed projects)

  • Certified Teacher of yoga, qigong, breathwork, and meditation

  • Business systems architect and marketing funnel strategist

  • Co-Founder of Great Energy

I bring both precision and presence into every space I join.

Featured Conversations & Teachings

Qigong Morning 'Magic 5' with Christopher - Learn Healing Qigong for Free (14 minutes)

Learn Great Energy Healing Qigong 'Feel Your Chi'
(9 mins)

How to Wear the World Lightly in Chaotic Times - from Great Energy (8 mins)

A Little Personal Detail

I live and work alongside my Beloved partner, Daniela Hess.

We teach together, build together, and raise our family with the same principles we teach: steadiness, clarity, simplicity, and love.

Scope & Orientation

Christopher’s work is educational, supportive, and grounded. He does not position himself as a therapist or medical provider. He stands alongside people, offering clarity, structure, and guidance rooted in alignment and lived practice.

How do I connect with Daniela?

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Join Daniela for Sacred Sunday- a monthly free online experience

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Scope & Orientation

Daniela’s work is educational, experiential, and supportive.

She does not position herself as a medical provider or guru.

She stands alongside people, offering tools, practices, and perspective rooted in integrity, self-trust, and choice.