2019
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Epi Van de Pol (NL)
Workshop 1 : Effortless push
Workshop 2 : From relaxation to sinking to emptiness
I started training taijiquan in 1975. Yang style in the tradition of Zheng Manqing. Since 1990 student of Peter Ralston and Wee Kee Jin which are my only two teachers since 2001. Wrote many in depth articles in Dutch, German and English taiji magazines. Facilitator in the main international European taiji camps. Chairman for 30 years since 1982 of the Dutch Taijiquan Foundation (STN). Knighted by the Dutch King in 2015 for his national and international unpaid work in the field of taijiquan.
Workshop 1 : Effortless push
Using the air or pushing the person should make no difference in energy spend by relaxing and surrendering to gravity.
Workshop 2 : From relaxation to sinking to emptiness
Relaxation is one of the main principles of taijiquan. You need to be able to let go of tension in order to sink with gravity. Sinking can be form above down or from the feet up. Sinking from the feet down will create emptiness which is one of the highest goals in pushing hands.
Claudy Jeanmougin (FR)
Workshop 1: Fencing sword
Workshop 2: Lombaries injuries! How to remedy ? Many solutions with some exercises.
A student of Master Wang Yen-nien, who died the morning of the 4th May 2008 in Taipei, Claudy teaches Taiji quan since 1985. In 1983, he trained at Kaivalyadhama Center in Lonavla, and got his diploma from the State of India, to teach yoga. His teaching, based on these two disciplines, also relies on, articulation biomechanics and the Chinese energy. Since 2004, Claudy follows Qigong courses with Mark Atkinson, a student of Zhang Guangde. He is the current president of the Europeen College of Teachers of the Yangjia Michuan Taiji quan and participated as mediator at Jasnières, as well as at Taichi Caledonia. As osteopath and acupuncturist, Claudy, above all, Advocates the respect of physical and mental integrity. Claudy likes to say that his greatest Master is, his students who with each class, helps him to continue his path.
Workshop 1: Fencing sword
Decoding the long sword chapters extracted from the Wu Bei Zhi (Manual of Military Preparation) written by Yao Yuanyi in 1621. This is to interpret an ancient text based on the principles that govern Taiji quan. Attack technics and ripostes with protections. This workshop is limited to 20 persons.
Workshop 2: Lombaries injuries! How to remedy ? Many solutions with some exercises. Many solutions with some exercises. Many people are suffering from the lombar area. Some exercises coming from Taiji quan preparation and Qigong are proposed in order to calm pain and eradicated the problems.
Georges Saby (FR)
Workshop 1: Wave taijiquan
Workshop 2: Qigong and TUI-Shou centering
Georges Saby studied the principles of qi since 40 years Taijiquan, Baguazhang, MTC, Shiatsu,
Projection of qi. Professional teacher. Creative: Wuji Qigong and Wuji Cane 14 years ago. His book Universal Qigong is very complete presents the theory received from the study of a multitude of schools. He teaches in French, a poco de Castellano, some English!
Workshop 1: Wave taijiquan
Workshop 2: Qigong and TUI-Shou centering
Scott Chaplowe (US/UK)
Workshop 1 + 2 : Tai Chi Eyebrow Staff – Partner Play
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Scott has been practicing and teaching internal martial arts for over 22 years. Tai chi is his primary focus, including Yangjia Michuan form, eyebrow staff, and pushing hands. This is complimented with a background in other martial arts, yoga, and Chinese acupressure - in short, a mixed bag. Primary teachers include Serge Dreyer (taichi form, staff and pushing), Lauren Smith (pushing), Veera VassantaChart (staff), Mark Stewart (Jeet Kune Do), and Robert Byner (Ryu-Te). Scott has taught tai chi in Asia (Taiwan, Thailand, and Sri Lanka), the United States and Europe. He currently resides in London, (but that can change). Contact information: sgchaplowe@yahoo.com
Workshop 1 + 2: Tai Chi Eyebrow Staff – Partner Play
This workshop will introduce staff movements for two people, stressing tai chi principles through work with a partner. Like the choreographed movements of “da lu,” we will play with listening to and responding to another person’s movement with a staff. The workshop will focus on body alignment, footwork, opening and closing distance. Movements are sequenced to emphasize physics and flow rather than brute strength; redirecting and neutralizing force with the staff. The workshop is suitable for both beginners and more advanced practitioners of all styles. Please bring a smooth staff of eyebrow height, and a fun, curious, open attitude.
Luigi Zanini (IT)
Workshop 1 : Six healing sounds according to Ma Litang
Workshop 2 : Bagua Chansigong
Luigi Zanini (Vicenza, Italy) teaches Baguazhang and Qigong since 30 years. He has trained in Chinese and non Chinese Martial Arts since the age of 17 studying under a wide range of teachers at international level. His background goes to Shaolin systems, Xingyiquan, Yiquan, Taijiquan, Krav Maga and others, as also in Chinese Traditional Medicine and Meditation. He teaches in Italy and Europe since 1990 attending major events and passing on his experience to his students. He wrote three books on Kungfu and many articoles in different languages.
Workshop 1 : Six Healing Sounds, according to the School of Ma Litang. This simple but very effective Qigong method, based on the Five Energies theory, helps to relax and tonificate the body on a deep level in a short time. Is also very good to reestablish balance and prevent illnesses.
Workshop 2 : Bagua Chansigong. The skills of a flexible body are highly praised in Baguazhang, and they can offer a healthy aging and a strong body. We will practice some of the movements that are used in Baguazhang as a main companion for keeping well and also making the body structure strong.
Almut Schmitz (DE)
Workshop 1: Mobilizing the flow of force through the body – the vertical silk reeling exercises
Workshop 2: Working on body structure by standing still
Almut Schmitz started to learn Taijiquan and Qigong with Christel Proksch (Zheng Manqing form), since 1994 she is learning Chen style Taijiquan with Jan Silberstorff and Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang and Qigong with various teachers. She has been teaching for more than thirty years, is mother of two children and editor of the Taijiquan & Qigong Journal.
Workshop 1: Mobilizing the flow of force through the body – the vertical silk reeling exercises
In the “Silk reeling exercises”, Cansigong, we train in simple movement patterns basic principles like moving from the center, the continuous change between Yin and Yang and leading Qi with attention. They are especially useful for uniting physical movement, flow of energy and attention and for becoming aware of this unity.
The vertical level of movement is the basis for the transmission of force from the feet upward through the body to the hands. It is already being practiced within the womb, but often neglected later in life because of limited movement habits and tensions. In the vertical circles of the Cansigong we consciously activate this level in connection with the Dantian and the Small Heavenly Circuit.
Workshop 2: Working on body structure by standing still
“Standing like a pole” (Zhanzhuang) is a basic exercise in Qigong as well as in martial arts, which gives us – among other benefits – the chance to deeply perceive and develop our own structure. Physical and mental/emotional stability can thus grow equally. In the workshop we will go through a simple form of practice and deal with modes of correcting ourselves from within as well as correcting others from outside. This way we can obtain impulses for our own practice as well as for teaching.
Tjeerd Verbeek (NL)
Workshop 1+2: Psoas release exercises (PRE)
Tjeerd Verbeek (1968) practises tai chi and qigong since 1992. Main teachers: Epi van de Pol, Peter Ralston (Cheng Hsin), Lauren Smith and Isaac Shapiro (Advaita Vedanta). Teaching full-time since 2001 with focus on business tai chi. Favourite subjects: pushing hands, meditation, bodywork and postural alignment. Lives and works in Utrecht, the Netherlands. www.tai-chi.nl
Workshop 1+2: Psoas release exercises (PRE)
PRE is a series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress and tension. It safely activates a natural shaking reflex that releases tension and calms down the nervous system. These spontaneous shaking movements are called 'neurogenic tremors' and are also known as 'kriyas' in yoga. One of their main effects is the relaxation of the psoas muscle, allowing for free movement and energy flow around the hip joints. Knowing and being able to activate this proces can greatly benefit qigong and tai chi practitioners.
Helmut Oberlack (DE)
Workshop 1 + 2 : Taiji-Qigong (Shibashi)
Helmut Oberlack has studied Yang Style Taijiquan since 1981 and Qigong since 1984. His main instructors: Christel Proksch and Sui Qingbo. He teaches Qigong at an instructors training for the Hamburg Gymnastics Association and is publisher of Taijiquan & Qigong Journal.
Workshop: Taiji-Qigong (Shibashi)
Taiji-Qigong is a relatively new Qigong-style, developed in the 80s. It combines the relaxed and harmonic flow of Taiji-movements with the conscious breathing and imagination (Yi) of Qigong. This workshop is an introduction to this system, suitable for all levels.
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Judith Van Drooge (NL)
Workshop 1 + 2 : Self-coaching and Tai Chi
Judith van Drooge has practised Yang Lineage Tai Chi Chuan with Luis Molera and Grandmaster William C.C. Chen since 1999, with great pleasure and devotion. She is an all-round practitioner who successfully competed in national and international tournaments attaining gold, silver and bronze medals in Forms (weapons), Chi Kung and Push Hands. Judith has her own school in Zwolle, the Netherlands and has been a regular teacher at most of the major European Tai Chi events. www.inner-touch.nl
Workshop 1 + 2 : Self-coaching and Tai Chi
You are your own best coach, your outstanding adviser, your most valuable teacher for life. You probably practice self-coaching every day. When you consciously spin a thought to make it happening. How do you communicate with yourself? Research and wonder. Through your awareness and attention during breathing, moving, talking you give them quality. Tai Chi, Qigong, Push Hands are tools that gives reflection on how you handle yourself. Help yourself and be that supportive coach, realize, make connections. We are going to test our grounding and investigate the benefits of relaxation, body posture and breathing. All levels.
Roberta Polizzi (IT)
Workshop 1 + 2: Wandering over the Earth on a Dragon and Contemplating the Sun and the Moon, a Set of 8 Sitting Brocades
I’ve been practicing Taiji in the tradition of Zheng Manqing since 1996 and Waterstyle (LiuHe BaFa) after Dr. Tao Ping-Siang since 2006. My main Qigong teachers have been Dr. Gitta Bach and the taoist Zhi Chang Li.
I am most fascinated by the fineness of Taiji body-work, its meaning in terms of awareness and the possibilities it offers for exploring interaction. I love Qigong for the directness of its approach.
Workshop 1 + 2: Wandering over the Earth on a Dragoon and Contemplating the Sun and the Moon, a Set of 8 Sitting Brocades.
This set is not only good for moments of weakness, or where there are difficulties in standing for any reasons: moments, in which one maybe very much in need of a good practice! The sitting position also facilitates the awareness for the mobility and connection of the spine around the central line, turning the sequence into a valuable learning tool. The last of these Brocades is a lovely Qigong in stillness. In a way, the whole set seems to prepare for entering a space of simple presence, in which to linger for a while at the end of the session. And how good a rest, after the exciting journey on the back of the Dragon!
We will first explore the main directions of movement of the spine - gentle waving front to back, side to side, and spiraling - which builds the core of the exercises. We then study the Set, four movements each day, playing the whole Set on the second day. All welcome!
Isabelle Boitière (FR)
Workshop 1 + 2 : Applications saber/spear
She practices tai chi since 1993 and teaches since 1999. She achieved her French certification in 2001.
Her teachers: Dan Docherty and Patrice Becker, Godfrey Dornelly, Bob Lowey.
She is a member of the technical committee of the French Federation of Tai Chi Chuan. She is functioning as judge for professional certification as well as in national and European champion ships.
From 2002 to 2012 participated in French, European, solo and group competitions,
and won medals in the shape of hands and shapes with weapons.
In 2006, he won a hand-shaped medal and a bronze medal in sword at the World Championship in China.
Workshop 1 and 2: sabre/spear applications
We will practice some martial applications in sword against spear, and then follow them up with a short choreography.
Thank you if you can bring your sword and lance (or long stick). Open to all!
Nous pratiquerons quelques applications martiales sabre contre lance, et les enchaînerons en une courte chorégraphie.
Merci si vous le pouvez d'amener votre sabre et votre lance (ou bâton long). Ouvert à tous !
Mauro Bertoli (IT)
Workshop 1: three phases of the inner circle
Workshop 2: centers: how to feel and move them
Mauro Bertoli started his martial education when he was still a child, first practising Judo and after going on with Karate.
In 1987 he began to practise Tai Chi Chuan “Yang” style, with the Master Chang Dsu Yao. After the death of the Founder, he attended several events and seminars held by eminent figures of the field.
In 1995 he was acquainted with Master Yang Lin Sheng and he became his student, learning mainly Tai Chi Chuan “Chen” style and Yi Chuan.
In 2001 he went on a long study tour around China, practising with many Masters.
In 2013, together with a group of qualified friends, he created ARTY (Associazione Ricerche Taijiquan Yiquan) with the aim of spreading and enhancing these disciplines. mauro_bert@libero.it
Workshop 1 :three phases of the inner circle
Workshop 2 : centers: how to feel and move them
Both are open to all levels, especially for beginners…
Cate Wallis (CH)
Workshop 1+2 : Reeling Silk
Cate Wallis has been a direct student since 1990 and was recognized by Master Chen Xiaowang as part of the 20th Chen in July 2007.
Born in Switzerland, a mother who writes, and a father who is a musician at heart... with a priority option... to live her passions! First horses, then photography, then Tai-Chi.
At the age of 20 in 1968, she lived in Paris until 1975 as a photographer:
reports - exhibitions - record covers - show business - production of photography books:
The beauty of the horse,two federal scholarships in Switzerland: birds, movement...
Travels - reports - begins to practice karate - discovers martial arts.... 1975 / 1977 Japan - a stay of nearly two years in a professional Aikido school and first contact with Tai-Chi!
Back in Switzerland, she opened a martial arts school in Biel (Cate is a black belt in Aikido - Karate - Jiu Jitsu).
3 years later, a great trip to China - on her return, she stopped teaching the other martial arts to devote herself entirely to Tai-Chi.
1982 Birth of the school: TAI-CHI DO intensive courses throughout Switzerland, Tai-Chi becomes a full-time occupation and remains so until today!
Tai-Chi becomes my path...
I like this sentence that says: we teach that which we have decided to learn!
Workshop 1+2 : Reeling Silk
Taichi Chen
Reeling Silk
The content and form
Understanding and feeling.
The principle and the game.
We will practice these basic forms, with all the rigor and precision taught by Master Chen Xiaowang.
Create this silk thread, unwind it, wind it, recognize it, feel it... and with this silk thread of our Chi, our vital energy, we will have fun creating, embroidering, understanding our journey, understanding the circle, the fluidity, the dance of Yin and Yang.
We'll look for the understanding of the posture that will allow us to not be an imposture...
Maria Nedelcheva (BG)
Workshop 1: Warm up with breathing and qigong
Workshop 2: Basic Yang Taiji sword techniques
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Maria Nedelcheva, Twice European champion 2015 - in traditional Taijiquan and traditional Wushu. European vice champion 1995 in competitive Taijiquan 42. Winner of a number medals and cups of prestigious international competitions. Owner of 4th Duan technical level to the European Wushu Grading System(EWGS). Owner of "red level" - Master /8-th generation/ in the traditional Old Yang Taiji School in Taiwan. Judge at European Wushu and Taiji championships.
President, head coach in Wushu/Taiji/Qigong and founder/1989/ of Kalagia Association and Bulgarian Yang Taiji Martial Arts Association.
Education and qualifications: National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) - Drama Acting and Pantomime; National Sports Academy (NSA) - a professional Wushu coach; Specialised course at Beijing Diplomatic College for Chinese language and culture (including Taiji and Wushu). Specialised taiji trainings in Taiwan.
Styles and teachers: Traditional Old Yang Taiji - quan, dao, jian, bang, shan - Prof. Teng Shi Hai, Yang Ting Wei, Antoine Ly, Su Jianyong.
Yang Taiji - quan and weapons - Prof. Li Qiao Ling, Xiao Qin, Sun Zheng Guan.
Wushu - chang quan, dao/saber/, jian/sword/, gun/staff/, qiang/spear/, traditional Shaolin quan, gun, jian - Prof. Li Qiao Ling, Xiao Qin, Sun Zheng Guan, Li Ya Jun, Valerii Malakhov. Qigong - Lin Kai Ting, Sun Zheng Guan, Wan Jian Jun, Dr. Sheng Fei. TCM - Dr. Chan Chia Yuan.
Workshop 1:
Warm up with breathing and qigong techniques: "Opening the meridians, stretching, coordination, flexibility"
- the main techniques and positions in Wushu - the basis of Taiji
/a set of exercises that improve health, rejuvenate the body, it helps improve the quality of implementation of Taiji/
Workshop 2:
- Basic Yang Taiji sword techniques - structure and improvement / official standards /
Suitable for all levels
Tamara Graf (DE)
Workshop 1 + 2: Qigong for women
Naturopath, studied Qigong and Taijiquan of Christel Proksch since 1988. In 1993 she followed qigong teacher education in Laoshan Institute. Since 20 years, she regularly participates in Daoyin Yangsheng Gong workshops with Gordon Faulkner and Wilhelm Mertens. For three years she followed an advanced course in Qigong for women (Nudangong and Hui Chun Gong) with Renate Kuschke.
Workshop: Qigong for women
Exercises for cleaning, harmonization and improvement of the vital energy of the woman. The exercises are easy to follow and suitable for each age and all levels
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Bob Lowey (GR)
Workshop 1 + 2 : Daoyin Yangsheng Gong
Bob began his Martial Arts experience in the early 70’s with his first master - Master Jo Bell and has since studied with Sifu Gordon Faulkner, Master You Xuande - Wudang Mountain China, Professor Zhang Guande and Master Hu Xiao Fei- Beijing Sports University, China.
He founded the & Stars School of Taijiquan in 1986, originated and directed the largest Martial Arts Festival in Scotland in 1993 and ‘94. Co-founded Tai Chi Caledonia, Has written numerous articles for magazines and participated in Taijiquan / Qigong events throughout Europe.
Currently he is the founder and director of Qigongtauk (Qigong Teachers Association UK) where he schedules 2 yearly Qigong training courses at Europe's largest Tibetan Temple - Samye Ling.
Over the weekend, bob will provide two 2 hour workshops from the system of Daoyin Yangsheng Gong that incorporates Medical Qigong where you will be taught specific acupuncture points to each exercise.
Both Forms are for any level.
Workshop 1 : The first Form - Shuxin Pingxue Gong Er, deals with aspects of the cardiac system and has eight movements:
Daoyin Yangsheng Gong, Shuxin Pingxue Gong Forme du Cœur 2
1- Le cerf-volant perce dans le ciel
2- Qilin recrache un livre
3- Deux sommets de montagne font la sourde oreille
4- Deux papillons colorés volent ensemble
5- Les ailes protègent les oisillons
6- L’hirondelle pourpre vole sur le côté
7- Le tigre blanc entre par l’ouverture
8- Une marche relaxante dans une cour tranquille
Workshop 2 : The second Form - He Wei Jian Pi Gong 2eForme, deals with harmonising the stomach and reinforcing the spleenand has eight movements:
Harmoniser l’estomac, renforcer la rate
1- Toutes les rivières conduisent à la mer
2- Le cerf sacré rassemble le bonheur
3- Le tigre blanc soutient la poutre du toit
4- Nourrir la grande harmonie
5- Le cerf et la grue profitent du printemps
6- Les trois Yang portent chance
7- Le marteau d’or frappe l’estomac au point Shu
8- Le phénix apporte un salut
Jean-Luc Perot (FR)
Workshop 1 : QiGong 4 elements
Workshop 2 : Dynamic breathing
My background in TaiJiQuan/QiGong. I started martial arts in 1962 judo - karatedo. In 76 I got a Bachelor in Physical Education.For years, I've tried out different feelings about dancing (tango - free practice and choregraphies), Rythm (Taketina, Shamanic ) .
Nowadays, my practice is inspired by the spirit of Danza Duende and Choresophy (Yumma Mudra et Michel Raji) searching for self- improvement, sharing and inspiring a vision of living together in an open-hearted society, in a better world.
Workshop 1 : QiGong 4 elements
Based on four elements Fire, Water, Earth and Air centered on oneself at the "Intermediate" level (but Open to everyone).
Workshop 2 : Dynamic breathing
Dynamic breathing and a short set to be quietly meditated and/or danced.( Cardiac Coherency with music by Anthony Doux)
Open to everyone open-minded and ready for experimentation.
Nils Klug (DE)
Workshop 1: „yield and wait“
Workshop 2: expanding (uprooting)
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Nils Klug has been learning Taijiquan since 1990. In 1993, he opened his first school. Over the years, he has taught at numerous Taijiquan meetings and has held workshops in Germany and abroad. To enable cross-style exchange in Taijiquan, Nils has been organizing the International Push Hands Meeting in Hannover since 2001. He also runs the website taiji-forum.com which aims to promote Chinese internal arts and to showcase the many ways in which Taijiquan, Qigong and other Chinese internal arts are taught and practiced worldwide.
Nils is a student of Grandmaster William C. C. Chen (New York) and is authorized by him to teach his Taijiquan. Grandmaster Chen, who has been teaching Taijiquan for over sixty years, was a student of Professor Cheng Man Ching, as well as Nils’ second teacher Dr. Tao Ping Siang (Taiwan, †2006) who also has had a major influence on his understanding of Taijiquan and Push Hands.
Push Hands
Workshop 1: „yield and wait“
Workshop 2: expanding (uprooting)
open for beginners and advanced
Patrick Jeannotat (CH)
Workshop 1 : Bafa - The Eight Methods / Energies of Tai Chi Chuan
Workshop 2 : Leverage Tui Shu applications
Nicole Henriot (CH)
Workshop 1+2 : Essential movements common to all styles
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Nicole Henriot was Lizelle Reymond's student and attended internships with her teacher Dee Chao, himself a student of Cheng Man Ching.
In 1989, she joined the Wang Yen-Nien school. She is a member of the European College of Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan. Currently she is continuing her training in Paris with Charles Li who was a student of Master Wang.
After a trip to China in 2007, she regularly follows the teaching of Master Liu Chang Xiang, a Taoist monk from the Quanzhen Dao school, for the practice of Neidan and Qigong.
Together with a few colleagues, she initiated the creation of "centrÂge ", an association that brings together and trains practitioners to teach Taiji and Qigong to the elderly.
She has been teaching in Lausanne (CH) since 1994.
Workshop 1+2 : Essential movements common to all styles
By taking as a basis for work some key gestures of Taiji Quan, we will identify the essential movements that are the common good to any style and make the originality and richness of Chinese internal arts. All levels.
Raquel Jesus (PT/NL)
Workshop 1+ 2: STILL CHI KUNG: prenatal reality in the here and now
Raquel Jesus is a body-centred coach, specialised in pre and perinatal somatic healing and committed with the practice of zhan zhuang chi kung since 2008. She facilitates classes and workshops in Amsterdam and collaborates currently with the Dutch Veterinary Acupuncture School.
She approaches this ancient art as a way to cultivate physical and energetic health, foster somatic awareness, activate the body’s inherent intelligence and synchronise the inner and outer nature.
Raquel studied in the Traditional Chinese Medicine School in Lisbon-Portugal and pursued her chi kung practice in the Netherlands, under the guidance of Peter den Dekker, a renowned teacher and author of the book “The Dynamics of Standing Still”.
www.raqueljesus-coaching.com
Workshop 1+ 2: STILL CHI KUNG: prenatal reality in the here and now
Still chi kung is a core practice for body-energy awareness, health, resistance and martial ability. It consists of postural training, apparently without movement, but full of internal dynamics.
The decrease in external movement, invites the focus to go inside and activates the structural balance within the body.
The fundamental qualities of relation to gravity, earth connection, centering, boundaries, social engagement, equilibrium, growth and free expression can be explored in depth.
These basic qualities are greatly influenced by our early experiences - from pre-conception to birth.
It is during this primal time, that our deepest foundations for life are being formed.
Therefore, our life-forming experiences remain with us as a hidden daily reality. They unconsciously inform our posture, breathing, expression and how we relate with the world.
By way of postural standing, sitting or laying down, we will explore within the internal dynamics of stillness and slow movement, the presence of the prenatal reality.
Exploring with the practice of still chi kung our early personal history, offers new possibilities for structural alignment, energy flow and self-development.
Petra Orth (DE)
Welcome program: Tai-Chi and singing
Sound is a form of Qi. We can perceive it on the one hand by listening and on the other hand by the vibrations of the body, through sensations. Over time, listening and feeling, supported by the other senses, can lead to a synergistic collaboration that gives us information about sound, even if we can no longer say exactly what meaning this information gave us in the beginning.