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Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024Time: 11am to 4pm (Eastern Time)
Where: 60 Waller street, Ottawa (University of Ottawa facilities)
Cost: Sliding scale between $50 to $70 (payment arrangements can be made). To register for the retreat, please etransfer your payment to [email protected].
Registration dates: Space is limited, so please register at your earliest convenience. If you could register by September 20th, then this would greatly assist me in determining interest. However, if there is space remaining after September 20, then registration is possible right up to the workshop date on September 28.
Instructor: Sifu Eric James
Hello Ottawa! The Prairie School of Tai Chi Chuan invites you to attend a one day retreat where you’ll be able to practice the different systems we teach at the school and some of which you could find at schools in your area. The workshop will start later morning at 11am, break for lunch at 1pm (sorry, it’s a late lunch, but this is due to the studio booking), and then resume at 2pm until mid-afternoon at 4pm. We’ll also try to get in a tea break at some point! I have planned the following agenda, although we may not have time for everything (or, on the other hand, we may even have time for a few more things!) depending on how much time we spend on each technique and area.
Morning 11am:
Introduction: School, lineage, styles
• Guided standing meditation for tension release
• Loosening Qigong (Lian Yee set)
• Compact Badua Jin set
• Aerobic Qigong: Dragon swinging, Crescent kicks, Lotus kicks, Qi jogging
• Formal Qigong set: Crystal Dragon, Part 1
• Qigong for Power training: Tai Chi Kwa squats and Horse stance
• Tien Dao Qigong
***Lunch 1pm***
Afternoon 2pm:
• Stretching: Wall stretching and stance stretching
• Formal Qigong set: Crystal Dragon, Part 2
• Tai Chi Chuan: Tai Chi Walk, Single move rows, Yang 13 form, Push hands, Self-defence demonstrations, and Rolling
• Visualization exercises: 5 organ Qigong, Resistance exercises
• Demonstration by Eric! (time allowing): Sword form and others
• Seated Meditation: Visualizing a form and breathing techniques
• Closing Qigong
Online practice videos will be part of the take-away from the course: This retreat clearly covers a lot of material, so included in this workshop is access to our online "5-Days of Qigong" class videos and practice videos for the Crystal Dragon set. These provide participants with the opportunity to practice a few of the techniques introduced during the retreat in the comfort of their home whenever they like. Study notes included online for the 5-Days of Qigong
Thank for your interest! Space is limited, so please register at your earliest convenience. And, please let us know if you have any questions.
-Sifu Eric James
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
60 Waller St, Ottawa, ON K1N, Canada