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Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025Time: 9:30am to 2:30pm
Where: The Orange Hub, 10045 156 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, Room #333
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 to help determine interest. Ideally, you would register by Saturday September 20, although registrations will be accepted after this date while spots remain.
The Prairie School of Tai Chi Chuan from Regina invites you to attend a one day retreat where you’ll be able to practice the different systems we teach at our school. Perhaps you have taken a class like this before and want to try it again? Perhaps you’d simply like a chance to try out what we’ve got? Either way, this workshop is for you. The workshop will start at 9:30am, break for lunch at 11:30am, and then resume at 12:30pm until mid-afternoon at 2:30pm.
Morning 9:30am:
Introduction: School, lineage, styles
• Guided standing meditation for tension release
• Loosening Qigong (Lian Yee set)
• Compact Dao Yin set
• Aerobic Qigong: Dragon swinging, Crescent kicks, Lotus kicks, Qi jogging
• Formal Qigong set: Eight Brocades, 1 to 4
• Qigong for Power training: Tai Chi Kwa squats and Horse stance
• Tien Dao Qigong
***Lunch 11:30am***
Afternoon 12:30pm:
• Stretching: Wall stretching and stance stretching
• Formal Qigong set: Eight Brocades, 5 to 8
• 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 of certain techniques will be part of the take-away from the course: 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. 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
The Orange Hub, 10035 156 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5P 2P7, Canada
