Longwater Tai Chi - Workshops

Sometimes it is beneficial to immerse yourself in a subject; to give yourself more time to absorb an intricate flow of thought or feeling. Longwater Tai Chi provides weekend workshops in two formats, to suit your available time - half day (3 to 4 hours for £30) and full day (6 hours incl. time off for lunch for £50).

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Longwater Workshop Summaries

EG1 - Energy Gates 1	"Stand in the Gentle Rain" Detailed standing alignments that allow you to release blockages and open the chi flow in your body; how to transfer weight and turn.
EG2 - Energy Gates 2	"Stoking the Body Boilers" Basic standing alignments and chi scan; how to transfer weight and turn; activate the lower body with Swing 1.
EG3 - Energy Gates 3	"Going for Gold" Must have attended EG1 or EG2 - full day only. Using Clouds Hands qigong and the swings you learn to bend and stretch from the waist; relax open the joints; rotate your tissue and free it from the bone; release the spine with the unique Taoist spinal stretch.
DT1 - Dragon & Tiger 1	"Awakening Your Chi" Recognise what is chi and learn how to feel it; discover your diaphragm and the basics of longevity breathing; how to transfer weight and turn; open your heart meridian with Dragon & Tiger Medical Chi Gung Move 4.
DT2 - Dragon & Tiger 2	"Refreshing your Chi" Must have attended DT1. Feeling chi using different hand techinues; how to move chi along the main acupuncture meridians; a review of Dragon & Tiger Medical Chi Gung Move 1, plus learn Move 2.
DT3 - Dragon & Tiger 3	"Go with the Flow" Must have attended DT1 and DT2 day workshops. Full day only - a reivew of Dragon & Tiger Medical Chi Gung Moves 1 to 5; clear and unifiy your chi with Moves 6 and 7; learn the transition moves that put the whole set together.
EH1 - Marriage 1 SUN MAY 23rd DOWNTON	"The Marriage of Heaven and Earth" Basic standing alignments and Chi Scan; leviate your back and spine problems with the two part move that is the Marriage of Heaven and Earth; using the breath within the move; pulsing the joints within the move (as time permits).
TC1 - Tai Chi Intro	"An Introduction to Tai Chi" Basic standing alignments and chi scan; how to transfer weight and turn; learn to bend and stretch from the waist; moving in alignment using the soap bubble form; Wu-style Tai Chi Move 1 as a relaxation exercise.
CIRC - Circling Hands SAT JULY 31st Radnor Hall, Bodenham	"Circling Hands" with Brian Cooper Circling hands is a basic set of movements designed to initiate the power of circularity into your nervous system. Learning these movements also greatly helps students to achieve the opening & closing of the joints and cavities of the body.