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The Hestercombe Chi Gung Group At The Memorial Hall, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset TA2 8JY
We are interested in recruiting more members to the group. There are usually opportunities for newcomers in January and September. We invite you to apply by writing to express your interest to contact@bigger-picture.net. Beginners Class
The foundation of practice in chigung and also taichi depends on grounding, opening and closing your 'energy gates' and on certain principles that constitute the 'energy architecture' of the body. Beginners classes introduce you to these 'essential elements'. The first set of exercises you learn in these classes is called Shibashi, which means 'eighteen movements'. This form is suitable for anyone to learn, including the active over 60s. It brings health and mobility benefits relatively quickly and easily. To learn the form with a basic degree of proficiency usually takes ten to twelve classes. Then we move on to other chigung exercises to add more precision and flow to your practice. After about nine months to a year most students can perceive the chi circulating in their bodies. Increasingly they experience both the energising and relaxing effect of chigung. Cost: £48 for the six classes from 3 September to 8 October and £48 for the next six from 29 October to 3 December. Newcomers receive an 80 minute introductory audio programme to stream at their leisure. More About Chi Gung with Clive Tempest.
Advanced Class - Spring
These classes are for those who already practise several chigung sets. After developing more fluency and flow in the practice, and with more ease in the exercise, our connection to chi is established. So now we can become more aware of the ways in which chi stimulates and enlivens us. A means of integrating this knowledge is through the use of Five Element Theory. Chi is indeed 'elemental' but it's not immediately obvious to us that the different qualities of chi support us in different ways. Classes in the autumn of 2024 were an introduction to the five ways that chi works in nature and in our bodies. What follows is an investigation of the interaction of these five processes. We discover just how elemental they are. Cost: £48 for six classes.
Group Practice - Summer
Exercises drawn from various chigung sets with the focus on grounding and making a connection to the earth. For those members of the group who have completed Essential Elements and Shibashi training.
Advanced Class - Autumn
These classes are for those who already practise several chigung sets and have attended these classes in previous years. As we go deeper into our practice we find that the perception of chi becomes more and more real. We realise that chigung is as much about internal energy work as it is about physical movement. Our group practice now focuses on simple exercises that nonetheless engage us in our internal experience of the flow of chi. We become more aware of various polarities, such as the opposing directions of our movement, the qualities of yin and yang as expressed in us in their different ways and most essentially the interaction of solar energy with earth energy in our human system. After working with The Five Elementals in recent times, we will start to work with the principles indentified by The Eight Trigrams, which form the basis of the I Ching. Cost: £50 for six classes.
Practising Presence At a venue to be advised
These sitting sessions stimulate awareness and enhance perception. The purpose is to know your own presence in a space shared with others. There are internal energy exercises and periods of sitting in silence during the first half of the afternoon. After a teabreak Clive talks about the value of knowing your own presence and the benefits of living a more conscious life. As this is continuing work with a group experienced in the practice, these sessions are now by invitation only. Places are limited. If you're interested in joining the group, let Clive know.
Spring Retreat Practising Presence
This will be a week in the splendid Manor House surrounded by the lovely grounds of the Norton Park Hotel. We will rest and dwell in our own presence and practise conscious living. There will be simple chigung and meditative exercises to raise the energy necessary to bring in the new. Chi is the energy of presence and therefore always fresh and new. The residue of past experience reduces. The anxious anticipation of the future fades away. It is in your presence that you find your purpose. It's in your purpose that you find your love. Or you could equally say that you find love in presence and purpose in love. Norton Park is a four-star conference and spa hotel, set in many acres of parkland. It's just off the M3/A303, an hour from Heathrow and a few miles away from the ancient city of Winchester. Cost per person: £925 discounted to £825 when a couple share a double room. This includes the course fee and all accomodation and meal costs from Monday afternoon until after lunch on Friday, plus the use of all hotel facilities including the spa, gym, sauna and swimming pool. Book with a non-refundable deposit of £150 pp. The balance becomes due before 15 March. All details and the booking form are here.
Presence and Purpose Summer Weekend, Espoo, Finland
Autumn Weekend, Winchester, UK
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