Our new season begins in October 2023! Join us for Tai Chi and Qigong at the Regent Centre on Locke Street South.

Qigong Workshop, Sunday, December 8, 2019, 1-5pm

It's been too long since I ran a Qigong workshop! It's wonderful--dare I say bordering on decadent?--to set aside a whole afternoon to focus on deliberate, slow, stretchy movement and meditation. What's amazing about Qigong in a workshop format is how body and mind respond to taking all the time we need to ease into our practice. Setting up ideal circumstances for our practice isn't always possible, but this is why workshop days are particularly nice.

The theme of this workshop will be relaxing the body while encouraging the mind to focus. We'll also be working with allowing the mind to flow as we do a trance journey meditation. This is a very special practice in which we allow our minds to present us with imagery as we listen to (prerecorded) drums. With Winter Solstice just a short time away, it's the perfect moment to go within and seek guidance for the season to come. Trance journey meditations are often profound and uplifting experiences that leave us energized and full of enthusiasm for what's to come.

For people who have experience with Qigong, this is going to be a great day to deepen your practice. For those who haven't done Qigong in a workshop context before, you're in for a treat.

Space is limited: please let me know ahead of time if you wish to attend. Contact me at (905) 521-0043 or smithmk2@gmail.com, or tell me in person at class.

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Qigong Workshop
Sunday, December 8, 2019
1-5 pm
Cost: $60
Location: Regent Health Centre Studio

No previous experience required. 

Classes are on Monday, November 11, 2019

Some of you have asked about whether classes are on this coming Monday in light of Remembrance Day. I will be running classes as usual. 

For those who wish to participate, I'll be observing two minutes of silence at 11 am, at the beginning of the break between Continuing Class and Qigong.

If you have any questions or wish to contact me, please do so at 905 521 0043 or smithmk2@gmail.com. Don't hit REPLY to this email! Your message will go into the void.

Tai Chi for Beginners Lesson Guides

For those of you who've been waiting for me to post the Lesson Guides for Tai Chi for Beginners, they're available on the Resource Page now.

Alternatively you can view and / or download the Tai Chi Beginners Lesson Guides here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dkspy0xkxrz9zqu/AADaOJSs1Kzt0YhTw_KvuPWya?dl=0

Please let me know if you have any difficulty accessing the files. Enjoy! (If nothing else, the terrible stick figures should offer a few minutes of amusement!) 

Note: the Lesson One plan is included in the file called Tai Chi for Beginners. The Guides cover the material through to the first Wave Hands Like Clouds.

If you've received this message by email and you need to contact me, do not hit reply! Your message will go into the void. Please make sure smithmk2@gmail.com is in the address line.