Lectures, Courses, Workshops, Camps, Retreats 2008
QIGONG
FRIDAYS in Bath
Feb 29, Apr 11, May 9, Jun 6, Jul 4 2008
10.30-5pm at New Oriel Hall, Larkhall. £35 per day
• tel: Rebecca 07825 082555
SATURDAYS in Cheltenham
Mar 1, Apr 5, May 10, Jun 7, Jul 5 2008
10.30-5pm at Southam Village Hall. £35 per day
• tel: Chaya 01242 571285
SATURDAYS in Frome
Feb 16, Apr 26, Jun 28
10-4p.m. £30. Open workshop
• tel: Eva 01373 464520
SUNDAYS in Bristol
Mar 2, Apr 6, May 11, Jun 8, Jul 6 2008
10.30-5pm Bristol. £35 per day
• tel: Jill 0117 9631610
MONDAYS in Bristol
Mar 3, Apr 14, May 12, Jun 9, Jul 7 2008
10.30-5pm at Subud Hall, Clifton. £35 per day
• tel: Jill 0117 9631610
TUESDAYS in Totnes
January 8 - March 25, Apr 22-Jul 15 2008
Ongoing weekly drop-in class 5.30-7pm.
At the Mansion, Totnes. £5 per class
• tel: 0845 456 1852
SUMMER CAMPS on Dartmoor (see below)
Qigong Camp • July 25-August 3 2008
A very established camp combining Qigong with the power of the elements
Rise Up Singing • August 22-29 2008
A new camp dedicated to the voice: chanting, gospel, world, jazz, healing sounds and more
• tel: 0845 456 1852
QIGONG weekends with ZHIXING WANG
Mar 15-16, Jun 14.15, Sept 27-28, Nov 29-30
10-5p.m at Buckfast Abbey, Devon. £160 per weekend
• tel: 0845 330 5086
QIGONG WALKING HOLIDAY
23-26th May
A long camping weekend in North Devon with daily Qigong and meditation practice both indoors and at sacred sites on the moors. Long walks across a wild and beautiful landscape. Organic food. £140 inclusive.
• tel: 0845 456 1852
SUMMER CAMPS
Qigong Summer Camp
July 25th-August 3rd 2008
with Daverick Leggett & Brad Richecoeur
Contact Daverick 0845 456 1852
Email: daverick@qigong-southwest.co.uk
Adults: a sliding scale of £190- £250 depending on what is affordable.
Food: £50
Children: under-threes are free
3 to 11 - 1/3 price (ie £75- £95) plus £25 food
12 to 18 - 1/2 price (ie £95- £125) plus £35 food
About Qigong...
Qigong is a way of cultivating our subtle energy, or Qi, through relaxed attention in movement and stillness. During the camp we will be working with the transformative sitting, standing and moving meditations of Hua Gong (the form of Qigong originated by our teacher Master Zhixing Wang) as a way of becoming more present with our experience moment to moment. We will also explore the expressive and spontaneous aspect of the practice.
Through practising in the fresh air with the earth beneath our feet and the sky above us, we enter a heightened state of connection with the natural world and open ourselves to receive its abundant Qi. And through daily practice within a large group we build a strong Qi field which supports and empowers our transformation.
Daily life on the camp... Over the last eight years the flexible form of the camp has evovled into something like:
- Early morning invigorating Qigong
- Silent sitting meditation, or sleeping in
- Breakfast
- Main Qigong group practice
- Daily gathering for camp business, days events, sharings etc
- Lunch
- Afternoon walks, swims, games, expeditions to the open moor/woods/river, quiet time
- Qigong group practice
- Guided sitting meditation
- Supper
- Nighttime around the campfire: songs, stories, dancing, ceremony, celebration, Qigong 'cabaret' or nighttime practice
- Midway through the camp we have a market
We all muck in with the daily chores of running the camp, dividing into groups, rotating the responsibility for a specific task each day - like cooking supper or lunch, chopping wood and keeping the fire, washing pots and pans and caring for the site.
Often as the camp rolls on we find that 'everything is Qigong' and the days flow along effortlessly as we settle into deepening friendships within the community of campers and go about our everyday routines of 'chopping wood and carrying water'.
We encourage and support everyone to find their own rhythm and pace during the camp - exploring how involved to be with all that is offered, not needing to push oneself to do everything, allowing the space for the transformative effect of being on the camp. On some days a sharing time is offered. This is an open space to share feelings that arise during the camp.
Rise Up Singing Voice Camp
August 22-29th 2008
With Daverick Leggett, Helen Yeomans, Gavin Frank, Ruth Jenni, Emma Sampson, Nick Price and Graham Burgess
Contact Daverick 0845 456 1852
Email: daverick@qigong-southwest.co.uk
Adults: £200
Food: £50
Children: under-threes are free
3 to 5 - £50 plus £25 food
6 to 11 - £75 plus £30 food
12 to 18 - £100 plus £35 food
After its successful launch last year we can't wait for the summer to come around. Rise Up Singing is a camp dediciated to exactly that, to singing. You can sing anything from gentle morning chants to rousing upbeat choral numbers. You don't need to be a singer to come to Rise Up Singing. You just need to want to sing.
The shape of the day will look something like this:
• Rise Up Singing. A pre-breakfast session of chanting, Indian scale improvisations and simple songs with Gavin Frank.
• Breakfast
• Community Choir. A session for the whole camp learning a mixture of gospel, world and original material with Helen Yeomans. At the end of the camp we will put these on a CD for you.
• Pow-wow. Daily gathering to share information, discuss camp issues and sing a bit more.
• Lunch
• Free time in the early afternoon to snooze, jump in the river or yodel from the hilltop.
• Late afternoon sessions with Ruth Jenni, Emma Sampson, Graham Burgess and Nick Price. A variety of sessions including vocal improvisation, healing sounds, singing bowls, didgeridoo, jazz harmony and buskers favourites.
• Supper
• Evenings of song sharing, performance and poetry in the cafe or gathering round the central fire. There will also be a sauna.
Daverick Leggett
Email: daverick@meridianpress.net
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