Auckland Chi Kung Workshops
The workshops in Chi Kung are an ongoing series that interested participants can enter at any point. The workshops can either be attended individually or as a whole series.
The overall intention of the workshops are to present Chi Kung as a way to open up to a deeper and richer connection to the life force within the human system and within Nature. In particular to listen and be aware of the subtle power of your health and become more aware of movements of Chi within your body and mind.
The workshops will teach the following skills:
- self reflection
- stability and groundedness
- stillness of mind and body
- sensitivity to Chi
- use of intention
- strength, stamina and flexibility
- synchronicity of movement, along with an understanding and appreciation of the body's structure, traditional chinese medical concepts and taoist philosophy.
Workshop Format
A series of 10 workshops are offered as four day intensives covering a range of foundational material that represent a grounding in Elemental Chi Kung. Students are encouraged to practice daily and to study some of the basic literature in the field in order to gain a comprehensive knowledge of Chi Kung.
Each day will rum from 10-5 and the last day 10-4 with a lunch and tea breaks. The day will be mostly experiential work following a series of Chi Kung forms and exploring the different aspects of the workshop theme
For those students wishing to deepen their knowledge of Chi Kung there will be some guided learning to study between workshops and for those wishing to teach, an additional set of studies along with supervision during the workshops.
Teacher
Ged Sumner is a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Chi Kung Teacher. He has also studied shiatsu, healing and attachment based psychoanalytical psychotherapy. He is the founder and director of Body Intelligence Training offering a practitioner training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy internationally. He also set up and directed the College of Elemental Chi Kung offering Chi Kung classes, workshops, retreats and a Chi Kung Teacher Training program in Europe, North America and Australasia. He has studied with a variety of Chi Kung teachers and has created an integrated form that has the Five Elements and Internal Alchemy as its foundation. He is the author of 'Body Intelligence – Creating a New Environment' and 'You are How you Move - Experiential Chi Kung'. He has a degree in Chemistry.
Price and Payment
The price for each workshop is NZ$600. The workshops are non-residential.
For those wishing to attend the whole series the payment of the full course fee up front attracts a discounted fee of NZ$5700.
Venue
The venue is the Soul Centre, 18 Huia Rd, Titirangi, Auckland
The course offers an integrative approach to Chi Kung that is true to its classical origins and includes Western body-mind concepts.
Contact
Dianne Saville on 09 4139806
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2012/13 Dates for the Auckland Workshop Series
The format is ten 4-day workshops over two years:
Central Channels
15-18 August 2013
Internal & External Fields
12-15 December 2013
Five Animal Transformations (retreat)
03-09 February 2014
Fire Forms
tbd 2014
Water Forms
tbd 2014
Earth Forms
tbd 2014
Wood Forms
tbd 2015
Metal Forms
tbd 2015
Internal Alchemy
tbd 2015
Dragon Forms
tbd 2015
Times 10-5pm