Courses
All courses/classes and workshops are paced and designed at a gentle level to suit people new to Tai Chi and Qigong as well as those deepening their practice. Please read the Safety Statement at the bottom of this page. Thank you all for your efforts, interest, engagement and enthusiasm.
RETREATS & OPEN DAYS
Retreats & Open days are held a number of times throughout the year in various venues to offer opportunities to experience these slow meditative movement practices for yourself. In the course of a morning or afternoon, we can learn how they can help to refresh, strengthen and renew our energy. We will explore how we can use these practices to help build a sense of steadiness in the midst of change and challenge, and as a resource to help us move towards processing our experiences with more ease. The flowing movements can be inspiring, beautiful, but also grounding and centering.
Qigong Tai Chi & Meditation Retreat
Join me for a day-long retreat on Saturday 15th August 2026 to slow down and re-connect with a more natural pace and rhythm. Enjoy a day of Qigong, Tai Chi and Meditation, to cultivate a sense of health, strength and ease in the physical body and nervous system, wellbeing in the emotional and mental life, and rest in an expanded awareness of ourselves.
Date: Saturday 15th August. 10am-4pm.
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45 K124
Booking now open.
Glounthaune - Qigong Rebalance & Healing
Thursday 16th July
Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45 K124
Qigong for balance, healing and wellbeing.
A 5-week course commencing Thursday 16th July 2026.
Suitability: Gentle exercise which will generally suit most people (See more suitability details below)
Summer is traditionally a time for slowing down, taking it easy, holidays and meeting friends. It can also offer an opportunity to take time to nourish ourselves, and bring healing to body, mind and spirit.
For the next 5 weeks, you are invited to join me for some unhurried time to rest, recalibrate and bring balance to your whole being. Working with the traditional Chinese medicine principles of Qigong, energy rebalancing, healing and self-cultivation, we will take time to bring deep nourishment and recalibration to our being.
Glounthaune 5-Week Qigong Course
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
Date: Thursdays, beginning 16th July (No session on Thursday 30th July)
Time: 10am
Cost: €75 for the 5-week Course. Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com
Suitability: Gentle exercise which will generally suit most people. Suitable for those new to Qigong and Tai Chi, as well as those wishing to deepen their own practice. Please follow the advice of your doctor/Consultant/mental health professional if you currently have any medical or mental health condition/illness. May not be suitable for those with special needs. These movements can also be practiced seated.
Booking Essential.
Cancellation Policy - Please notify me at least one week before the beginning of the course, so your place can be offered to someone else.
Dungarvan Qigong - 6 Healing Sounds Qigong
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
6 Healing Sounds Qigong
A 5-week course commencing Tuesday 2nd June 2026.
The Fusion Centre, Dungarvan Sports Centre, Cois Tra, Ringnasilloge, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. X35 P922.
Suitability: Gentle exercise which will generally suit most people (See more suitability details below.)
The 6 Healing Sounds / Liu Zi Jue is an ancient Qigong healing practice which takes its wisdom from traditional Chinese medicine and 5 Element Theory.
The practice uses sound vibration to bring healing, detoxification and strength to the body, and helps restore a sense of emotional balance and harmony. Each of the main organs of the body resonate with a specific sound, which can be vocalised with the breath to regulate our energy. This beautiful, yet powerful practice, also incorporates slow gentle movements to support the body’s organs.
By inviting these sounds and movements into the body, we are helping our whole system to strengthen, balance, recalibrate, heal and integrate. We especially welcome the benefits to the Nervous System, the Body, Mind, Heart and Spirit.
Wellbeing is felt as a sense of being grounded and centered, with a more embodied experience of the sounds and movements.
Note: The Course venue is upstairs at the Fusion Centre.
Dungarvan - Fusion Centre - 5 Week Qigong Course
Venue: The Fusion Centre (Upstairs), Dungarvan Sports Centre, Cois Tra, Ringnasilloge, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. X35 P922.
Date: Tuesdays, from 2nd June 2026
Time: 11am -12.10pm
Cost: €75 for the 5-week Course.
Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com.
Suitability: Gentle exercise which will generally suit most people. Suitable for those new to Qigong and Tai Chi, as well as those wishing to deepen their own practice. Please follow the advice of your doctor/Consultant/mental health professional if you currently have any medical or mental health condition/illness. May not be suitable for those with special needs. These movements can also be practiced seated.
Booking Essential.
Cancellation Policy - Please notify me at least one week before the beginning of the course, so your place can be offered to someone else.
Glounthaune Cork - Tai Chi Continuation
Thursday 4th June 2026
Tai Chi Short Form - Continuation/Advanced Group
Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
5-Week Course commencing Thursday 4th June 2026.
Suitability: This is an 18-month Continuation/Advanced Course - Suitable only for those who have previous experience of the Yang Style Tai Chi Short Form.
We will continue to explore the beautiful Yang Style Short Form, along with its underlying energy work, and how it can be a valuable resource and source of balance in our daily lives.
This Course offers the invitation to deepen into Qigong and Tai Chi practice. We will be supported by quotes and wisdom from Daoist philosophy.
This weekly class will work on the Tai Chi Short Form, as well as deepening the Qigong somatic experience in each movement. Each week we will explore and add on new postures, thereby developing and expanding our movements into the longer Tai Chi sequence.
The class will feature partner work, and learning the energetic and martial applications of movements. It is designed to bring forward Qigong and embodiment principles and incorporate these experientially into our movements.
Glounthaune - Tai Chi - 5 Week Course
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
Date: Thursdays, beginning 4th June 2026
Time: 12noon
Cost: €75 for the 5-week Course. Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com
Suitability: This is an 18-month Continuation/Advanced Course, suitable only for those with previous experience of the Yang Style Short Form.
Booking Essential.
Cancellation Policy - Please notify me at least one week before the beginning of the course, so your place can be offered to someone else.
Online Qigong - 6 Healing Sounds
Friday 5th June 2026
6 Healing Sounds Qigong
A 4-week Online course commencing Friday 5th June 2026.
Suitability: Gentle exercise which will generally suit most people (See more suitability details below)
The 6 Healing Sounds / Liu Zi Jue is an ancient Qigong healing practice which takes its wisdom from traditional Chinese medicine and 5 Element Theory.
The practice uses sound vibration to bring healing, detoxification and strength to the body, and helps restore a sense of emotional balance and harmony. Each of the main organs of the body resonate with a specific sound, which can be vocalised with the breath to regulate our energy. This beautiful, yet powerful practice, also incorporates slow gentle movements to support the body’s organs.
By inviting these sounds and movements into the body, we are helping our whole system to strengthen, balance, recalibrate, heal and integrate. We especially welcome the benefits to the Nervous System, the Body, Mind, Heart and Spirit.
Wellbeing is felt as a sense of being grounded and centered, with a more embodied experience of the sounds and movements.
Online 4-Week Qigong Course:
Venue: Online via Zoom.
A copy of the live recording will be available to registered participants after each session.
Dates: Fridays, beginning 5th June 2026. (Note: No session on 26th June)
Time: 9.30am-10.40am
Cost: €60 for the 4-week Course.
(Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty. Please contact me at taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com)
Suitability: Gentle exercise which will generally suit most people. Suitable for those new to Qigong and Tai Chi, as well as those wishing to deepen their own practice. Please follow the advice of your doctor/Consultant/mental health professional if you currently have any medical or mental health condition/illness. May not be suitable for those with special needs. These movements can also be practiced seated.
Booking Essential.
Cancellation Policy - Please notify me at least one week before the beginning of the course, so your place can be offered to someone else.
Safety Statement: Before you begin these practices at home, in class or by following the videos, please note that Tai Chi, Qigong, Meditation, Chair Yoga and Yoga Nidra are gentle practices of wellbeing and exercise, and will generally suit most people. Nonetheless, always move gently and well within your capabilities. Please inform your instructor, but also follow the advice from your doctor/Consultant/mental health professional if you currently have any medical or mental health condition/illness. These movements can also be practiced seated.
Dana/Donation: Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
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