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.
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OPEN DAYS
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.
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The next Open Session will be posted here.
New Course - Contemplative Awareness & Meditation
21st January 2025
Contemplation is an immediate and in some sense passive intuition of the inmost reality, of our spiritual self. Thomas Merton.
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A Meditation practice helps to calm the mind, relax the body and nervous system, and open us to a sense of deep wellbeing. It also helps to cultivate and nourish the spiritual component of our lives.
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Working with the meditative aspects of Qigong, this meditation course is designed to nourish the inner places of stillness, contemplation and wisdom. When we quiet the body and mind, great peace, rest and healing can take place.
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We will examine and learn a traditional meditation practice, including common hindrances and specific skills we can cultivate to counteract them. Having the supportive conditions of a dedicated place and group can greatly help to develop and strengthen your own personal practice.
We will be guided by teachings from the Mystics of all traditions, seated Qigong, silent Meditation as well as practices to cultivate deeper listening, stillness and presence. By navigating the landscape of stillness, we learn to recognise and stabilise as our true nature. ​Surrendering to this true nature is humility.
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​Attributes such as simplicity, patience, reverence and compassionate action are great antidotes to the personal and societal challenges that come to us. A connection to Stillness allows these innate qualities within us to emerge and thrive.
A gentle, experiential and somatic class.
This Course may suit those drawn to Contemplation, spirituality, the Wisdom teachings, as well as those recovering from injury/illness or who prefer a seated practice.
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Glounthaune - New 5-week Course:
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
Date: Tuesdays from 21st January 2025
Time: 11.30am - 12.40pm
Cost: €75 for the 5-week Course.
Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com
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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 - Qigong - Thursday 16th January 2025
Primordial Qigong & Dao
Hunyuan Primordial Qigong & Daoist Philosophy
Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45 K124.
A 6-week course commencing Thursday 16th January 2025.
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The Hunyuan Primordial Qigong Form is a beautifully gentle sequence of 12 circular movements, designed to nourish the 3 main energy reservoirs/Dantian and explore the themes of origin, centre, form and formlessness. The slow meditative movements are perfectly suited for a more restful winter practice, and to cultivate inner wisdom.
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For this series, we will take time to explore some ancient Daoist texts and how the principles of ancient Chinese cosmology and Daoist philosophy are reflected and embodied through this Qigong form.
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With Qigong, 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 movements. These slow flowing practices can remind us of the reasons why they are often called Meditation in Movement. Through regular practice, this mindful, more embodied way of being becomes more effortless, habitual, and comfortable.
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Suitable for all.
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Glounthaune 6-Week Qigong Course
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
Date: Thursdays, beginning 16th January 2025
Time: 10am.
Cost: €85 for the 6-week Course. Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com
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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.
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Online Qigong - Friday 17th January 2025
Primordial Qigong & Dao
Hunyuan Primordial Qigong & Daoist Philosophy
A 6-week online course commencing Friday 17th January 2025.
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The Hunyuan Primordial Qigong Form is a beautifully gentle sequence of 12 circular movements, designed to nourish the 3 main energy reservoirs/Dantian and explore the themes of origin, centre, form and formlessness. The slow meditative movements are perfectly suited for a more restful winter practice, and to cultivate inner wisdom.
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For this series, we will take time to explore some ancient Daoist texts and how the principles of ancient Chinese cosmology and Daoist philosophy are reflected and embodied through this Qigong form.
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With Qigong, 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 movements. These slow flowing practices can remind us of the reasons why they are often called Meditation in Movement. Through regular practice, this mindful, more embodied way of being becomes more effortless, habitual, and comfortable.
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Suitable for all.
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Online 6-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 17th January 2025.
Time: 9.30am-10.45am
Cost: €85 for the 6-week Course.
(Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty. Please contact me at taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com)
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​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.
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Glounthaune Cork - Introduction to Tai Chi
Tai Chi - Introduction to the Short Form
Glounthaune Community Centre
6-Week Course commencing Thursday 16th January 2025.
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We begin 2025 with a return to the basic principles of Tai Chi, and the opening sequence of the Short Form. This is an opportunity to explore Tai Chi from the very beginning, and also offers the invitation for experienced practitioners to deepen into their 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.
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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.
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
Dates: Thursdays, from 16th January 2025.
Time: 11.15am.
Cost: €85 for the 6-week Course. Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com
Glounthaune - Introduction to Tai Chi - 6 Week Course
Venue: Glounthaune Community Centre, Glounthaune, Cork. T45K124
Date: Thursdays, beginning 16th January 2025
Time: 11.15am.
Cost: €85 for the 6-week Course. Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
Contact me: taichi.qigong.haven@gmail.com
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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.
Youghal Qigong - 30th January 2025
Primordial Qigong & Dao
Hunyuan Primordial Qigong & Daoist Philosophy
Church of the Holy Family Hall, Youghal, P36EC65
A 6-week course commencing 30th January 2025.
*** This 6-week Course is organised by YARA - Youghal Active Retirement Association.***
Limited spaces are available for non-YARA members.
Please email: info@youghalactive.ie for more details and to book a place.
https://www.youghalactive.ie/
Tel: 087 2061934
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The Hunyuan Primordial Qigong Form is a beautifully gentle sequence of 12 circular movements, designed to nourish the 3 main energy reservoirs/Dantian and explore the themes of origin, centre, form and formlessness. The slow meditative movements are perfectly suited for a more restful winter practice, and to cultivate inner wisdom.
​
For this series, we will take time to explore some ancient Daoist texts and how the principles of ancient Chinese cosmology and Daoist philosophy are reflected and embodied through this Qigong form.
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With Qigong, 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 movements. These slow flowing practices can remind us of the reasons why they are often called Meditation in Movement. Through regular practice, this mindful, more embodied way of being becomes more effortless, habitual, and comfortable.
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Suitable for all.
​​​Booking Essential with YARA.
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​Youghal 6-Week Course:
Venue: Church of the Holy Family Hall, Youghal. P36EC65
Dates: Thursdays from 30th January
Time: 4pm
Cost: Contact YARA
Safety Statement: Before you begin these practices at home, in class or by following the videos, please note that Tai Chi, Qigong and Meditation are gentle practices of wellbeing and exercise, and will generally suit most people. Nonetheless, always move gently and well within your capabilities. Please inform and get advice from your doctor of your intention to train in these practices if you currently have any medical or mental health condition/illness. These movements can also be practiced seated.
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Dana/Donation: Dana/Donation welcome if experiencing any financial difficulty.
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