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Qigong – Portal to Awareness

 

This session is a repeat of the session on January 27th which was oversubscribed.  This session is now full.  A third session is planned, watch for details.

 

Brief Description Qigong is an ancient Chinese self-healing art and energy cultivation system that uses a series of gentle, focused exercises for the mind and body. The system combines slow Tai Chi-like movements, breath work, static postures, self-massage, visualization and meditation to enhance the flow of qi—vital energy or life energy—throughout the body, increasing overall quality of life and improving flexibility and immune function. The practice of Qigong enables the honing of the usually scattered mind into a focused mind, helping to rediscover one’s natural energy, harmony and wholeness—Qigong as portal to Awareness.   Quote from Kabir (1440-1518) One Hundred Poems: “Be strong, and enter into your own body; for there your foothold is firm. Consider it well. O my heart! Go not elsewhere! Kabir says: Put all imaginations away, and stand fast in that which you are.” This workshop is suitable for beginners and for those already involved in a Qigong and/or Tai Chi practice.  

Topics: ·        Introduction to the art of Qigong ·        Various dynamic (moving) and quiescent (still) Qigong practices ·        Using breath to cleanse, to dissolve tension, to expand awareness ·        Standing and Sitting Meditation ·        Techniques of Self-Massage   Learning Outcomes: ·        How to create a daily, personal, simple Qigong practice of any duration – from 10 minutes to one hour and longer ·        Improved posture; increased awareness of breath and body/mind connection ·        How to “rest” in a state of deep yet energized relaxation, free from physical, emotional and mental tension ·        Experience of moment-to-moment mindfulness ·        Awareness of the profound inner medicine and how to access it  

Biography of Purna-Ma  

Purna-Ma has been a devoted and passionate teacher and practitioner of Qigong and Tai Chi for 26 years and is committed to an ongoing meditation practice. She has studied with a variety of teachers throughout North America and is: a certified Tai Chi and Qigong Instructor from the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, Santa Barbara, California; a certified Tai Chi teacher from the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre in Toronto. She is a former Shiatsu Therapist and Registered Massage Therapist who practised in Toronto at her own natural health centre. Purna Ma’s ability to communicate the deep and subtle aspects of Qigong with enthusiasm, clarity, and simplicity, is considered by her peers and students to be her unique contribution to the art. Her approach is gentle, encouraging, and compassionate and draws on her years of deep inner exploration.  

 

Cost $30 at the door.

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This session is a repeat of the session on January 27th which was oversubscribed.  This session is filling rapidly.