Tai-Chi Workshop
Tai Chi Summer Workshop
Beginners Students
Larry Friedberg has over fifty years of training qigong, Larry has devised a set of easy to learn tai chi exercises to nourish, stimulate and exercise the muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Breathing exercises are used in conjunction with these exercises to allow the vital energy to flow freely through the body, thereby maintaining health and longevity.
During this workshop we will focus on the basic essentials for understanding movement as meditation and will introduce students to the core principles of Qigong
9.00am to 10.30am
• Lifting and Sinking – Mind Active, Body Passive (Level 1.2.3 )
• 5 loosening up Exercises – Mind Passive, Body Active
Break 10.30am to 10.45am (tea and light snack)
10.45am to 12.00pm
‘Old Man Walking’ exercise for coordination and balance.
Section of the short Form designed to enable easy to follow sequences
This includes movements like ‘wave hands like clouds’; ‘parting the horses mane’ and stepping forward and backwards
Health Benefits
Relaxing and regulating the central nervous system through movement, promotes physical and mental well-being and releases emotional and physical stress accumulated through work or other anxieties. People of all ages can cultivate relaxation, balance, central equilibrium and physical coordination through these gentle and non-jarring exercises. A focus on awareness, understanding, breathing and visualisation techniques will help to promote a deeper sense of relaxation and focus. Through gentle movements like Tai-chi and Qigong which are often referred to as ‘a moving meditation’ or ‘moving in stillness’ or promoting self awareness and self discipline, generates a feeling of well-being, where inner tensions dissolve and the ‘mind’ starts to quiten.