BUDGET TAI CHI & CHI GUNG NATURE RETREATS

 

 

Promote deep relaxation and release tension in the nervous system. Feel and activate your internal energy and release your body’s self-healing powers at a Nature Retreat in West Cork, Ireland.

If you are a beginner or an advanced student and would like to learn more Tai Chi in a place where you can freely enjoy excellent tuition on a one to one or small group basis, then come over to West Cork and give yourself a special treat. Surrounded by nature, uninterrupted by life’s hustle and bustle, you can simply relax, have diverse Tai Chi and Chi Gung lessons, and enjoy the outdoors or go out to some of the picturesque West Cork villages and towns that abound.

Tai Chi and Chi Gung have many well-documented health benefits. You can achieve strong resistance to illness, improve concentration, self-confidence, enhance energy levels, learn how to release stress, obtain physical fitness, an agile body, and much more, just Google benefits of Tai Chi or Chi Gung and read how many scientifically proven positive results are out there from the practicing of! Just imagine the results if you practice 1 on 1 or in a small group in the serenity of nature with Master Mark van Dam, who has over 20 years of experience.

Some of the lessons on offer include:

TAI CHI AND CHI GUNG IN 18 FORMS, “SHIBASHI”:  5 lessons €210 not incl. Accommodation.
The 18 Form is most beneficial to health and well-being in a learning + effort = benefit ratio.
Muscles, sinews and joints are gently stretched. Through correct breathing maximum oxygen/blood/Chi is circulated around the whole body.

TAI CHI AND CHI GUNG IN 8 FORMS, “BADUANJIN”:  3 lessons €120 not incl. accommodation.
This quick and easy to learn Tai Chi & Chi Gung Form being taught mixes the benefits of meditation with healthy exercise. Strengthen your back/stress relief/stretch all the muscles & sinews in your body & increase circulation.

SINGLE LESSONS €50:  These can include Tai Chi and Chi Gung forms and stress release techniques.

 

Personal assessment is free. Should be concluded via correspondence.

Lessons can be arranged to suit the student. e.g. 2 per day, 5 in a week. All lessons have Chinese Health exercises as a warmup/loosening beforehand, and Chi Gung meditation after.

Stay at Driftwood House near Skibbereen, West Cork, or a location of your choice and have your lessons there.

There is also a Dojo available: Budo Fitness West Cork

Tai Chi and Chi Gung is all about practicing the breathing, having good posture, doing the exercises as often as you can to experience the warm Chi-energy flow and releasing your body of tension. Its easy, I can make you feel your body’s’ Chi energy during the first lesson.
The more you do, the more benefit you gain. I.e. the healthier you become, the more resistance to illness and energy you will have. Release stress daily, by using these techniques and doing the Chi Gung meditations.

The more you cultivate Chi, the more you will be able to hold it. The diligent practice of Chi Kung, and the long-term cultivation of Chi can enable students to achieve great heights of personal and spiritual radiance, brightness and empowerment.

FAQ
Students of these oriental exercises, who’ve had lessons somewhere, wonder will it be of any use to them in my lessons and if I do the same as their last teacher.
Any practice is most useful, just as previous Yoga experience helps the abdominal breathing and looseness, and the Alexander Method improves posture, for example. All of these practices are part and parcel of the Tai Chi method. Now I probably don’t teach precisely the same stuff you might have learned, even if it is the same style of Tai Chi. That’s because we’re “individuals” like everyone else.
I’ve been “playing” Tai Chi for over 20 years. So my experience grows organically with what I deem important to me and my students’ needs.

“When you are performing  Chi Kung sequences, your energy should move like the great rivers of the world that flow from all corners of the earth into the vast oceans. Yet at the same time as you are flowing like water, you are also strong, balanced and steady.”