by Rashmi Endenberg The retreat has started this morning at 7. Not surprisingly, it was a day full of surprises ! In the beautiful early morning with a breathtaking view of misty mountains, not only did we do Ba Gua Super Fitness, standing and Form, we also were introduced to self-expressing medicine ball smashing! […]
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Marie Carty on Chi Source at the International Instructor Training
“The main purpose of Chi Source is to share” were the first words Master San Gee Tam spoke to the 30 of us on our first evening of this advanced training course here at Heavenly Way. “It is when you share with other people that you can really express yourself clearly and this means exposing […]
Tom Gold-Blyth shares about the International Instructor Training
Two days into the Long Form Training at Heavenly Way and I want to share with you that it is not what I expected. It reminds me that it’s best to assume nothing! Two days and I feel like, under the powerful leadership of Sangee, Annukka and Damien, I have done more than I have ever done […]
‘The teacher leads you to the gate, but only you can pass through it’
The simplest way I can describe my experience of learning t’ai chi is to symbolise it into ‘Golden Gates’: The first Golden Gate that opened to me was discovering t’ai chi 4½ years ago when I enrolled my whole hamlet community (nestled 13 miles from Oxford, UK) in taking weekly lessons in one of our […]
Some thoughts from Michelle …
Several years ago I promised myself to attend the International Instructor’s retreat every year, even if only for a few days. This year I was able to attend 3 days…and it was a joyous 3 days. It’s difficult to put into words how it feels to “come home” emotionally, but that’s exactly how the instructor’s […]
Instructor Test as Heavenly Way – Marianne
It was a great week here at this wonderful place. All the teachings, the lessons, the inspiring people, lovely food, and the beautiful environment. Marie from England and I were doing the instructor test this week. We got a lot of support from the other instructors. And we succeeded! Getting to the test, I learned […]
Some thoughts from Leen
It feels as if I’ve lived my life in a reversed order. When I was young, I felt old and weak and was often sick. Now, being 60, I feel young an healthy and strong. And during the instructor training sometimes I felt playful, really as if I was playing as a child. And I […]
Tai chi … and Russian Opera?? – by Corrie
Our instructor training is awesome! This international event shows how easily people from different countries and cultures connect when they do the same Golden Flower Tai chi practice. Yesterday our Russian friends gave a great and spontaneous performance of Golden Flower Tai Chi in opera style! Quite humorous! Working together this way is healthy, peaceful, […]
Golden Flower – The world comes together!
Our Golden Flower International Instructor training started off with a real bang! We had an incredible weekend with friends from around the world coming together to share tai chi, good food, lots of laughs, and warm-hearted fellowship. I can’t think of another community that offers so much to so many people. We have so many […]
Higher Vibration – thoughts from Levi
This year marks the beginning of a new cycle and a new form. The embodiment of this cycle, which we can channel through our practice, has resulted in a most refreshing and cleansing training thus far. I feel more connected to the universe and more integrated in my body. The Golden Flower Long Form has been […]