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Friday 15th first session 8.00 pm, (evening meal available between 5.30-7.00)
Saturday start 10.00 am, Sunday finish at 4.00 pm.
Please note the first session of this course is on the Friday evening but Bill says:
‘Although it says it starts on Friday evening, it will be set up so that those who wish to start on Saturday morning will be able to fit in easily.’
Internal Warrior Monk
The internal monk is our contemplative side, the internal warrior fights the inner battle with ourselves.
The Internal Warrior Monk weekend will be a journey through the five elements, their associated energies and emotional states, beginning on Friday evening and working through all five to end where we began, anew, on Sunday afternoon. We will be using Tai Chi practice including Tui Shou and Chi Kung throughout to bring into real experience what would otherwise remain a theory. We will also be introduced to the theory of phenomena such as the Endorphin Effect and the Shadow. It will be about how to lead a more spiritual life by deepening what we know already – and we already know a lot - and by knowing ourselves better through these practices.
It‘s not so much the large events that shape our lives, but more the minutia of our emotional response to what is going on around us. If we feel that we are carried along by what is happening to us, that may be because we are. Is there is another way? Is there another flow that we are better suited to move with?
There is a continuing debate over what Tai Chi is, what is the Supreme Ultimate. Is it a martial art, a health regime or simply an enjoyable activity? Is it even an activity such as cricket or ballroom dancing which gives a group of people a common focus that brings them together?
This weekend will help us to see that it’s none and all of these but put together properly, it becomes a way of life, a way of being that can profoundly change our sense of who we are and what we are here to do in the world.
Kate Bird
Kate has taught, 'Being Centred' at South Worcester College for several years. This course helps people to become still and assists them in bringing a variety of spiritual practices into everyday living. Kate is a former Fleet Street journalist and is now a qualified teacher working with the 16 to 18 year age group. She has trained extensively with Dr William Bloom and the Venerable Shri Sadhu Dharmavira.
Bill Bird
Bill has practiced Tai Chi for 19 years and has taught it for 12. He has been a Men Ren student of Dan Docherty for 10 years. Bill runs a successful orthopaedic shoemaking company and is a university lecturer on the subject. Bill has also trained extensively under Dr William Bloom and the Venerable Shri Sadhu Dharmavira.
