Gods Qigong +
Bagua Single + Double Palm Changes (Optional)
Saturday-Thursday, 25-30 August 2012
Limit 24 students. Deposit reserves your place.
Saturday + Sunday: Gods Qigong
~Everyone welcome, choreography will be taught.
Monday-Thursday: Choose Your Group—
- Gods Qigong (completing the set); or
- Bagua Single + Double Palm Changes
Everyone who attends the weeklong course will receive personal corrections and feedback from Paul.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certificate available on request.
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Gods Qigong + Bagua: Course Overview
Gods Qigong and bagua share a unique goal: to integrate the entire neigong system into one coherent whole. They also share the same modus operandi: to engage and operate the whole body through the six directions (up/down, forward/back and left/right) in a spherical manner.
Both groups will focus on creating spherical motion. Regardless of which group you choose, Paul will present various threads of neigong to build your form and include aspects for developing your mind’s intent. The more neigong in your body when you arrive the deeper you can delve into the energetics that power the form.
Beginners will study:
- Bending and stretching techniques
- Biomechanical body alignments
- Opening and closing the joints
- Twisting
- Circularity;
- Along with breathing methods and energetic flows.
Also, read Paul's article "What Beginners Learn at Live Courses."
Intermediate and advanced practitioners will integrate the above neigong content along with:
- Opening and closing the cavities
- Physical mechanics and energetics that underlie spherical motion
- Generating power from the spine
- Cultivating strong chi circulation
- Leading integrated motion from the lower tantien.
Gods Qigong—All Practitioners
Saturday + Sunday
Since Gods Qigong is like the hand that fits inside the bagua glove, both groups will begin with Gods Qigong to learn or review the fundamental structures that underpin the neigong being taught. All the internal aspects found in Gods Qigong power bagua’s external form—without which bagua would be only an empty shell.
Weekend-only Option: You may attend only the weekend, learning a portion of the set. The focus of this two-day course is to open up and integrate the legs, kwa and spine in the specific ways that each movement does, and thereby creating whole-body motion.
Weeklong Intensive: After the Gods Qigong opener, you can either choose to go deeper into internal aspects of Gods Qigong, or the interplay of yin and yang energies in bagua palm changes.
Gods Qigong: Internal Aspects
Monday-Thursday
For those attending the weeklong intensive, you will continue on to learn all six moves of the Gods Qigong exercise system. (If you arrive already knowing the set, Paul will also teach you movement 7.) Then, you will delve deep into the internals, attempting to activate all the major cavities and tie them into the lower tantien. This is the point at which spherical work truly begins to come alive, influencing the deeper chi flows into a constant circulatory stream.
Bagua Single + Double Palm Changes
Monday-Thursday
Bagua’s Single and Double Palm Changes manifest yang and yin energies, respectively. This course will explore the external form and internal content that develop these energies and bring these palm changes alive.
The Single Palm Change produces a strong and hard energy while the Double Palm Change generates a soft, amorphous energy. Together, these energies form the two foundational streams that intertwine in various ways to produce the art form that is bagua zhang—energy trending towards change.
Experienced Single + Double Palm practitioners will learn specific Gods Qigong internals to upgrade and supercharge your bagua practice.
All practitioners will work in the direction of circularity and spherical motion, as an exceptional specialty of bagua.
Venue
Taekwondo & Dance Studio
Ober Buschweg 14
50999 Köln
Germany
Retreat Schedule
25-30 August 2012
Saturday: 11 h-18 h
Sunday: 10 h-17 h
Monday-Wednesday: 10 h-16 h
Thursday: 10 h-13 h
Choose Saturday-Sunday Seminar (10 hours) or Saturday-Thursday Retreat (25 hours minimum).
Host Information
Elisabeth Broicher-Wachter
Email
+49 (0)2236 321024
REGISTER
£595—Saturday-Thursday (Retreat, Gods/Bagua Intensive)
£350 deposit reserves your place/or pay full balance for weekend £215 (limit 24 students).
Balance due by 23 July 2012.
£215—Saturday + Sunday Only (Gods Qigong)
Registration for the weekend-only option opens 24 July 2012, after priority registration for those wishing to book the week (at a discount), has closed.
Energy Arts Instructors will receive £85 discount, if paid in full by 23 July 2012 deadline.
A late charge of £75 will be applied to all payments received after 23 July 2012.
Payment
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Accommodation in Köln
Please note that Internal Energy Arts is not affiliated with any of the following options. All options have been graciously provided by the Hostess to support your training. Therefore, we cannot guarantee rates or availability, nor can we be responsible for any shortcomings. There may be other options than those we have provided below. If you find any place you like, let us know so we can add it to the list of 8 recommendations for others.
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Option 1
Taekwondo + Dance Studio
You may stay at the studio where the retreat will be held for only 10 €/night (no meals). There are some conditions, so please email us to receive the full details. We can only accommodate a limited number of guests, so first preference will be given to students attending the full week course. Email us after the registration deadline, 23 July 2012, to request accommodation for the weekend.
Update! Many students chose this option for Paul's 2011 retreat in Köln and gave positive feedback. If you don't need much in the way of creature comforts, it's a great savings and allows you to practise with others in the evenings.
Option 2
www.hotel-haus-berger.de
Another nice hotel close to the Rhein, with a little countryside around it, offers a double room for
50,00 €/night, single room 75 €/night (includes breakfast).
Close to the hotel is a campsite, where two people can stay for 21 €/night. You can rent a tent for
3 €/night plus a 7 €/day camping fee, a total of 10 €/night. It's a very nice option in the summertime, and you can even rent a bicycle to travel to/from the studio (about 20 minutes each way).
Option 3
www.haus-maassen.com
In the nearby Sürth District, the Maassen hotel is small and has a little restaurant. They have four double rooms 55 €-70 € and one single room 45 €. In the summertime, you can sit outside and it's close to the Rhein (approx 3 min.). It's about a 20 min. walk to the studio where we'll train.
Option 4
www.comfort-boardinghouse.de (choose: Siegfriedstraße)
In the Rodenkirchen District, there is an apartment house, where you can rent two rooms with a kitchen, double bedroom, living room and shower. Some spaces have a balcony and others a small garden. You can stay there with two people or even three by putting another bed in the living room. The cost is 70-85 €/night. You can travel to/from class by bus or train (stations are close to the studio and hotel).
Option 5
www.falderhof.de
In the nearby Sürth District, the nicest hotel has rates of approx. 118 €/night (double room).
Option 6
www.alt-rodenkirchen.de
A standard hotel in Rodenkirchen, close to the tram, is 58 € for a single room and 84€ for a doubleroom (includes breakfast).
Option 7
www.hostel.ag
30 €/night
Option 8
www.aohostels.de
25 €/night
Dining + Eating in Köln
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Tourist Information for Köln
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Watch a Bagua Single Palm Change Video By Paul Cavel
Watch a Gods Qigong Video by Paul Cavel