Weekend Session Details 2027

ROBERTO BENETTI

The geometry of Zhang Zhuang

Dantian Training

The balance points in the body

Taiji Circles: Frontal, Horizontal and Vertical plane

GIANFRANCO PACE                            

1) Cultivating the intention with the Nei Gong of the archer (to cultivate the intention and the vital force to improve the health state and the martial qualities). 

2) ‘A body that knows to listen’ – a work on pushing hands

NINI MELVIN

Vertical Alignment Qigong

We are not alone. What is inside of us is sustained through our exchange with what is outside of us. Movement and breath integrate inner and outer worlds, creating a unified personal/universal experience.

We are an embodiment of Mother Earth and the cosmos. Experience your alive alignment by using Qigong movement practices to move universal energies through your Central Channel, and Governing and Conception Vessels. Touching specific pressure points using self-shiatsu awakens our alignment by opening to source.

This is our grace: To be a note in the exact chord that animates creation. —Deena Metzger

Intro to Seasonal Cycles – Meridian Embodiment Qigong

Embodying nature’s rhythms and cycles is a healing path, personally and planetarily. Energy flows through pathways called meridians, and are made up of the same qualities as nature. The meridians express the elements: water, wood, fire, earth and metal/minerals, from Asian Medicine theory, and nature. We are each a unique recipe. Season by season, each elemental phase connects us to the basic ingredients and rhythms of all of life.

Experience how these qualities of nature move through your twelve meridian pathways.

Energy Field Awareness – Integration of Personal and Universal Energies

What is the relationship between Qi and space? This practice brings consciousness to how we exchange Qi between our inner world and outer world. We will develop a new understanding of Peng using heart protector and triple heater meridians. Awareness about how we take up space enhances our Taiji and Qigong practice.

Intro to Chinese Body Clock Qigong: Daily Meridian Rhythms

Our Body is One Long, Flowing Meridian (Energy Pathway), the ebb and flow of which creates our own inner clock. All of nature’s elements are interconnected and interdependent, following the universal yin/yang rhythms of rising and descending. Our rhythms and planet earth’s are one. This Chinese Body Clock Qigong form has twelve basic movements, supporting the phases of night and day, flowing from meridian to meridian, element to element, balancing your internal clock.

MARGHERITA PADALINO                         

JUDITH VAN DROOGE

1). Chi Kung fusion

2). Grounding

3). Getting into flow

4). Connecting power

WANG NING           

Moving in a Winding Way

Like ancient creatures such as a worm  or a snake.
 

GERRIT STELLENBURG 

Singing Bowls

How to make the bowls sing

SEVERIN BERZ

Setting Up the Body for Practice

A workshop to explore how we can set up the body for practice by developing awareness, refining attention and discovering more efficient ways of moving. Through simple movement explorations, we will explore how posture, balance and body organisation can support a more connected and responsive practice.

Peripheral and Central Vision

Through practical explorations of central and peripheral vision, we will investigate how visual attention shapes our perception of space, our sense of balance and our interaction with the environment and transform the quality of movement and connection.

BOB LOWEY

Saturday:

Morning – Embroidered Lace Qigong – 8 Extra Meridian stretches and Massage

Afternoon – 8 Fixed Pushing Hands exercises – A,B, C and Nos: 1 – 4

Sunday:

Morning – Embroidered Lace Qigong – Full Qigong Form

Afternoon – 8 Fixed Pushing Hands exercises – A,B, C and Nos: 5 – 8 and revision of 1 – 4

ZENG XIANG BO       

Taiji Circle: Yin-Yang & Infinite Change

Build the foundations of Push Hands through simple partner exercises. Explore weight shifting, vertical and horizontal circles, and hand-switching to develop balance, fluid movement, and the ability to  stay connected while changing direction.

Cloud Hands: Yield & Redirect

Discover the martial applications of “Cloud Hands” and “Play the Lute”through partner practice. Learn to receive and redirect an attack, control movement and positioning, and transition smoothly between defence and response.

Fair Lady Shuttles: Turn & Transform

Discover how “Fair Lady Works the Shuttles” can be developed into practical partner skills. Through Roll Back and Press, participants will work with incoming force, change angles, and respond with coordinated whole-body movement.

Snake Creeps Down: Root, Sink & Dissolve

Explore the martial principles of attack, neutralization, and adaptation through partner practice. Use Cai Shou (Pulling) and Raise Hands to create and respond to pressure, then apply “Snake Creeps Down” to evade and neutralize an incoming attack while adapting to the changing situation.

ELINE KIEFT 

1. Oiling the Joints (Saturday and Sunday morning!)

Bring suppleness back to your body with fluid, circular Qi Gong movements designed to lubricate joints and nourish connective tissue. This session supports mobility, relieves stiffness and improve circulation. This helps energy flow smoothly through the whole body.

2. Archetypal Qi Gong (Saturday afternoon)

Explore different qualities of yourself through movement. What happens when you embody the Warrior, the Lover, the Healer or the Mystic? Combining Qi Gong with archetypal imagination, this practice uses posture, movement, breath and attention to awaken different inner resources and discover which ones you need more of.

3. Pearl of Consciousness (Sunday afternoon)

Cultivate a luminous awareness at the core of your being with these subtle Qi Gong energy techniques. You’ll learn to strengthen your energetic field and circulate energy through the body, enhancing vitality, clarity, and inner radiance.

SERGIO UZZO & SIMONA LONGERI                       

The Five Elements of Xing Yi Quan – Cheng Ming School

The Five Elements are the heart and foundation of the Xing Yi Quan system taught in the Cheng Ming School. These are the first five core techniques that every student learns, providing the essential principles upon which all other aspects of Xing Yi are built. By practicing these movements, students develop structure, coordination, power generation, intention, and the connection between mind and body that defines this internal martial art.

Each element is expressed through a specific fist technique: Pi Quan (Metal), Zuan Quan (Water), Beng Quan (Wood), Pao Quan (Fire), and Heng Quan (Earth). More than simple punches, these movements embody the unique qualities and energies of their respective elements, teaching practitioners how to adapt, transform, and express power efficiently in both martial application and personal development.

This lesson is suitable for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced practitioners. Beginners can focus on learning the fundamental mechanics and body alignment, while advanced students can refine internal power, intent, timing, and deeper martial applications. For this reason, the study of the Five Elements remains a lifelong practice: simple enough for anyone to begin, yet profound enough to continue revealing new insights at every stage of the journey.