1. Qigong Yin and Yang Breathwork 气功阴阳呼吸法 -Qìgōng Yīnyáng Hūxī Fǎ–: Harmonize your inner energies and boost your vitality. This practice is grounded in the core principles of the 道经 -Dàodé Jīng-, which illustrates how all manifestation arises from the dynamic interplay of Yin and Yang.

2. Brain Gymnastics Routine: Sharpen your mind and enhance cognitive function. These exercises are supported by modern neuroscience and are designed to complement the mind-body integration found in traditional practices, creating neural plasticity as described in works like “The Brain That Changes Itself” by Norman Doidge.

3. Meditation Practice: Reduce stress and cultivate a sense of inner peace.

3.1 Microcosmic Orbit Breathing (Daoist Qigong): Oxygenates the brain and calms the mind. This is a foundational technique from Daoist Internal Alchemy 内丹术, -Nèidān Shù- for circulating and refining vital energy.

3.2 Zhan Zhuang (站桩) -Standing Post- / Cultivate the Five Pillars of Inner Balance: Harmonize your body’s energy from the ground up. This standing meditation cultivates a deep, rooted stability, training the body to “move Qi like coiling a nine-curved pearl” as described in the 太极拳经 -Tàijí Quán Jīng-.

4. Seasonal Acupressure and Breath Practices: Align your body’s rhythms with the seasons for optimal health. These practices are directly informed by the wisdom of the 黄帝内经 -Huángdì Nèijīng-, particularly its teachings on harmonizing with the cyclical energy of the seasons as detailed in the 素问·四气调神大论 -The Great Treatise on Regulating the Spirit with the Four Seasons-.

Nini Melvin

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 integrates 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

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.

Transitions and Transformation Qigong

These Hua Gong variations guide us to find balance through all of life’s transitions. These movements help us clear and integrate our personal and universal fields, while consolidating our Qi in our core and central channel. We will explore movements of the Heart Protector and Triple Heater meridians, experiencing their powerful role in protecting and circulating our fire.

This simple form is easy to add to any daily practice, to use for transformation and for establishing homeostasis.

Matthew Case

Developing and using your “centre” (a.k.a. How not to use arm strength in push hands)

Developing sticking and adhering skill by means of taiji sensing hands practice

Essential point #1: Empty neck, raise spirit – commonly known as “Hold the head as if suspended from the head-top.”

Judith van Drooge

Tai Chi Dummy

Grounding

Chi Kung fusion

Feeling heart

Frederic Plewniak

Fundamentals of sword manipulation
How to create and keep an efficient connection with your sword for effortless and fluid wielding of the weapon.

From Tuishou to Sword play
Taiji Principles as exercised in Tuishou also apply to Sword partner drills. We will study a few Tuishou drills and how they may be adapted to the Sword.

Harriet Devlin

Women Pioneers of Tai Chi

A talk, illustrated with historical film, helping us understand our heritage in both Europe and the Americas.

Symbolism and Allegory in Taijiquan

Expanding on some of the points presented in 2025

Severin Berz

The Fasciae: Nature’s Power Redirector

A Floating Pelvis: A Powerful and Moveable Proxy of the Ground

Kwa and shoulders as an elastic frame

Verticality: a play between gravity and Vitality

Bob Lowey

Saturday:

Morning – 13 Postures Solo

Afternoon – 13 Postures Partner

Sunday:

Morning – 5 Animals Northern Style

Afternoon – 5 Animals Complete

Dee Swift

Dragon Form Qigong –

introduction to this lively Qigong form, suitable for all

Yin Yang Flowing Hands – structured pushing hands exercise, some experience preferred

Image and Intention in Qigong – exploration of how imagery and intent affect the body-mind connection

5 Animal Qigong –

The four directions of the Turtle, The Dragon, The Phoenix and the Tiger, and at the centre, the human.

Eline Kieft

Oiling the Joints

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 improves circulation. This helps energy flow smoothly through the whole body.

Five Element Flows
Discover how simple repetitive Qi Gong movements, combined with breath and evocative imagery can transform emotions and calm your mind. Discover your inner landscape through movement and bring balance to body and spirit.

Shamanic Qi Gong
Experience a living dialogue with the world around you. Guided by rivers, trees, sun and animals, this practice awakens a sense of vitality, connection and unity as you move like nature. Sense the Three Treasures between your body and the earth, your heart and nature, and your mind and the wide cosmos as pathways into deeper harmony.

Pearl of Consciousness
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 first 5 Xing Yi animals of Cheng Ming.