The practices of Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kong are designed to cultivate the subtle energy (Chi) that bridges and synchronises body and mind. In Tai Chi and Chi Kong the mind is used to control the breath, which then automatically directs movement. Through this reciprocal process the mind gradually becomes the still witness of the movement and these practices become moving meditations.
Practising Chi Kong and Tai Chi allows us to witness directly with our senses this active Chi process going on beyond the self, and to enter and bathe in the the infinite river of Chi, the creative process underlying life itself. When the mind becomes connected and absorbed into the meditation, it becomes still like a mirror. Chi is then in command and bridges intention and realisation.
Our being is ever vibrant, reflecting the ebb and flow of nature and creation itself. Tai Chi is the art of opening up, leaving the ego behind and experiencing in every single second the process of creation occurring within and outside ourselves.
The creative process is so deeply alive that we can also trace it through different modes of expression— e.g., through painting, film, photo, music... —any medium, in fact, through which the driving creative force can speak through us. So please bring colours, paints, paper and brushes, a camera, and any supporting materials you feel are suitable for your artistic expression.
We will begin early in the morning with an hour of Chi Kong practice, and follow on later in the morning with two hours of the Yang Style Long Form of Tai Chi. We'll focus on our artistic development in the late afternoons.
Prior experience with Tai Chi is welcome, but not necessary as individual instruction is given to each participant. Anyone willing to open up to the Chi flow and discover the creative energy within will enjoy this week.
Do Remember: Kalikalos offer a 10% discount for booking two successive workshop weeks
Françoise Poutays—graduated from the french Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1983 and has been active since in the contemporary arts through space installations and sculpture.She began her study of the Yang style Tai Chi Chuan in 1983 with Master Weiguo Wang in Paris and attended later Master Alex Dong‘s seminars. She has been studying Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan since 1998 with Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang. She specialised in Chi Kong techniques with Master Wen Mei Yu and Master Bruce Kumar Frantzis. Françoise has taught Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kong since 1995.
Contact Françoise Poutays at
Apollonos 30
Neo Iraklio
14121 Athens
Tel. +30 (210) 271 9471
Mobile: +30 (0) 945 523 739
Email: mariefpoutays@hotmail.com
Web: http://mf.poutays.free.fr/