TAOIST BREATHING &
GODS PLAYING IN THE CLOUDS
FINSBURY PARK, LONDON
17-20 May 2025
Limited places remaining
This retreat is all about integration. The breathing techniques practised within Gods Playing in the Clouds can be used as the glue that unifies all the internal content active within your form into one, coherent whole. The first retreat builds the engine, while the second retreat uses that engine to power breathing, and unify body, mind and qi.
For this reason, we will spend a considerable amount of time on Taoist Breathing:
Beginning-level students will focus on natural breathing.
More advanced students who meet ALL prerequisites* on arrival will focus on the first stage of reverse breathing.
TAOIST NATURAL BREATHING
Natural breathing is how a newborn baby breathes which has the potential to connect a human being’s entire physical and energetic anatomy, when practised well. This breathing methodology is very effective at:
Releasing the nervous system.
Opening up the organ base.
Clearing stagnant qi from the body.
Bringing alive your internal systems.
Building health and vitality from the inside out.
TAOIST REVERSE BREATHING
Reverse breathing initiates much stronger internal pressures in the body. For this reason, you must have already used natural breathing to clear your system to safely embark upon the reverse breathing methodology.
* Reverse Breathing Group Prerequisite: Only students who can demonstrate Taoist whole-body breathing on arrival and meet ALL the prerequisites with ease will be considered for the reverse breathing group. (If you don’t already know what these prerequisites are, then you are not yet a candidate.) I reserve the right to make the final decision on whether any person will participate in this group to ensure safe and productive training for everybody. Thank you for your understanding.
INTEGRATING NEIGONG IN THE GODS QIGONG FORM
Once we have established a baseline for breathing while sitting, standing and through simple neigong movements, we will integrate natural and reverse breathing techniques within the six-movement Gods Qigong set. The focus will be on how to use Taoist Breathing to pull together and unify all other internal neigong within Gods Qigong.
In this retreat, we will deepen the material presented in the first retreat by adding in layers of relevant neigong. This will include adjustments to the movements of the Gods form to more advanced versions in order to more fully access your core energy and develop your qi.
Note:
New students will learn two or three movements in order to incorporate breathing techniques in motion.
I’ll teach a two-day Instructor Upgrade seminar for existing TTCS and EA Instructors and Instructor-trainees following the Gods retreat.
Qigong & Tai Chi
Instructors/Prospective Instructors
TTCS teachers, teacher-trainees and prospective teachers will receive 19 hours training credit for each four-day retreat (38 hours total for both retreats) towards prerequisite in-person training hours.
For more info, or if you would like to join my TTCS teacher mentorship programme, see:
BOOKING INFO
SCHEDULE
Saturday-Tuesday:
17-20 May 2025
Registration
Saturday at 10:30 am
Class
Saturday
10:50 am-5:00 pm
Sunday & Monday
10:30 am-5:00 pm
Tuesday
10:30 am-4:30 pm
(90-minute lunch)
19 hours training
LOCATION
The Tai Chi Space
1-2 Leeds Place
Tollington Park
Finsbury Park
London N4 3RF
Finsbury Park and Crouch Hill Stations:
Victoria and Piccadilly Lines, and London Overground
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COURSE FEE
£475
Pay in USD or Euro — subject to currency exchange rate changes:
US$625
575 €
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