Summer School

Summer School

 

Part One
26 July - 3 August 2010    
DISCOVER 15 WAYS TO A HAPPIER YOU RIGHT NOW!

 Part  Two    
6 - 14 August  2010   
 37 STEPS TO MELT INTO YOUR TAN TIEN (SEA OF ECSTATIC CHI)!

“One of the most inspiring moments during Summer School 2008  was climbing on top of the world!”  Pamela  Marsden

SUMMER SCHOOL 2009 PARTICIPANTS SUPPORTIVE THE EARTH BALL WITH LEG POWER CHI!

I loved the EARTH BALL: it was a privileged opportunity to play, be light, hug and love the LOVING EARTH herself.  I love Mother Earth and THANK HER in ABUNDANCE for all her abundance!   Frances Powell,  Summer School  2008
 
The Earth Ball was amazing.  I lost myself in joy.  I melted into the wonderful group energy and lost all my self-consciousness. 
Aisling King, Summer School 2008
 
The earth ball I loved  -  I could have stayed attached to the Earth Ball all week.  Joanne Chad  Summer School 2008

SUMMER 2010
PART 1  26 July  - 3 August 
 
Theme:  DISCOVER 15 WAYS TO A HAPPIER YOU RIGHT NOW!

• Earth Ball  Cooperative Games are coming back by popular demand!!
• AQUA TAI-CHI in the world’s First Pool created especially for the practice of Tai-Chi and Chi Healing
• LEARN TO RELAX AND LET GO STRESS and discover CHI is a 100% reality in your daily life in the practice of 15 Fundamental Tai-Chi Chi Kung Exercises.
• IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH BY CHI ENERGISING YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS.
• Discover and deepen your NATURAL PEACEFUL relationship with Nature around you. Practise Tai-Chi Chi Kung with living teachers - the trees, flowers and river and seas.
• Enjoy BEAUTIFUL ALKALISING ORGANIC FOOD AND GARDENS.
• Love the STILLNESS IN MOTION  at the Valley of Peaceful Woods at the school.
• Experience true SELF-CONFIDENCE by learning the Taoist Trilogue Process to bring your inner family into a supportive and trusting relationship with you.
• Be more rooted and learn how to ‘THINK ON YOUR FEET’ and make wiser decisions and FIND BALANCE AND HARMONY IN YOUR DAILY LIFE.
• There will be also Tai-Chi Teacher Trainee presentations and Group Sharing open to everyone. The Light Being Intensive/ FTT Meetings are open to students who are interested to join the LBI for personal development or teachers training and we will probably meet at the Mongolian Yurt!

" Dave talked about a rebirth and enjoying butterflies and flowers in a way that he hadn’t done before.  This resonated with me because I now realise that my life has become mechanical and that I have become numbed to nature and my surroundings.  This week my outlook on life, people and problems has been turned completely upside down, but I have found Choy to be very inspiring and he has really opened my eyes to possibilities".    Eamonn King

PART TWO  6 AUGUST— 14 AUGUST 2010 
 
“37 STEPS TO MELT INTO YOUR TAN TIEN (SEA OF ECSTATIC CHI)”

Photo: (above)   Petra and Christine enjoying Tai Chi Partner Exercises,  Mothecombe beach, Summer School 2009

'Ever since I was a child, I felt that everyone had Happy Light Beings within them even if they were unaware of it. When I started learning Tai-Chi Form in my teens I found  a philosophy and set of exercises that showed me how to apply this  HAPPY SELF –AWARENESS in  my daily life.  I also saw that people who found true happiness and health were like 'stars' that lit up their  and people's lives. I  am a Tai-Chi teacher who has already helped  more than  70,000 people find happiness. You will find this Light Being in the Joy of Meditation in Motion. The programme balances you  through the  seriousness  and fun of  learning Tai-Chi  Form and the Zhineng Chi  Healing Exercises and Principles. Zhang Bo Duan in the 11th Century wrote, 'When Yin and Yang unite, the Tigress and Dragon  (within you) embrace in a  Tai-Chi Dance of Ecstasy!!     Choyous Choy
 
While Part One provides the basic foundation of the 15 Fundamental Tai-Chi Chi Kung Exercises, Part Two is based on the 37 Steps to Happiness book. Tai Chi is translated as the 'RIVER OF CHI which flows unceasingly INTO THE SEA OF CHI (Tan-tien)'. You need to have completed Part One Summer School to go on to Part Two. Each sequence of The 37 Steps Yang Style Form/Principles mirrors your journey in life. Learning ON LAND AND IN WATER, this Course will introduce you to Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the whole Tai-Chi Form. You will also be introduced to Zhineng Chi Kung, literarily translated as 'Cosmic Chi Kung' was started by Dr Pang Li of China.  It is a Health and Relaxation system of exercises practiced by more than 10 million people in China alone and has helped heal more than 100,000 people. In the presence of trained medical doctors, each practitioner is respected as a student and not a patient. The Rainbow Tai-Chi Form practice in this Course will enable participants to channel these wonderful energies to help everyone feel healthier, more balanced, happier and more energized.

 
APPLICATION TO JOIN THE SUMMER SCHOOL

Fill in the Summer School Application Form available in the website or can be sent to you and send together with your deposit/full payment. You will be sent a confirmation letter within two weeks upon receipt of your letter and deposit. Students need to read both '15 Ways to a Happier You' and ‘37 Steps to Happiness' books before the Course. It is essential that successful students meet the only main pre-requisite for joining, that is, the attitude of HUMBLNESS TO LEARN. And the successful applicant have studied and practised at least the first 4 chapters of the first book.

All participants coming to the Summer School must have their own books (write your name on the second page) and their Tai Chi shoes (write your name in the insole).  Note: Participants are required to attend Part 1 of the Summer School before attending Part 2. You may also apply to enrol for Part 2 without attending Part 1 provided you have been to a recent Summer School Course.
 
Who these Courses are for:  The prerequisite to joining these Courses is an open mind and sense of humility to learn Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung; secondly, you need to have done a cycle of Fundamental Tai Chi Classes and thirdly you have comprehended what are the first 3 Dimensions of Chi Energy Exploration.
 
School fees: £495 for each Part (includes lunch, light supper and herbal teas and instructions in above subjects) .  Early enrolments receives 10% discount, send in your full payment of £445.50 by 1 APRIL 2010. All payments for School fees and Accommodations must be made by 15 May 2010. After 15 May 2010, the Summer School Fees will be £550. Cheques please make payable to Chi Self-Healing Centre. Your early payments will enable us to prepare for the Summer School. Note: The Course Fees are non-refundable after 15 May with the exception of medical reasons and then in such a case, your fees can be reallocated to the following year's attendance.
 
MEALS: ALKALISING MEALS! All meals will be vegetarian. More than 70% of the lunch and light supper  includes organically grown vegetables from the School's gardens. Evening meals will be usually soup with salad. Let us know if you have specific dietary requirements. You can bring your own snacks. Rainbow Tai-Chi accessories such as Tai Chi shoes, videos, tapes, CDs, School garden herb products will also be on sale in the shop.
 
LODGINGS (Applicable to both Summer and FTT Course participants): Participants for Part 1 may stay at the School or B&B locally.

Part 2 of the Summer School requires that all participants stay at the School premises. Every living space is also specially chi energised in preparation for the workshop. As well as accommodations at the main guest house and caravans, the School includes two Bamboo Grove Round Huts and Camping facilities.

Because of limited spaces, book by April 1st to avoid disappointments. Camping at The Rainbow Tai-Chi Chi Kung School is £12 per night per 1-2 man tent.  Larger tents (3 man +) and motor homes £15 per night.  Extra person £3.  For a 2 bed Bamboo Grove Cabin for sharing, a Caravan berth £20 per night or House Room (to share possibly with two other participants) upstairs: £27/night per person. Double En-suite available  £40/50 per night. To book your lodging, telephone to confirm availability first. Send a separate cheque with full payment for the number of nights required.  Please note that deadline for reserving and payment for camping is 15th May 2010. There are 12 camping pitches, so, it is first come first serve basis, book and pay a.s.a.p. Participants are expected to be responsible for day to day care of communal areas including toilets, showers, hall, kitchen, etc and ENERGISE the facilities with Chi!! CAMPERS CAN MEET IN THE WHITE CABIN TO KEEP WARM AND DRY.  AND NEW HOT SHOWERS!   Please make cheque payable to Chi Self-Healing Fountain Project.

Full payment for the accommodations must be settled by 15th May 2010.

FEEDBACK FROM 2008 SUMMER SCHOOL PARTS 1 & 2

The session we had the day after the beach came at a perfect time for me.  My thinker was coming in and causing me to feel a confused sadness but thank you Choy for taking the time to teach us about our mind and the false realities it creates.   The sharing among the group helped me enormously.  Dave inspired me with his gentle humility and made me want to find this in myself.  Eamonn(my husband) opening up and blossoming has been a huge gift also.  I think that he’s waking up to something he has been looking for foryears, maybe since he was a child.  Thank you!  My way of dealing with anger has changed.  The teaching I got from Choy in our joint session literally opened my mind and set me free.  I have more power because I am not wrapping myself up in bitterness towards an individual.    Aisling King
 
Going to the River Dart—I learnt much from nature, I learnt a new appreciation.  I listened to the trees, birds,I felt the flow of the water on my legs.  I thanked them all and went inside myself—my inner family to forgive myself and to appreciate.  Joanne Chad
 
The poem from Dave was probably one of the finest gifts I have ever received and Dave has really been an inspiration to me not to give up on myself.   I feel that this course has made me realise even more than before that I need and want to really learn tai-chi.  I feel that I just know that this is what I must do.  John Grimstad
 
Thank you Choy for an amazing time.  So much have you put into your teaching.  It has been the calibre of an Intensive.  I so appreciate your wisdom, inner strength and caring.  Thank you Christine for all you do, for all your love especially the love you tend your garden with such care.  It is felt when I eat your lovely, delicious recipes.  Your recipes have all been so delicious, simplicity in their construction with the utmost in flavour.  Yummeeee.  Pam Marsden
 
Floating in the pool allowed me to melt even more into trusting being held by another person, to melt into the water and melt into the warm, loving pool of light and chi.  Frances Powell
 
Sharing about the pain I felt losing my father with the group—slowly realising that there is a new father, needing to let go of the old projections and make friends with the Wu-Chi.  I feel also my courage to share my letters help consolidate my learning and free myself and my father.  Sophie Toye
 
During the floating experience, on one occasion I was back in the warm, soft darkness and was aware of presences nearby.  They were dark too but I could see them and came to understand that to see in the darkness there must be a light source and as none was around felt that the only place that this could be coming from was me.  This realisation felt that I had always known but had forgotten somewhere within my busy life.  Gradually a light appeared on the horizon.  A light so bright that I should not have been able to look at it, a billion suns of brightness.  I could look at it though and felt that like the mother and baby who share the same body fluids without causing each other harm, that I was a child of the light too and was coming back to Mother Light.  My heartfelt thanks to you Choy for leading me home.  Libby Morrison

FEEDBACK FROM 2009 SUMMER SCHOOL

Having learnt tai chi with the ‘mind’ for 4 years, to be able to learn with the heart, completely changed it for me.  Also experiencing it in water where I heard music—voices chanting-took it on a new plane or a new dimension. Julie Popham

The teaching was incredible and inspiring highlights were practising Tai Chi Form in the water, being in the Jacuzzi, the connection with the Zhineng Chi Kung both on the beach and throughout the week.  Working with Rich in Tai Chi push hands and floating so we could learn our individual lessons through the energy of our relationship together. Fiona Howard

Inspiring highlights are all the fun we shared in the sessions, my inner child loved the lightness.  The fun with the games on the beach—passing balls to each other like holding and sharing golden balls of chi energy. Thank you most beautiful star Christine for the love and care you have put into all you do, especially the amazing, delicious meals you put together.  Pamela Marsden

The things I enjoyed most were La Chi-ing Joanne’s caravan and the tents, etc., was amazingly transforming of pain into brilliant fun.  Frances & Christine and my group turning the pizza making into Italian extravaganza and singing!  Putting my head under in the pool was great. The session on the chi and gratitude possible from eating helped grow this appreciative part of me.  It allowed me to put thanks and now first over love of chat, fun and avoidance of wu chi.  It resulted in Thursdays lunch  being a time when food danced with joy and flavour in my mouth and it was the most appreciative I have ever been from eating.  Charlotta Le Brocq

I have let go so much more this week, the floating was amazing.  Thank you both for a fantastic Part 2.  I have learned to much about myself it has been amazing.  Stephen Marsden

The flow of activities and the amazing teaching sessions with Choy together with the wonderful group energy  helped me so much to connect with that part of me that has  been starved for so long.  I really want to wake up and live in the moment and Rainbow Tai Chi is the way to do it.  Aisling King

“ I enjoyed all the activities especially the healing in the water. The healing and practice of holding my kidneys in the garden was so moving that I cried. I loved the philosophy of integrating all the emotional, physical, mental and spiritual parts in such an experiential way. I would like to study the Light Being Intensive subjects with an emphasis on the Form, the harmonising service in our daily lives.”   Josie Maguire