Workshops, Classes, Training Course and Events

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Ongoing Classes and Training Courses

* TaiJi QiGong classes - Cooksbridge
* SSASS - Singing and Voicework class - Southwick
* 3-year professional Shiatsu training - Eastbourne

Workshops and Short Sourses

* Singing Voice Workshops :
Three Saturdays - Southwick

* Shiatsu for beginners :

Cooksbridge, Hastings, Eastbourne
for details type Shiatsu College Hastings into your search engine

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TaiJi QiGong Classes in Cooksbridge

Mondays from 6:00 to 7:30
Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:00

The cost is £8 per session, paid in monthly blocks of 4 or 5 respectively.
If you miss a session, you can come on the Monday/ Thursday instead.
One missed session can be carried over into the following month.

If you cannot commit to coming regulary, there is a drop-in option. The drop-in fee is £10.

* QiGong exercises strengthen and relax body and mind, improve blood circulation, enhance breathing and help to relieve acute and chronic pain. With sufficient practice and deepened insight you will be able use your QiGong as an effective self-healing tool.
(To find out more, please go back to the top of this page and click on the SHIATSU button. Then go to the last paragraph of the text.)

* On the course, you will be building your practice by working on posture, breath and mindfulness while progressing through the 18 Movement of a QiGong Form called Shibashi. For good progress regular attendance is recommended.

* The course is suitable for all levels of fitness and experience.
Explorers are welcome and newcomers will be given extra attention while the more experienced perticipants work on their form and the more subtle aspects of the work.

* Cooksbridge is the first train station after Lewes on the London Line.
Monday course times are set to allow participants to use the train. The walk from the station to the Garden Clinic takes approximately 3 minutes.

For bookings, directions and more information please ring 01273 400914.

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SSASS - Singing Sad and Silly Songs - Voice, Breath and Sound - MS Centre Southwick

Fridays from 11:00 to 12:00

- usually followed by a lot of laughing, chatting and tea with cake.

* We start with breath, voice and Qi exercises having fun while deepening our breathing and relaxing our voice, body and mind. The work aims to raise energy levels, enhance fine motor skills, left/right coordination and mental alertness. Research shows that this kind of work effects a number of areas in the brain, which are responsible for mobility and sensory output as well as mood.
* The class has become increasingly popular and we now feel quite adventurous and creative in what and how we sing. In December 2009 we had our first performance at the Christmas Lunch party. Alan Taylor, who runs the centre, is a Jazz musician and we hope to rope him in for our next performance.

Come along and SSASS it out

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3-Year Professional Training in Shiatsu and Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu College Hastings

The Shiatsu College UK was established over twenty years ago and offers a well developed and highly recommended training course for professional practitioners of Shiatsu and Chinese Medicine. Its curriculum and exam procedures comply with the rules and regulations of the Shiatsu Society UK and have been assessed and ratified by the Society.

The Hastings Branch of the College is run by Annie Cryar. This is where I teach. We are taking in new students in September and February.

For further reading click on the respective buttons on this website. For more information click on:
Shiatsu College Hastings

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Coming up: Singing Workshop based on Voice, Breath and Qi Exercises

Dates: new Saturday courses starting in October 2010
dates to be arranged

Times: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: £55, concessions may be possible
Booking: £25 non-refundable deposit 2 weeks before the event
Balance payable on the day
Venue: MS Centre, Southwick Recreation Ground, Croft Avenue, Southwick, West Susses, BN42 4AB

The MS Centre is just 6 minutes walk from Southwick railway station (Hove – Littlehampton Line)

Days can be booked singly or in combination. £5 reduction for multiple bookings. 10% off your fee if you book in a friend.

For the courses to run we will need a minimum of 6 people. The maximum of participants is 12. Please book early to avoid disappointment, but also to help the MS Centre Southwick, myself and other participants to plan for the use of space and time.

* The work will be tailored to the needs of the participants. Being based on an holistic approach, the underlying principle is that of allowing ourselfs to always be beginners.
* Major points of the work will be working with breath and posture to open the free flow of Qi (Energy). We will be using breath and qi exercises as well as working with vowels.
* We will be playing with learning melodies by ear and improvising in an easy way. We will learn some songs and practise to sing our own tune alongside other peoples tunes.

Having a voice is a gift.
While speaking our truth is considered an important right,
taking to singing out our joy, hope and grief is often experienced as immeasurably more liberating.
To sing is to grasp the precious opportunity to weave together, in new and surprising ways, the threads of our innermost being. Doing so we embark on an adventure, an exploration of deeper, true self.
Singing can lead us onto a pathway to creativity, authenticity and joyfulness. This way healing lies.

Find out how to use your voice with ease and joy and begin the journey.

For further information ring 01273 400914 or send me an e-mail using the contact button on the homepage.

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Shiatsu classes and workshops for Beginners

The classes are usually run as 8-session blocks and provide the participants with the basic theoretical and philosophical understanding and the practical skills needed to treat family and friends with the aim to improve wellbeing or ease minor discomfort, stress and strain.

Beginners classes and workshops constitute a foundation training for those who may wish to study Shiatsu to a professional level, are interested in studying Acupuncture or simply wish to understand more about their own condition by looking at the holistic approach to health that is the basis of Oriental medicine in general.

Learning the location and function of points and meridians and exploring the nature and flow of Qi to a deeper level can also help students of the Martial Arts and TaiChiQiGong to improve their practice.

Due to the nature of the work, a minimum number of sechs participants is required for a class/workshop to run.

For further reading please select the respective buttons on this website. For information on courses call me on 01273 400914.