Welkom op de Tai Chi Retraite op Landgoed Roswaard
You are warmly invited to participate in the Annual Summer Retreat on the Roswaard Estate in the Netherlands.
So much has happened since we started to organize the Annual Summer Retreats: a lot of wonderful people have visited, a lot of grass has been cut, lots of weeds are removed, flowers are planted, newborn horses and young farm kittens are raised. But most of all we have done a lot of Tai Chi, we have grown both in our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. We welcome you to (once again) celebrate growth and wellbeing with us.
The Roswaard Estate offers a beautiful and relaxing environment to spend a couple of fun filled days learning Tai Chi, working on your own personal cultivation and just being away from it all.
This year’s Retreat theme will be around will be around the art of celebrating Life, the universe and everything, promising you lots of opportunities to discover new depths within yourself.
The 2010 Annual Summer Retreat will fill you with an abundance of life and energy and new and inspiring Tai Chi material. All classes will be held outdoors as much as possible, indoor classes will be held in the large Tai Chi room.
We invite you to come and indulge yourself in 5 days of Tai Chi, Xing Yi, meditation, good company and great surroundings. We are looking forward to share with you what we have created here on the Roswaard Estate.
The Summer Retreats are accessible for a maximum of 15 people, so reserve your place as quickly as possible. Accommodations are in a Hotel, Bed & Breakfast or at a camp site, ensuring your wellbeing. Food is of high standard and mostly vegetarian. Fresh fruit and home grown fresh salads available.
Xing Yi and Pa Kua
We start every day off with Pa Kua Super Fitness and Xing Yi Nei Gong:
an especially nice and powerful set of body strengthening exercises, providing you with a energetic and awake beginning of your day. Xing Yi, based on the principle of the 5 elements, means as much as “martial arts of mind-intention”. Pa Kua, based on the I Ching, is also one of the few internal martial arts, famous for it’s circular movements and rigorous but relaxed exercises. Both Xing I and Pa Kua gives you an energized start of the day.
Golden Flower Tai Chi
Whatever level you are at, whether you know the whole form or just the first section, no matter what style you practice, you will greatly deepen your level and understanding of your own Tai Chi practice. Even people who have been practicing a different form will greatly improve their Tai Chi in these five days by working on the Tai Chi principles. For those who have never practiced Tai Chi, this Retreat offers you a unique opportunity to fall in love with this beautiful art of movement.
Meditation and Energy work
In the evenings we will explore all sorts of meditation and energy work. Meditation is a name for a variety of exercises. Whether to relax and experience calmness, to gather more energy or to open up the higher spiritual centers, all is called meditation.
The purpose of these exercises is to further develop your own consciousness. During the Retreat you will learn different kinds of meditation techniques that spring from the principle that everything is energy.
Based on this understanding you will practice exercises to develop both your energy awareness and your ability to observe.
Retreat Program
Master San Gee Tam says: “When you work hard, you need to play hard”.
The Tai Chi Retreat has a full program where you can do both at the same time! And of course rest when you need to rest.
Daily Schedule
07:30 - 08:30 Xing Yi / Pa Kua
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast & TonicBar
10:00 - 13:00 Tai Chi Workshop
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Free Time
16:00 - 17:30 Tai Chi Workshop
17:30 - 19:00 Dinner & TonicBar
19:00 - 21:30 Evening Session
Is subject to change
Other activities
- Fast Form
- Sight seeing
- Pushing Hands
- Biking & Hiking
- Sword Form
- Swimming
- Boat trip on the Rhine
- Pa Kua
- Visiting the Castle
- Spear Training
- Doing nothing
You are warmly welcomed to participate in this years Tai Chi Summer Retreat.
Please fill out the enrolment form and send it to us asap.
You will receive an extensive welcome package with all details soon after.
See you soon at The Roswaard!
Job & Shabab
PS: For some pictures look at www.roswaard.nl
You can download our Retreat Flyer [192 KB]
and the Retreat Enrollement Form [134 KB]
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The dates for 2010: Thursday July 15 - Monday July 19