Dragon and Tiger Chi GungSimon
Thackeray,
the senior instructor of White Oak Aikido, also teaches occasional one
day
courses on Chi Gung. If you are interested, please contact us
for
further information and to be kept in touch with future course dates.
About Dragon and Tiger Chi GungThis system is
some 1500 years old and is still practised in About Opening the Energy
Gates of Your Body
Chi Gung
Regular practice of this
system can assist the development
of physical and mental well-being. It includes:
Standing - a core
practice to increase internal awareness,
work with body alignments to improve posture and reduce tension, and
improve
the smooth flow of chi throughout the body.
Outer Dissolving –
having started with sinking the chi, this practice moves
on to scanning
and dissolving the chi. Techniques to dissolve physical and energetic
blockages, including working directly with the energy gates throughout
the
body.
Cloud Hands – a slow
movement exercise to integrate the
body physically and energetically, carrying forward the skills of
standing into
movement.
Spine
Stretch - a movement unique to Taoism, it activates
the chi of the spine and brain, as well as being highly beneficial
physically
for the spine. It is particularly useful for those who use computers
for long
periods.
About the
instructor
Simon
Thackeray has been practising Aikido since 1980. In 1996, he began to
study and
work with several complementary health and self-development systems and
he is a
member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists. Having attended
a number
of short seminars with Bruce Frantzis, he started to attend Energy Arts
instructor training courses. In 2008, he was certified as a Level I
Instructor
of Dragon and Tiger Chi Gung and in 2009, was certified as a Level 1
Instructor
of Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Chi Gung. He practises chi
gung
regularly and attends additional training in the Energy Arts system
established
by Bruce Frantzis whenever he can. About
Bruce Frantzis Bruce
Frantzis, a Taoist
lineage master, studied in  |
"Relaxation
and more
awareness of my body, in terms of what it was doing and what muscles
and organs
each movement was affecting." "It
was a lot less intensive
than I had thought it would have been… I had been expecting more of a
200%
regime than a 70% regime, but that was not an unwelcome development. I
occasionally felt things that I imagine could be described as chi….
Hands
feeling resistant or guided." "The
most memorable
sensation was feeling as if my head was floating off my body when
trying to get
the posture right. Also, the first time I tried Movement 1 I felt,
probably
imagined, that energy was radiating from my fingertips into the ground.
I am more
relaxed both physically and mentally. I have a bit more energy and a
heightened
awareness of both my surroundings and my own movements."
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