INSTRUCTOR UPGRADE:
NEIGONG & TEACHING SKILLS
21-22 May 2025
FINSBURY PARK, LONDON
For TTCS & EA Instructors, and Prospective Instructors
Overview
Knowing and embodying neigong in its various forms is one aspect of being a good teacher. But there are two other threads that are critical in order to share the Water Method teachings with integrity:
The willingness to teach and help others.
The ability to teach well.
The willingness to teach and support others in their training must come from inside yourself, which is a highly personal decision.
However, the ability to teach can be honed and developed over time, if you have the willingness to teach and skill with the material you’re teaching. For this reason, this two-day course will focus on developing your skill set with neigong and how to responsibly pass on the teachings.
What You Will Learn
Teaching is not limited to being able to demonstrate and explain what you want your students to do, but also requires other skills that are not necessarily obvious.
Observation — seeing
The ability to see what your students are doing, both on the outside and inside.
To see what content is alive in any given student’s forms and what is missing.
To see what is holding a student back, their lynchpin, in order to address it and propel them forwards.
Hands-on Corrections
How to put your hands on a student and the quality of your touch/adjustments.
Whether a yin or a yang correction is most appropriate.
How to help a student relax and let go under your touch.
How to release parts of a student’s body/energy other than those on which you place your hands.
Energy Influence
Sensitising yourself and opening up your awareness to feel another person’s qi.
Understanding how the qi of others affects your qi and actions.
How to adjust your approach to initiate the ideal energetic response in your student.
We will cover aspects of these topics, along with others, such as how to build a course and arrange the content of a course, to help you create effective Water Method trainings, and initiate positive changes in your students.
Certification
There are limited places to be assessed for those who attended the 2024 Taoist Neigong and Yang Style Tai Chi and/or 2022 Foundational Qigong Instructor Trainings for teacher certification or to upgrade their levels.
If you have the intent to test, please email us no later than 2 April 2025, so we can make plans to accommodate you. We will not be able to accommodate requests made after this date.
Qigong & Tai Chi Instructors/Prospective Instructors
New students/prospective instructors are welcome to join us, but please note that you will not have the opportunity to certify in this training.
TTCS teachers, teacher-trainees and prospective teachers will receive 9.5 hours training credit for this two-day seminar towards prerequisite in-person neigong and teaching skills training hours.
For more info, or if you would like to join my TTCS teacher mentorship programme, see complete details:
BOOKING INFO
Schedule
Wednesday-Thursday
21-22 May 2025
This seminar follows Gods Playing in the Clouds Qigong
Registration
Wednesday at 10:30 am
Class
Wednesday, 10:45 am-5:00 pm
Thursday, 10:30 am-4:45 pm
(90-minute lunch)
9.5 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
£240
Pay in USD or Euro — subject to currency exchange rate changes:
US$325
295 €
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RESERVE YOUR PLACE
Book with payment to reserve your place:
2-day Instructor Upgrade Seminar, 21-22 May
(Option to add 4-day Gods Retreat, 17-20 May)
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