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Meditation and Tai Chi with Martin and Lauren Smith
28 June - 3 July 2010
(Eng only)
The Buddha advised his
students to develop awareness at all times and in all situations
whether sitting, standing, lying down or walking. Conbineing focused
sitting meditation with Taichi practice, we have the opportunity to
consciously bridge the gap between physical stillness and activity,
between a time of retreat and a time of direct engagement in daily
affairs. Life requires us to navigate between stillness and movement
and between self awareness and awareness of others, between individual
space and group activity. In bringing awareness to this range of human
experience we will offer an entire spectrum of exercises ranging from
still meditation and different forms of meditative movement to various
forms of partner work and group activity.
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Lauren Smith began body oriented training as a high school wrestler in America.
He began meditating in 1984, and in 1988 began studying Tai Chi in
Taiwan, in the line of Chen Panling, Wu Jianquan, Yang Shaohou, Ji
Zixiu and Xu Yusheng. He studied a mixed Taichichuan form with Ken
Duhamel, a student of Bo Sim Mark and in 1990 began training in Taiwan
with Serge Dreyer, a student of Wang Yennian. Lauren also began
Baguazhang study with Lai Kanzhao, a student of Wang Shujin, and came
into contact with students from the Chen Manching lineage, most
prominently, Tao Pingxiang in Taibei.
With his teached’s support he began competing in push-hands
competitions, practicing with hundreds of Taichi players from all
schools. He has won seven first place medals in competitions in Asia,
the USA and in Europe. I finished two University degrees in Chinese, a
BA from Brown University, USA and an MA from the University of Münster
in Germany. His final papers were translations and commentaries of
various texts on Taichichuan.
Living in Germany since 1993, Lauren has trained with western
movement techniques such as Feldenkrais, Rolfing Movement and Bothmer
Gymnastics. Elements from massage, meditation and body work in general
have found their way into his courses. As well as pushing hands, Lauren
also teaches form and various aspects of movement and awareness in
general. Most importantly, he transmits Taichi as a chance to discover
our inherently peaceful, powerful and playful center. He teaches
workshops throughout Europe. |
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Cost
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€150 camping
€210 shared room + Dana
€270 single room
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