Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 pm in Unit 8 (second & fourth Thursdays )
Saturdays, 10 am to 11:30 pm in Unit 8
Health = A Balanced Flow Of Qigong
According to Taoism, the health of our body/mind is dependent upon a clear, strong and balanced flow of Chi through the Sen Lines. Since qigong practice accomplishes just this, it should come as no surprise that the benefits of qigong (also spelled “Chi Kung”) practice extend to every physical system of our bodies, as well as to the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of our Being
Physical Benefits of Qigong Practice:
Qigong practice makes the body strong and supple. It improves balance, stamina and flexibility. It has positive effects on the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and immune and central nervous systems. It tends to create smooth skin, and a pleasant feeling of deep warmth within the body. It increases sexual vitality, and allows our sleep-time to be more deep and restorative. Over time, qigong practice can reduce or eliminate chronic pain. It also has the power to reverse the aging process, and restore youthfulness.
Emotional Benefits of Qigong:
The smooth and balanced flow of Qi created by qigong practice shows itself as a joyful, relaxed, optimistic and energized state of mind. While the emotional energies of anger, fear, anxiety or grief still may arise, they will be much less “sticky” – and be held and then dissolved within the larger field of joy, gratitude, acceptance and equanimity.
Mental & Spiritual Benefits of Qigong:
The abundance of clarified energy and mental stillness generated by qigong practice supports great mental clarity, and nourishes both intuition and creativity. As our intelligence becomes rooted in a connection to the inner body, it widens and deepens in increasingly wonderful ways.
As we deepen in our qigong practice, our spiritual channels – such as the third-eye – gradually open. We become aware of more subtle realms of Being, and begin to experience, directly, our interconnectedness with All-That-Is.
"Don't miss the Wellness Healing Circle after Qigong on Saturdays. Be a life long learner about your health and how to address different health conditions - naturally!
Cost: $15.00
All Welcome
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Living Zen & Mind
With Zen Priest Ven. Hae Kwang Robert
Ongoing the third Monday of each month
All Welcome
Next Class September 19, 7 – 9 pm in Unit 8
Cost: $20
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Join our
‘Living Zen & Mind’ night as we go deeper into the Zen teachings and P.K. Keys that liberate True-Self from the conditioned “little” self that serves up the judgmental, limiting beliefs.
You were born to be free!
The P.K. practice taught in ‘Zen & Mind’ is not another self-help tool. It’s a clearing tool or Samurai Sword that cuts through and gets us beyond unsupportive thoughts, beliefs and mental processes.
In unawareness, acidic thoughts can multiply, dissipate our energy and cause contraction on many levels. P.K. systematically trains the mind to be less ‘Velcro’ and more skilful at not binding to mind objects (especially unsupportive, judgmental thoughts). By applying what you learn in this ongoing
(third Monday of each month) class, peace starts to take centre stage more and more.
Learning how to shift perspective from “Susan” to Big Mind and peacefully abide from there is critically important for the nervous system (and healing overall). It’s also the doorway to accessing innate wisdom and true compassion. With practice, the heart opens and addictions, ill will and cravings start to fall away. People from many different religious and cultural backgrounds study Zen. It serves a great need. Ultimately, world peace can only be achieved if we first establish peace within our own minds.
"When the mind is trained, quieted, then room is created for our brightness, our True Self to shine through. The nature of True Self IS positive, loving, witnessing, unmoved in the moving. No positive affirmation can deliver the depth of contentment, of joy that already exists, that comes forward from True Self. The more we connect with it, the more it grows through us. In such an environment, the body has comfort, hurry sickness and chasing to 'fix' what we 'thought' we were collapses. The nervous system can finally rest - Stillness. From this place, the body will not easily fall prey to disease."
- Hae Kwang Sunim
Ven. Hae Kwang Sunim (Robert)
Ven. Hae Kwang Robert is Vice-Dean of The Institute of Asian / Buddhist Studies (I.B.S.) (http://www.wbu-austria.com). He started studying comparative religion, Zen and Eastern Complimentary Medicine in 1990. He received ordination as Bodhi-Cari at Bo Kwang Temple Anaheim and Taego Zen Priest ordination in Seoul, South Korea after years of study under Patriarch Ven Dr. Jongmae Park. The 1600 year old International Zen Taego Order is one of the largest Zen Orders in the world with over 3,100 Zen Temples. For almost a decade, Hae Kwang has been conducting meditation retreats, classes and workshops across California. In 2008, Hae Kwang returned to Ontario and is now acting director of Zen Taego Order Canada (www.taegozen.info).
