
Our Practice
Compassion Cultivation – Kristina
Effort-Rest Balance
Tonglen: giving out happiness
Embodied mind training: listening and attunement
Somatic listening: journaling and documenting a practice
Life as practice – Kris / Evgenii
Our personal journeys
Morality and ethical conduct
The importance/role of a teacher/guide
Motivation: achieving something/moving towards a goal
Mantra: working with affirmations while in the process
The benefits of hard external conditions: discomfort and growth
Gratitude, equanimity, and kindness of sentient beings
Consistency, precision, balance and having a happy mind
Ikigai: it’s not what we do, it is how we do it
Martial Arts - Kristina / Evgenii
Body conditioning
Correct kind of tension
Principles of punching
Stance work & grounding
Partner work – kihon/basics
Breathing Kata
Foundations of Qigong – Evgenii
Principles of Body Development within Qigong
Anchoring the breath, sinking and mobilising Qi
Correct application of attention
Correct internal architecture
Principles of using the kua - hip crease
Establishing correct elasticity in the body
Jiben Qigong - eight foundational exercises
Harmonisation of the Elements - Evgenii
Understanding the Wuxing: interplay between mind and body
Wuxing Qigong - five standing elemental-balancing exercises
Huichun Qigong - five harmonising seated practices
Finding Xiantian Qi - energy undistorted by emotions and mental states
Medical use of Qigong
The Art of Resting & Dantian Development - Evgenii
Principles of parasympathetic activation - Energetics of Rest
Understanding lower Dantian and its role in neuro-psychic relaxation
Consolidating Yin Qi in the field of lower Dantian
Principles of reverse breathing
Energetic foundations for calm abiding (samatha)
Creating Conditions for Flow – Kristina
What is flow?
What is the experience of flow?
Autotelic personalities
Flow Triggers
Using flow to develop confidence and move through self-doubt