T'ai Chi Summer Trainings

NOTE: Information about the 2008 Summer training in Europe has been updated!

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2008 U.S. Summer T'ai Chi Training
Come Nourish Yourself!

We have set the dates for our summer training at Bennington College in Vermont!

Monday, July 14  – Sunday, July 20, 2008

If you have questions or want to register, PLEASE contact Anne Smyers:
By e-mail:
By phone:

Bennington College
One College Drive
Bennington, Vermont 05201
 

More details to come soon!

Sponsored By:
T’ai Chi Foundation (TCF)
PO Box 575
Midtown Station
New York, NY 10018

2008 STCC European Summer Training:

School of T'ai Chi Chuan Europe

Unique 5-Day Summer Holiday

Confirmed Dates:
Sunday 3 August – Saturday 9 August 2008

Location:
Congrescentrum Rolduc
Heyendallaan 82
6464 EP Kerkrade
The Netherlands

T: +31 (0)45 546 6888 (after 1 August)

E: info@rolduc.com (after 1 August)

 

NEW!: Download STCC 2008 Summer Brochure & Invitation
NEW!: Download STCC 2008 Summer Registration Form

We are also planning to organize a Nine Hypergnostic Systems Training^sm. If you are interested in doing this please let Lucy Brouwer or Harm Leerling know as soon as possible. The dates for this additional training are confirmed: Friday, 25th July – Friday, 8th August. Please submit the form below in order to attend 2008 Nine Hypergnostic Systems Training:

NEW!: Download Nine Hypergnostic Systems Training^sm Brochure
NEW!: Download Nine Hypergnostic Systems Training^sm Registration (.DOC format)

Lucy Brouwer (England):
or telephone +44 1727 840949

and

Harm Leerling (Netherlands):
or telephone +31 6 26 388 981

This is to let you know that the European T'ai Chi Summer Programme 2008 is again taking place at Rolduc in The Netherlands following a successful time last year. The training will be jointly sponsored by the TCF and STCC Europe.

HOLIDAYS by the School of T’ai Chi Chuan (STCC) Europe attract people of all ages, from all walks of life, and from all over the world. STCC is an international non-profit school with more than 200 teachers, many of whom will be present to teach students T’ai Chi and Meditation, from beginning to advanced levels, as well as working together to improve their own skills.

We will hold the T’ai Chi summer holiday again in the Rolduc Conference Centre, in the town of Kerkrade in Limburg, in the southern part of the Netherlands where it joins Belgium and Germany. Founded in 1104 as an Augustinian monastery, Rolduc later became a seminary.

While retaining its historic ambience, Rolduc is now a modern centre for conferences and other events. Its splendid wooded grounds, gardens and ponds, athletics field, tennis court and other facilities make it an ideal place for a week of relaxation. Guests can enjoy a drink at the bar or bring it out to the adjacent terrace with a lovely walled garden.

We again offer the popular Roots & Branches©, a practice that is both energetic and healing and condenses T’ai Chi practice to its essence. Deeply affecting you inside and out, the exercises are fun to do, keep you in a pleasant mood and help you to focus while breathing naturally.

There is plenty of time to enjoy a drink with new friends, explore the environment by bike, car or foot, and/or take part in the evening programmes. The holiday week finishes with a special last-night dinner and party.

Kids love "Kids’ Camp"!
While parents enjoy their own classes, children of all ages can enjoy a range of organized activities. Dedicated Kids’ Camp staff will keep children happy, safe and occupied with various activities, including arts and crafts, excursions and free play.

Children from age five, accompanied by a parent or carer, can participate in T’ai Chi Kids’ Games^SM. Playing specially developed games, they become familiar with T’ai Chi principles and the T’ai Chi Form. Teens can participate in beginning T’ai Chi classes.

Kids’ Camp gives parents and carers the freedom to fully participate in the T’ai Chi day, while sharing meals and free time with their children. The relaxed and fun atmosphere of Kids’ Camp adds a special quality to the training as a whole.

A typical day in Rolduc
Most people will do three hours of T’ai Chi per day, consisting of one hour of Roots & Branches© and two hours of Form or Push Hands, depending on their needs and preferences. Before lunch everyone can join an Arica^SM programme that focuses on meditation and observing one’s own ego process.

Around these hours you can pick and choose from activities such as pre-breakfast T’ai Chi rounds, Psychocalisthenics®, Nine Ways of Zhikr^SM, Hawaiian swimming and various evening programmes. Many of these have no extra cost.

Roots & Branches©: generating Chi
Every day starts with an hour of Roots & Branches©, focusing on the manifold manifestations and functions of the five phases of energy.

The course includes moves that generate Chi, circulate and unblock Chi, apply the Chi to nourish the system, and return the Chi to the deepest level – that of Jing Chi, associated from time immemorial with health, spirit and longevity. Postures, movements, walks and shifts are experienced with the natural ease of the tantien breath.

Part of each hour focuses on how to utilize the application of Chi for ourselves or others. One of the beautiful things is that by the end of the week, you will be able to practice Roots & Branches© on your own, to support your wellbeing and health for the rest of your life!

T'ai Chi Form for beginners
The sequence of moves is taught step-by-step by highly experienced instructors teaching in teams. Each class includes group instruction with clear indications, demonstrations, practice and hands-on help with positions and moves.

Advanced T’ai Chi programme
The intensive residential format allows participants, learning on whichever level, to immerse in T’ai Chi and experience deeper levels of awareness. In this way, the knowledge of the art and its meaning in daily life are enriched. Advanced students can do Form and/or Push Hands ‘workshop style’, led by senior teachers.

Traditional Hawaiian Swimming^sm

The original swimming technique used by the Hawaiian warriors from the Huna tradition, using T’ai Chi principles of timing, balance and relaxation, will be presented for children and adults. This is also a wonderful opportunity to overcome hydrophobia. A refreshing way to complement the intensive T’ai Chi programme.

T'ai Chi Chuan

T'ai Chi is an ancient Chinese art that promotes total health: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. A "round" of T'ai Chi takes only 7-10 minutes. No special equipment or clothing is required. STCC teaches the Yang Style Short Form in the tradition of the late Grandmaster Cheng Man-ch'ing. STCC's unique team-teaching method has attracted and inspired many students through the years.

T’ai Chi and Meditation

In STCC, T’ai Chi practice and Meditation go hand in hand. This union recognises that relaxation is not just about the body but also about the mind and the spirit. The self-development and spiritual work complements and accelerates the process of relaxation and has always been part of STCC’s T’ai Chi tradition.

The types of meditation mentioned below come from the Arica School.

The Arica School^®

The Arica School was founded by Oscar Ichazo in 1968 as a School of Knowledge. It provides a contemporary method of enlightenment, employing modern knowledge to clarify human consciousness, producing freedom and liberation.

Psychocalisthenics Training by Oscar Ichazo

Psychocalisthenics is a sequence of 23 movement and breathing exercises that activate the fl ow of vital energy through all muscle groups, organs, glands and tissues. A great way to wake up physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

The Arica Nine Ways of Zhikr^sm Training by Oscar Ichazo

In the Arica® Zhikr, the internal mantram of the Divine, ‘Toham Kum Rah ^SM’, is repeated in nine different ways to specifi c patterns of music, movements and breathing to produce the State of mystical ecstasy and union with the Divine.

The Nine Hypergnostic Systems Training ^sm

14 days, Thursday 24 July to Friday 8 August 2008.

As an alternative to the T’ai Chi holiday programme, consider taking time out and treating yourself to the transforming experience of The Nine Hypergnostic Systems Training.

This intensive Arica programme gives you the opportunity to acquire a solid and enduring foundation for self-knowledge and spiritual insight.

For more information contact Harm Leerling in the Netherlands or Lucy Brouwer in the UK.

Accommodations

Accommodation at Rolduc consists of various types of modernised rooms. Single or double bedrooms have a private toilet/shower, telephone, TV and radio alarm clock. You may also choose single/double/dormitory-style bedrooms, with toilets/showers in adjacent corridors. Package prices start from €485 per person (for dormitory accommodation, inclusive of discount if paid in full by 15 June 2008).

There is also a camping site 7km from Rolduc, with tent and car priced at €20/day for 1-2 people (€13/day for just tent for 1-2 people).

Meals are served at Rolduc’s main dining room, with the kitchen able to accommodate special diet requirements.

Rolduc Conference Centre in Kerkrade can be reached in 1.5 hours by train from Dusseldorf Airport (Germany) and three hours from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (Netherlands). (Travel directions will be sent to participants after registration.)

The five-day (six-night) holiday starts with registration on Sunday 3 August at 3-5pm. The training ends the morning of Saturday 9 August after the Friday night dinner and party.

A minimum deposit of €100 (£75) per adult/child is required to have a room reserved for you. A €25 discount per adult/child is given to those who register and pay in full by 15 June 2008. (Credit card details must be faxed or envelopes must be postmarked by 15 June 2008). For credit card payments there is a surcharge of 5%. STCC reserves the right to retain €100 (per adult/child) for cancellations after 1 July 2008.

We are looking forward to see you in the summer!
Greetings from the European summer team.

2008 Registration and Information

If you would like to join us, please download our brochure and the registration form or contact us to receive information through the mail.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any information you might want.

Contact and information

STICHTING STCC EUROPE

Email: info@rolduc.com (after August 1)