This year we are taking a different approach to running things. It's very difficult to give new students a taste of what Lishi can offer in the space of one to one and a half hours. To cover the whole syllabus takes over 16 years, so to compress that into ninety minutes and do it justice is a near impossible task. That might seem a daunting number, but it's only a number and we shouldn't get too fixed on it. Some people may cover it in less time, others may take longer. It doesn't really matter. The journey is one of self discovery and you go at the pace that suits your life. Whether you're taking little shuffles forwards or leaps and bounds forwards in your training, just by coming to a class you'll start to feel what is the right tempo for you.
So back to running things differently. I'm starting to do all the preparation work for the new term ahead. To give students more of a chance of feeling what we are working towards and to give them more of a running start, at Lishi Salford www.lishi.org/classes/salford we're going to be running 4 week courses focusing on specific aspects of the Lishi Daoist Arts.
The first course we are running will be starting 28th September 2018 and will work on the Lishi Tai Chi Short form, and breath control with three sectional breathing and some breathing exercises known as Dao Yin. We also do partner work where we will assist one another in improving both of these.
I feel excited about it. I think it will give people a running start to see if they like what we have to offer and how we teach it and the community within the class. I'm also having a go at trying to increase the classes social media presence. That's a full time job in itself. I'm trying to get the balance of screen time to engage with people, yet also maintaining a connectivity to the world around us - by getting into green spaces and keeping physically active. Juggling work and life can be a real challenge at times, but having Lishi training helps me to ground and root my thoughts and stop me from flying into rabbit holes of work. It has helped to teach me to reflect on life and pull my focus back to the important things in life. It's given me more confidence in recognising what my intuition tells me and not what society projects as expectations on to me.
The breathwork and breath control is so important to our vitality and it cannot be understated. I'll do some more blogs later on the importance of breath control and how it can be used in your life to improve things for you, mentally and physically.
If this resonates with you. Get in touch. Lishi is a very enabling art and will give you wings to see things in different ways. If you want to that is......
#Lishi #Dao #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #LishiSalford #Salford #selfawareness #selfconfidence #learnaboutyourself #worklifebalance #taichi #taiji #breathing #daoyin #newcourse #discoveryourself #socialmediachampion #connectedness #breathwork #breathcontrol
So back to running things differently. I'm starting to do all the preparation work for the new term ahead. To give students more of a chance of feeling what we are working towards and to give them more of a running start, at Lishi Salford www.lishi.org/classes/salford we're going to be running 4 week courses focusing on specific aspects of the Lishi Daoist Arts.
The first course we are running will be starting 28th September 2018 and will work on the Lishi Tai Chi Short form, and breath control with three sectional breathing and some breathing exercises known as Dao Yin. We also do partner work where we will assist one another in improving both of these.
I feel excited about it. I think it will give people a running start to see if they like what we have to offer and how we teach it and the community within the class. I'm also having a go at trying to increase the classes social media presence. That's a full time job in itself. I'm trying to get the balance of screen time to engage with people, yet also maintaining a connectivity to the world around us - by getting into green spaces and keeping physically active. Juggling work and life can be a real challenge at times, but having Lishi training helps me to ground and root my thoughts and stop me from flying into rabbit holes of work. It has helped to teach me to reflect on life and pull my focus back to the important things in life. It's given me more confidence in recognising what my intuition tells me and not what society projects as expectations on to me.
The breathwork and breath control is so important to our vitality and it cannot be understated. I'll do some more blogs later on the importance of breath control and how it can be used in your life to improve things for you, mentally and physically.
If this resonates with you. Get in touch. Lishi is a very enabling art and will give you wings to see things in different ways. If you want to that is......
#Lishi #Dao #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #LishiSalford #Salford #selfawareness #selfconfidence #learnaboutyourself #worklifebalance #taichi #taiji #breathing #daoyin #newcourse #discoveryourself #socialmediachampion #connectedness #breathwork #breathcontrol