{"id":37008,"date":"2024-08-08T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/?p=37008"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:56:05","slug":"impressions-workshop-2024-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/blog\/impressions-workshop-2024-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in the shade of mighty yew trees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chi Kung in the Palace Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Chi Kung in the Tradition of the Masters, you can bring your inner energy and strength to new heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than 20 years, we’ve been meeting every summer in the Palace Gardens of Usingen to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are some impressions from the workshop in 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Great people, great weather, great energy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Training under trees is traditionally considered the best way to strengthen our life energy (Chi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Palace Gardens of Usingen – in the Taunis hills near Frankfurt, Germany – offer an exceptionally beautiful setting in the shade of its mighty yew trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather was once again perfect for this workshop: neither too hot nor too cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is especially fortunate that there is a Zhan Zhuang community where I live in Usingen, which Sifu Thomas honors with a workshop once a year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detailed instructions and refinements in the moving and stationary Chi Kung exervices allowed us to experience the energy presence in a wonderful way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sunny day in the palace gardens with the old yew trees supporting us like a tree and the delicious food was intense and fulfilling.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, dear Thomas, and to all the participants!<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Doris M\u00f6ller, Yoga teacher, Usingen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Standing Like a Tree (Zhan Zhuang) in the Ba Gua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This year we were also very fortunate to have the right number of participants to take advantage of the powerful energy of the Ba Gua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ba Gua configuration requires eight or nine practitioners. When properly aligned, the energy of the five elements flows through the different positions in a specific pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I just wanted to say thanks again for the seminar and training.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a lot of fun and I got a lot out of it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather and the setting were great, and the people there were really nice and made me feel welcome right away.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Michael Wolff, Plettenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The focus of the workshop was on Zhan Zhuang (Standing Like a Tree) and Ba Duan Jin (the Eight Brocades exercises).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both forms complement each other perfectly: Ba Duan Jin releases tension through precisely aligned stretching, while Zhan Zhuang builds up our energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many thanks to Thomas and to all the other members!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a great, inspiring and relaxing day!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m already looking forward to see you at workshop next year!<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Birgit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The next workshop in the Palace Gardens of Usingen will take place at the beginning of July\u00a02026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details will be posted on the following page several months in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here for upcoming courses and workshops<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Impressions from a previous Chi Kung Workshop in the Palace Gardens of Usingen<\/p>\n

Training under trees is traditionally considered the best way to strengthen our life energy (Chi). The Palace Gardens offer extraordinarily beautiful surroundings for this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":84,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[45,27,26,43,29],"class_list":["post-37008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training","tag-ba-duan-jin","tag-chi-kung","tag-sifu-thomas","tag-training","tag-zhan-zhuang","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37008"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37509,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37008\/revisions\/37509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chi-kung.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}