Qigong and Taiji in the monastery - Find your balance

Taiji and Qigong complement each other perfectly. Both forms of movement bring you perfectly into your center and help you to be more mindful. In Qigong, you gather your energy and maintain your energy and health with meditative movements. Taiji helps you to train your balance and coordination. The course is suitable for beginners and advanced practitioners alike.
Mindful walking through nature and the monastery garden promotes mindfulness and focuses your attention on the essentials. The time-out weekend is rounded off with silent and guided meditations, which can have a special effect in a group. Some of the meditations are accompanied by singing bowls or frame drums. The sounds deepen the relaxation and reach the soul level. In between, there is enough time to process the impressions, let the monastery atmosphere take effect and let your mind wander. With numerous exercises, we repeatedly focus on the moment and pure perception, so that the practice of mindfulness is deepened. Qigong and meditation teacher Kerstin Wessel is a certified Qigong teacher recognized by the German Taiji-Qigong Association, a communication trainer and a qualified TCM therapist and meditation trainer. Trainer Marcel Sturm is a certified Qigong, Taiji and Kung Fu trainer and fitness coach.

In addition to the course fees, there are accommodation and catering costs of currently €140. The rooms are simply and comfortably furnished. Each room has its own washbasin. There are plenty of very clean showers and toilets in each corridor near each room. Rooms are reserved directly when booking and payment is made on site.

Coffee, tea and snacks are included in the seminar price and are available at all times. Cold drinks can be purchased on site at moderate prices.
The meals are as follows:
- Breakfast buffet with rolls, bread, cold cuts, cheese, fresh vegetables and fruit, yogurt and muesli.
- Lunch consisting of soup, main course and dessert and almost always salad.
- Dinner as bread and cold cuts and always a hot dish and salad.

Simple restrictions such as vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free or lactose-free can be catered for. The food is tasty and plentiful and is always freshly cooked.

The Taiji and Qigong units will alternate. The program will be designed in such a way that the movements in the Taiji choreography can also be found in the Qigong exercises, so that the recognition effect and body memory help in learning the more complex movement form of Taiji. The program is therefore feasible for everyone and both beginners and advanced practitioners benefit from the deepening of the movement sequences.

Program (rough schedule)
Friday:

from 4 p.m. Arrival, check into your room
17:00 Official start of the program with welcome and getting to know each other
dinner
Qigong
Conclusion together or time for yourself

Saturday:

silent meditation
breakfast
Taiji - learning the form
Qigong (theory and practice)
lunch
Taiji (practicing the form)
Meditation
Qigong
evening meal
Meditation or fantasy journey
Conclusion together or time for yourself

Sunday:

silent meditation
breakfast
Qigong
Taiji (practicing the form)
meditation
lunch
Qigong and Taiji
Final round, farewell, departure

You are responsible for your own transportation. The easiest way to reach the Nikolauskloster is to leave the highway 46 at the Grevenbroich-Kapellen junction. Then follow the L 361 on the right for about 2 km until you see signs for Nikolauskloster. Turn left onto the L32 and after about 1 km you will find the monastery on the left. There are parking spaces directly on the road.