About me: ..What is the Australasian Qi/ Chi/ Ki Arts Festival?
It is a fun celebration to focus awareness and cultivate Vital Energy (Qi/ Chi/ Ki), Breath, Mindfulness and good body usage practices in every day life. It is hosted by the Qifull Qigong and Tai Chi Network.
What happens at the Festival and who will be there?
Over 1½ days, highly respected Tai Chi, Qigong, Aikido and Meditation teachers, practitioners and performers, along with other teachers in disciplines such as Calligraphy, Feng Shui, Tea Ceremony (The Art of Tea), Origami, and music will be sharing their knowledge.
There will be performances and demonstrations, community classes, talks/ forums on a wide array of Qi/Chi/Ki developing topics. There will also be refinement classes for Qigong/ Tai Chi/ Aikido practitioners. A Tea pavilion will be available for you to sample teas and other beverages along with Yum Cha and delicacies to stimulate and satisfy your taste buds.
There will be a variety of activities for all ages from kids to grannies. People from all walks of life will be joining in the Festival Celebration. Ordinary people who want to have fun, be stimulated and explore ways in enjoying life to the fullest whilst learning to help themselves, family or friends will be there.
Kids (and adults alike) will have the opportunity to get to know and play with Qi/ Ki and develop a greater sense of themselves, gain self-confidence and esteem and find an inner quiet. It is sure to benefit and uplift all those who attend regardless of their fitness, health or mobility.
There will also be a Tai Chi/ Qigong gathering on Saturday morn at 10am to join in the World Tai Chi and Qigong Day Celebration.
When and where is the Qi/Chi/Ki Festival?
From 4pm on Friday 25th April til late evening on Saturday 26th, we will be having a great time in Bangalow, 10 mins from Byron Bay, NSW.Performances go all day and into the night at the A & I Hall, next to the showground.
Those who are coming internationally or interstate, can fly into the Gold Coast Airport (45 mins away), or Ballina / Lismore Airports (30 mins). We will have transport schedules and lists of accommodation booking offices available. Billeting may be available for visiting performers and teachers.
What is World Tai Chi Day?
World T'ai Chi and Qigong Day brings people together worldwide across economic and geopolitical lines . . . coming together to celebrate health and healing. It is an annual healing event that has quietly spread across the planet.
It begins at 10 am with groups in New Zealand, and then moves time zone by time zone across the globe, to finish with the final events in Hawaii. People in over 60 countries create a healing wave of calm around the planet.
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day paints a vision of possibility for humanity each year. Subtly, quietly, providing a profound example to millions who participate or experience it through the media. It will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2008. Find out more at World Tai Chi Day
Who is the Qifull Qigong and Tai Chi Network?
We are a group of Qigong, Tai Chi and Aikido practitioners that live around the North Coast of NSW and proximal to the Gold Coast.
We are diverse in the styles, forms and competency of levels of our individual practices and our backgrounds and lifestyles. What we have in common is the willingness to learn from each other and be enriched by exploring complementary styles that provide the opportunity for the deeper unfolding of our own practices. We recognise that we can be inspired by each other and capture through playing with Qi/ Chi /Ki an ‘effortless’ way to live.
We have four get-togethers a year, celebrate Chinese New Year along with our annual general meeting and will be hosting the Australasian Qi/ Chi/ Ki Arts Festival!
How can I be involved in the Festival?
We welcome expressions of interest to be involved in organising, sponsorship, and of course if you practice any Qi/Chi/Ki Arts yourself and want to be involved in the performance/ demonstrations, give a community class/ workshop or talk, we would love to hear from you. Perhaps bring a group you practice with along with you!
We would also very much enjoy sharing your time with us as a community member, audience and workshop participant.
How can I find out more? email: qifull@yahoo.com.au mail: PO Box 846, Ballina, NSW, 2478 phone: 043 42 300 42 internet: www.myspace/qifullnetwork
