Qi Gong, Meditation & Creative Writing

Space is available on this event

This retreat will focus on the relationship between creative writing and meditation. These practices both employ embodied, mental and linguistic techniques of discipline, imagination, and attention, and the retreat will aim to investigate the potential for meditation to foster creative practice. Along with sitting meditation, the retreat will introduce participants to Qi Gong, an ancient Chinese art that seeks to restore wellbeing through bringing body, breath and mind together in a series of meditative physical exercises. The sense of stillness in motion that is explored through Qi Gong benefits creativity and promotes mental, emotional and spiritual health. All these exercises can be adapted and practised by anyone, regardless of age, previous experience or level of mobility.

Peter Jaeger

Dr Peter Jaeger is a Canadian writer, professor of creative writing, and yoga / qi gong instructor who has lived in England for the last 25 years. He is the author of 14 books of poetry and prose on such topics as Zen Buddhism, Ecology, and contemporary pilgrimage. As a long-time practitioner of meditation, he integrates techniques drawn from mindfulness practice into his creative writing classes and workshops. Throughout the early 2000s, Peter travelled to India numerous times to study yoga, and in 2005 he certified as an Iyengar Yoga Instructor. More recently he has augmented that practice with Qi Gong, the ancient Chinese art of working with internal energy. Peter’s goal as an instructor is to understand what his students need to learn, and then to help them to realize their learning objectives.

Arrivals: from 3pm Friday - first meal is dinner at 7pm

Departures: 3pm Sunday

Costs:

Adult Standard:                          £128 per person

Adult Benefactor:                       £156 per person

Adult Camping:                          £100 per person

Adult Camping (Benefactor):     £128 per person

Student:                                     £100 per person

(Student rate will require proof either by showing a valid Student Card or letter from your place of Education.)

If you are able to afford the Benefactor rate please consider paying as it  helps to support the work of Othona and enables us to provide bursaries to those who otherwise struggle to afford to come.  If you are a UK Tax Payer, please advise on the form if you are happy for us to claim Gift Aid.  If you say yes, we then get a further 25% from the Government to help 

We may be able to offer a bursary if needed. Please contact us to find out more.

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