News – Sheila Leonard

A “Scent-free” environmental request for sessions, please and thank you …
Please note that The Lantern is a SCENT-FREE building. We are encouraged to please keep all sessions as scent free as reasonably possible because of increasing allergies to all kinds of scents and fragrances, including many personal care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, hand sanitizers, etc.

March 23, 2026

⛄⛄⛄Looking like a BIG SNOW DAY tomorrow Tuesday!⛄⛄⛄

Tuesday would have been our last T’ai Chi Chih class for our Winter 8-week set.
😎 Mother Nature and Old Man Winter together have another plan😎
and what a winter we have had this year!
☘️ Thought we had “Sheila’s Brush” last Sunday, but seems it did not qualify!☘️
Wishing you safe and well and warm as we weather tomorrow’s storm.
Several practice videos on my site that you can enJOY at home … some I sent out earlier.
Shall be missing you and what would have been a lovely ending to our Winter session!
If anyone would like a Receipt for your donation for your winter classes,
please simply let me know and I can e-mail it to you.

Our new set of 8-week Spring 2026 classes
is scheduled to begin around mid-April.
Same basic schedule re times and days.

Tuesday will still be our T’ai Chi Chih day … starting either April 14th or 21st …
Thursday will still be our Wisdom Healing Qigong day, starting either April 16th or 23rd.
To confirm dates with The Lantern and post my Spring flyer perhaps next week.

Come, Relax and EnJOY when Spring rolls around …
We may well have had the “first day of Spring” on our calendars …
Now eagerly awaiting “the first Spring day”!
😎🦋🙏😇⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.|
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

March 12, 2026

Dropping in with a friendly reminder about tomorrow, Friday, March 13th as the INITIAL due date for replies regarding interest in our two Virginia Water Saturday Spring Retreat Days on April 18^th and May 23^rd . Now extending the reply date to this Sunday, March 15^th in case some missed seeing or replying to the original. 😎Please send any replies to me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com

Please see my original March 8th post below with all the details for anyone who might still be giving it some thought.

Please, it’s very important to say which day or both days, plus whether ½ day (a.m. or p.m.) or all day in your reply. Thank you!

I will need to confirm early next week with the Virginia Water Coordinating Team whether a GO. So far, I have had 5 – 7 YES replies for morning and afternoon sessions on each day, some for a half day and some for the full day, with some as well for both days. Recommended registration is a minimum of 8 – 10 participants for a particular session to be a GO.

With thanks for all replies already received … now awaiting further replies before I will know which Retreat Day sessions have enough participants to be a GO.

As always, if you wish to have your name removed from my mailing list or know of someone who would like to be added, please simply send me an e-mail.

Come, Relax and EnJOY!
🦋🙏😇⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.|
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

March 8, 2026

Spring 2026 Saturday Retreat Days at Virginia Water for April and May

Dropping by to check on interest in possible Spring 2026 Saturday Retreat Days with T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre on Virginia Lake, (47 Parsonage Drive, St. John’s) for April 18^th and May 23^rd. Will check re June later.

PRE-REGISTRATION:
***       Pre-registration is required for Retreats to be sure we have enough to be a GO.
*** Please e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or call 709-727-7863.
***       Please let me know by Friday, March 13^th which date or dates could work for you.
**         Please, important to say whether ½ day (a.m. or p.m.) or all day in your reply.
***       We will need 8 – 10 people to commit to any one session for it to be a GO.
***       After replies come back, I will let you know if both days have enough YES’s.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
***       Will be 9:30 – 12:30 for T’ai Chi Chih and 1:30 – 4:30 for Wisdom Healing Qigong.
***       All welcome, whether brand-new, or already familiar with TCC/WHQ.
***       Will be a mix of quiet, shared reflection, teaching, and practice.
***       Can come for either a half day or full day. (Please specify which time when you reply.)
***       Can all be done seated or standing as feels comfortable for you.
***       Can be a great introduction for anyone new or a great day to go deeper.
***       Welcome to bring a brown bag lunch and have lunch together 12:30 – 1:30.

SUGGESTED DONATION:
***       Donations are in support of Virginia Water ministry and my own.
***       $20 for each half day … or give what you can, as your circumstances allow.
***       Please never let $$$ be an issue that prevents you from joining us.
***       You can “pay forward” if need be, by doing acts of kindness for someone else.
***       We are all so inter-connected that what we do for one of us we do for all of us.
***       Donations payable at the Retreat … by cash, cheque in my name, or by e-transfer.

Simply bring along a spirit of openness, adventure, and enthusiasm.
Always come with a “beginners mind” , whether new or returning!

Give yourself a treat for Spring! A little “time-out” just for YOU!
As one person summed it up, “Doing it just feels good!”
Come, taste and see!
Relax and enJOY

Any way in which you can share this information would be deeply appreciated …

As always, if you wish to have your name removed from my mailing list or know of someone who would like to be added, please simply let me know.
🙏 🦋⛄😇

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

March 4, 2026

Note #1: Our Tuesday afternoon 2:00 T’ai Chi Chih Beyond Beginners class
will continue as is for the rest of March.
Still spaces available … for returning students only …

Note #2: Our Thursday afternoon 2:00 Wisdom Healing Qigong Beyond Beginners class will be at 1:00 for this week only … and for just over an hour
because of another personal commitment that has come up for me. at 2:30.
We have enough YES replies for 1:00 to make it a GO for this Thursday…
then continuing at the usual time until the end of March.

Note #3: Our next new set of 8-week classes for both
T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong
will begin around the middle of April.
Looking also at dates for Spring Saturday Retreat Days
at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre on Virginia Lake.

More details to follow as Spring schedule is finalized.
Times and days and other details for Spring 2026
will be essentially the same as Winter 2026.
For the most part, only the dates will change.
For now, you can click here for my Winter 2026 Flyer

Come, Re-LAX and En-JOY!
🙏😇🦋⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

March 2, 2026

Class changes this week
and also to the end of March for the Winter Session

*** Tuesday classes are as usual for T’ai Chi Chih this week.
The Tuesday morning 10:30 and evening 7:00 T’ai Chi Chih Beginners classes remain on track this week and until the end of March, weather pending, of course.

NOTE: The Tuesday afternoon 2:00 Beyond Beginners T’ai Chi Chih class is very small with two people now needing to step back for March. Would be lovely to have a few more to add to the energy of the group. Simply let me know if anyone else who has already done at least one full set of classes might be interested in joining our Beyond Beginners T’ai Chi Chih class even just for March … or simply come along and then decide. Will let you know after this week if that class will be continuing for March.

*** Thursday changes for Wisdom Healing Qigong classes
going forward for March …

The Thursday morning 10:30 Beginners class is continuing as usual until the end of March for the Winter session, again weather pending.

NOTE: For the Thursday afternoon 2:00 Beyond Beginners class, I now have an unexpected Thursday afternoon commitment that came up on very short notice. One option is to move to an hour earlier just for this week, starting at 1:00, or simply cancel this week. Please reply as soon as you can to let me know if the earlier time works for you on Thursday afternoon so I can confirm the change with both you and the Lantern staff.

The Thursday evening 7:00 Beginners class is being cancelled. There are now only two now remaining in the evening class since two others have needed to switch to a daytime class. Will restart the evening class after Easter for the Spring session.

Meanwhile, if someone else would like to come to the
Beyond Beginners T’ai Chi Chih or Wisdom Healing Qigong afternoon classes
for the remainder of March, as a refresher,
please simply get in touch …
or simply come along to class and see how it goes for you.

For anyone brand-new to either class,
a fresh start in the Spring would be a better option.

Starting all classes fresh again mid-April for 8 weeks.

As always, if someone you know would like to be added to my mailing list, please ask them to get in touch by e-mail at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com You can always ask to have your name removed from my mailing list at any time.

🙏😇🦋⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

February 26, 2026

ALL Wisdom Healing Qigong Classes are a GO today and this evening …

Schools are reopened and all at The Lantern is well away re the parking lot. Again, you are encouraged to come a little earlier for greater ease of parking access. Please do always use your own best judgment if you have a question re weather and safety in your own area.

Be SAFE, be WELL, be WARM.

😇🙏⛄🦋😎

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds…
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

February 24, 2026

ALL T’ai Chi Chih Classes are a GO today and this evening …

Schools are closed to allow for more snow clearing but The Lantern is well away re the parking lot. Again, you are encouraged to come a little earlier for greater ease of parking access.

Be SAFE, be WELL, be WARM.

😇🙏⛄🦋😎

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds…
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

February 19, 2026

Another SNOW DAY!
Classes ALL cancelled today, Thursday, and this evening as well
as we dig out and allow the weather to settle …

Safety is always #1 … including with all that shoveling …
T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong as Mindfulness practices
are also great “warm-ups” for better circulating Energy throughout our bodies,
the same natural Energy that fuels our muscles and joints for optimal functioning and care.

To my classes, this is a great day to spend extra time with those video/audio practice links
that were sent out following our recent beginning Winter 2026 classes.😎

*** Still space available in my Winter 2026 Beginners classes
for both TCC on Tuesdays and WHQ classes on Thursdays …
mornings at 10:30 and evenings at 7:00. ***
Simply e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or give me a call at 709-727-7863
or come along for a taste and then decide … some like to do both classes …
You can click here as well as below for my Winter 2026 Flyer

Practices are easy to learn and easy to do …
More details can be found below here on this NEWS page
and on the individual TCC and WHQ pages here on my site.

A reminder that winter parking is more of a challenge at The Lantern.
See the Lantern Parking info and tips in the right margin here on my site.

Wishing you WELL and SAFE and WARM …
😇🙏⛄🦋😎

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds…
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

February 18, 2026

Re Wisdom Healing Qigong Classes tomorrow, Thursday/19th

Seems we are in for more SNOW tonight!😎
If schools are open, I usually go ahead …
If there is a delayed school opening announcement, I would cancel the morning class and then decide re afternoon and evening classes as the morning goes on.

Please also watch this NEWS page here on my website for an UPDATE in the morning …
😇🙏⛄🦋😎

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds…
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

February 17, 2026

Tuesday evening T’ai Chi Chih Class is still a GO for tonight.

The Lantern is opening as usual. I will be there for 7:00 class …I trust you will use your own best judgment. Weather forecasts vary re a late evening start for the snow or maybe a tad earlier.

For anyone who shows, we will have class. We will keep a close eye on the weather and decide a next step accordingly.

Safety is always #1.
⛄🙏⛄😇 ⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”
~ Howard Thurman

February 9, 2026

All classes back on track as of this week until the end of March

After two weeks of cancellations for several classes mostly due to weather, we are all set to get back on track this week, including for the Thursday evening Wisdom Healing Qigong class that initially had too few registrations to go ahead. Any new registrations still welcome, even if you would like to simply come for a class or two before deciding for sure. All welcome.

You can click here for my Winter 2026 Flyer again for easy reference and printing.
Any further schedule changes will continue to be posted here.

Wishing you WELL and SAFE and WARM …
Do go easy on the heavy shoveling …
⛄😎🙏🦋⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

February 3, 2026 NOON UPDATE

RE Today’s AFTERNOON Beyond Beginners T’ai Chi Chih Class

I am cancelling this afternoon’s 2:00 Beyond Beginners class for today.
The parking lot has been cleared but the streets in the neighbourhood are a major challenge for safe walking and still need widening … which will hopefully happen as the day goes on. Meanwhile, we have 5 registered for that class … if anyone else returning would like to join us Tuesdays in the afternoons for our Beyond Beginners class, please simply let me know …

Instead, of class today, I hope you can EnJOY some practice time at home and visualize all of us with you!😎See you next week … always as life allows …

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Re today’s 7:00 EVENING T’ai Chi Chih class …

This evening’s 7:00 T’ai Chi Chih class is also being cancelled. I just drove over and had a look. Between snow still piled in the parking lot limiting spaces, and piles of snow making streets very narrow for either walking, driving or parking, it is wiser and safer to simply cancel for this evening.

Truly a winter unlike any we have had in a few years and we are only barely into February.

En-JOY your evening … and any left over “storm chips”!😎
See you next week …
🙏😇⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

February 3, 2026 9:00am UPDATE

Lantern remaining CLOSED this morning … due to weather conditions …
Watch for an Update at 10:30 …

T’ai Chi Chih morning class is cancelled …
Will do an update later this morning re afternoon and evening classes …
Wishing you WELL and SAFE and WARM …
Do go easy on the heavy shoveling …
⛄😎🙏🦋⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

February 2, 2026

Update Regarding T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong
Winter 2026 classes this week and going forward …

Regarding Tuesday T’ai Chi Chih classes:
All 3 T’ai Chi Chih classes have enough registrations to go ahead for the Winter session. Still space available to register, whether by e-mail or by phone at 709-727-7863, or simply come along and register at your first class now that all 3 T’ai Chi Chih classes are already looking like a GO.

Meanwhile, the weather situation this evening is showing no let up yet and it’s already 9:30pm Monday evening. Will means a lot of digging out on Tuesday morning. Sounds wisest to cancel Tuesday morning 10:30 class. For now, looking like the afternoon and evening classes will most likely be able to go ahead.

Please check this NEWS page here on my website in the morning for a further update regarding each of our 3 T’ai Chi Chih classes once we see what tomorrow actually brings by way of weather and clean-up. As a rule of thumb, if schools are closed, our classes are most likely cancelled as well.

Regarding Thursday Wisdom Healing Qigong classes this week:
Our Thursday morning Wisdom Healing Qigong class is going ahead as usual this week.

Our afternoon and evening classes are being cancelled for this week because of a Wake in the afternoon and evening for one of our Presentation Sisters who passed away on Friday.

Special Note re the Thursday Evening Wisdom Healing Qigong Class:
We have only 1 person registered for Thursday evenings at this point. Would generally need a minimum of 5 people to make it a GO. If you would still like to register or would like to drop in for just the one class and then decide, please let me know before next Thursday. (No Thursday evening class this week as noted above …)

As always, if you wish to have your name removed from my mailing list, please simply let me know, or perhaps invite others to ask to be added by e-mailing me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com

Wishing you WELL and SAFE and WARM …
⛄😎🙏🦋⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

January 27, 2026

Today’s Morning T’ai Chi Chih Class is a GO.
Afternoon and Evening Classes are Cancelled.

Today’s morning T’ai Chi Chih class is a GO as we start off our Winter 2026 new 8-week session. The afternoon and evening classes are being cancelled, given the weather forecast with heavy conditions beginning this afternoon. Schools are set to be closing 2 hours early. That is always a good indicator re our classes overall.

Going forward, if wondering whether Lantern T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes are going ahead because of pending weather conditions, please check here on this NEWS page for updates as might be needed if classes are cancelled.

Stay safe and warm …
See you always as life allows …

🙏😇⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as the NEW YEAR unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

January 15, 2026

Reminder re Early Lantern January PRE-Registration
for T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong

Dropping by with a reminder about our Winter 2026 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes starting the last week of January at The Lantern. That is just two weeks away and we know how time flies! 😎

To register, please simply e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com Please BE SURE to indicate which day, which class and which time. Some do both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong and enJOY both. Welcome to try both for a week or two and then decide on one or the other or both.

My Winter 2026 Flyer is attached here again for easy reference and printing and easy sharing. It is also on the NEWS page and elsewhere here on my website. Any way you can share this information is deeply appreciated. Maybe invite a friend or family member to register as well and come along with you. An added bonus perhaps then is that you can practice together between classes!

I have had a small number of registrations so far for each class. I would need far more than that for any class for it to be a GO at this time. The group Energy is also a key part of our classes in enJOYing maximum benefits.

With so many more groups and individuals looking to use The Lantern, it is more important than ever that you PRE-REGISTER so I have a clearer idea ahead of time how many will be coming. The sooner I know, the more helpful it will be for me and for The Lantern. After each first class, I will know if we have enough to support that class going ahead.

A minimum of 5 or 6, though hopefully more, also helps cover the rental in support of The Lantern. Your faithful weekly contributions are very important in helping The Lantern to continue providing this valuable community service. If you can afford to give more than the $10 suggested weekly donation, that would be even more wonderful, with an added thank you. If the $10.00 is truly more than you can afford, please give what you can when you can. Paying Forward in kindness is always an option when the $$ just isn’t there. Please never let the $$ keep you from joining us.

Meanwhile, here on my website you will find an abundance of information about both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong, as well as links to practices for a taste. This and other on-going updates can always be found as well here on this NEWS page..

As always, if you wish to have your name added to my mailing list, please simply let me know, or perhaps invite others to ask to be added by e-mailing me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com

🙏😇⛄

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as the NEW YEAR unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

January 1, 2026 (Edited January 3rd)

A Look Ahead at January/Winter 2026 Classes and Saturday Retreat Days
Click here for Winter 2026 Flyer

Wishing you all things good and wonder-full however you celebrate this lovely time of year and then into the New Year …

😇Any way you can help share this Winter 2026 information would be deeply appreciated, 😇
including by word of mouth, or via your e-mail or Facebook, or if you wish by printing Flyer copies to pass along, drop off, or to post if you notice any bulletin boards with an empty welcoming space in your part of town or in nearby areas!
🙏Thank You 🙏

Looking like it will be a late January Winter start-up for classes the end of the month because of other earlier personal commitments. All classes are at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road, St. John’s. All are welcome. We have even had 90-year-olds. 😎 All practices can be done standing or seated or a mix of both. Always let your body be your guide, modifying as you might need, and still with amazing benefits on every level.

Note: Classes are upstairs. An elevator is currently being installed, Unsure when it will be ready. The Retreat Day site at Virginia Water is ground level.

Winter parking is always more of a challenge, See note in the right margin here on my site regarding Lantern Parking options.

Our set of 8-week classes is tentatively set to begin Tuesday, January 27th for T’ai Chi Chih and Thursday, January 29th for Wisdom Healing Qigong. Continuing then until Tuesday, March 24th and Thursday, March 26th, with some wiggle room the following week, for example, in case we need to make up for a storm day. ⛄⛄⛄

Class times for both days are the same: 10:30 – 12:00 and 7:00 – 8:30 for Beginners and also open to anyone returning who would simply like to focus more on the basic practices and become more comfortable and more confident with them, and also a 2:00 – 3:30 Beyond Beginners class which is only for those returning who feel more comfortable and confident with the practices and would like to deepen them.

Registrations open as of January 5th for both. Please register ahead of time if possible. You can e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or call my cell at 709-727-7863. It is important to let me know which class day and which time when you register. Some like to do both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong. Individual classes will be a GO if I have enough to make up a class since the group energy is an important part of the class experience.

I ask for a weekly donation of $10.00 per class to help cover Lantern rental fees. Please never let $$ keep you away. If $$ is a challenge for you, giving what you can when you can is always an option, as is paying forward with deliberate acts of kindness to someone. We can chat as need be about that. Some have done that before and I totally understand that may be a challenge for some. Your contribution can be made when you come to class each week or you can do a single amount at the beginning for all 8 weeks … by cash or cheque, or by E-Transfer to my G-mail address. Receipts available at the end if you wish to include the classes on tax returns.

Unsure yet re Winter Saturday Retreat Days at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre on Virginia Lake as yet. Will keep you posted.

Meanwhile, you can find lots more info on my classes and Saturday Retreat Days here at www.sheilaleonard.ca and you can follow updates on this NEWS page there as well. If you or someone you know would like to be added to my mailing list for automatic updates, please simply let me know.

Welcome to call me if that would help with any specific questions you might still have. Cell 709-727-7863.

Come, Re-lax and En-JOY!
⛄🎄🙏😇

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

December 2, 2025

Last of our Lantern Fall Classes finishing today …

Our Wisdom Healing Qigong classes finished for the Fall last week.
Our T’ai Chi Chih Fall classes finish this morning.
The afternoon and evening classes finished last week.

Shall keep you posted here regarding the New Year.

If you are on my mailing list, you will continue to automatically receive any updates re classes or other related happenings. If you would like to be added to my mailing list, please contact me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com

Wishing you all WELL … and all things good and WONDER-FULL and JOY-FULL for Christmas or however you celebrate this special time of year …😇🦋🙏

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
sk what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

November 23, 2025

Back on track with all classes at the Lantern this week …
for November 25th and 27th

Thanks for all your wonderful wishes and healing energy since my bout with laryngitis last Thursday.

Very happy to report that we are back on track with all our T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes at the Lantern this week. When we meet this week, we can finalize what might happen after that with one more week to make up for both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong for the Fall after this week.

Wishing you all WELL …
😇🦋🙏

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
sk what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

November 16, 2025

Cancelling classes this week due to a lingering Laryngitis bug

I will be cancelling classes this week due to a lingering Laryngitis bug I picked up somewhere. It may have been quietly setting up shop inside for a while and finally came to a head last Thursday morning, cancelling last Thursday’s classes. Full blown the past several days. Seems it may be calming down a little now. I would rather be super careful rather than risk passing it on to any of you by coming back too early since I understand that I could still be contagious for another few days at least.

On a lighter note, today was my birthday and I was amazed at how content I was to celebrate very quietly for now with just “me, myself, and I” . Shall pull out a few stops later with family and friends! Not quite what I had planned! Always as life allows! All is well …

Meanwhile, that would leave us with room to play and still be able to do two more classes and finish up the last week of November and the first week of December, if that works for everyone for both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong. Even one more would be good. On last check, those dates were still possibilities for The Lantern. Will let you know if anything changes with those as finish dates.

Wishing you all WELL …
😇🙏🦋

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

November 13, 2025

Cancelling my Wisdom Healing Qigong classes
today and this evening/ November 13^th

A good Thursday morning to each and to all in my Thursday Wisdom Healing Qigong classes,

Oh dear! Cancelling all my Wisdom Healing Qigong classes today and this evening/ November 13^th . Went to bed last evening with a bit of a funny throat and woke up with an even funnier throat, and feeling and sounding like a bit of laryngitis. Wisest to stay close to home today and rest for maybe a day or two rather than put any of you or anyone else at risk. Time for extra doses of T’ai Chi Chih and Qigong, especially Lachi, among other things!

Hoping everyone in my classes sees my copy I just sent to them, and that no one shows up, only to find us not there today.

This has also been sent via e-mail to my classes. Please reply as soon as you can to let me know you saw it …

See you all next week on the 20^th and can do the following week on the 27^th for sure.
😇🙏🦋🛌💤

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

November 4,2025

T’ai Chi Chih class CANCELLED THIS EVENING, Tuesday Nov. 4^th …

Amid the worsening wind and rain now at 3:00 here at my house, I am thinking it is wiser and safer to simply cancel class for this evening. Wishing you safe and well at home instead …

See you in two weeks on the 18^th with the 11th a holiday …
🦋🙏☂️…

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

October 29, 2025

*** New NL photo in the Header image on the Home Page for my website***
A VERY special thank you to Kim Ploughman, a friend of a friend,
for her kindness in graciously blessing us with one of her NL photos
as the new Header image on the Home Page for my website.

It fits so beautifully with the reflective “Mindfulness” tone that permeates
both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong as Moving Meditations.
and I especially love that it is one of our own NL scenes,
by one of our own wonderfully gifted local photographers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*** October Fall Update ***
*** re our T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Classes ***

Tuesday’s T’ai Chi Chih Classes
Owing to several unexpected schedule changes so far for Tuesdays during the Fall, and soon the November 11th holiday, our T’ai Chi Chih classes will be 7 weeks rather than 8 this time around. We will be finishing on Tuesday, December 2nd, if that extra week works for everyone.

I will be in touch separately with those in our T’ai Chi Chih Beyond Beginners 2:00 class re a possible earlier time change next week on November 4th.

Thursday’s Wisdom Healing Qigong classes
All 3 Wisdom Healing Qigong classes are a GO this week. Right now it looks like we will finish on November 20th for the morning and afternoon classes and possibly on the 27th for the evening class which was on pause for a couple of weeks.

Thank you for your understanding and flexibility …
🙏🦋🍂😇

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

October 26, 2025

Tuesday’s daytime and evening T’ai Chi Chih classes
are being cancelled this week, October 28th,

Please note that this week’s Tuesday T’ai Chi Chih daytime and evening classes for October 28^th are being cancelled … this time because of the passing of another of our Presentation Sisters. Her Wake and Vigil are on Monday and the Funeral Celebration of her Life is on Tuesday.

So much happening on Tuesdays this fall, cancelling several classes … shall see what is doable for making up the classes at the end into the 1st and 2^nd weeks of December, depending on how that might work for you.

Thank you for your understanding … 3 of our Sisters have passed away since last weekend, each in her 90’s … this will the 2^nd funeral, with the 3^rd maybe taking place later this week. Shall let you know if any change re Thursday’s classes.

See you for our next T’ai Chi Chih classes on November 4^th …
🍂🙏🦋

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

October 4, 2025

Fall 2025 Tuesday and Thursday Class Updates

#1: Special note re no class this coming Tuesday, October 7^th …
I have a commitment for this Tuesday which means cancelling all Tuesday classes this week. Looking forward to getting back on track the following Tuesday, October 14^th …

#2: Make-up classes for missed sessions:
I realize this will be a 2^nd Tuesday in a row for cancelling our classes. Apology for any inconvenience, especially so early on. This week’s personal commitment I have long known about. Last week The Lantern was closed for the Sept 30^th holiday. November 11^th holiday also falls on a Tuesday this year. The Universe simply inviting us to go with the flow this Fall … 😇 and will add on Tuesday make-up classes at the end. Barring any other unforeseen happenings, including storm days, 😎 our Tuesday T’ai Chi Chih classes will finish on December 2^nd.

#3: Special Note re Thursday classes
All still on track with Thursday daytime classes for the Fall. Thursday evening is still cancelled. Had one new registration request since but would still need three others to be a GO. Will be adding on a week as a make-up for daytime classes at the end as needed. Barring any other unforeseen happenings, including storm days, 😎our Thursday Wisdom Healing Qigong classes will finish on November 20^th or 27^th .

With renewed thanks for your understanding and patience …

As always, you can ask to have your name removed from my mailing list at any time, and I am always happy to add others.

Come, Relax and EnJOY!
😇🙏🦋🍂

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

September 29, 2025

Special UPDATE re Fall 2025 Classes at the Lantern:

#1 NOTE:

The Lantern will be CLOSED TOMORROW, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30^TH, to observe Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Hope you all see this in time,
😎so no one comes for class on Tuesday and finds no one there. 😎
We will be adding a Tuesday at the end to make it up.

#2 Note:

Our THURSDAY EVENING WISDOM HEALING QIGONG CLASS IS CANCELLED
due to only 3 registrations and some unavailable for the full 8 weeks.

Space still available in all Tuesday classes and daytime on Thursday.
Easy to catch up if you are delayed registering after thee first week.

As always, if you wish to have your name removed from my mailing list, please simply let me know. If you know of somebody who would like to be added to my mailing list,
please ask them to get in touch by e-mail at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com

Come, Relax, and enJOY!
🦋😇🙏

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

September 20, 2025

Friendly reminder:
Fall 2025 8-week T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes
starting this week 😎…
Tuesday, Sept. 23rd for T’ai Chi Chih
Thursday, Sept 25th for Wisdom Healing Qigong
Saturday Retreat Days yet to be scheduled.

I encourage you to pre-register for classes, indicating the class day and time
by sending me an e-mail at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com
You can also register at your first class.
Click here for Fall 2025 Flyer for easy reference, and easy printing and sharing.

Please Note:
~ It is especially important that you commit to the full 8 weeks, with the understanding that on occasion you may need to miss a session … in which case, please let me know.
~ Please arrive a few minutes early so we can start on time and finish on time.
~ Attending weekly is key to your gaining optimum benefit.
~ The group energy is also key, so the weekly commitment is to each other as well.
~ It is also a commitment to me, so I know I can count on your being there.
~ It also honours my commitment to The Lantern through your donations.

See more details below. ALL my pages are now fully up to date.
My apology … sorry for the delay. Missed doing that when sending earlier Update.
Class info can also be found in the listings for Facebook Events.
Please let me know if all is well with viewing my Facebook Events postings.

As always, if you wish to have your name removed from my mailing list, please simply let me know. If you know of somebody who would like to be added to my mailing list, please ask them to get in touch by e-mail. You can always ask to have your name removed from my mailing list by simply dropping me an e-mail to let me know.

Come, Relax, and enJOY!
Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

September 7, 2025

Fall 2025 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Class Update:
Fall set of 8-week classes are set for starting the last part of September
at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road, St. John’s
with T’ai Chi Chih on Tuesdays, daytime, and evening, starting September 23^rd
and Wisdom Healing Qigong on Thursdays, daytime, and evening, starting September 25^th.

Click here for Fall 2025 Flyer for easy reference, and easy printing and sharing.
Please keep checking this NEWS page in case of any changes to my schedule.
E-mail notifications for any small changes would be sent only to those who register.
Notification for any major changes would be sent to all on my mailing list.

10:30 – 12:00 morning classes and 7:00 – 8:30 evening classes
are open to both beginning and returning students.
NOTE: THE 2:00 – 3:30 AFTERNOON CLASSES ARE ONLY for RETURNING STUDENTS
who have a basic comfort level with the practices and want to go deeper.
Dates for Saturday Retreat Days at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre during the fall
have yet to be determined as the Core Team there looks ahead to what their Fall may look like.

😇 Any way you can help share this information would be deeply appreciated, 😇
including via your e-mail or Facebook, or to print copies to pass along, drop off, or to post
if you notice any bulletin boards with an empty welcoming space in your part of town!

My personal use of Facebook is only for doing mini TCC and WHQ updates.
Doing Facebook Friends is beyond what I can manage.
I know some of you “Follow” me on Facebook and I thank you.
My two Facebook links are https://www.facebook.com/pg/SheilaLeonardTCCandWHQ
and https://www.facebook.com/sheilaleonard67

REGISTRATION: You are welcome to preregister by e-mail at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or by phone at 709-727-7863. Please specify which class and what time and day. You can also simply register at your first class. It is VERY important to commit to coming each week to enable the classes to continue and to get the maximum benefit and to support one another. Amazing how the group energy makes such a difference!

SUGGESTED DONATION: $10.00 for each class … can be done weekly or all at once … by cash, cheque made payable to me, or E-Transfer to my e-mail address. The understanding is that those who can will make the weekly donation, and that others will give what they can, when they can. Please never let $$$ keep anyone from joining. A receipt will be available for tax purposes at the end of our 8-week session.

As always, if you wish to have your name removed from my mailing list, please simply let me know. If you would like to be added to my mailing list, please get in touch by e-mail at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com . You can always ask to have your name removed from my mailing list by simply dropping me an e-mail to let me know.

EnJOY these lingering days of summer …
🙏🦋🌹🌞🐰

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

September 1, 2025

FREE Weekly Wisdom Healing Qigong Chi-TV sessions ONLINE
continuing on Tuesdays 12:30 – 1:30 NL time
simultaneously on Zoom and You Tube and from the Chi Center website

See below for how to JOIN LIVE EACH TUESDAY
as well as where to find the replays anytime to follow over and over again …

Click here to read more about Chi-TV …

~~~~ How to join free Chi-TV sessions ~~~
ALL welcome, whether new or familiar with Wisdom Healing Qigong …
Come, Re-lax, and en-JOY!

There are 3 easy ways to join the live Tuesday Wisdom Healing Qigong Chi-TV Practice sessions:

1. If you prefer to join the live Chi-TV practices directly from the Chi Center page on Tuesdays, click here, without needing to sign in or sign in if asked: chicenter.com/watchnow
2. You can click here to join via the Chi Center You Tube Channel by clicking on the VIDEOS or LIVE links at Chi Center You Tube Channel
3. If you want to participate via live Zoom, with or without your webcam, you can use this Zoom link Chi TV, Every Tuesday at 9am MDT
https://chicenter.zoom.us/j/227457119?pwd=OEhCM1ZxUjNWcjlmU1c0bWZIUmFXQT09

Or on your Zoom JOIN page, simply type in the Zoom ID # 227 457 119
and the Password: Awaken

The most recent Chi-TV Tuesday REPLAYS
can be found on the Chi Center You Tube Channel by clicking on the Video menu.
The LIVE button will take you to a whole other set of wonderful videos.

Reminder: You can also watch the current week’s Tuesday Chi-TV session
until a new one is posted the following week by clicking here,
using the same link as in #1 above, without needing to sign in…
chicenter.com/watchnow
.

Come, Relax and En-JOY!
🌞🐰🌺🦋🙏
Streaming more WELL wishes your way …
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

August 26, 2025

☂️☂️🌞… WE ARE CANCELLING FOR TODAY … 🌞☂️☂️

Getting more much needed rain today and so we are cancelling
our T’ai Chi Chih free Lunch Hour Wellness Break
today, Tuesday, August 26th from 12:00 – 1:00
on the lawn at Government House.

This would have been our last session at Government House,
meaning we are now finished for this summer.
Let’s see what next summer brings … 😎

Thank you to all who have been able to come join us in August. Has been lovely!

SPECIAL NOTE RE FALL 8-WEEK SESSION
Shall be posting an update very early in September
regarding our 8-week Fall session,
with an anticipated Fall start the last full week of September.

Come, Relax and En-JOY as your life and time might allow!
🌞🙏🦋🌺

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

August 21, 2025

YES!
We are a GO today
for our Wisdom Healing Qigong free Lunch Hour Wellness Break
for Thursday, August 21st from 12:00 – 1:00
on the lawn at Government House on Military Road,
again, just opposite Bannerman Park.
Parking just inside the west gate.

SPECIAL NOTE: RE THURSDAYS
Today will be our last Thursday for August.
Only one session next week … that will be T’ai Chi Chih on Tuesday/26th …
and then we will be finished for the summer.

Thank you to all who have been able to come join us in August. Has been lovely!

SPECIAL NOTE RE FALL 8-WEEK SESSION
Shall be posting an update late August or very early in September
regarding our 8-week Fall session,
with an anticipated Fall start the last full week of September.

Come, Relax and En-JOY as your life and time might allow!
🌞🙏🦋🌺

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

June 14, 2025

Mini Update re
T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong

Happily and gratefully, my back issue continues improving every day.
Thank you EVER SO MUCH for on-going good wishes and care and prayer and healing energy
that so many have been steadily streaming my way … 🌞🦋🙏

I am looking forward to again offering our FREE Lunch Hour Wellness Sessions
on the lawn at Government House this summer,
tentatively from mid-July to end of August …

T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong start and finish times
will be from the 3^rd week of July until the last week of August …

T’ai Chi Chih will be Tuesdays at Noon starting July 15^th
and Wisdom Healing Qigong will be Thursdays at Noon , starting July 17^th …

ALL welcome …
Maybe invite along a friend family member or colleague …
Welcome yo bring along a folding chair since all practices can be done standing or seated,
or a mix of both …

Come, Relax and EnJOY!
🦋🙏🌞🌺
Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as the summer unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”
~ Howard Thurman

May 12, 2025

T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Classes
resume this week for the next 4 weeks …
Do keep watching e-mail and this News page
in case anything changes for any given class …

Please confirm that you are coming on Tuesday and Thursday … by replying to me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com this e-mail … or calling or texting me at 709-727-7863 … noting which class and the time …

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

April 25, 2025

An “Oh, dear! “ Cancellation Note
to all those signed up for our Saturday Retreat Day
tomorrow, April 26^th …

“Oh dear” , indeed. Something has indeed come up this morning that calls for my care and attention this afternoon … and may well indeed carry over into tomorrow and maybe all weekend. Clearly, the wisest thing to do is to cancel tomorrow’s Retreat Day at Virginia Water … and postpone until the end of May.

Please reply as soon as you have received my Retreat Day cancellation e-mail notice
to let me know you received it.
Wanting to avoid having anyone show up Saturday and find no one there … 😎😙…

My sincerest of apologies … I know how much we were all looking forward to the day …
then life happens …
As we say in Wisdom Healing Qigong … Haola! Indeed, All is Well … All Shall Be Well …
trusting the unfolding … more of a challenge when we would like it to be otherwise …

Still anticipating classes starting up next week so far …
then no May 6th and 8th classes for the following week …
and then resuming mid May for 4 weeks until early June.

Renewed thanks for so very much, as always …

🦋🌹🙏💕🌞

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

April 23, 2025

Looks like we are a GO for this Saturday, April 26th for our
T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Retreat …
at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre
(on beautiful Virginia Lake, at 47 Parsonage Drive, just off Logy Bay Road, between Newfoundland Drive and the NTV Building, on the opposite side of the road from NTV. )

You can see more Retreat Day details below in my earlier April 18th post …
Click here for Spring 2025 Flyer

Meanwhile, we have 9 registered for the morning for T’ai Chi Chih from 9:30 – 12:30 … which is a wonderful response … with 4 of these staying for the afternoon for Wisdom Healing Qigong from 12:30 – 1:30 … and 1 more for just the afternoon. Will be a GO for the afternoon as well this time though the number is much lower. Hoping a few more may still sign up for the afternoon. We can still make it a lovely afternoon either way.

NOTE: All are asked to please arrive 15 minutes early to be ready for an on-time start.
Welcome to bring your own “Brown Bag” lunch for our Break from 12:30 – 1:30.

NOTE: There is plenty of room for anyone else who might still like to contact me to register for either morning or afternoon or all day.

Come, Relax and En-JOY, always as life and time allow …
For more Energy, Wellness, Joy, Confidence, and more … in every way …

COMING HOME to your Body, EXPANDING your Heart, and CALMING Your Mind …

Simply bring along a spirit of adventure, openness, and enthusiasm.
Always come with a “beginners mind”, whether new or returning!

Give your self a treat …
a little “time-out” just for YOU!
As one person summed it up,
“Doing it just feels good!”
Come, taste and see!
🦋🙏🌞

Warmest wishes for Easter and for Spring to one and all and to those near and dear to you … may you have a new Spring in your step as well!

🙏🦋🌹🌞🐰

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

April 19, 2025

Spring 2025 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Update:
Weekly Classes and Retreat Days
set for starting up the end of April.
Click here for Spring 2025 Flyer

Please continue to check this NEWS page for on-going updates.
🌞Any way you can help share this information would be deeply appreciated. 🌞
I have not posted any Flyers around town this time round and may well not.
So, any way you can pass on this information would be ever more deeply appreciated.

If you have Facebook Friends, perhaps some of you can share the info that way as might feel appropriate. My personal use of Facebook is only for doing mini updates that refer browsers to my website for fuller information. Doing Facebook Friends is beyond my scope to manage.
I know some of you “Follow” me on Facebook and I thank you.
My two Facebook links are https://www.facebook.com/pg/SheilaLeonardTCCandWHQ
and https://www.facebook.com/sheilaleonard67

My apology for the short start-up time frame for this posting …

My apology for the delay in posting my T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Spring 2025 schedule. The delay is partly due to unanticipated date changes re personal commitments and partly to a recent flare-up involving an ordinarily quiet back challenge from years ago. Dare I sing, 🎶”This old grey mare she ain’t what she used to be!” 😎 The GOOD NEWS is we are getting back on track for Spring 2025, while I play with a few modifications going forward. Shall see how it all unfolds.

Spring session starting off with a Saturday Retreat Day

Spring 2025 is set to start off with a Saturday Retreat Day at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre on beautiful Virginia Lake next weekend, April 26^th. It will be a 1/2 day with T’ai Chi Chih from 9:30 to 12:30 and a 1/2 day with Wisdom Healing Qigong from 1:30 to 4:30, with a “brown bag” lunch from 12:30 to 1:30. Would be lovely to have you join us for lunch whether you are doing the morning session or the afternoon session or both.

IMPORTANT RETREAT REGISTRATION NOTE ~ Please e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or call me at 709-727-7863 to preregister for the Retreat Day by Tuesday of next week, April 22nd or for sure by Wednesday, the 23rd, so I will know how many we will have and can then confirm with the Centre whether a GO or a cancellation. If a YES for you, please also let me know whether you are planning for the morning or the afternoon or all day. All WELCOME! Can be a lovely introduction for anyone new to the practices or simply a great refresh/renew/relax kind of day for anyone already familiar with them.

Usually a set of 8-Week Classes but 5-weeks for Spring 2025 only

Weekly classes are set for starting up again at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road, the end of April, with T’ai Chi Chih starting on Tuesday, April 29^th until June 10^th , and Wisdom Healing Qigong starting on Thursday, May 1^st , until June 5^th . Note there will be no classes on May 6^th and 8^th and then we are set to start again May 13^th and 15^th and to continue for the next four weeks. Both classes will be for only 5 weeks this session.

Same class times as usual, with Beginners classes 10:30 – 12:00 and 7:00 – 8:30 on both days, and with the more advanced Beyond Beginners class 2:00 – 3:30 on both days. Will all depend on how many commit to coming weekly for each class to be a GO. It is VERY important to be consistent in coming each week for the sake of the group. Helps for me, too, and for our supporting The Lantern. Shall see how it goes. May do slightly shorter classes or same time as usual but with short breaks built into each class. Shall sort that out as we go. Simply feels so good to be having classes again after a month-long break.

Note that there is a suggested donation for each class and for our Retreat Days, with the understanding that those who can will make the donation, and that others for whom $$ is more of a challenge will give what they can, when they can, if they can, or simply Pay Forward in deliberate kindness to others. Please never let $$$ keep anyone from joining us. There will be a basket on the table for donations. Donations can be by cash, cheque payable to me, or E-Transfer to my e-mail address. Can be done weekly or as a single donation for all 5 weeks in the beginning. You are responsible for keeping track of your own donations. A receipt will be available for tax purposes at the end of our 5-week session or at each Retreat Day for anyone who wishes to have one.

Please see the April 18th post below
for information of a more general nature regarding our classes and Retreat Days.

With renewed thanks, as always, as we lovingly hold one another in that Ocean of Energy we talk about so much in class.

Warmest wishes for Easter and for Spring to one and all and to those near and dear to you … may you have a new Spring in your step as well!

🙏🦋🌹🌞🐰

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

April 18, 2025

🌞 General info for T‘ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong 🌞
Weekly Classes and Saturday Retreat Days

Please continue to check this NEWS page for on-going updates.

Some simpler info updates can also be found on my
Facebook Profile Page and Facebook Personal Page.

NOTE: If you have Facebook Friends, perhaps some of you can share the info that way if that feels appropriate. My personal use of Facebook is only for posting mini updates that refer browsers to my website, especially to my News Page.
Doing Facebook Friends is beyond my scope.
I know some of you “Follow” me on Facebook and I thank you.

For a general idea of my schedule re class days and times and site info, and benefits,
you can click here for my Click here for Spring 2025 Flyer
My flyers can usually also be found on my Facebook pages.

All practices can be done seated or standing, or a mix of both, with amazing benefits for all ages.
Always done at your own pace, as your body allows. Your body will always guide you!
Sometimes simply following along some of the videos by watching them as if you were doing the practice, we can still experience amazing benefits!

Weekly Classes at The Lantern
Usually a set of 8-Week Classes but 5 weeks for Spring 2025 only
Weekly classes continue to be offered at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road, St, John’s,
generally beginning in January, April and September.
You can register ahead of time by phone or e-mail for classes or register at your first class.

Tuesdays are for T’ai Chi Chih and Thursdays for Wisdom Healing Qigong.
The 10:30 and 7:00 classes are for Beginners and for anyone returning and wanting to focus more on the basics of the practices before moving on to Beyond Beginners classes.
The 2:00 Beyond Beginners classes are for anyone returning who has previously done at least one full set of 8-week classes, is comfortable with the practices, and simply wants to go deeper.

Each class will be a GO depending on sufficient registrations and consistent weekly attendance.
If a GO, then drop-ins are an option as space allows … though less beneficial.
Faithful weekly attendance is strongly encouraged as of most benefit since classes build on each other. You are also encouraged to engage in a shorter or longer daily practice as life allows between classes. You will find that the the rewards are amazing!
Faithful weekly attendance is also very important for the sake of the others in the group, for me and for our support for the Lantern.

I always smile as I remember what Justin Stone, the Originator of T’ai Chi Chih, has so often said when someone asks him when the best time is to practice and how often … his reply:

“Only two good times to practice.
Practice when you feel like it
and practice when you don’t feel like it.
The rewards will be well worth it.”

Suggested donation: $10 for each weekly class …
or pay what you can, when you can, if need be, as your circumstances allow …
Donations can be made by cash, cheque payable to me, or e-transfer.

Please never let $$$ be an issue that prevents you from joining us …
you can always “pay forward” if need be, by doing a deliberate kindness for someone else.
We are all so connected that what we do for one of us we do for all of us.

I have been receiving new and returning inquiries … much appreciated.
It is always very helpful to me to know ahead of time the amount of interest.
Welcome to e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or to call me at 709-727-7863
if chatting would be helpful.
When contacting me to register, please indicate
which class and day and time you are interested in.
Lots of helpful info as well as videos on each of the two Menu pages
for each of T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong
for anyone who would like to browse and explore further.

Saturday Retreat Days at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre
Our Saturday Retreat Days continue to be offered at Virginia Water Contemplative Centre
which is on beautiful Virginia Lake, at 47 Parsonage Drive, just off Logy Bay Road, between Newfoundland Drive and the NTV Building on the opposite side of the road from NTV.

What to expect at a Saturday Retreat Day …
Welcome to come for a half day or the whole day, as your life and time might allow.
*** 9:30 – 12:30 for T’ai Chi Chih and 1:30 – 4:30 for Wisdom Healing Qigong ***

Retreat Days are a mix of quiet, reflection, teaching and practice …
The day can be a great introduction to each practice for anyone new
or a great opportunity to go deeper into your practice for anyone returning.
All welcome, whether brand new, or already familiar with the practices.

Preregistration is always required for Saturday Retreat Days.
Please indicate whether morning or afternoon or both when you preregister.
Welcome, either way, to bring a brown bag lunch and have lunch together 12:30 -1:30.
**Having 8 – 10 confirmed registrations for both morning and afternoon
would be ideal to make for a really lovely day!

Please e-mail me or call 709-727-7863
to preregister to be sure we have enough for a GO.
Preregistration is always required for all Retreat Days **

Suggested donation: $20 for each half day at Virginia Water …
or give what you can, when you can, as your circumstances allow.
Donations can be made by cash or cheque payable to me on arrival, or e-transfer.

Please never let $$$ be an issue that prevents you from joining us …
you can always “pay forward” if need be by doing a kindness for someone else.
We are all so connected that what we do for one of us we do for all of us.

As always, if you or someone you know might wish to have your name added to my mailing list to automatically receive my UPDATES re classes and Retreat Days and any other related happenings, either in-person or online, please simply let me know.

Come, Relax and En-JOY, always as life and time allow …
For more Energy, Wellness, Joy, Confidence, and more … in every way …

COMING HOME to your Body, EXPANDING your Heart, and CALMING Your Mind …

Simply bring along a spirit of adventure, openness, and enthusiasm.
Always come with a “beginners mind”, whether new or returning!

Give your self a treat …
a little “time-out” just for YOU!
As one person summed it up,
“Doing it just feels good!”
Come, taste and see!
🦋🙏🌞

Be Safe … Be Well … Be Kind … as always …
🦋⛄🙏🌞

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as the NEW YEAR unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

April 15, 2025

FREE Weekly Wisdom Healing Qigong Chi-TV sessions ONLINE
continuing on Tuesdays 12:30 – 1:30 NL time
simultaneously on Zoom and You Tube and from the Chi Center website

See below for how to JOIN LIVE EACH TUESDAY
as well as where to find the replays anytime to follow over and over again …

Click here to read more about Chi-TV …

~~~~ How to join free Chi-TV sessions ~~~
ALL welcome, whether new or familiar with Wisdom Healing Qigong …
Come, Re-lax, and en-JOY!

There are 3 easy ways to join the live Tuesday Wisdom Healing Qigong Chi-TV Practice sessions:

Come, Relax and En-JOY!
🌞🐰🌺🦋🙏
Streaming more WELL wishes your way …
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

August 29, 2024 (Already looking forward to Summer 2025 as life allows!)

Yes, we are a GO today at Government House
for our Thursday Wisdom Healing Qigong
Lunch Hour Wellness Session at noon!
Another welcome breeze today for being outside!

We may well be doing it on the walkway instead of the lawn.
Shall see how wet it is underfoot when we get there.
Lovely that we can go ahead since today is our last session for the summer.

Forecast sounds a bit iffy for going into the afternoon.
Might get caught in a surprise shower and need to end a bit early if more than a sprinkle!
Let’s all think SUNSHINE and send the energy ahead of us for a sunny summer finish!

All welcome !
Bring along a chair if need be to do some or all of the practice seated as well.
Water is always a great idea!

Thank you again to our Lieutenant Governor, Her Honour Joan Marie Aylward,
for her invitation, and to her staff for their on-going support.
Thank you as well for your participation and support to those able to join us
over what turned out to be a wonderful summer!
It has been a joy and a privilege to be with you all summer
and happily we rarely missed with our amazing weather!

🌞🦋🌺🙏

Continued blessings for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

August 27, 2024 (Already looking forward to Summer 2025 as life allows!)

Oh Dear! A NO GO for today …
for this, our last Tuesday T’ai Chi Chih Lunch Hour Wellness Session
on the lawn at Government House.
The weather today has literally put a damper on our plans
with the Rain, Drizzle and Fog! Yet we need that, too!

So grateful at the same time for all the good weather days we have en-JOY-ed!

Again, maybe do a practice of your own at home, however short, always as life and time allow. From what you remember perhaps … or there are also videos to follow along with on my web site at www.sheilaleonard.ca on the T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong menu page …

Let’s see what Thursday brings with our final Wisdom Healing Qigong session. 🌞

Thank you again to Lieutenant Governor, Her Honour Joan Marie Aylward, for her invitation, and to her staff for their on-going support.
Thank you as well for your participation and support to those who were able to join us
over what turned out to be a wonderful summer!
It has been a joy and a privilege to be with you all summer
and happily we rarely missed with our amazing weather!

Come, Relax and Enjoy the practice with us, whether brand new or returning.
ALL WELCOME.

Sheila

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ~ Hafiz

March 25, 2024

Coming HOME to your Body … making Friends!

Spring 2024 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong 8-week classes start up mid April … both classes are deeply about “Coming Home” to our bodies, coming to deeply know, love and appreciate them more and more indeed as our HOME!

Meanwhile, my sister had sent me this image a while ago and said how it reminded her of me! This surely catches the spirit of both our T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong practices! So precious that I am choosing to share it … what a lovely place to do it! Thank you, Pat!

Come, Relax and En-JOY!
🌞🐰🌺🦋🙏

Continued blessings for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ~ Hafiz

March 24, 2024

Free Weekly Wisdom Healing Qigong Chi-TV sessions continue
on Tuesdays 12:30 – 1:30 NL time
simultaneously on Zoom and You Tube

See below for where to find the replays anytime to follow over and over again …

Click here to read more about Chi-TV …

~~~~ How to join free Chi-TV sessions ~~~
ALL welcome, whether new or familiar with Wisdom Healing Qigong …
Come, Re-lax, and en-JOY!

There are 3 easy ways to join the live Wisdom Healing Qigong Chi-TV Practice sessions:
1. Simply join via the Chi Center You Tube Channel
You can also click there for the most recent Chi-TV Tuesday replays and other recordings to en-JOY as life and time allow, by just clicking on the VIDEOS or LIVE menu.
2. If you prefer to watch the live video on the Chi Center page, the link is ChiCenter.com/WatchNow,
3. If you want to participate via live Zoom, with or without your webcam, you can use this Zoom link for Chi TV, Every Tuesday at 9am MDT (12:30 noon in NL)
https://chicenter.zoom.us/j/227457119?pwd=OEhCM1ZxUjNWcjlmU1c0bWZIUmFXQT09
ID 227 457 119
Password: Awaken

on the Chi Center You Tube Channel under the Video menu
or sometimes by clicking the Live menu.

Come, Relax and En-JOY!
🌞🐰🌺🦋🙏
Streaming more WELL wishes your way …
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

January 31, 2024

P.S. to January 30th post below … Re Morning Show Interview

Click HERE to listen to this morning’s
Morning Show T’ai Chi Chih/Wisdom Healing Qigong Interview
with CBC Morning Show Host, Krissy Holmes …

Interested in checking out classes? Or simply curious?
Welcome to simply come along to one of the classes or to both and see for yourself …
It may be helpful to preregister re space just in case …
You can register by e-mail at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com or 709-727-7863
Click here for my Winter 2024 Flyer … also check out my January 8th post below.

Come, Relax and En-JOY!
🌞⛄🦋🙏

Continued blessings for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“If you want to live a long and happy life, be grateful …!”
~ Justin Stone, Originator of T’ai Chi Chih – Joy thru Movement

January 30, 2024

CBC Morning Show Interview with Host Krissy Holmes
re T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong
Wednesday, January 31st

Hi to each and to all,

CBC Morning Show contact person called me today about my availability to come on the Morning Show tomorrow, Wednesday, January 31^st to do a 10-minute Interview with Host, Krissy Holmes about my T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes which are just now starting at The Lantern for Winter 2024. The interview is scheduled for either 7:50 before the 8:00 local News or for 8:20 before the 8:30 National News. They will confirm the time in the morning. The election results reporting will colour the interview time.????

Simply letting you know in case you may like to listen to it live and/or may like to let others know about it.

Renewed thanks for any way you can also share this information.
🌞⛄🌺🦋🙏

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

January 12, 2024

Free Wisdom Healing Qigong 7-Part series January 7 – 18, 2024
Gifts of the New Year – Winter 2024
(Access to replays still available when I last checked September 11, 2024)
(Well worth listening to any time!)

Click HERE for more details … as sent out in an e-mail today to those on my mailing lists with info forwarded from the Chi Center … the replay links in the attachment are still active and well worth revisiting over and over gain …

Come, Relax and En-JOY!
🌞⛄🌺🦋🙏

Continued blessings for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ~ Hafiz

October 4, 2022 Note re Parking for at The Lantern

Please see the Lantern Parking note on the right hand side of the page here on my site. Parking can be a challenge. Take heart! There are a number of options to ease the parking situation.

Come, Relax, and En-JOY!
🌞🌺🦋🙏

Streaming more WELL wishes your way …
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

~ Howard Thurman

November 2, 2021

Free Chi Center Newsletter Sign-ups
for both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong

Wisdom Healing Qigong
You can go to www.chicenter.com to sign up for the free newsletter to keep posted on what is available.

T’ai Chi Chih
You can go to https://tcccommunity.net/subscribe-to-newsletter to sign up for the free monthly newsletter from Sandy McAlister, our T’ai Chi Chih Guide in Justin Stone’s place, to keep posted on what is available. Sandy always includes a very timely and often seasonal meditation at the beginning of each.

September 8, 2021

Recipe for Self Care …. and Developing Resilience

Click here for the Recipe for Self Care During These Challenging Times shared by Master Mingtong Gu in a Wisdom Healing Qigong session.

Click here also for a larger piece on Developing Resilience which Master Mingtong had shared in our June 2020 Retreat on-line … also contains the above Recipe.

En-JOY!!!
🌞🌺🦋🙏

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.

January 2, 2020

Some Anytime “Practice” Thoughts from Justin Stone, Originator of T’ai Chi Chih

An ancient Chinese Proverb reads:
“You cannot appease the appetite by reading the Menu.
You have to eat the food!”

The three most important words:
“Practice, Practice, Practice!”

Only two good times to practice:
“Practice when you feel like it. Practice when you don’t feel like it! The rewards are well worth it!”

Always welcome to “Come, taste and see” …
🌞🌺🦋🙏

Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as 2020 unfolds,

Sheila

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”.
~ Howard Thurman

November, 2019

RE: Playtime with Facebook

I continue to play with Facebook solely for sharing about T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes, retreats and other special happenings with a wider audience. Always grateful to anyone who uses Facebook and may be able to help share any of my information in any way that might feel appropriate. Meanwhile, I deliberately avoiding doing “Friends” on Facebook. Far too engaging for me. Thank you to any of you who have sent Friend requests.

Both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong are mindfulness practices, moving meditations, rather than just “exercises”, and yet proven to be some of the best “exercises” we can do. Each offers potentially amazing benefits physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually for anyone willing to commit to a faithful practice, as life and time allow, whether seriously committed or simply curious to begin with.

Please see my two Facebook links below … also found on my Contacts page …

Sheila Leonard (T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong) – single page …
https://www.facebook.com/pg/SheilaLeonardTCCandWHQ

Sheila Leonard (original personal profile page)
https://www.facebook.com/sheilaleonard67

With renewed thanks, as always, for so very much …
🌞🌺🦋🙏

Continued blessings for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive. And go do that.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”
– Howard Thurman

October 12, 2017

Free Webinar replay from Retreat 2017
plus my personal sharing of part of my Healing Story
with Wisdom Healing Qigong in the last 10 minutes of the video

Hi to each and to all,

I completed my Level One Certification as a Wisdom Healing Qigong Instructor the first week of October at the Intensive Wisdom Healing Qigong Retreat at The Chi Center in Galisteo, Santa Fe, NM. Looking forward to continuing on this energy healing path in my on-going studies and in my classes as we start up again for the Fall.

Part of the Intensive Healing Retreat included a free Livestream webinar of the October 8th Sunday morning Wisdom Healing Qigong teaching session with Mingtong Gu at the Kiva, the sacred gathering space at The Chi Center. At the end of the key presentation I was invited by Master Mingtong Gu to share some of my personal Wisdom Healing Qigong story as a way of offering hope and encouragement to others through the practice. My personal sharing is the last 10 minutes or so. Here is a link to the Sunday morning teaching session with its focus on Transformation and Healing effectively for conditions such as Cancer, Parkinson’s, Lyme Disease, Auto-Immune Conditions, Neurological Disorders, and more. My sharing is the last 10 minutes or so.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBINAR REPLAY from October 8, 2017
(Sorry, temporarily unavailable fro Chi Center Library)

The link was scheduled to be available for widespread viewing and sharing until Sunday, October 15^{th .}Availability for viewing has been extended … STILL AVAILABLE IN SEPT/24 as I do this update!) … unsure for how long more. You are welcome to listen to part or even all of the webinar by way of introduction to the essence of Wisdom Healing Qigong and its benefits for the healing and prevention of disease. The practices are talked about but not actually done in this particular session. Meanwhile, for some other links for anyone who may like to explore it further, you are welcome to visit the Wisdom Healing Qigong menu on this site.

I have such awe and gratitude for so much in my life, including the gift of Wisdom Healing Qigong. It was both a pleasure and a privilege to share some of my own story on-line in the hope that it could somehow offer encouragement to others. It was all the more so, to be asked to do that on a Livestream broadcast that was being transmitted around the world.

Mingtong had finished his talk on a note of Wisdom Healing Qigong being a form of service, a fitting note to pick up on. As a Presentation Sister I began my sharing using a quote from Nano Nagle, our Foundress, “If I can be of service … in any part of the world, I would gladly go.” Traveling via the world wide web perhaps was not quite what Nano had envisioned in the 1700’s! Today she may well have engaged! I felt her very much with me in love and support as I walked toward the front of the room. Her story then. Our story now.

If even one person were to be helped and given more hope for healing through my sharing, then I am more than happy to have said yes to doing it, however daunting the idea at first on being asked.

The following excerpts accompanied the link to the replay …

In Wisdom Healing Qigong, you work with mental and physical manifestations of energy in a way that releases and reduces stress, including biological stresses, that may have built up over years. This dissipation of negative stress allows you to increase the natural positive energy in your mind and body. And as you know, a change of energy creates a change in reality.

The consistent practice of Wisdom Healing Qigong can transform the deep blockages that cause acute, chronic, and seemingly “incurable” health conditions, reviving your vitality, and giving you back your natural joy for life.

And to start using this healing system yourself, all you need is a commitment to learning and practice – the rest comes naturally as your capabilities grow over time.

As Master Mingtong teaches, our body is a living system of energy transformation. And your mind is an integral part of that system, helping guide energy through and around you …

A general note re “donations” for my Lantern sessions …

All weekly sessions are an hour and a half…
Suggested Donation: $10/class … or simply contribute what you can,when you can, if you can …
As your situation allows, you can also simply “pay forward” in kindness. Please never let $ keep you from joining us!

Faithful attendance, and faithful practice between sessions, as your life and time allow, are key for both learning the practices and experiencing the amazing benefits that await you and which so many others have experienced and share enthusiastically about. Weekly attendance also honours yourself as one way of gentle self-care.

Articles/Research re Benefits Body Mind Spirit
Curious about the body mind spirit health benefits of T’ai Chi Chih?
See amazing articles/research re benefits at http://www.taichichih.org/in-the-news
Also see “Reported Benefits” under About T’ai Chi Chih menu bar on this site …

Also see Wisdom Healing Qigong page for more details re its amazing benefits.

Support Materials and other Resources
Support materials such as books, DVDs,CDs, including digital downloads, are available.

A list of resources can be found on both official web sites:
For T’ai Chi Chih site visit www.taichichih.org under Instructional Materials
Or click here to go directly to all resource listings https://justinstonetcc.com/shop/

For Wisdom Healing Qigong site visit www.chicenter.com
Please also see the Resources menu for a wide variety of resources https://chicenter.com/resources/

For both T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong I have a small # of Books/DVD’s available for purchase on site … as well as copies available in a “Lending Library”.

For T’ai Chi Chih hard copies or digital copes can be ordered individually at https://justinstonetcc.com/shop/
For Wisdom Healing Qigong, digital copies can be ordered at https://chicenter.mykajabi.com/store

NOTE: Postage costs re individual orders for hard copies
Postage can be incredibly high from the USA for individual orders. I periodically place an extra pre-paid order just for students if quantities are sufficient. Bulk orders spread the postage out and make it more manageable. If large enough, a bulk order may also qualify for a teacher discount and that could also help offset postage and customs charges.

Mailing List
If you would like to be added to my “interested” mailing list, please e-mail me at sheilaleonard67@gmail.com