A “Scent-free” environmental request for sessions, please and thank you …
Please keep all sessions as scent free as reasonably possible because of increasing allergies to scents and fragrances, including all kinds of personal care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, hand sanitizers, etc.
July 30, 2020
Passing this Sound Healing Practice and Meditation link from the Chi Center as a BONUS gift. It is a link to the full and powerful Sound Healing Practice Master Mingtong Gu led last Saturday, July 25th with a focus on Grief and Healing through Sound Healing During Times of Crisis – Including When Someone We Love Dies. Simply CLICK HERE for the video.
The video was part of a regular Practice with the Master session which is a registered, paid course continuing until mid-August. In a rare gesture for material from these registered courses, this recording is being made available free for enjoying and sharing as widely and as often as you like. It was an amazingly moving moment and I am so excited to be able to share it with you … and you can do the same and share it with as many others as you wish. Full Sound Healing practices led by Master Mingtong are a treasure and to have this to keep is a double treasure.
EnJOY it again and again ..
Come, Relax and En-JOY!
More WELL wishes to all …
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”.
~ Howard Thurman
July 30, 2020
The Great Spirit smiles on us again today with its great outpouring !
Wisdom Healing Qigong Noon Wellness Break on the lawn of Government House cancelled again today …
See you next Thursday, please God and the weather!
Meanwhile, see you Tuesdays for T’ai Chi Chih at noon … and of course there is Yoga on Mondays and Wednesdays with a Yoga Instructor …
July 16, 2020
aling Qigong on Government House Lawn cancelled for today, Thursday July 16th … great outpouring of energy from the skies … may it refresh us all and refresh our earth so much in need of it …
July 4, 2020
Government House Lawn WELLNESS sessions
resuming this week for July – September!
All welcome to join us on Government House Lawn at Lunch Hour
12:00 – 1:00 starting Tuesday, July 7th and Thursday, July 9th
T’ai Chi Chih on Tuesdays
Wisdom Healing Qigong on Thursdays
Can be done seated or standing. Bring along a chair if need be.
Click here for posters,
Come, Relax and En-JOY!
More WELL wishes to all …
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”.
~ Howard Thurman
July 2, 2020
Free Noon sessions from the Chi Center have been extended to mid-August…
Free Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Wisdom Healing Qigong practice/meditation sessions from the Chi Center have been extended to mid-August…
Starting at noon for 45 minutes to an hour …
There are still 3 ways to join the Practice/Meditation session:
1. You can go directly to YouTube, or
2. If you prefer to watch on the Chi-TV page, the link is ChiCenter.com/WatchNow, or
3. If you want to participate via Zoom with your microphone and webcam, here is the Zoom Link
NOTE: I will again be leading two of the Practice sessions, Saturday, July 11th and Saturday, August 1st .
You Tube Link for July 11th Awaken Vitality Practice and Meditation (I am leading both this time.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOg37uTdmAY
NOTE: Permanent You Tube replays of all sessions since April 4th are available at the #1 You Tube link above … all are listed by date …
ALL are welcome to join us for the rest of July … and for whatever follows!
Please share this update as feels appropriate.
A steady stream of WELL wishes coming your way as we take care of ourselves and each other … and together continue to bless our world … indeed we ARE “Stronger Together” …
Continued blessings in abundance for each new day as it unfolds,
Sheila
“There is a beautiful garden within
for you to cultivate now —
especially during this challenging time.”
– Master Mingtong Gu, Wisdom Healing Qigong
June 22, 2020
Hi to each and to all …
Passing along a personal SUMMER SCHEDULE UPDATE for T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong.
For the rest of June, I am cancelling our afternoon T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Zoom sessions. This week I am simply taking some personal retreat time, followed by a Chi Center on-line week-long Wisdom Healing Qigong Retreat during which I will be one of the assistant teachers for our daily practices and small group circles. We will resume our local Zoom practices starting in July.
Please note that when we restart Zoom beginning July 7th and 9th we will be meeting for just an hour from 9:30 – 10:30 instead of 3:00 – 4:30, still Tuesday for Wisdom Healing Qigong and Thursday for T’ai Chi Chih. That way we can free us all up to enjoy the longer summer days! We will have another look at how that is working after the first couple of weeks in July and see where we go from there.
Plans are being worked on for outdoor summer T’ai Chi Chih (on Tuesdays) and Wisdom Healing Qigong (on Thursdays) 12:00 – 1:00 starting July 7th and 9th . Note: these days are the opposite of the 9:30 am Zoom sessions.
You can keep posted regarding summer sessions by checking this NEWS page.
Praying the weather co-operates with our plans!
More WELL wishes to all …
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”.
~ Howard Thurman
June 9, 2020
NEW!
Free Wisdom Healing Qigong Video Teaching Series with Master Mingtong Gu …
Many people ask …
“Which health and wellbeing challenges can Wisdom Healing Qigong transform and heal?”
Click the above link to watch Master Mingtong Gu’s free video teaching series for addressing health challenges …
May 19, 2020 (Revised since previous May 18th posting)
Newly Updated Chi-TV schedule through to the end of May
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May 8, 2020
Special July Workshop at The Lantern postponed indefinitely …
Re the July T’ai Chi Chih Workshop planned with Dan Pienciak, Teacher Trainer, mentor and friend from New Jersey, as outlined in March 2nd item below … the workshop has been indefinitely postponed due to the Pandemic.
The details will remain posted below for now … with new dates to be announced as life and time allow. It may well be postponed until 2021.
March 16, 2020
TCC and WHQ Classes Cancelled at the Lantern Until Further Notice…
and another on-line “ZOOM” option is opening up to be safely enJOYed from home …
Because of Government advisories around Covid-19 precautions, Wisdom Healing Qigong (WHQ) and T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) classes have been cancelled until further notice.
Meanwhile, I would instead like to offer a very timely option to explore doing classes on-line using Zoom which is a free video/audio program that creates a meeting room or “classroom” space that is very simple to use and which has become widely used by all kinds of groups. Zoom (Zoom.us) can easily be installed or downloaded for any device, is user-friendly, and simple to use. It easily brings people safely together, and in the warmth and safety and comfort of their own homes to enhance their own health on all levels while also supporting that of others.
There is a wide range of scientifically based research that has shown both Qigong, especially Wisdom Healing Qigong, and T’ai Chi forms, including T’ai Chi Chih, to be simple, yet powerful practices for boosting the immune system, preventing disease, and facilitating faster and fuller recovery. In addition, so many of these health studies to date for both Qigong and T’ai Chi have attested to the benefits of practicing these forms for improvement in balance, blood pressure, metabolism, brain function, quality of sleep, positive effect upon depression, Parkinson’s Disease, all forms of arthritis/autoimmune disorders, joints … and much more.
Continue to watch for details re possibilities.
You can also contact me at sheilaleonard@nf.sympatico.ca or 709-727-7863
Will be happy to add you to my mailing list for future updates as well.
Wishing you WELL and SAFE …
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”.
~ Howard Thurman
March 2, 2020 (March 17th Update … subject to on-going Covid-19 Guidelines)
July T’ai Chi Chih Weekend Workshop at The Lantern with Trainer Daniel Pienciak
Hi to each and to all who have learned the full set of 19 T’ai Chi Chih movements and the final Pose and are fairly comfortable with your practice …
Passing this Update along for those of you who may like to join us July 17th – 19th for a T’ai Chi Chih weekend with Daniel Pienciak, Teacher Trainor, my original T’ai Chi Chih mentor and now good friend.
Some of you have already expressed an interest. At this point I am asking anyone interested to please confirm in so far as you can make a commitment right now so we can determine that we have sufficient pre-registrations to make it a GO.
Please pre-register early, by May 1st if possible … with a deposit to save your space. Deposit refunds negotiable, pending enough other registrants.
Simply “Come, Relax and en-JOY!” … “Resting in the Essence!”
Click Here to Read More
Click Here for Registration Form
Click Here for Ed Altman Article referred to in Read More – Resting in the Essence
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”.
~ Howard Thurman
January 2, 2020
Re Winter 2020 Classes
Dropping by with a Winter/Spring 2020 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong class update.
You can Click here for Winter 2020 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong Flyer.
Spring classes will follow a similar schedule.
Please see the individual TCC and WHQ pages on this web site for more details. The Wisdom Healing Qigong page in particular has a variety of shorter and longer videos and audios you may enjoy watching or listening to for a taste of what it involves and its many potential benefits.
All classes are offered at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road, St. John’s.
Please see the side margin on this web site for Parking details.
Drop-ins welcome for a “Come and See” session … then regular attendance brings best results/rewards!
Come, r-e-l-a-x and join us for more life, more health, more energy, more JOY in 2020!
All welcome …whether coming for your first taste or for another lovely treat for yourself!
Maybe invite a friend, family member or colleague along … great company, too, for practising in between!
Our Winter 2020 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes will be starting the week of January 21st and continuing for 8 weeks until the week of March 9th, with time added at the end to the 16th or 23rd if we happen to miss any weeks because of winter weather surprises!
Our Spring 2020 T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes will be starting the week of April 6th and continuing for 8 weeks until the week of June 8th (no classes the week of May 25th) … may need to be extended to week of June 15th.
Tuesdays for Wisdom Healing Qigong at 10:30, 1:30 and 7:00
(1:30 class is for returning students only … others are a mix of new and returning students)
Wednesdays for T’ai Chi Chih at 10:30 and 7:00
(Both are a mix of new and returning students)
Thursdays for T’ai Chi Chih at 1:30
(1:30 class is for returning students only)
“Come and awaken the energy within!” Simply relax and en-JOY!
Can all be done standing or seated … can alternate if you wish, as needed.
No bending except for an option in one small piece of Wisdom Healing Qigong.
Practices can all be modified according to an individual’s abilities and needs.
Wearing loose comfy clothing is recommended. Some like layers. Any kind of comfortable indoor footwear is fine.
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!
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
December 12, 2019
(P.S. Another wonder-full day like our November 28th T’ai Chi Chih Retreat Day!)
RE Saturday, Dec 14th Wisdom Healing Qigong Retreat Day
Click here for Fall 2019 flyer for Saturday Retreats …
Hi to each and to all for our Saturday Wisdom Healing Qigong retreat this Saturday at Virginia Water,
Dropping by with a few final bits …
“Come and awaken the energy within!” Relax and en-JOY!
Looks like there could possibly be 20 of us … a few unsure still … all hoping to be there … sounds wonderful!
Could still be a space or two in case there is anyone you want to encourage to come.
Please let me know if for some reason you need to cancel or can only come half day.
Again, a gentle mix of quiet, reflection, sharing, and practice time … and smiles and laughter!
A time to step back from the day to day and experience greater wellness, joy and aliveness.
Then going home with a Wellness Tool Kit you can use anytime, every day!
Once again, a lovely gift to give yourself amidst all else that fills our days and nights!
Please plan to arrive around 9:15 for an on-time start at 9:30.
Parking up back as well as near the lower door which is the entrance we will be using.
Lunch 12:15 – 1:15 … for a 1:30 afternoon start again. “Well” water … great for refills!
Bringing your own brown bag lunch … tea and the like provided. Or go home for lunch if that works better for you. We will end at 4:00.
Suggested Donation is $30 for the day or $15 for half day. Always, If the suggested amount feels out of range for someone, whatever amount you can give will always be appreciated. Paying forward with acts of kindness to others, again, is always an option if need be. Please never let the suggested donation be what keeps you from joining us.
Please remember to keep the day as scent-free as possible re personal care products …
Weather is still anybody’s guess for Saturday!
Again, will be lovely to be able to do some walking outside, especially with our lingering snowy touches.
If we get any major weather surprises Saturday morning that might be an issue, I will send an e-mail early in the morning. Can also check my web site NEWS [page at www.sheilaleonard.ca
Directions:
Address is 47 Parsonage Drive which is left, off Logy Bay Road just before the NTV Bldg if going north. A sign at Parsonage Drive entrance says Virginia Water Village as you turn in. About a minute up Parsonage … on the left between 41 and 49 you’ll see a long private driveway … can see Virginia Lake as you look down … we are on the right, a wood finish, lots of big windows and a 2nd storey deck … with a fountain as you turn in to the house. My cell is 727-7863 … retreat House is 754-1582 … in case you get lost!
Wishing you WELL and WARM and SAFE and DRY as we transition to Winter!
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”. ~ Howard Thurman
November, 2019
RE: Playtime with Facebook
NOTE: I am playing with Facebook options for sharing about T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong classes, retreats and other special happenings with a wider audience. Wondering if some of you who use Facebook may be able to help … could be as simple as clicking the “Like” button on my page … or passing along the info other ways if you wish …
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 the two Facebook links and details below …
I still have an original personal Facebook account that I had begun playing with several years ago for this same purpose. Time now for another look. Meanwhile, I have deliberately been avoiding doing “Friends” on Facebook. Thank you to any of you who have sent Friend requests. Far too time consuming for me. I use my personal page simply for general posts and I connect with friends and family other ways.
Thanks to some much appreciated help I have just used my original Facebook account to set up a single Facebook “Page” that Googles as Sheila Leonard – T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong. Seems this kind of page can be “tagged” for wider sharing and my original Facebook page cannot.
I am also told that this newest single page can be more easily and effectively shared through “Likes” without the need for doing “Friends”. Looks like maybe the original page can, too, but still learning how that works …
I would greatly appreciate it for anyone who might choose to “Like” the single page, or even both and see where it goes.
Sheila Leonard (T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong) – single page …
https://www.facebook.com/pg/SheilaLeonardTCCandWHQ
Sheila Leonard (original personal page)
https://www.facebook.com/sheilaleonard67
With renewed thanks 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
June 5, 2018
INVITATION FROM VOCM FOR INTERVIEW
I had been invited to share in some conversation about T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong, the two programs I offer at the Lantern, on the VOCM Night Line with Jonathan Richler on June 5, 2018. Here is the permanent link to the interview. Simply Click here
The T’ai Chi Chih/Wisdom Healing Qigong portion is a full 10 minutes and goes from 20:35 – 30:30 …
Always so very grateful for an invitation to share about T’ai Chi Chih and Wisdom Healing Qigong…
Happy to avail of this and any wonderful opportunity to put the word out to a wider audience with a view to encouraging people to explore both programs for increased energy, aliveness and overall well-being, using their own natural inner resources. Jonathan is a wonderful host and added some equally wonderful encouragement and affirmation for the programs even after the call had ended. Thank again to Jonathan and to Patrick Myler, his producer, who was also very supportive.
Continued blessings for 2018 for each new day as spring 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 personal sharing of part of my Healing Story with Wisdom Healing Qigong
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
The link was scheduled to be available for widespread viewing and sharing until Sunday, October 15th . Availability for viewing has been extended … unsure for how long. 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 “costs” for my 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.
Other resources as well can be found on both official web sites:
For T’ai Chi Chih site visit www.taichichih.org
Please also see 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
For hard copies, I periodically place a teacher order as indicated by class interest and have it shipped, according to availability. The Chi Center no longer mails out individual orders. If the order is sufficient, a teacher discount is available which I use to help offset postage and customs charges and US exchange.
NOTE: I currently have a Wisdom Healing Qigong order ready to go but temporarily ON HOLD as of March 2020 due to Pandemic limitations. Please let me know if you might be interested in ordering. See the above link for titles. E-copies at $35 are generally $45 as hard copies and generally have DVD/CD’s included. Only the Blue E-Book at $35 on the site is the same as a hard copy. The $15 E-book on site is also the same as the hard copy.
Mailing List
If you would like to be added to my “interested” mailing list, please e-mail me at sheilaleonard@nf.sympatico.ca