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.
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.
May 4, 2020
Chi TV Livestream sessions extended to morning of May 11th
Chi Center 30-Day Chi TV Livestream sessions have been extended to morning of May 11th … with a Chi-TV break then for a week-long on-line Retreat … with Chi-TV resuming May 19th.
For an update as details become available and for information regarding other longer program offerings visit www.chicenter.com
NOTE:
Sunday, April 26th, I led the noon teacher guided Chi-TV practice, with Lift Chi Up Pour Chi Down.
Welcome to join us there anytime now to en-JOY the original practice together.
Can access it using the same You Tube link above and then click on the April 26th video.
You can also access the entire set of replays by typing www.youtube.com/mingtonggu in your browser.
P.S. Unfortunately the May 10th Chi-TV practice session I had led had video recording issues and only the Meditation portion has been posted.
April 16, 2020
Time change for my weekly on-line Zoom Wisdom Healing Qigong and T’ai Chi Chih practices
My weekly on-line Zoom practices will now be 3:00 – 4:30 starting April 21st …
Tuesdays for Wisdom Healing Qigong and Thursdays for T’ai Chi Chih.
Zoom sessions will be continuing for both sets of on-going classes until The Lantern re-opens after the Covid-19 lockdown. Please let me know if you would like to be added to our special mailing list to receive the weekly invitation link for our on-going class if you are a returning student. My e-mail is sheilaleonard@nf.sympatico.ca
Zoom will also be used for any new classes I may possibly be starting up for new people, inviting you to bring along a sense of adventure and a desire for wellness and wholeness for ourselves and our world, indeed for all of life on our planet. Please let me know if you would like to be added to my “Interested” mailing list if new to either of the practices so I can keep you posted for any new class updates.
NOTE:
Clicking on the weekly Zoom e-mail invitation link will take you directly to the session once you have downloaded Zoom to your device.
If you choose to start from the Zoom icon on phones or Tablets or I-pads, rather than the link in your e-mail, you will need to click the Icon and then click Join a Meeting and then type in Meeting ID # and Password first time. After that, you can also use the history arrow and just click on the meeting name from the drop-down menu instead of retyping the info each time. Saying yes to video and device audio when signing in is recommended as well.
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 do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
~ Howard Thurman
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 20, 2020
Classes cancelled for Snowmageddon State of Emergency
Because of the continuing State of Emergency in St. John’s, the start of our Winter 2020 Wisdom Healing Qigong classes will be delayed until Tuesday of next week, January 28th … we will add on a week at the end in March taking us to the 17th.
If the State of Emergency continues into Wednesday and perhaps Thursday of this week, the start of our T’ai Chi Chih classes for both those days will also be delayed until next week as well.Wednesday classes will the start on the 29th at the usual time.
Please note that because of an unexpected commitment next Thursday afternoon, January 3oth, I will need to change our January 30th 1:30 class to either Wednesday at 1:30 or Thursday at 10:30. Will post that as soon as I know which one it will be.
Please keep checking here for class updates.
Wishing you all WELL and WARM and SAFE as Winter continues to tease us!
Renewed thanks and 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
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