Kuan Yin Qigong Teacher Training
RETREAT in PORTUGAL on 5th to 12th August 2023
7-Day Intensive Immersion
Kuan Yin Qigong was created by Anamarta with sixteen years of refinement and the belief of more than 5000 years of refinement of the Qigong itself, this internal martial art focuses on health that reflects on all levels of one’s being, cultivating the qi/chi/energy, developing inner strength.
Besides grounding and being centered in your power, Kuan Yin Qigong offers gentle, but profound exercises for the whole body, including the pelvis, the cultivation of hormonal balance, and addressing specific women’s needs for radiant health, vitality and rejuvenation.
All Women are Welcome!
If you want to learn something new, develop, evolve and/or master your Qigong practice, and take it as a Health and Self-Healing Re-TREAT in your Tao (Way) of Feminine Empowerment. Or this + you would like to become a teacher, getting a recognised qualification. This is for you!
An amazing venue in the middle of the vineyards, in the lovely countryside of Ponte Lima, this historic village in the North of Portugal, with delicious food prepared by our in-house chefs.
Besides the Unique Training, it’s a treat of a nourishing and luxurious holiday.
Relax the Mind, Feed the Body, Raise the Spirit!
A magnificent manor house with wonderful surroundings, still in the hands of the family who built it almost 300 years ago.
There are no specific pre-requisites for Level 1 training besides an interest in Kuan Yin Qigong. No experience is necessary as you will see below from the Outline Syllabus.
Training & Syllabus
Teacher Training is an intensive 7-Day Immersion program. Whatever your standard of Qigong, this Training will improve it, whether or not you decide to go for your Instructor qualification. This week is designed for you to have your assessment during the retreat, giving you the opportunity to embody your personal practice or then share it with others after you qualified, for those who decide to go ahead to teach it. Scroll on down to see what’s required to qualify, so you can tailor your own aims accordingly:
- To attain a level of certification to teach Kuan Yin Qigong.
- And/or: To enjoy a week of intensive learning, meeting like-minded people, making new friends, and laying a solid foundation for future certification.
With your Instructor Certification you will have learned the skills to find, recruit, inspire and train Qigong learners, including the challenges of group dynamics and questions about origins, theory and practice.
The aim of our Certified Instructor Training is to train and certify Kuan Yin Qigong Teachers by:
*** Providing inspiring and educational training in Qigong and underlying theory + the unique Kuan Yin Qigong to delve into Ancient Secrets for Modern Women to take their self-care and wellbeing to another level.
*** Laying the foundation for Teachers to develop their own style.
*** Providing comprehensive instruction in teaching techniques.
*** Sharing the knowledge and understanding of how to find, recruit, motivate, teach and retain learners.
Teaching already?
Here’s an absolutely fantastic opportunity to provide your students with new, fresh, and interesting variations to amplify their Qigong experience with you.
Starting to teach?
Take the chance to attract a whole new range of potential students with the various things you are going to learn – below in the Outline Syllabus.
Or are you simply keen to develop your personal practice? The time is now, the power is you!
Anamarta’s vision is to develop a team of Kuan Yin Qigong Instructors and Practitioners to expand awareness of this wonderful practice and the many benefits it can bring to people of all ages and backgrounds. Just think, it could be YOU as the Ambassador of change for the better in the lives of others.
The facilities are in keeping with the high standards of tuition, training and commitment!
Outline Syllabus
Aloha to the Sun Kuan Yin Qigong.
Kuan Yin Qigong Warm-up and Chi Self-Massage.
Eight Pieces of Brocade in the Kuan Yin tradition is a popular and effective Qigong that works really well for all ages.
At intermediate levels, you have Steel Body (Iron Shirt) Qigong with feminine awareness.
Kuan Yin Qigong variations address specific parts of the body.
Aspects of Medical Qigong to enhance your practice.
The Advanced Kuan Yin Qigong, which includes Nei Kung, Healing and Martial Qigong.
Theory
Anamarta’s Kuan Yin Qigong and the Jade Egg Holistic Practice.
How to Teach: Methods of Instruction.
Overall Qigong Benefits, History, Traditions.
5-Elements Connections in the Inner & Outer Universe.
How to design a Daily Practice and Course/Class to teach.
Business Development – finding and keeping students.
Health & Safety: What You Need to Know.
Kuan Yin Qigong can be taught and can also benefit men.
The training includes talks, demonstrations and conversations with other things, about the Qigong many benefits constantly being mentioned by such as Harvard Medical School, and of course the more advanced theory and secret practices of the higher levels.
These areas, when not in use for lectures, have good facilities for relaxation and or private study.
Investment
Super Earlybird £997 to 8th March. Earlybird £1097 to 13th May. Then the regular price is £1197.
Including:
- 35 hours of professional training.
- Accommodation with ensuite bedrooms and laundry.
- Daily breakfast, lunch and dinner, with snacks and water.
- Transfers from and to Porto Airport (1h journey).
- Training Course manual.
- Videos.
- Certification and Documentation.
Does Not Include: flights, local travel, personal expenses, or subscriptions.
You can guarantee your place with a £297 deposit. It is not refundable, as, in our Terms & Conditions, we trust you are committed as we are.
Accommodation
What people say about the food and the place, this is from a previous training for a mixed group, this year is exclusively for women:
Certification
100% of attendance during the retreat is a pre-requisite to get your qualification. The daily programme will be in the Training Manual, from morning to afternoon we have classes with breaks and meals. In the evening we have a theory class.
Your Qigong Teacher Training Manual contains full information on what you need to know, to do, and how this is evaluated. Each Level is a pre-requisite for the next.
Level 1 – KYQG(1) JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR
Teach Kuan Yin Qigong Warm-Up, Chi Self-massage, Eight Pieces of Brocade in the Kuan Yin Tradition.
Demonstration & explanation.
No pre-requisites.
Eligible for TCUGB (Tai Chi Union for Great Britain) & Qigong Institute International Listing.
Level 2 – KYQG(2) INTERMEDIATE INSTRUCTOR
Teach Steel Body (Iron Shirt) Qigong with feminine awareness.
Demonstration, explanation, corrections and testing of the structures.
Pre-requisites: KYQG1 and Jade Egg Initiation – Step 1
Eligible for TCUGB (Tai Chi Union for Great Britain) & Qigong Institute International Listing.
Level 3 – KYQG(3) ADVANCED INSTRUCTOR
Advanced Kuan Yin Qigong, specific postures & form, and Nei Kung Bone Marrow with feminine awareness.
Demonstration & explanation.
Pre-requisites: KYQG2, Jade Egg Mastery – Step 5 and Online 9-week Course.
Eligible for TCUGB (Tai Chi Union for Great Britain) & Qigong Institute International Listing.
Level 4 – KYQG(4) SENIOR INSTRUCTOR
Cosmic aka Hands of Light Qigong. Creation of 5 Elements Kuan Yin Qigong. Taoist Medicine Wheel, 5 Elements, 8 Forces, 12 Animals.
Demonstration & explanation.
Pre-requisites: KYQG3, Tao of Shamaness Workshops, assisting during a retreat, teaching consistently for at least two years with 25 students’ feedback.
Eligible for TCUGB (Tai Chi Union for Great Britain) & Qigong Institute International Listing.
We are in the slopes of the Arga mountain range, near the Biological Park of Bertiandos Lagoon.
Some moments of the sunrise just before the Aloha to the sun, as we start the day, and the beauty around us.
A view of Ponte (means bridge in Portuguese) Lima, believed to be the oldest villages of Portugal, known as a place to start the “Caminho”, the walk to Santiago de Compostela.
Amenities
Hair dryer, heated indoor swimming pool, WiFi, car parking.
The closest village is approx. 1,500 metres.
Minimarket & cafe 2kms., Restaurant 2kms, Ponte Lima centre 8kms., horse riding centre 10 km, long sandy beaches in Viana do Castelo 25 km, Porto airport 90 km.
KUAN YIN QIGONG ONLINE COURSE
The next 7-Week Online Course will be from 16th May to 27th June 2023
Kuan Yin Qigong was created by Anamarta with sixteen years of refinement and the belief of more than 5000 years of refinement of Qigong itself, this internal martial art focuses on health that reflects on all levels of one’s being, cultivating the qi/chi/energy, developing inner strength.
Besides grounding and being centered in your power, Kuan Yin Qigong offers gentle, but profound exercises for the whole body, including the pelvis, the cultivation of hormonal balance, and addressing specific women’s needs for radiant health, vitality and rejuvenation.
All Women are Welcome!
There are no specific pre-requisites for this training besides an interest in Kuan Yin Qigong. No experience is necessary as you will see below from the Outline Syllabus.
If you want to learn something new, develop, evolve and/or master your Qigong practice, and take it as a Health and Self-Healing Re-TREAT in your Tao (Way) of Feminine Empowerment – This is for you!
Relax the Mind, Feed the Body, Raise the Spirit!
Outline Syllabus
Kuan Yin Qigong Warm-up and Chi Self-Massage.
Kuan Yin Qigong variations to address specific parts of the body.
Eight Pieces of Brocade in the Kuan Yin tradition, a popular and effective Qigong that works really well for all ages.
At intermediate levels, you have Steel Body (Iron Shirt) Qigong with feminine awareness.
The Advanced Kuan Yin Qigong, which includes Nei Kung, Healing and Martial Qigong.
The aim of our Online Training is to:
*** Providing inspiring and educational training in Qigong + the unique Kuan Yin Qigong to delve into Ancient Secrets for Modern Women to take their self-care and wellbeing to another level.
*** Providing comprehensive instruction for you to develop your practice and integrated it into your daily life.
*** Bring a taste of the Kuan Yin Qigong Teacher Training to your home. Above are the details of our Retreat in Portugal.
Investment & Timetable
Choose the Morning 9.15am OR Evening 6.30pm BST (aka British Summertime aka GMT+1) Class, they will take 1h15min to 1h30min.
You can enjoy the saving when signing up for the 7-Week Course starting on Tuesday 16th May and finishing on 27th June. When signing up for the full course you’ll get the recording of the class which is available for the whole week.
Those who complete this 7-Week Course will be invited to continue for two more Tuesdays (the following 4th & 11th of July), to master the basics and go deeper with the intermediate and advanced levels. Also, to be introduced, refresh or go deeper with Bone Marrow Nei Kung. These last two classes are only live in Zoom with no recording.
The pay-as-go option for drop-in classes is also available.
May dates: 16th, 23rd & 30th / June dates: 1st, 6th, 13th, 20th & 27h
*****7 Classes, Full Course – Embody the basics and beyond, towards Intermediate and Advanced levels + Get the recording of each class.
£70
*****SAVING: 11% off when bringing a friend, you can book your place together for the 7 Classes – Full Course + Get the recording of each class.
£125
*** 1 Class Drop-in
£12.97