Workshops & Events at the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center

Workshops & Events

Gesture of Awareness

When: Friday, July 11, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Watertown Center for Healing Arts, 17 Spring St., Watertown (Square)
Instructor: Peter Wayne
Tuition: Registered Tree of Life students $75; others $125. Workshop limited to 40 participants. Please reserve your spot by email to treeoflifetaichi@earthlink.net with "Gesture of Awareness" in the subject line. For payment, send check by postal mail to Tree of Life Tai Chi Center, 17 Spring St., Watertown, MA, 02472. (A proportion of the proceeds will go to charity.)

This three-hour workshop will introduce the profound and playful practice of Gesture of Awareness (GOA). Developed by one of Peter's and Jane's root teachers, Charles Genoud, the simple solo and dyadic movement-based sensory awareness exercises that comprise GOA provide one of the most direct paths to feeling more at ease and embodied, and tasting the freedom of being in the moment.

Qigong Mini-Foundations

When: Friday, July 11, 8:00 - 10:00 AM; Friday, July 18, 8:00 - 10:00 AM; Friday, August 1, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
Where: Zoom only
Instructor: Peter Wayne
Tuition: Registered Tree of Life students $75; others $150. Please register and pay online here.

The Wednesday morning Taoist Qigong/Meditation class will be limited this summer to established enrolled students, or those with prior Tree of Life intermediate-level qigong training (please email Peter at treeoflifetaichi@earthlink.net if you're unsure of your eligibility). To accommodate others wanting to begin qigong training over the summer, Peter will be offering a three-session, Zoom-based Qigong Mini-Foundations series that will include learning the Eight Pieces of Brocade qigong set (Baduanjin), Tan Tien Breathing, and the Buddha Palm Healing set, along with basic qigong calisthenics.

Tai Chi for Two

When: Saturday, August 9, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Watertown Center for Healing Arts, 17 Spring St., Watertown (Square)
Instructor: Peter Wayne
Tuition: Registered Tree of Life students $125; others $250. Workshop limited to 40 participants. Please reserve your spot by email to treeoflifetaichi@earthlink.net with "Tai Chi for Two" in the subject line. For payment, send check by postal mail to Tree of Life Tai Chi Center, 17 Spring St., Watertown, MA, 02472.

Person-to-person interactions explored in safe environments can catalyze our understanding of the biomechanical and psychophysiological principles of tai chi. Combining practices derived from tai chi sensing and pushing hands, as well a tai chi sport call Thunderball, we will explore how our solo practices can be translated into greater awareness and function of everyday interactive activities.