Level 2 Integral Tai Chi Facilitator Training - Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC)
Mission Renewal Center, Santa Barbara, CA
July 8 - 15, 2010
The Santa Barbara Mission was established on the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4, 1786 and was the tenth of twenty-one California Missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans. To read more about this historic treasure known as the "Queen of the Missions", visit here.
More than 200 years later, the Mission continues to be the chief cultural and historic landmark in the city of Santa Barbara. Home to a community of Franciscan friars, the Mission also has a retreat center with guest rooms, conference rooms on ten acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, where the IIQTC will be holding the Level 2 Integral Tai Chi Facilitator Training.
About Level 2 Integral Tai Chi Facilitator Training
Tai Chi — the Supreme Ultimate — is equivalent to saying ultimate balance and harmony of the mutually supportive forces in the universe, and in the microcosm of the human system. As a form of Mind-Body Energetics practice Tai Chi (Taiji) is a kind of Qigong. Tai Chi was eventually woven into the combination of body and mind exercise for health enhancement and the purposeful development of consciousness (HeartMInd cultivation).
There are many traditional long forms of Tai Chi that can take years to learn. In order to make the health benefits of Tai Chi more readily accessible to diverse populations, the IIQTC has created the Integral Tai Chi Teaching System. Health benefits include stress reduction, greater balance and increased flexibility for populations that are both younger and older. Tai Chi is especially profound for balance (falls prevention) and cognitive capacity retention (brain plasiticity). Our II approach to Tai Chi is focused on balance and harmony of Spirit, Mind and Body. The great masters would call it Tai Chi Qigong.
Integral Tai Chi™ is not simply a Tai Chi form, it is a Tai Chi teaching method that is assured to sustain student enthusiasm. In the Integral Tai Chi™ framework we work with essential Tai Chi principles more than the form. Integral Tai Chi Qigong is a simplified approach (can be medical or therapeutic) in which the complexity of the footwork is postponed for ease of learning. Tai Chi Easy is composed of a smaller subset of Integral Tai Chi, plus the Qigong practices from The Healer Within. We will learn to teach Tai Chi Chair™ and Tai Chi Mirror™, these carefully simplified approaches to Tai Chi are designed to create the maximum positive effect.
The IIQTC has now been asked to bring Tai Chi Easy to numerous state funded social service agencies. It is clear that Tai Chi Easy is an especially well designed package for Qigong delivery. Upon conclusion of this training you are fully prepared to teach both Tai Chi Easy and Integral Tai Chi. They are an easy and fun way to get large class enrollments – people like the sound of Tai Chi and they love easy.
The traditional principles of Tai Chi and Qigong are the heart of the Integral Tai Chi ™ program. Level 2 is primarily focused on Tai Chi PLUS deepening review of all the material from Level 1. Review will include: practices distilled from the Vitality Medical Qigong Method (Bu Zheng Qigong) in The Healer Within; the Ten Phases of Cultivation and Mastery from the The Healing Promise of Qi; Tendon Changing; Marrow Bathing; Seven Precious Gestures; Spontaneous Qigong as well as introduction to Nei Dan (Inner Alchemy), transmitting Qi (Wai Gong) and Qigong Healing.
The Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) now has graduates throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Central America, inspired and committed to bringing Qigong and Tai Chi to a broader audience. Our research initiatives continue to build the Institute’s international credibility. Whether you are using these trainings as a career shift or as a personal retreat to improve your health, vitality and inner peace, this event will be a profound opportunity to immerse yourself in healing and actualize your personal mission of community service. You will renew your body, mind and spirit just as intended by those ancient Qi masters of China who gave birth to Qi cultivation so long ago.
As you know it will be deep and it will be fun!!
Tuition, Lodging and Meals Fee Plan
Fees include:
Tuition for Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) Level 2 Integral Tai Chi Facilitator Training, 7 nights lodging (unless Commuter), meals, break refreshments, and on site training materials. Commuter fees include Level 2 Certification Training tuition, food plan with 21 meals and on site training materials.
As a student of the IIQTC, you are part of a worldwide community.. In addition, IIQTC graduates have access to a restricted web site and a internet directory listing.
Fee does not include required texts and videos, round trip airfare and ground transportation to and from Santa Barbara Mission Renewal Center.
Typical Daily Schedule
From |
To |
Activity |
| 7:00 am | 8:00 am | Mandatory Morning Practice Session |
| 8:00 am | 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | 11:45 am | Morning Training Session |
| 11:45 am | 12:15 pm | Practicum |
| 12:15 pm | 2:30 or 3:00 pm | Lunch/Afternoon Break |
| 2:30 pm or 3:00 pm | 5:45 pm | Afternoon Training Session |
| 5:45 pm | 6:15 pm | Practicum |
| 6:15 pm | 7:30 pm | Dinner Break |
| 7:30 pm | 9:00 pm or 9:30 pm | Evening Training Session |
Registration for Level 2
Training & Lodging Option
Click link below to register.Standard Registration Through June 15, 2010
Late Registration
after June 15, 2010Shared Lodging (Double) with Dormitory Style Bath $2575
$3125
Single Lodging with Private Bath **** $2375
**** Mission Renewal Center has 6 Single Lodging with Private Bath rooms available. These rooms have a shared shower, but private toilet and sink. There is a possibility for our group to acquire more depending on other groups sharing the facility. ****
Available Payment Plan Options
We recognize the flexibility that is sometimes needed in meeting the registration cost for certain events. To support this, we have made available a 3-Month Pay Plan and a 6-Month Pay Plan under the Regular Registration period for a nominal finance and administration fee. To take advantage of one of the available payment plan options, simply register as usual. When you choose your preferred Lodging type, you will be taken to the Shopping Cart where you will see the payment plan options. Simply choose the one that works best for you and sign up!
Note: Your payments will be evenly dispersed over 3 months or 6 months depending on which plan you choose. The total of all your payments will equal the registration cost plus the applicable finance fee ($75.00 for 3-month plans, $180.00 for 6-month plans). Once you enter your credit card information and submit your order, your first payment will be charged immediately. Each subsequent payment will be automatically charged to your credit card in 30-day increments for the duration of your selected plan.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
A full refund of the amount paid, less a $125 processing fee, (and less the portion of the finance fee collected to date of cancellation for Payment Plan Enrollees), will be offered on or before 11:55 pm Pacific Time, Monday, May 3, 2010. Due to required facility deposits, for cancellations made between May 4, 2010 – June 4, 2010, the refund is the registration fee less a $350.00 processing fee, (and less the portion of the finance fee collected to date of cancellation for Payment Plan Enrollees). No refund is available for cancellation if the registrant does not show up for the program, if the registrant leaves the program early, or if the registrant cancels his/her registration after June 4, 2010. For cancellations after June 4, 2010, a partial credit of tuition ONLY will be offered on a case-by-case basis for extenuating circumstances such as serious illness, accident, death in the family, or family emergency.
No refunds can be offered for lodging/meal plans under late cancellation circumstances. Tuition credit toward a comparable Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi training must be claimed within 1 year of issue date or monies will be forfeited. The Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) reserves the right to cancel any program, at any time. Should it be necessary for the IIQTC to cancel a program, registrants will receive a full refund if a satisfactory alternative is not possible.
Travel Directions to Mission Renewal Center (MRC)
Address:
2201 Laguna Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
From Los Angeles Airport (LAX):
Approximate distance: 100 miles. Take US405 North to US101 West (about 20 miles). Remain on US101 into Santa Barbara (about 80 miles). Exit on Mission Street, turn to the North (right) Continue up Mission Street until it ends at Laguna St. (about 1 mile) Turn left on Laguna. The Mission is straight ahead 2 blocks.
From points north of Santa Barbara (including SB Airport):
Take US101 South towards downtown Santa Barbara Exit on Mission Street, turn to the North (Left) Continue up Mission Street until it ends at Laguna St. (about 1 mile) Turn left on Laguna. The Mission is straight ahead 2 blocks.
Do I need a car?
Not necessarily; Santa Barbara can be a car-free city. This web site will provide the information you need:
http://www.santabarbaracarfree.org/
Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Santa Barbara's Public Transportation System. MTD's Line 22 provides public transportation to and from MRC to downtown Santa Barbara. Check schedule.