Tai Chi Practice for Beginner is a three days course for those who want to find a practice that promote physical and mental health as well as a way to boost energy.
Tai Chi Practice, if practice correctly and regularly can bring changes in our lives. Here are some benefits of regularly and correctly practicing Tai Chi as listed by Ajarn Aphichat Sawaidee from his direct experience.
Benefits of regularly and correctly practicing Tai chi
- become more aware of oneself and the surrounding
- become more grounded and mindful
- able to let go of un healthy habits such as addictions
- have stronger focus and longer concentration
- become more lively and have more energy(Chi) in daily life
- building up strength
- a way to gain wisdom
course schedule
Day 0 : arrival day
Day 1 :
6.00 am – 8.00 am : Practice
8.30 am – 9.30 am : Breakfast
10.30 am – 12.30 pm : Theory/Q&A
13.00 – 14.00 pm : Lunch
15.00 – 17.30 pm : Practice
19.00 – 20.00 pm : Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 pm : Evening Session
Day 2 :
6.00 am – 8.00 am : Practice
8.30 am – 9.30 am : Breakfast
10.30 am – 12.30 pm : Theory/Q&A
13.00 – 14.00 pm : Lunch
15.00 – 17.30 pm : Practice
19.00 – 20.00 pm : Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 pm : Evening Session
Day 3 :
6.00 am – 8.00 am : Practice
8.30 am – 9.30 am : Breakfast
10.30 am – 12.30 pm : Theory/Q&A
13.00 – 14.00 pm : Lunch
15.00 – 17.30 pm : Practice
19.00 – 20.00 pm : Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 pm : Q&A/Wrap Up
Day 4
Departure after breakfast
Course dates
January 27th – 29th 2023
May 19th – 21st 2023
July 21st – 23rd 2023
October 6th – 8th 2023
course fee
5,500 THB
Early bird fee 4,900 THB (When book & pay before 31st March)
Food & Accommodation included in the fee
Food & Accommodation
Included in the fee is accommodation in our dormitory, 3 vegetarian/vegan meals per day, tea breaks, as well as yoga and meditation.
We also have private accommodation available that can be booked for an additional fee.
- Accommodation: Dormitory, hostel style. Mosquito nets, cushions, bedding, and blankets are provided.
- Single rooms, for one guest, 1250 THB for course duration( 5 nights) an extra fee.
- Double room, 2 guest 1,750 THB for course duration(5 nights) Please choose your preferred accommodation in the registration form.
Classroom
Common Space for sessions: Indoor sessions will be held in our naturally built sala or our mini sala out of bamboo. Practical sessions will be happening on the land.
Toilets & shower
We provide share compost toilets and showers for men and women. There is no private toilet & shower.
Compost Toilet and
about the master
Master Aphichat Sawaidee in his childhood, due to poverty, was sent to study in a monastery. He was adopted and ordained by Luang Pho Khamkhien Visalo the abbot of Wat Pha Sukato in Chiyaphume province. Luang Pho Khamkhien and Wat Pha Sukato was and is still famous for their Vipassana practice based in hand movement.
Aphichat, as a novice, got to study literacy in the temple as well as study and practice Dharma. After years as novice he disrobed and moved to live with his parents so that he could help them earn a living.
At one point at his 30th, Aphichat was observing a Tai Chi master instructing Tai Chi to a group of people. Days of observing did not make him believe in it. Until one day, he couldn’t hold himself back when the master said to his students he would show them how to fight with Tai Chi moves. Aphichat was all of the sudden interested. He took himself to stood in front of the master and asked for the fight moves. Instead of fighting Aphichat, the master asked Aphichat to fight him by pushing him on the chest. Aphichat pushed the master in full force. What he experienced in that moment changed his life. As he pushed the master with full force his hand felt as if they where pushing into emptiness and in the same moment he found himself bounced back and fell on the ground. That was the moment he realized Tai Chi is real and he, in that very moment, realized he has found his path. He begged the master to take him as a student.
Aphichat lived and learn with master Chandej Puangchin started assisting the master to teacher later on. It has been nearly 20 years since Aphichat has been practicing Tai Chi and 15 years since he started teaching. Practicing Tai Chi regularly and consistently help Aphichat to understand the Dharma teachings of Luang Pho Khamkien better. The Dharma teaching and Tai Chi practice align well for him. Master Aphichat currently live near by the Wat Pha Sukato monastery, practicing Tai Chi around his little hut and support the monastery’s activities.
how to register
Step 1 : contact us to check for availability. You may contact us by email, WhatsApp, Line or WeChat
Email : gaiaschoolasia@gmail.com
WhatsApp(+66)805791006
Line :0805791006
WhatChat : gaiaashram
Step 2 : fill in the registration form
Step 3 : pay the full course fee to secure your spot
cancelation policy
If Gaia Ashram cancel the program We will fully refund you.
If you cancel your attendance at least 45 days prior to the course starting date We will fully refund the course fee.
If you cancel your attendance at least 30 days prior to the course starting date We will refund 70% of the course fee.
If you cancel your attendance at least 15 days prior to the course starting date We refund 50% of the course
If you cancel your attendance less than 14 days before the course starting date there will be no refund of the course fee.