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Time To Focus And Tune Into 2025: Gently Kickstart The New Year With Qigong, Meditation And Healing Treatments
It is difficult to make decisions about important issues in your life when you are immersed in them. You need some distance from them, physically and psychologically to see them clearly for what they are. Only then, can you gain a fresh perspective on them. So, if you feel you need a gentle, uncluttered space to tune into what lies ahead for you in 2025, this largely unstructured weekend will prove useful. Experience sunrise qigong, meditation and hatha yoga with Di, Brendon and Sailesh while Nolwazi Bandezi, a qualified therapist, will be offering healing therapies by appointment. The BRC provides an ideal opportunity to be in a sympathetic space to experience what it is like to "just be"..
Dianne Franklin is an Advocate in private practice. She has been studying Buddhism and Qigong for twenty years. She is a student of Max Weier, the Qigong Master from Switzerland. Her teachers include Rob Nairn, Geshe Pende and Ken Holmes.
Sailesh Bhatt is one of the most favoured yoga teachers at the Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. He specializes in Hatha yoga asanas, pranayamas, mudras, bandhas, meditation and vedic mantra chanting. He began his practice of yoga at a very young age and at the age of 19 he decided to devote his life to the study of Yoga and follow the yogic lifestyle completely. He looked deeper into the study of yogic philosophy, vedantic philosophy, tantric philosophy and many other ancient yogic scriptures under the guidance of various masters. He also completed his graduation in Indian classical music. After having completed his Yoga Alliance Certified Teachers' Training course, he began teaching yoga at an international level, conducting Yoga retreats, workshops and Teachers' Training courses. With more than 12 years of experience in the field of yogic practices and teachings, he has an intuitive vision of the purpose of various yogic practices. His total dedication and enthusiasm is what makes him a radiant and vibrant teacher.
Nolwazi Bandezi, a therapist and owner of Neno, a 100% women-owned business located in Morningside, Durban, will be offering treatments such as tension relief massage using a combination of different therapies (Swedish, Lomi Lomi, Myofascial, deep tissue therapy, lymphatic drainage massage) and incorporated is Thai stretch therapy, Reflexology and Ayurvedic Head massage.