Living Transformation

A course to put You back

into your life.

What is a life well lived? Why am I here? Who am I? What really

matters? These are some of the questions that have journeyed with

me on my path.

I have been exploring and teaching Tai Chi Chuan and meditation for the past 25 years, feeling for what can be learnt from these ancient eastern practices and applied to living in the modern western world.

Firstly what I found was that I borrowed spiritual authority from these systems because I felt insufficient. Whilst I could construct a good "suit" out of their cloth it was not me or mine. I was walking in another’s clothes and no matter how good or holy or calm or understanding I was, it was a learnt response, not something natural.

This feeling of falseness and the continuing wish to know, led me to a deeper exploration and the eventual discovery and understanding of the simple principles of living authenticity. These can be summed up in the saying, "You are already that which you seek".

A "Practice" comes out of a moment of understanding, a moment of "Ah Haa!" Exercise systems come out of this meeting of mystery and embodied knowing to become a Form or discipline practised by others. To become it requires us to take off these borrowed garments and go back to the beginning and there we will find not only ourselves, already formed, but that moment of understanding. This is what Practice is for, to go back to this beginning, not to be good at the Form or Practice.

Living Transformation is twice yearly weekend course based around the results of 25 years of teaching these principles of living authenticity to Tai Chi and meditation students and asking the question, "What really works when the Tai Chi flows or meditation "happens"? It happens because we are in the middle. The Form of that practice is lit from within by the living flame of that person's Being rather than just clothed by an outer discipline. It is the same with life. When we put the essence of ourselves back into life then life becomes ours not someone else's. We become a co-creator - we are in harmony with life. Just like when life flows through an oak seed you get an oak tree, so it is that when life moves through us what comes out is a genuine, authentic response.

The "Transformation" is about seeing we are already that which we seek, rather than looking outside or being caught in external methods. The "Living" is being supported in coming more and more from this in our daily lives. The Forms offered to amplify this natural authenticity are a simply wonderful Chi Kung set called Shibashi, meditation, free movement, and personal interviews with, and support from, me. Put this together with the incredible holding energy of a group of like - minded individuals and these experiences and tools will help you for the rest of your life.

If you are called by this journey of Living Transformation to put you back into your life, if you want help, inspiration and support then contact Richard Farmer for more details.