Dao Yin Meditation Workshop_Dancing with Water Film season

Led by Angela Liu, member of the British Daoist Association

Presented by: Sine Screen

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0	LONDON: BLOC, Arts One Building
P	Sunday 24th March, 2024
N	11:50am

Event information

*Please bring meditation cushion and blanket/mat.

12-3pm, Sunday 24 March, BLOC BLACK BOX, Arts One Building, QMUL.

Dao yin is an ancient Daoist practice of aligning and stretching movements, an integral part of the ancient Daoist cultivation called yang sheng (nourishing life), which also includes meditation. In this introductory workshop, you will be guided through a set of Dao yin exercises involving simple postures and self-massage. Cultivation of dao yin comes to fruition in meditation. This is expressed in the meditation posture which is stable, aligned and relaxed, allowing the qi to follow its natural pattern. Guidance will be given to help participants to establish a suitable sitting posture.

Angela has been exploring Eastern ideas and practices for over 30 years. She was first introduced to authentic Daoist cultivation by her acupuncturist and in 2008, she met her teacher Shijing (31st generation Daoist priest/daoshi in the Dragon Gate tradition, co-founder and main teacher of the British Daoist Association) with whom she has since regularly attended retreats and events (daoists.co.uk) as well as undertaking her own personal retreats, practising jing zuo (tranquil sitting) meditation and dao yin. Over the years, Angela has become more deeply intimate with Daoist practices and teachings that shape and flow into all aspects of her life and inspires her work.
*Event will be followed by a screening of a slow film Mama from 3:30pm.

About the programme: Dancing with Water 2024 is introducing over 16 film events exploring contemporary China and women's cinema. The programme will be presented from Feburary to April 2024 across venues in London.

The programme is curated by Kiki Tianqi Yu and Shan Tong, which captures a burgeoning energy of fluidity, flexibility and resilience of Chinese women filmmakers and their cinemas, resonating with the Daoist concept of yin and water as not only soft and formless but also pervasive and tenacious.

For more please check out www.dancingwithwaterfilm.com.