Chinese New Year Demonstrations

with Smiling Dragon Tai Chi & Qigong instructors and students Date: Saturday 13 February 2016 Time: 10am Location: Pukekohe Library

WTCQD ~ Franklin

Date: Saturday 30 April 2016 Time: 10am Location: Pukekohe Town Square  

WORLD TAI CHI & QIGONG DAY AUCKLAND

“One World … One Breath”

• Join in and be part of a global health and healing event
• See all Tai Chi styles and Qigong  including  the largest mass display of Tai Chi to be presented in NZ
• The Last Saturday in April each year
• A relay of special events to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD) begins in New Zealand and end 24 hours later in Hawaii.

On the 6th April 2002 at 10.00 am (local time) tens of thousands of tai chi and qigong practitioners all over the world gathered in public places to celebrate the health benefits of these ancient Chinese arts.  Since 2002, at 10.00am local time, Tai Chi and Qigong enthusiasts in New Zealand have had the honour of kick-starting WTCQD for the rest of the world and to initiate a “healing wave of energy” to encircle the globe. WTCQD is officially recognized by the United Nations World Health Organization and aims to promote and educate the world to the benefits of practising Tai Chi and Qigong. Research has shown that the traditional Chinese health technologies of Tai Chi and Qigong can reduce anxiety, depression, and chronic pain conditions.  They can boost the immune system, improve respiratory function, burn calories, dramatically improve balance, improve cardiovascular benefit, provide powerful stress management tools, and slow aspects of the aging process. WTCQD in New Zealand is organized by the New Zealand National Tai Chi Chuan Association Inc. The Main Purposes of WTCQD Auckland:

1. To initiate, lead and participate in the global relay of special WTCQD events in celebration of health and healing.
2. To promote and educate the community and the world to the profound benefits that Tai Chi and Qigong can provide our personal, social and world health.
3. To acknowledge Chinese culture for giving humanity these unique health technologies and to assist in their local development as appropriate.