The last weekend in October is not only when we go back to GMT but we also had qigong courses in five different places in Sweden, Finland and Norway! Many qigong practitioners took the opportunity to meet to practice together and enjoy good company during this weekend when the darkness really made itself felt. In Gothenburg, Åbo, Karlskoga and Ljungskile we held basic weekend courses in Hold Qi Up and in Oslo the Autumn Course took place for the first time. Keep your eyes peeled for the course reports to read more of the results!
When you hear Karlskoga you immediately think about one of European Zhineng Qigong’s training courses, the Winter Course, arranged there every year in February. This time it was a basic weekend course of Hold Qi Up which took place in a very cosy small nonconformist chapel belonging to Karlskoga Folkhögskola.
A picture from the course in Karlskoga.
We practiced in a little house next to the school.
The course in Ljungskile took place in Ljungskilegården which is like a church hall but belongs to the community, not the church. Snowflakes kept falling which you can see in the picture above taken on Sunday.
The Autumn Course in Norway is held every year. Until now it has taken place in Bergen but this year it was in Oslo for the first time. Here’s a couple of photos taken by participants early one morning before starting practicing, during a morning walk to the Oslo Opera House.