Please email buqiworks@gmail.com for more details
Day Course with VAST UK- ‘Voice and Somatic Training for All’
This course is live
This day course (for ages 18 plus) is suitable for all levels of confidence and ability. Expect a fun, lively and easy-going day, enabling some serious learning. We will support you all the way!
VENUE Bristol Folk House, 40a Park St, Bristol BS1 5JG
TIMES 10.00am- 4.00pm
COST : Please contact the Folkhouse to book your place
TO BOOK – To book a course at the Bristol Folk House, you can call, visit the website, or go in person.
Online
- Go to the COURSES page on the Bristol Folk House website
- Select a course
- Create an account or log in to an existing account
- Book the course
By phone
- Call the Bristol Folk House at 0117 926 2987
- Leave a message
In person
- Visit the Bristol Folk House at 40A Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5JG
- Book a course in person
What to expect
You should book early as spaces fill up quickly
You must be at least 18 years old to attend a course
You may need to pay for the course in full to secure your place
Some courses may have additional costs for materials
Embark upon an expansion of mind, body and voice!
Understand and experience the importance of posture and releasing physical tension to improve confidence and voice projection.
Learn how to work effectively with your breathing.
We will be using a powerful combination of Qigong, Sound Daoyin and contemporary singing technique. At the end of the day we will be singing some great songs from a variety of genres, to enjoy the positive effects/results of the day’s exercise.
SOUND DAOYIN
Sound Daoyin is a Chinese system of vocal sounds and breathing techniques to improve health and vocal power. More than 2000 years ago, Daoyin specialists in China were teaching breathing techniques in order to prevent and also to treat illness. Another technique was to use sound. The producing of each sound is linked to one of the five organs. Exercises using the five sounds use sound waves to open the body’s channels and meridians. The sound waves also cause vibration in the organs and tissues, which is beneficial in the treatment of problems in the relevant areas. Different sounds can be used to precisely target specific areas and the organs, wherever there is a malfunction. Good results can often be achieved in a short time. Whilst the Sound Daoyin contains many references to singing, it also applies to all who need to make good use of their voice and can help with many issues regarding loss of voice and problems with voice projection.
COURSE AGENDA
10.00am Short introductory talk followed by Qigong exercises to release tension, establish good posture to support vocal production, and free up the body.
11.15am Refreshments and a chance to ask any questions.
11.35am Sound Daoyin a long established Chinese system of breathing and sound techniques for self-healing.
12.35pm to 1.45pm Lunch with an opportunity to eat together at a nearby venue or at the in-house café
2pm: Short meditative exercise to aid digestion and clear the mind, followed by singing technique and warm up exercises.
3.pm to 3.15pm: Refreshments
3.15pm to 4.00pm: Lively and informal session in which we sing a wide variety of songs from different genres (we will share the playlist with you upon booking). You will be supported by the musicians with voice, piano, guitar, cello and accordion and perhaps a few surprises! For example, Dennison Joseph, from legendary Bristol reggae band Talisman, will be dropping in to end a beautiful day with a couple of reggae songs!
Who are ‘VAST UK’?
Sarah Bartlett is a highly experienced Tai Chi and Qigong Instructor and Buqi Therapist. She has 33 years of Tai Chi training and was a dedicated student of the late lineage holder and internationally renowned Tai Chi Grandmaster Dr Shen Hongxun. Over the past 24 years, Sarah has run her own successful private teaching practice offering courses, retreats and 1:1 therapy. She has also worked for a wide variety of organisations including many years with Bristol Parkinson’s. As a musician, Sarah has sung with Pee Wee Ellis , members of Black Roots, Talisman and Jungle Red and with some of the top Jazz and Soul session musicians in Bristol.
Jo Levine is a qualified and experienced Music Therapist and is registered with the Health Professions Council. She has worked with people with a very wide range of complex needs, in the NHS, schools and community settings. Jo has also taught Piano and Piano Accordion for over 25 years, as a freelance tutor in her own studio, in schools, and at Bath University. As a performer, Jo has played Piano Accordion with bands at many festivals and events including Glastonbury and WOMAD, and in music and dance shows supported by Arts Council England.
We will also be joined by guest musicians Sophie Barford and Dennison Joseph. Sophie is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, specializing in the piano and cello. She has performed and recorded with a range of artists around the world, had solo performances at St. John Smith’s Square and played for many years with the Bristol Symphony Orchestra, on top of work as a session musician and accompanist throughout the South West. Sophie has more than ten years’ of teaching experience and currently sits on the ABRSM examining panel, having worked across much of Asia as an ambassador for the Board. She’s now studying towards a Master’s in Music Therapy
As one of the founding members of UK roots legends Talisman, Dennison Joseph and his band mates helped lay the foundations of a musical legacy that put Bristol on the map in the late 70s and early 80s. Contributing to a sonic landscape that would not just take the underground by storm, but the mainstream 10 years later, Talisman recorded at some of Jamaica’s finest studios including Channel 1 and Tuff Gong, Dennison honed his craft rubbing shoulders with some of reggae’s greats (including the likes of Robbie Lynn, Earl Chinna Smith and even Alton Ellis)
We look forward to meeting you!
Other courses with BUQIWORKS or VAST UK
Saturday April 26th 2025
MORNING Taijiwuxigong -Self- Healing for Body and Mind AFTERNOON Taiji force development-
VENUE 300 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8PD
YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON OR ONLINE
BOOKING – email buqiworks@gmail.com for details and if you want to attend online, for the zoom link
NEED TO BRING-Please bring a blanket, a mat and wear loose comfortable clothes. If you do not have a mat, let me know in your email and I will bring one for you
OTHER DATES THIS YEAR
May 24th Animal Daoyin with Buqiworks at the Quaker House –
June 28th- Sound Daoyin and Singing with VAST UK at the Quaker House
September Date TBC Sound Daoyin and Singing with VAST UK at the Folk House
September 28th -Introduction to Taiji 37 at the Quaker House
November date TBC Sound Daoyin and Singing with VAST UK at the Quaker House
TIMES- Saturdays 10.15am- 4.45pm
COST-£70 for a day (£60 for early bird payment), please email for discount and payment details
SOME FURTHER READING
Taijiwuxigong is a highly effective self healing system which forms one part of the Buqi system and has its roots in the practice of Tai Chi. It can offer a path to health, happiness and more.
Taijiwuxigong improves posture, balance, flexibility, spine health, strength, mental clarity, and general physical function. It can also work powerfully to release trauma, and improve emotional well being. Taijiwuxigong brings one eventually into a natural meditation and opens the pathway to latent functions and lineage information.
Can anyone practice Taijiwuxigong?
Taijiwuxigong is accessible to most people except for those with certain serious health conditions. Taijiwuxigong offers standing, sitting and lying down exercises. Exercises can be tailored according to your age, physical ability (or disability) and general state of health (physical, mental and emotional.)
Times on the day:
10.15am-4.30pm
To book, Please pay via Pay Pal using the email buqiworks@gmail.com, email or text me for bank details, or if you would like to pay in cash, then contact me to arrange
CLEAN BODY, CLEAR MIND! SPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Kind Regards Sarah B