Meditation with Jane

Meditation with Jane

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Learn to relax deeply and work with your qi (subtle life force energy) to help impve your health, calm your mind and emotions and awaken spiritual potential inside you. The material taught is 'Taoist Presence Practices' from the ancient 'Water Method' of Taoist Meditation.ro

Jane is one of only a small handful of Energy Arts instructors in the world who have undertaken over 20 years of training and certified as a Meditation Instructor with Master Bruce Frantzis, who has an unbroken lineage in meditation going back to Lao Tzu (who wrote the Tao De Ching in the 6th Century BCE). You can read a lot more about this system of meditation on Bruce's Energy Arts website.

You need to have a good level of meditation experience to join this class - please contact us if you would like to know more about your suitabiliy before you register.

Cost £10
Each session is 60 mins.
Led by Jane Launchbury.

This class is available as a Zoom session or live attendance. 

Zoom session - you will receive the link to the sessions when you register. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR OTHER EVENTS AT THE TIME - YOU WILL NOT GET THE LINK IF YOU DO THIS!

Attending Live at the class

Most participants currently attend online via Zoom, but  a small number of people can attend the sessions live. Please let us know if you’d like to attend in person when you book.

Attending with Zoom

You may join these sessions on zoom - you will receive the link when you register, which you can diary for every week. Please note however that even though you have the Zoom link, we require you register and pay for each class you wish to attend. 

Event Information

Event Date Fri 17th Apr 2026 - 2:00 pm
Capacity Unlimited
Individual Price Attend with Zoom or in person £10
Location Downton, Dragon House Studio

Venue Information - Downton, Dragon House Studio

Directions

Head through the village from the A338 (Bull pub). Continue past the CoOp and the village greens and hump bridge. The house is located just pass the 'pinch point' and before Tannery Bridge. If you are arriving by public transport on the X3 it is about a 10 minute walk, just stay on the road through the village (The Borough) until you reach number 134. 

Access is through the side gate, to the left of the Dragon House as you look at it. Walk straight ahead towards the garden, keep going past our main house, along the side of the cottage into the garden or via the sliding doors of the cottage into the studio space. 

Parking can be tricky sometimes, but if there is nowhere on street near our house, or on the off road patch under the trees diagonally opposite, you will find on-street parking further along The Borough, around the greens, at the front of the Co-op etc, it’s a big village and the few private roads are clearly marked. You may ignore the ‘no parking’ signs on the wall outside the nearby Casterbridge House, it is perfectly legal to park on street there. There is also some parking at The Moot car park (a little way along Moot Lane), on the High Street, or along Barford Lane. I’d suggest allowing an extra 10 minutes or so to park up, in case you need to walk back. 

Worth tucking in your wing mirrors for on-street parking.

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Events for Beginners

Beginners Classes

Beginners Classes

Below is a list of events that are suitable for complete beginners. More experienced students can also benefit from these sessions, to use as warmups or fine tune your personal practices.

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25
Mar
2026

Tai Chi Qigong - Downton

Wed 25th Mar 2026 6:15 pm
Downton, Memorial Hall
£10
Tai Chi Qigong - Downton

Join us for Energising Tai Chi Qigong!

Join us for 50-55 minutes of low-impact, energising exercise in this popular Tai Chi Qigong class. Moves are performed standing, (chairs are available if you need to sit for a while), there is no floor/mat work. Suitable for all age groups and suitable for Active Beginners.

This Tai Chi Qigong class will work with the enjoyable, flowing 'Shibashi Set 1' moves PLUS some aspects and moves from other Tai Chi Qigong Sets. With their roots in Tai Chi, these calming, enjoyable exercises are pleasant to perform and much simpler than the deep study of our traditional Tai Chi curriculum, while offering many of the benefits. The flowing movements are generally done to relaxing music and are repeated with instructions, so you don't have to remember a lot of detail and sequence. There are also occasions when we may stand (or sit) still for a while, to work on quietening the mind to explore the more subtle meditative and perceptive aspects of Tai Chi Qigong.

This form of exercise can help improve balance, flexibility, breathing, memory and general well-being, through releasing stress and tension.

You won't know how nice it is until you try it!

Cost £10
Class led by Jane Launchbury, Senior Instructor Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.

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14
Apr
2026

Tai Chi Qigong - Ringwood

Tue 14th Apr 2026 1:45 pm
Ringwood, Greyfriars
£10
Tai Chi Qigong - Ringwood

Get your Weekly Tai Chi Fix!

Just follow along to 45-50 minutes of low-impact energising exercise in our very popular Tai Chi Qigong classes. All classes are performed standing, but you can choose to be seated. Suitable for complete beginners, all age groups and levels of fitness.

The 18 move Shibashi Tai Chi Qigong movements are traditionally performed with music and are relaxing and easy to follow, and is practised around the world by millions of people. It is based on some of the movements from Yang style tai chi chuan and this gentle, flowing qigong exercise set is deeply relaxing and pleasant to perform. 

Cost £10 
Class led by Gina Davenport, Instructor Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.
Please note: Payment of Gina's classes are now directly managed by her, so if you are paying online or by BACS you will be given her bank details.

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You won't know how nice it is until you try it!

 

14
Apr
2026

Yang Style Tai Chi - Ringwood

Tue 14th Apr 2026 2:45 pm
Ringwood, Greyfriars
£10
Yang Style Tai Chi - Ringwood

Come and study authentic Taijiquan with us!

The Masich Internal Arts Method (MIAM) Five Section Taijiquan program material is designed to be flexible and fun, ideal for beginners to get a well grounded introduction to traditional Tai Chi, who may then decide to take on the more difficult challenges of the full curriculum. 

This term we will continue our study of the 24-step Yang style form, based on a thorough understanding of core principles. Learning to create correct alignment in the body, free the mind through breath and calm, and move intentfully are all part of authentive taijiquan (Tai Chi) practice. Part of this study requires we work with partners to develop greater sensitity to the subtle energies at play when we jion with the taiji process. None of our partner work is designed to be competitive.

Cost: £10
60 minutes of exercise.

Led by Gina Davenport, Instructor Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.
Please note: Payment of Gina's classes are now directly managed by her, so if you are paying online or by BACS you will be given her bank details.

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15
Apr
2026

Tai Chi Qigong for Health - Wilton 10am

Wed 15th Apr 2026 10:00 am
Wilton, Comm Centre
£10
Tai Chi Qigong for Health - Wilton 10am

Get your Weekly Tai Chi Fix!

Just follow along to 45-50 minutes of low-impact, energising exercise in our popular Tai Chi Qigong class. Movements are performed standing, but you can choose to be seated (there is no floor/mat work). Suitable for complete beginners, all age groups and levels of fitness.

With their roots in Tai Chi, these calming, enjoyable movements are pleasant to perform and much simpler than the deep study of our traditional Tai Chi curriculum, while offering many of the benefits. The flowing movements are done to relaxing music, are simple to copy and are repeated with instructions, so you don't have to remember a lot of detail and sequence. This form of exercise can help improve balance, flexibility, breathing, memory and general well-being, through releasing stress and tension.

Cost £10
Class led by Jane Launchbury, Senior Instructor Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.

Switch to TABLE VIEW if you wish to register for several classes together.

You won't know how nice it is until you try it!

15
Apr
2026

Tai Chi Qigong for Health - Wilton 11am

Wed 15th Apr 2026 11:00 am
Wilton, Comm Centre
£10
Tai Chi Qigong for Health - Wilton 11am

Get your Weekly Tai Chi Fix!

Just follow along to 45-50 minutes of low-impact, energising exercise in our popular Tai Chi Qigong class. Movements are performed standing, but you can choose to be seated (there is no floor/mat work). Suitable for complete beginners, all age groups and levels of fitness.

With their roots in Tai Chi, these calming, enjoyable movements are pleasant to perform and much simpler than the deep study of our traditional Tai Chi curriculum, while offering many of the benefits. The flowing movements are done to relaxing music, are simple to copy and are repeated with instructions, so you don't have to remember a lot of detail and sequence. This form of exercise can help improve balance, flexibility, breathing, memory and general well-being, through releasing stress and tension.

Cost £10
Class led by Jane Launchbury, Senior Instructor Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.

Switch to TABLE VIEW if you wish to register for several classes together.

 

15
Apr
2026

Tai Chi Qigong - Downton

Wed 15th Apr 2026 6:15 pm
Downton, Memorial Hall
£10
Tai Chi Qigong - Downton

Join us for Energising Tai Chi Qigong!

Join us for 50-55 minutes of low-impact, energising exercise in this popular Tai Chi Qigong class. Moves are performed standing, (chairs are available if you need to sit for a while), there is no floor/mat work. Suitable for all age groups and suitable for Active Beginners.

This Tai Chi Qigong class will work with the enjoyable, flowing 'Shibashi Set 1' moves PLUS some aspects and moves from other Tai Chi Qigong Sets. With their roots in Tai Chi, these calming, enjoyable exercises are pleasant to perform and much simpler than the deep study of our traditional Tai Chi curriculum, while offering many of the benefits. The flowing movements are generally done to relaxing music and are repeated with instructions, so you don't have to remember a lot of detail and sequence. There are also occasions when we may stand (or sit) still for a while, to work on quietening the mind to explore the more subtle meditative and perceptive aspects of Tai Chi Qigong.

This form of exercise can help improve balance, flexibility, breathing, memory and general well-being, through releasing stress and tension.

You won't know how nice it is until you try it!

Cost £10
Class led by Jane Launchbury, Senior Instructor Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.

Switch to TABLE VIEW if you wish to register for several classes together.

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