This was the theme of NMIT’s Faculty of Business Professional Development Conference 2009 held in Melbourne.

Over a hundred participants gathered to discuss their professional needs and goals, such as marketing business courses to prospective students, project management, innovation and creative thinking for vocational and higher education teaching staff. The buzz words were ‘quality’ and ‘flexibility’, also reflected in their invitation to the Celestial Tai Chi College of Australia to conduct a workshop.

‘Relax, refocus and rejuvenate with Tai & Chi Kung’ was one of the four workshops that attracted a large number of enthusiastic participants. They were introduced to the basics of traditional Yang Style Tai Chi, Shibashi Chi Kung and self-massage with relaxation. None of them except one person attempted Tai Chi before, so the room was filled with excitement of learning a new skill that does not merely focus on their professionalism at work, but their mental and physical well-being as well. In that one hour and a half the participants experienced their body and mind in a new way, leaving  the workshop reinvigorated, relaxed and happy.

Snezana Dabic
Senior Tai Chi Instructor