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Join us for a workshop designed to equip women with Tai Chi and Qi Gong tools to enhance resilience, manage stress, and reframe workplace dynamics. We will focus on three key areas:
Participants will engage in exercises that balance embodying calm with confronting and releasing tension, exploring a diverse array of movements to enhance emotional wellbeing. The workshop concludes with a calming sitting meditation, integrating the day’s learnings. Techniques taught are intended for home practice, enabling ongoing personal and professional development.
The lecture is offered as part of the Mentoring Plus program and is aimed exclusively at female students (of all disciplines) and graduates (up to 1 year after graduation) as well as former participants of the program.
Dr. Maia George is an academic coach and former researcher with expertise in a variety of areas, including new work in academia, scholarship applications, leveraging social media for transitioning to industry, the use of AI in academic work, and effective science communication. In addition to her academic pursuits, Dr. George brings a unique perspective to Tai Chi and Qigong, drawing on over 10 years of martial arts experience. She has spent the past 4 years participating in a teacher training program to cultivate her skills at teaching Tai Chi and Qigong in a specialized martial arts school in Berlin. As a former researcher in Philosophy and diversity, she recognizes the high potential of embodied practices like Tai Chi and Qigong to address issues and topics that words and discussions often cannot.
https://www.maia-george-wissenschaftscoach.de/
Tara van den Berg is a martial artist, workshop facilitator and former social researcher, living in Berlin. Tara has a background in social research and pedagogy and holds a bachelor in Postcolonial and Gender Studies and a master in Societal Youth Studies (UU, The Netherlands). She graduated with a research study on the value of martial arts practice, culture and philosophy for youth that mainly spend their teenage years on the streets. This has led to the development of a national 2 years study and of many martial arts workshops for both youth and adults. After a short career in academics and being confronted with symptoms of burn out and depression, she decided to fully commit herself to martial arts, moving to Berlin to life and train kung fu full time for a period of 3 years. She now dedicates her time to teaching martial arts classes and using this practice as a tool for building resilience and mental health with her students. Tara’s main interest lies in researching how movement can empower and bring people together through a deep sense of awareness and embodiment, in both challenging and playful ways.
