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Weekend Workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria
17-18 May, 2025
We are extremely honored that Yuan Tze, a world-renowned teacher and author, is offering a workshop in Bulgaria for the first time. This 2-day workshop is suitable for anyone seeking a clear and bright path leading to good health, true happiness, and growth. Yuan Tze will shed light on how to achieve these goals, as well as how to overcome obstacles along the way.
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This workshop will be a heart-centered adventure. Yuan Tze will convey his teachings from his heart to yours. The powerful connection and learning experience can help you reach a deep place within. Immersed in the nourishing Qifield built by Yuan Tze, you will be guided to open your heart and explore your life in a most authentic way. You will experience the wonderment of your heart and its immense power to motivate you and activate real change in your life.
Basic Yuan Gong methods will be taught that you can use to bring immediate improvement to your health and well-being.
Come and join us for this amazing experience. Let’s learn and grow together.
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THE VENUE
This special workshop, hosted by the Bulgarian Ren Xue affiliate organization, will take place in the capital city of Sofia, Bulgaria, Krakra Street 11 (the building of the Union of the Architects in Bulgaria).
The venue is at the heart of the capital city, next to the Sofia State University, with a lot of art galleries, restaurants, parks, hotels, historical sites, and museums in very close proximity, including the magnificent orthodox cathedral St Alexander Nevsky and the National Archeological Museum where one can see part of the collection of the world’s most ancient golden artifacts (found near the city of Varna).
If you are visiting, we highly recommend finding accommodation in Sofia City Centre, as it is a beautiful ancient city with thousands-year-long history and lots of possibilities for dinner/food.
On Friday afternoon, 16 May, there will be a guided walking tour around historical sites and other remarkable features of the city center for those of you who will be interested.
Bulgaria has at least 1,300 years long history as an organized state. The current capital Sofia is one of the multiple ancient cities on its territory. Sofia is famous for its abundance of healing mineral waters since antiquity. Remnants of ancient buildings can be seen in the central part of the city. Other two ancient cities in Bulgaria, Varna and Plovdiv, have been among the earliest Christian sites in ancient Europe, with Jesus’ disciples Andrew and Paul visiting and teaching in these cities respectively.
In the cave Kozarnika (near the town of Belogradchik, northwest part of the country) a million and five hundred thousand years carvings on bone have been found - this is the most ancient evidence of intelligent life on Earth, that may urge historians to radically rewrite the whole human history.
Sofia is positioned on the outskirts of the beautiful 2,000 m high Vitosha mountain. You can get to 1,800 m altitude by bus or mountain lift in just 45 minutes. Incredibly beautiful in mid-May, with a lot of wild healing plants growing in its meadows and fresh highland spring waters all the way along the mountain tracks.
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LEARN FROM YUAN TZE
We warmly invite you to join the renowned teacher and healer, Yuan Tze, in his first workshop held in our ancient city of Sofia, Bulgaria. Each day you will learn about life cultivation during two lectures, as well as receive a group Qi harmonization session.
Lectures are given in Chinese and translated live to English by Melissa Liu. Translations into Bulgarian will also be available.
LEARN AND PRACTICE YUAN GONG
If you are new to Yuan Gong, local qualified Ren Xue teachers will teach the first method of Yuan Tze's Qigong system - Tian Yuan. You'll also receive an instructional video recording of this method to help you with your practice after the end of the workshop. Online classes and individual sessions will be made available to you too.
If you already know these methods, a shared practice will be offered.
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DAILY SCHEDULE (for both days)
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9:30 - 12:00 - Lecture with Yuan Tze
12:00 - 1:30 - Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 - Teaching and practicing of the first method of Yuan Qigong, Tian Yuan, by qualified Ren Xue teachers
3:00 - 3:40 - Afternoon Tea
3:40 - 5:40 - Lecture; Yuan Tze building the Qifield to work on Qi
On Sunday, an optional morning practice of Tian Yuan will be offered 7:45 - 8:45 am
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REGISTRATION FEES & FORM
To carry out its activities, Ren Xue Bulgaria relies exclusively on donations. We don’t have a sponsor for our events yet, so your personal contribution is important to us. Our approximate cost per person for this event is around EUR170 (BGN340), and accordingly, the recommended amount for your donation is:
Anything between EUR120 and EUR220 (BGN240 and BGN440).
If EUR120 (BGN240) is still a barrier to you to attend the workshop, please email us at admin@renxuebulgaria.org and we will work out something for you.
Please note lunch is not included (tea, coffee and snacks will be provided both days in the afternoon break).
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Please follow the three steps below:
3). Keep an eye on your Inbox. We’ll confirm your registration* within 48 hours after receiving your payment. If you have registered for the event but haven’t received our confirmation email within 48 hours of your payment, please contact Vlado right away.
*Please note your registration becomes valid only after receiving a confirmation email from us.
FOOD
Please note lunch will not be provided.
You can bring your own lunch or take advantage of the nearby cafés and restaurants.
Tea, coffee and snacks will be offered during the afternoon break.
WHAT TO BRING
As we sit on chairs during Yuan Tze’s lecture and practice just standing, no yoga mats are required.
Please, wear loose and comfortable clothing; ideally shoes with flat soles/no heels (no need to take shoes off in the assembly hall).
Bring a water bottle or thermos if you wish.
ACCOMMODATION IN SOFIA
There are plenty of hostels/hotels in the city center. We suggest finding a place within walking distance of the workshop venue (Krakra Street 11, Sofia). Here is one of the booking sites you can use.
TRAVELING TO SOFIA
Flying to Sofia is the best way to travel if you are coming from abroad. From the airport you will have three options to get to the city center (usually takes less than 30 minutes):
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By Metro (Subway) – the metro station is next to Terminal 2. You can pay using your credit/debit card as a pass – just touch the checkpoint terminal with it. Or you can buy a ticket from the counter or the vending machine at the metro station.
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By Bus – buses numbers 84 and 284 depart from Terminal 1 and 2 every 15-30 minutes. You can pay using your credit/debit card as a pass – just touch the ticket terminal inside the bus with your card.
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By Taxi – please use only ‘OK Супертранс’ taxis since this is the only taxi company that is licensed to service the airport. The cost to the city center during the daytime is around BGN 10 (EUR 5). You should be able to pay with your credit/debit card.
If you are coming to Sofia by car, please check with your hotel about parking places. Keep in mind there are short-term paid parking zones in the city center from Monday to Saturday i.e. you can’t leave your car on the street for more than a certain amount of hours. You can park for free only outside these areas. For more info go to https://freesofiatour.com/blog/parking-sofia/ .You can also install the Softpark app, which automatically detects the parking zone you are in (Blue, Green, or Free).
GUIDED WALKING TOUR
We are pleased to offer a 1.5-2 hour guided walking tour in the city center just for our 'Qigongers' from all over the world and people from other parts of Bulgaria. It will be organized on 16 May, around 5 pm and it will be led by one of the Bulgarian Ren Xue organization team members. This will be a good opportunity to learn more about the city, meet some of the participants, and connect with the Qifield of the event in advance :). If you are interested in participating, please indicate this in your registration form.
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THE LOCAL TEACHERS
Vlado Rashev Violetta Petrova
CONTACTS
Call Vlado on: +359 877 239 231
or email to: admin@renxuebulgaria.org
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We live in a fast-changing world and the Ren Xue family goes along with these changes by expanding and adapting itself to respond in a most adequate way to the new realities. Established in the early 2000 years, Ren Xue has become an International organization with over 600 qualified teachers that creates a powerful Qifield across the world. The Ren Xue system with the theories and methods of Yuan Qigong provides help for many people around the world to improve their health and quality of life.
Ren Xue Bulgaria is one of the youngest members of Ren Xue Europe established four years ago. There are two Ren Xue centers now: in the capital city of Sofia (main center) and the town of Bratzigovo. This small town is located on the outskirts of mountain Rhodopa in the southern part of the country. The mountain is famous as a site of the teachings of Orpheus, one of the ancient life cultivation teachers who lived in Bulgarian territory thousands of years ago. This Ren Xue workshop is also an opportunity to explore a rich of historical information Qifield of the lands of Bulgaria for those of you who are interested.