His first stop was in Spain where he taught, lectured, and traveled for about 3 weeks. Many students of Master Yuan from around Spain and other countries in Europe went to visit him during his time in Spain. Master Yuan also had the opportunity to travel to the TenerifeIslands to do some teaching and also some relaxing . After three weeks in Spain, Master Yuan then left for Scotland. Master Yuan arrived in Scotland on January 29th 2015 and was hosted by his student Rachael Dunsmore in Edinburgh. He began his teachings with a well-attended lecture on ‘The True Meaning of Health’ at Lauriston Hall in the city and following this was a weekend of open classes including Taiji, Qi Gong and Daoist Meditation. Attendees at the Sunday class were lucky enough to learn the Wudang Crane Qi Gong, which we have all been practicing since. Following the teachings Master Yuan and his wife spent some time in East Lothian exploring the countryside and teaching us all how to cook excellent chinese food. It was a great honor to have Yuan Shifu back in Scotland and we hope he will come again.This was Master Yuan’s second time traveling to Scotland to his students’ school. On his last visit Master Yuan was very warmly received both at his public events including St John’sChurchEdinburgh and at CraigroystonCommunityHigh School, where one student Andy Jack, 17,said that: “Master Yuan’s understanding of the relationship between our minds and our bodies is really profound .” someone said they feel Master Yuan has much wisdom to offer and that his visit can help them to better connect and understand some of the beliefs that are so key to their significant Chinese community in Edinburgh. In every country that Master Yuan visited, he was warmly welcomed by all who attended his lectures. Master Yuan is very pleased that so many of his students have been able to open successful schools of their own ,and do some very helpful programmes to help wudang kungfu spread widely and successfully Master Yuan thoroughly enjoyed his trip to Europe and came back with many inspirational ideas on practice. He was very happy to have had the opportunity to travel to Europe and learn the understand European people.
