With deepest gratitude to my Sifu - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit (www.shaolin.org)

Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit with Sifu Joan Browne

Dear Reader,

Welcome to the new look Smile from the Heart website, where you can find information on Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung, Wahnam Tai Chi Chuan and Shaolin Kungfu courses with the Irish certified instructors and with Shaolin Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit. Sifu Joan also offers private consultation on Shaolin Therapy

Smiling from the Heart is one of the fundamental aspects of our training and teaching, in fact, it is essential to our everyday life!!

With the blessing of my Sifu and the help of Shaolin Wahnam students both in Ireland and worldwide, I am setting up a dedicated space in Kerry for The Institute. This will be a wonderful place for students to come and learn the Shaolin Arts in the peace and tranquility of The Kingdom of Kerry. I will update you on the details over the coming months. If you also wish to help in any way, please email the Institute office  sifujoan@gmail.com Thank you!

I extend a big warm welcome and failte to you and hope that you enjoy the information and photos which have been included.
Please feel free to email me with any query that you may have regarding courses with myself or the other authorised instructors within Shaolin Wahnam Irealnd, or indeed, any of the arts included. Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit's websites is  www.shaolin.org  this is a wonderful site,  packed full of information and wisdom as well as video clips from Intensive and Regional courses.

Once again I wish to acknowledge  the tremendous ability and generosity of Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit. In 2000 he gave me back my life......not just gave me back my life ---but changed my life for  the better in every possible way. When you learn how to Smile from the Heart, the world is a nicer place and life flows more smoothly. I suffered from chronic back pain,and was told by western professionals that they could not do anything about my problem. I was advised to live with the chronic pain as best as I could and that I would probably end up in a wheel chair in due course, never to work again. I was not able to continue working as a Nurse anymore.

You can find my story on Joan's Journey or check out 'Would you travel 14,000 miles for a cure for chronic back pain' in the ARTICLES section of the old website but please be sure to come back to the new version for updated course information.

Shaolin Cosmos Medical Chi Kung and Shaolin Therapy are excellent arts to help with chronic pain and illness, to reduce stress and increase mental clarity. 

Shaolin Cosmos Medical Chi Kung is taught in a group situation, Weekly or Weekend courses.

Shaolin Therapy is one to one private consultation. A unique therapy where the therapist releases energy blockages and then teaches the client how to do this for themselves. Minimum 3 sessions, but this is usally all that is needed.

These arts also help to build up the immune system, a must for people who are under tremendous stress at this point in time
Please see below for some testimonials on various conditions and life enhancing experiences.

Thank you Sifu and to all the past Shaolin Masters, we deeply appreciate your knowledge, hope, inspiration, teaching and rare legacy.

Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit is a genuine Shaolin Grandmaster teaching Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung, Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Tai Chi Chuan. He is fourth generation successor, with direct lineage  to the Shaolin temple through the Venerable Jiang Nan.


Please also note the following philosophy of our school:·  Not teach what has been learned to other family members, friends or others, you are still a student. Please understand that from our Institute's philosophy, it is both immoral and unethical to teach if you are not fully qualified to do so.  (This is also mentioned in the Code of Conduct on the Courses page). A full Instructor training programme has been taken by all Instructors of Shaolin Wahnam worldwide with Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit, only then are we authorised to teach. This is also for the safety of the student.

 Smile from the Heart and Enjoy!

RECENT UPDATES: 

Courses and Classes:

All courses and classes on Shaolin Chi Kung and Wahnam Tai Chi Chuan with Sifu Joan will take place in the coming year in

1) The Shaolin Centre, Gortluachera, Kilgarvan, Co Kerry

2) RDS Dublin September 3rd & 4th 2011. If you wish to join this very special course in the beautiful Concert Hall in the RDS please email sifujoan@gmail.com for acceptance with heading Project Zen €300.00 per person for the weekend. more information on www.projectZENrds.com

3) Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit generously returns next February 2012 for the Shaolin Valentine's Festival. This year Sifu will generously teach Generating Energy Flow, Dan Tian Breathing, An Evening with a Zen Grandmaster and the famous Iron Wire set. We also have Wong Chun Yian teaching The Art of War and Chinese Chess and Mary Beary will conduct 2 evening courses on Practical Marketing. More info on the Valentines 2012 page.

Please see the Seminars page for more details on courses with Sifu Joan and dates or join Shaolin Wahnam Ireland (club) on facebook for immediate updates. If you would like a text alert on upcoming courses please text your name, area and number to Sifu Joan at 087 12 12 249

IRELAND TESTIMONIALS

Shaolin Chi Kung is taught in Ireland by Sifu Joan Browne and Sifu Mark Hartnett,  both inner chamber disciples of Shaolin Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit. Here is what some students who have attended the courses have to say. Please note that all students/clients are willing to be contacted for verification and in an effort to help spread good health, compassion and hope for humanity.

Overcoming Tinnitus and Hyperacusis- Kevin Barry (this is a public testimonial by Kevin which he posted on our Virtual Kwoon in January 2011, please follow the link below.

http://www.wongkiewkit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9808

Weekend Course November 2011:

Hi Sifu Joan just a quick word to thank you for a wonderfull weekend of chi and laughter. Exercises going well and feeling a lot more energetic.Pain in neck & shoulders reduced by 90% Many thanks and no doubt you will see me again still buzzing.

Dear Joan Thanks a million for a fab fab day. It was brilliant, really really enjoyed it!

Dear Joan, Thank you for everything. Back home safe and sound I thought I might thank you again. It has been a great experience. Now it is my turn to make it continue and present in everyday life.

TESTIMONIALS

Bronchitis: Mark Nomember 2011

Each year in October for around a month, I would experience a reoccurring bout of Bronchitis, which I had from being a boy.
I would need to take a mild steroid inhaler on  a temporary basis for the month,  which kept the condition in check.

As well as the physical symptoms this caused a degree of emotional upset, frustration, as I researched and tried differing methods, some would control but none would remove the problem and also fear, as a few years ago I contracted pneumonia whilst Surfing in the winter months and felt my lungs were my weak spot, my Achilles heel !

I first took the Chi Kung Foundation course in 2007 with you Sifu and after a practicing for a year, the Bronchitis had reduced and the temporary medication I needed was around half, the frustration and fear I felt had also dissipated, the following year the medication needed was small, the next year the Bronchitis was gone and has never been back!

Interestingly this condition was not one of the reasons why I sought to learn Chi Kung but its cure, one of many wonderful benefits I have experienced by practicing !

I remain both grateful and thankful to yourself Sifu and Sigung.
Best wishes
Mark

Knee Pain  Jean August 2010

Hi Sifu,

I would like to thank you for your bit of 'therapy' you did on my damaged knee last month. As you know I fell and damaged the cartledge resulting in waiting for surgery to put it right again. Following an intense fornight of performing Chi Kung night and morning as recommended my I no longer wear my strap to keep the cartledge in place and in recent days I can bend and straighten my knee as normal. I don't fully understand how Chi Kung works but I would recommend anyone being in as much pain as I was to seek you out and get the remedy to full health as quickly as possible. Thank you Sifu Joan sincerely. Jean Clayton August 2010

Smiling from the Heart  Kevin Cork

Dear Sifu Joan,

Thank you again for an excellent weekend of Chi Kung. I had some very
peaceful experiences over the two days and felt a genuine deepening of
my practice. Your smile from the heart advice, when stray thought
arise, proved to be quite effective yesterday and this morning.
Thoughts will probably arise in my mind for a long time to come but I
know now not to worry about them, but smile to them. Best wishes Kevin Barry

 Fibromyalgia- Joanne Killarney

‘.I did your weekend course earlier in the year and boy have i seen a major difference since then ......... for the better of course. I haven’t a pain or an ache and am smiling from the heart  . God Bless you. Joanne, Killarney.

 

Stress: Mark Dublin
‘Dear Sifu, -I am seeing situations, issues or opportunities clearly at their heart and being able to respond appropriately ,My practice let's me stay in the centre of situations without anxiety or stress over whelming me. I have found I am able to be still and even find humour in the most challenging business circumstance.’ Mark, Dublin

 

Hi Joan Sam here - hope you are well.
Just wanted to say thank you so much for introducing Chi flow to us!  When thinking about it, it has been so powerful without me knowing  I have more energy, I'm calmer and my life is honestly flowing superbly!  We both enjoy doing it so so much!.  Sam, UK

 Hiatus Hernia  Peter Galway
‘The results said I had a small hiatus hernia.
Two months after my last class with Sifu and the symptoms seem to have vanished. I can eat whatever I choose without ill-effect.’ Peter, Galway

Forgivness and Opening our Heart

For 11 years for reasons I cannot fully recall I have not spoken to my husband’s brother and partner.  I have been resolute and stubborn that I would never make a move to have anything to do with them and those who know me fully appreciated that I could easily go to my grave without resolving anything.  There were a lot of hurtful things said on both sides and it just didn’t seem possible to forgive and forget.

I first went to Sifu Joan on the recommendation of a friend for back problems and other issues, never mentioning anything about the situation with family members.  I always assumed that my physical aches and pains were just that, physical, but I now know that a lot of symptoms were to do with the hurt and anger I carried around with me for 11 years.  

After practising with Sifu Joan for almost a year and using Chi State of mind as much as I could it just came to me one morning after practice that it was time to make my peace with husbands’ brother. This was completely out of the blue and I was shocked at the very thought but the idea just grew and grew. The decision was made for me by me and when I told my husband there was no turning back.  I mentioned it to Sifu Joan and she did recommend sending them blessings before speaking to them. 

Last weekend at a family gathering the situation arose where they were both in my company and I did it, I apologised for my behaviour and asked them to join me in letting go of the hurt, anger and hate.  I didn’t assume that they would just agree and was fully prepared to take whatever they wanted to throw at me but that was not the case. They were both so responsive and delighted and there were even tears, happy ones, to be finally rid of it all.  For me it just fell like tightness around my heart has broken, my lower back is strangely comfortable and I have slept more deeply than I have in years for more than 2 nights in a row.  I just know that things will only improve from here. I truly know that if I was not practising Chi Kung I would still be carrying that garbage around with me and I am deeply grateful to my friend who recommend Chi Kung to me, Sifu Joan for teaching it and Master Wong for teaching her.  Smile from the heart.  Emma, Killarney, June 2009

 
Sifu Joan Browne is an International teacher and inner chamber disciple of Shaolin Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit. She is a former psychiatric nurse and has helped many hundreds of people attain a better quality of life for themselves and their families in Ireland, UK and Japan.

 Further information on courses please see the  New Seminars page and Testimonials page.

Please note: All participants will be well able to practice after the one day course. It would be unethical of a teacher to teach a one day course without the skill of transmission to his/her students.

PLEASE NOTE: All courses run by The Shaolin Wahnam Institute of Ireland are Satisfaction Guaranteed. If at the end of any course you feel that the Aims and Objections have not been met, please mention it and your fee will be returned in full. This pertains only to the end of each course and not a week, month or year later. You really have nothing to lose and all to gain.  Sifu Joan Browne  Founder/Director Shaolin Wahnam Institute of Ireland Ltd.

Some students who attended the Generating Energy Flow course with Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit in The Europe Hotel, Killarney February 2009. The beauty of Shaolin Chi Kung is that it is suitable for anybody over 8 years of age.

Shaolin Wahnam Family enjoying the Welcome Dinner in Sungai Petani in April 2007. Seated in centre is Sifu Joan.

MAN'S VITAL ENERGY

Professor Qian Xue Sen, a famous Chinese scientist believed that the greatest medical breakthrough of this century
would be made through Chi Kung, the understanding and practice of man's vital energy.

What is a Shaolin disciple?

A Shaolin disciple, is trained to be courteous and considerate, brave and righteous, assess problems and situations with calmness and clarity, and attend to duties with zest and loyalty. While the philosophy of many martial arts mainly focuses on how to be stoic and hurt the opponent, Shaolin philosophy teaches gentleness and a love for life. The twin pillars of Shaolin philosophy are compassion and wisdom

Shaolin Wahnam Institute of Ireland grows!! 

Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit with Irish Instructors of the Shaolin Wahnam Institute.In front: Grandmaster Wong with Sifu Joan (Chief Instructor Ireland) At back: Sifu Padraig Shanahan Shaolin Kungfu Limerick, Maria Sullivan Assistant Wahnam Tai Chi Chuan Kerry, Sifu Mark Hartnett Shaolin Kungfu and Shaolin Chi Kung, Cork, Gregg Hartnett Assistant Shaolin Kungfu Cork. missing from picture is Christine Doody Assistant Shaolin Kungfu Cork 

Congratulations to Gregg Hartnett who was promoted to Assistant Shaolin Kungfu Instructor by Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit this February 2009

Congratulations to Sifu Mark Hartnett, who has been promoted to Shaolin Chi Kung instructor with Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit's blessing,  wihin the Shaolin Wahnam Ireland institute.

SHAOLIN WAHNAM IRELAND on RTE and LTV2

Click here if you wish to see a demonstration by some of the Irish students who were filmed for LTV2 Macroom/Millstreet local television recently ALSO The Interview and chi transmission on OPENHOUSE RTE 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiAl8UYtdqM

Shaolin Wahnam Ireland websites:

www.smilefromtheheart.ie    updates on courses and classes as well as Shaolin Valentine's Festival

www.specialistcancerhealing.com   information on Holistic cancer healing with Sifu Joan and what is required.

www.qigongprivateclinic.com     information on chronic and degenerative conditions and what is required to attend the clinic with Sifu Joan.

www. scholarproject.net     information on upcoming Scholar projects within the school e.g chinese chess, tours, flower arranging, cooking, history, marketing, Art of War, etc

www.taijiquanireland.com   information on Wahnam Tai Chi Chuan following in the essence of Zhang San Feng.

Enjoy your visit and if you wish to apply for acceptance on any course you will find an application form in the New Seminars section.

Smile from the Heart!

Joan Sifu