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May |
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Chen Family Traditional Training & Laojia Form Development; with Kim Ivy, May 18 |
June |
| Master Workshop |
From the Ground Up: Understanding the Base of Support; with Lori-Coleman Brown, June 14 |
| Monthly Classes & Workshops |
Solstice Sitting & Gentle Yoga; with Saiko Flack, June 21 |
| Monthly Classes & Workshops |
Yin Yoga and Meditation Workshop (Japanese speaking only); with Saiko Flack, June 28 |
| July |
| Monthly Classes & Workshops |
Zheng Taijiquan: Principles, Postures, Pushing; with Scott Meredith, July 12 |
| Master Workshop |
The Root of Taijiquan: Theory, Form, Push Hands & Martial Application; with Master Chen Bing, July 19 & 20 |
September |
| Master Workshop |
Grandmaster Chen, Xiao Wang; September 11 – 14 |
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Ongoing |
Free
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Turtle
Drum Circle; 1st Saturday of Every Month |
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Special Training Workshops
Chen Family Taijiquan (Tai Chi)
with Kim Ivy
May 18, Summer schedule TBA |
Chen Family Traditional Training & Laojia Form Development
The Laojia or Traditional Long Form is the foundation form
for all Taijiquan. Our series will afford students an opportunity
to cultivate this important form and its related training methods
as a fundamental aspect of their Taijiquan development. Sessions include
standing meditation & correction, Chan Si Gong (silk reeling)
form development & correction, systematic Laojia form instruction
& basic push hands. All levels.
Kim is a 20th Generation
Disciple of Grandmaster Chen, Xiao
Wang
Sunday May 18, Summer schedule TBA
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per class; $120 for series. |
| Bi-weekly
series will continue throughout 2008. Join anytime. |
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From the Ground Up: Understanding the Base of Support
with Lori Coleman-Brown, MPT
June 14
1:00 - 5:00 pm |
One of the most essential and intricate aspects of our practice resides how we shift our weight to move through and change our orientation during our forms. How we place our foot and pivot affects the force through the leg, into the hips and on up the body chain.
In our June class, Ms. Coleman-Brown will focus on the base of support, the lower body and how it functions against gravity, the possibilites that the bones and joints of the feet, ankles, knees, and hips provide to carry (or orient) the pelvis, and ultimately the rest of the body. This is an exciting opportunity for practitioners of all movements arts to more deeply understand the structure and flow of their practice.
Our instructor Lori Coleman-Brown is one of the top Pilates instructors in our region; she has Co-Owned and Co-Directed Pilates Seattle International since 1993.
Lori is fascinated by the human body and is passionate about studying, learning and teaching its’ possibilities, both in theory and in her daily practice as Pilates Instructor, Pilates Teacher Trainer and Physical Therapist. Lori earned her Master of Physical Therapy from Temple University and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from SUNY Purchase. Lori has studied Pilates since 1983 with Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates protégé and she is currently one of only a handful of Romana’s Pilates Level 2 Teacher Trainers. Lori continues her own inner journey through many forms of movement including dance, Pilates, skiing, hiking, and yoga.
An experienced lecturer and teacher of workshops, she has presented at studios, clinics and conventions nationally and internationally. She is eternally interested in how people learn. Lori is thrilled by the moment when one of her students “gets it” and treasures the moments when her student interactions take all to a new level of understanding.
Saturday, June 14
1:00 - 5:00 pm
$95 by June 7; $120 after, if space available
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Solstice Sitting & Gentle Yoga
with Saiko Flack
June 21
6:00 - 7:30 pm
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Celebrate one of the main seasonal turnings and balance the strong energy of summer by creating a deep interior space for calming down and relaxing. Gather with Saiko and friends for a complete silent sitting meditation of one full hour, followed by gentle de-compressing asana.
Saturday, June 21
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Suggested Donations $15
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Yin Yoga and Meditation Workshop
(Japanese speaking only)
with Saiko Flack
June 28 |
This workshop is in Japanese, please refer to Jungle City for details.
June 28, 6:00 pm
For information and registration:
http://www.junglecity.com/event/yoga/index.htm
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Zheng Taijiquan: Principles, Postures, Pushing
With Scott Meredith
July 12
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
"The secret of tai ch'i ch'uan is this - never apply nor accept more than four ounces of force." Zheng Man Qing
This workshop is a rare opportunity to add depth and insight into your experience of Taijiquan – even if you are a beginner or focus on other styles of Tai Chi. Scott Meredith, certified instructor and a senior student of Benjamin Lo as well as long time martial arts practitioner, provides clear instruction and one on one experience with Taijiquan as developed by Tai Chi luminary Zheng Man Qing. The workshop will include instruction and practice in the fundamental Five Principles, the fundamental Two Postures and the fundamentals of Push Hands.
Scott will show and tell the meaning of the above quote from Professor Zheng, how it applies to both form and push training and address our perpetual questions such as:
- Should we be practicing the combative applications of the Taiji techniques contained in the form?
- What is the relation if any between Taiji and Qigong?
- What is the best way to arrange/allocate your practice time?
- Must I do the entire form to get benefits?
- Isn't the Zheng shortened form less useful than the longer forms out there?
- Practicing non-Taiji calisthenics or exercises while on the Taiji path: Useful? Harmful? Irrelevant? Essential?
- Why is Zheng style or approach radically distinct from any other Taiji approach out there?
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Scott will also spend significant time doing push hands 1-1 with each attendee who wishes to do so, whether a starting-line zero total beginner or a multi-decades Taiji or martial arts professional. Learn more about Scott at his website.
Saturday, July 12
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
$40 if pre-registration - email to: scott@rimtaiji.com
$50 if no pre-registration
All proceeds from this seminar will be 100% donated to Burma cyclone recovery through Direct Relief.
Register through Embrace The Moon or Scott Meredith; (please make checks directly to Scott Meredith)
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The Root of Taijiquan: Theory, Form, Push Hands & Martial Application
with Master Chen Bing
July 19 & 20 |
Join Embrace The Moon in welcoming Master Chen Bing, eldest descendant leader of the 20th Generation of the Chen Family to Seattle for the first time. Master Chen Bing, nephew of Grandmasters Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing, is considered to be one of the best of his generation. He began his training when he was 5 years old and anyone can see many examples of his high level of skill by going to Utube. He is president of the World Chen Taijiquan Association, president of the Chen Village Taiji Martial Arts Association and the vice mayor of Chenjiagou (Chen Village). In the authentic tradition of his family, he teaches the classical Taijiquan as passed to him generation by generation from the founding days of Chen, Wanting.
Workshop details are being finalized now. Save the dates and check back May 20.
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Grandmaster Chen, Xiao Wang
September 11 – 14 |
Save the dates for Grandmaster's Seattle Tour.
Details forthcoming.
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Turtle Drum Circle
1st Saturday of Every Month
7:00 - 9:00 pm
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"Turtle Drum: Healing and Spirit Through Drum and Dance"
At Embrace the Moon school.
Donations accepted to benefit the people of Darfur.
A community ceremony where we take a deep journey using our drums
and our bodies in dance to explore the otherworlds for insight and
healing, for ourselves, each other and Mother Earth.
Click here
for more information.
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Kim Ivy