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108 Sun Salutation and Silent Meditation with Tibetan Singing Bowl with Saiko Shima January 1 |
| Join yoga and fitness instructor Saiko Shima for a powerful start to your new year. Saiko will lead students in 108 Sun Salutations, a traditional method to strengthen & tone your body, bring suppleness to your spirit and invoke a powerful determined mind. All qualities we want for 2012! After the Sun Saluations, Saiko will lead a seated meditation with a gorgeous Tibetan Singing Bowl to invite stillness, purification & quiet to the mind. Several variations of Sun Salutations will be introduced so all physical levels are welcome. Let's greet 2012 with abundance! Sunday, January 1 4:00 - 6:00 pm $20 printable flyer Registration & more information: Saiko by email |
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Mind Training with Greg Patenaude January 7-8 |
The Seven Points of Training the Mind is a list of 59 slogans which form a pithy instruction on the view and practical application of the Buddha's teachings. They provide a method of training our minds through both formal meditation practice and using the events of everyday life as a means of awakening. Saturday and Sunday, January 7 - 8th |
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Beginner's Series for Tai Chi: The 19 Movement Short Form with Kimberly Ivy & Doug Northman Mondays, January 9 - February 13 Wednesdays, January 11 - February 15 Thursdays, January 12 - February 16 |
The 19 Form is a perfect entrance into the beauty and health benefits available with Tai Chi. This short form is simple to learn, easy to remember and takes around 5 minutes to practice. It is ideal as a stand alone practice, perfect as a warm up/cool down for all your other fitness activities, and especially great for those who have limited time for learning and practicing Tai Chi but want to start receiving the many highly lauded benefits that it offers: better balance, less stress, regulated blood pressure and more. Yet, perhaps the best benefit is that this fall you will have a great form you can practice on your own or share with your friends as our seasons change. |
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Beginner's Series for Qigong: Essence Qigong with Kimberly Ivy Tuesdays, January 10 - February 14 Thursdays, January 12 - February 16 |
Essence Qigong is a deeply nourishing and meditative form that is ideal for the dark yin days of winter that Embrace the Moon offers only at this time of the year. Essence Qigong offers the body and mind a chance to slow down and go within. This gentle but necessary process restores depleted energy and keeps us on track with our health during the vulnerable months. Essence Qigong is also a perfect form to set the stage for a healthy spring because we have allowed ourselves a time to rest & recover so we have the strength to push through into the new growth of the next vibrant season! Special Holiday Price & Register More information? email Kim Ivy or (206) 789-0993 |
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Essential Taijiquan: The First Five Movements With Master Jan Silberstorff January 14-15 |
Embrace The Moon Taijiquan & Qigong welcomes special guest Master Jan Silberstorff to Seattle, WA. This year, Jan will take us deep into the first five movements of Taijiquan. We will begin with standing correction & a lecture on the main principles of Taijiquan. Then, he will review the Silk Reeling and Dantien movements, leading into correcting the postures of each of the 5 movements. Finally, students will have an opportunity to expand their experience into the application of these movements and how they can help us with push hands. Time permitting we will see how what we have learned is reflected throughout the longer sequences of our Taiji. This workshop will deepen both your understanding of the physical nature of the practice and the meditative qualities, furthering your personal relationship with Taijiquan. All levels of experience are most welcome, including beginners and those from other styles. Jan became the first Western indoor student and family disciple of Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang in 1993 and now teaches in 15 countries around the world as a 20th Generation successor of the Chen family. Recommended reading is the recent English translation of one of Jan’s inspiring books recently translated into English: Chen: Living Taijiquan in the Classical Style. |
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Zen Meditation & Qigong with David Tucker, L.Ac January 21, February 25, March 17 |
Embracing the mind in all its wonder and mischief can be a truly inspiring way to change our perceptions and reactions to the world in which we live, when mind practice is combined with simple physcial practices, we all have an opportunity to build a powerful internal practice that can provide insight and tools to change one's dynamic with work, family, and the environment. In this 4 session series, David will introduce students to simple and accessible methods of both Zen meditation and Qigong. Zen meditation is a practice that strives to observe our present experience with a mind that is quiet and still, free from our story-lines, patterns and attachments of the past, as well as the worries and projections of the future. Qigong, translated as “energy work” is a key aspect of Chinese Medicine. The set we’re focusing on consists of slow-moving, standing exercises based on major acupuncture meridians and when coordinated with the breath they provide therapeutic physical/mental/emotional benefit. Enjoy one or all four of these classes, just by showing up you can have considerable benefit for you, your loved ones, and those you don’t even know. David will provide background, instruction, and real-life applications in a very practical and down-to-earth manner that is accessible to all. More information can be found on David's Website. December 17, January 21, |
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Office Hours with Joe DeShaw, ACSM, CSCS January 21 February 11 March 3 |
| Chronic muscular tension and pain often occur when muscles have to stay tense and work too hard to maintain a misaligned posture. This pain and tension can also happen when the body is not moving efficiently. For example, knees can hurt and seem weak and unstable if they collapse inward as you sit down or stand up. A forward tilt of the pelvis can cause lower back pain, especially when standing for a long time. Slouched shoulders can lead to upper back and neck tension, along with shoulder pain. Joe's workshop series is now completed (another series will return in the fall) but you can hire Joe during his Office Hours at Embrace The Moon to become more aware and feel the benefits of your own body’s better alignment, learn specific movements and exercises that will help to align your body to relieve tension, improve posture, and make movement easier, and develop your ability to see misalignment in others and know what exercises can help them. You will also learn basic anatomy that is related to body alignment, and how alignment is affected by musculo-skeletal imbalances. Joe DeShaw is Kim Ivy's own personal trainer and has a stellar reputation throughout Seattle & the Northwest for helping people achieve a creative & high functioning pain free movement life. He has decades of training and teaching experience and was named one of the 100 Best Personal Trainers by Men's Health Magazine. Joe holds "Office Hours" montly at Embrace The Moon starting at 10:00 am. Those wishing to book a private, semi-private with Joe may do so at this time. This is a perfect opportunity to work more deeply on developing key exercises that will enhance your strength, balance and alignment. Working with Joe exquisitely compliments your practice and your overall fitness goals for your life. (Joe is listed by Men's Health Magazine as one of the top 100 Personal Trainers in the US; Kim has been working with Joe regulary for over 2 years and can attest to the benefits). Contact Joe directly for rates & to book an appointment: trainerjoed@gmail.com More information about Joe here. |
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Year of the Water Dragon With Embrace The Moon February 4 |
| it is said that the Dragon is the ultimate auspicious symbol signifying success and happiness. Welcome 2012, the year of the Yang Water Dragon! The Feng Shui of the year says we are likely to have good fortune. The Yang Water Dragon Year starts early this year - January 23, 2012 and goes through February 9, 2013. That's a lot of good fortune so coil your best intention around some radically fabulous possibilities and have a great year. Check back soon for welcoming the New Year in the Embrace The Moon way! | |
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| "Turtle Spirit Jam: Healing and Spirit Through Drum and Dance" 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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