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Explore gentle, meditative movements coordinated with your breath to enhance your health, vitality and inner peace.
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Four Natural Gifts–Learn breath practices, self-applied massage, gentle movements and meditative mind focus.
Shibashi Qigong is a wonderful way to improve health and foster relaxation by synchronizing 18 gentle movements with your breath .
Nine Phases of Qi Cultivation and Mastery is an accessible, nine-gesture, qigong form that activates internal alchemy and healing. Learn to Discover Qi, Gather Qi, Circulate Qi, Purify Qi, Direct Qi, Conserve Qi, Store Qi, Transform Qi, and Dissolve in Qi.
Eight Pieces of Silk Brocade or Ba Duan Jin is a favorite form consisting of eight movements to regulate qi.
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Kripalu Yoga: Treat your mind, body and breath during your day! Our classes offer a holistic and mindful yoga approach; integrating body, mind, and spirit through self-observation; fostering a healthy body relationship, emphasizing breath and movement; allowing inner exploration, tension release; promoting healthy alignment, inner peace and well-being. Join in learning how to let go and enjoy!
Creative Kids Yoga is a playful and innovative approach to exploring yoga through fun yoga activities and creative movement as well as breathing techniques to calm, relax and promote concentration.
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Tai Chi, often referred to as "Meditation in Motion," is a graceful form of exercise that originated in ancient China. Rooted in martial arts, Tai Chi is now primarily practiced for its numerous health benefits and as a means of cultivating inner peace and balance. Our classes emphasize the integration of mind and body, promoting a state of harmony and tranquility. Through slow, deliberate movements and focused breathing, you can experience a deep sense of relaxation and mental clarity.
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Tai Chi Easy™ is a five-gesture form based on Tai Chi principles and traditional movements.
Integral Tai Chi is a nine-gesture form with movements from the traditional family styles.
The Four Energies Tai Chi uses the form known as “Grasp the Sparrow's Tail” which involves four separate moves called Peng, Lu, Ji, An while moving in four directions.
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Join us for a journey of self-reflection and present moment awareness as we dive into techniques like mindfulness, body scans, guided imagery, visualization, and breathing exercises to find clarity, focus, and inner peace.
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Taoist Organ Cleansing uses guided imagery and visualization. This ancient Taoist practice helps to balance, tonify and detoxify our five major organs.
Body Scan with Contract and Release Using synchronized breathing and the power of the mind, we'll gently scan the body, inviting a profound sense of release and deep relaxation.
Special Place Meditation indulging in a guided imagery session, each participant envisions a peaceful stroll to a unique and serene special place.
Object meditation is a practice that involves focusing your mind on an object in front of you to nurture mindfulness and attain a state of tranquility.
Mindfulness Breathing Meditation brings awareness to the present moment and the breath with every inhalation and exhalation.
Healing Sounds and Colors is a practice of harnessing the power of sound and visualizing colors to purify the body of tension and stress, restoring it to a harmonious state of balance.
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Join instructor, Theda Zawaiza, for a powerful 2-hour interactive presentation focused on relief from chronic pain. The Empowered Relief™ pain skills course developed by Stanford University pain scientist, Dr. Beth Darnall, features a powerful combination of breath practice and neuroscience to help you or someone you love in a pain situation.Train your brain away from pain in this single session course. Learn how to activate your own inner resources to Relax, Reframe and Reclaim your time! This course allows you to:
-Learn about pain and what you can do to help yourself.
-Gain pain relief skills you can use right away.
-Receive a free binaural relaxation audio MP3 file.
-Develop a personal plan for pain relief.
-Invite a friend or family member to attend class with you.