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~ Workshops with Silver Dragon ~

Please note that pre-registration is required for all workshops

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Stress Management with Chinese Qi Gong $25 Manchester Spirit Matters Friday, January 13, 2012

CANCELED - WILL BE RESCHEDULED

 6:00-7:30 PM 860-742-5892

We continue to work with different venues in Tolland, Manchester, Wethersfield, Coventry and Mansfield, Connecticut to offer Qi Gong workshops throughout 2012.   Check back periodically for dates, times, locations and workshop details (click workshop name for details).

~ Directions ~

Colchester - Colchester Federated Church; 60 Main St in Colchester at the intersection of Routes 85 & 16.  http://www.colchesterfederatedchurch.org/

Coventry - Karate Spirit:  1159 Main St (Rte 31) in Coventry (next to Coventry Fitness).  http://www.karatespirit.org/index.htm

Coventry - Patriot's Park: Rte 31 in Coventry, turn onto Lake St (across from Rte 275).   Go past the Flea Market, the monument and the Community Center.   The Lodge is on the right just past the 2nd Patriot's Park sign (right after the crosswalk) @174 Lake St. http://www.coventryct.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7b5F075E57-9E9C-461F-982F-465702B603D6%7d&DE=%7bFA586A9B-3867-45BB-9755-35D956469BB5%7d

Manchester - Spirit Matters: BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2011 - Located in the Ravenwood Holistic Healing Center, 199 West Center St in Manchester near the intersections of W Center and McKee Streets. http://spiritmattersct.com/index.html

Mansfield - Community Center: 10 South Eagleville Rd, Mansfield.  Near the intersection of Rte 195 & South Eagleville Rd.  http://www.mansfieldct.gov/content/1914/2861/7520/default.aspx

Tolland - Breathe...more: 68 Hartford Turnpike (Rte 30) Colonial Square in Tolland, CT.  From I-84 take Exit 67.  At end of ramp turn toward Rockville & Rte 30.  Drive .3 miles to intersection and turn Right onto Route 30 (Hartford Turnpike).  Colonial Square is 1.3 miles on your left.  http://breathemorellc.com/directions/

Wethersfield - CT Institute for Herbal Studies: 900 Wells Rd (Rte 175)  Take the Berlin Tpke to Rte 175 East, turn East toward Wethersfield.  The Institute is on the right just after crossing the Wethersfield line.  http://www.ctherbschool.com/

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~ Workshop Details ~

Qi Gong for Practitioners - 2 days - Pre-registration & deposit is required.

Will be scheduled at CT Institute for Herbal Studies, October 22 & 23, 2011 - Saturday & Sunday, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Price: $159.  Call 860-742-5892 or 860-666-5064 by October 19 to register.

As health and healing practitioners, many times our own daily health and fitness routines get lost in our focus on clients, family and others.  This course introduces Chinese Qi Gong (Energy Work) fundamentals and a series of exercises you can use daily to maintain your health and balance and, at the same time,  improve your ability to focus on clients and others.  Learn simple exercises for immune system strengthening, marrow and organ washing and cleansing, energy balancing and Qi cultivation.  Come away with an exercise program you can do on a daily basis to help maintain your long term health and energetic balance.  NOTE: This class is approved for CE Hours by The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork and The Connecticut Chiropractic Association as part of the CT Institute for Herbal Studies' Traditional Chinese Medicine course.

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Qi Gong Intensive I - A 3-Part Qi Gong Workshop Series for Health & Well Being -

SILVER DRAGON SPECIAL PRICING: Attend the Qi Gong Fundamentals and any one of the other two workshops at any location for $80 or, attend all 3 for $110.  Pre-registration required.

MANSFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER SPECIAL PRICING: $45 per session members, $55 non-members.  Members attend all 3 workshops for $110, non-members $140.  Pre-registration required.

Part-1 - Qi Gong Fundamentals and Balancing the Body's Energy (Recommended)

Scheduled at Mansfield Community Center, Friday, April 8, 2011, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $45 members ($55 on-members).  Call 860-742-5892 by February 16 to register.

The cornerstone of Traditional Chinese Medicine is seeking balance in the body's energy system and eliminating excesses, deficiencies and stagnation.  This workshop includes Qi Gong fundamentals and an overview of the body's energy system (Vessels, Channels and Luo) and uses this framework to aid in better understanding how energy balancing works.  Learn simple stance, movement and breathing techniques to help balance your body's energy for improved health and emotional balance.  Come away with some simple exercises to help balance your Qi (life force energy) and a sense of how Qi Gong can play a role in your long term health and well being.

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Part-2 - Qi Gong for Bone Marrow Cleansing & Strengthening the Immune System

Scheduled at Mansfield Community Center, Friday, May 13, 2011, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $45 members ($55 on-members).  Call 860-742-5892 by February 16 to register.

This workshop includes a simple overview of the body's immune system as viewed in Chinese and Western cultures along with material on the body's major energy vessels.  We'll use this framework as an aid to understanding how energy vessel and focused intention exercises can help us cleanse our bone marrow, strengthen our bones and enhance the effectiveness of our body's immune system.  Learn simple stance, movement, breathing and focused intention techniques to help strengthen your whole body and have a positive impact on your long term health and well being.

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Part-3 - Qi Gong for Organ Cleansing and Clearing Toxins

Scheduled at Mansfield Community Center, Friday, June 10, 2011, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $45 members ($55 on-members).  Call 860-742-5892 by February 16 to register.

This workshop builds on the Fundamentals workshop, works more with the 12 primary channels and introduces the Five Element Theory and its consideration in health and healing.  We'll use this framework as an aid to understanding how sound, movement, breath and intention can be used to tonify and detoxify our body’s organs.  Learn simple stance, movement, breathing and focused intention techniques to cleanse and detoxify the organs to improve your long term health and well being.

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The Gift of Balance - Stress Management with Chinese Qi Gong - Pre-registration required.

Scheduled at Spirit Matters, Friday, January 13, 2012, 6:00-7:30 PM - Price $25.  Call 860-742-5892 by January 11 to register.

Stress and how to manage it are all too common problems in our fast-paced daily lives.  Too much to do with too little time in which to do it leads to an accumulation of tension, stress and associated physical and emotional impacts.  Conquer your stress with relaxed breathing techniques, optimized body posture and focused intention that can help you rebalance your body's energy and release stagnant energy, stress and tension. 

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Beginner's Guide to Cultivating Your Qi - Pre-registration required.

Scheduled at Spirit Matters, Friday, June 17, 2011, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by June 15 to register.

Scheduled at Mansfield Community Center, Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $35 Members, $45 Non-members.  Call 860-429-3015 by July 13 to register.

Cultivating Qi (Life-force Energy) is one of the most widely known yet least practiced arts in the Qi Gong practitioner's repertoire.  Standing, walking and seated Qi Gong exercises are simple yet intense techniques for building and cultivating our life force energy (Qi) and can produce profound results in our overall health and well-being.  These exercises are easy to learn and can have a significant positive impact on our health and can enhance benefits we receive from Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and other practices.

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Primordial (Hunyuan) Taoist Taiji Ruler - Pre-registration required

Scheduled at CT Institute for Herbal Studies, Friday, September 30, 2011, 6:00-9:00 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by September 28 to register.

Probably the lesser known of the two major taiji ruler sets to have survived to present day.  This ancient Taoist qigong set helps us gather qi to enhance our health and merge our qi with the original qi of the universe to achieve vitality and longevity.  This exercise system will enhance tan tian awareness, encourage the movement and transformation of jing, blood and qi and help the practitioner improve their martial arts and healing power and improve health and quality of life.

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Focus Your Tai Chi Form Practice - Pre-registration required.

Scheduled at Spirit Matters, Friday, November 18, 2011, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by November 16 to register.

We've all heard profound tips and guidance from our own teachers and various masters we've encountered in workshops and other events on how to guide our bodies to the optimal position to enhance our martial and energetic skills.  This workshop consolidates more than 30 of these tips gathered from class and workshop notes from more than 18 years of study.  You may have heard some of them before - but here they all are in one place, at one time, in a deck of cards you can use in your daily practice.  Practicing your form on a daily basis with one or more of these focal points will profoundly improve your Tai Chi, your health and your energy balance.

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