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~ Workshops with Silver Dragon ~

Please note that pre-registration is required for all workshops

We continue to work with different venues in Manchester, Tolland, Ellington, Wethersfield, Coventry, Manchester and Mansfield, Connecticut to offer Qi Gong workshops throughout 2010.   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

Ellington - Spirit Matters: Located in Pinney Office Park, 19 Pinney St (Rte 286) in Ellington, not far from 5 corners.  http://www.spiritmattersct.com/

Manchester - Center for Progressive Therapies: 192 Hartford Rd in Manchester.  From Rte 384, Exit 3 (Rte 83).  Eastbound turn right on Rte 83 & left on Hartford Rd, Westbound, turn left on Charter Oak St (which becomes Hartford Rd after crossing Main St), cross Main St (Rte 83) - Center is on the left across from Cheney Hall.  http://www.c4pt.org/

Mansfield - Community Center: 10 South Eagleville Rd, Mansfield.  Near the intersection of Rte 195 & South Eagleville Rd.  http://www.mansfieldct.org/town/departments/community_center/

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.

Scheduled at CT Institute for Herbal Studies, October 23 & 24, 2010 - Saturday & Sunday, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Price: $159.  Call 860-742-5892 or 860-666-5064 by October 15 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.

Workshop includes:

• Qi Gong history, fundamentals, cautions and experiences

• Energy body overview: vessels, channels, collaterals and energy balancing exercises

• Immune system simplified and immune system strengthening exercises

• Bone and marrow washing exercises to strengthen skeleton and immune system

• Five element theory overview

• Organ healing sounds, tonification and toxin elimination exercises

• Cultivating  and strengthening your Qi (life force energy)

• Suggestions for a full daily Qi Gong workout

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

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

Scheduled at The Lodge at Patriot's Park, Friday, October 8, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $45.  Call 860-742-4068 by October 5 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.

Workshop includes:

• Qi Gong fundamentals and an overview of the body's energy system (Vessels, Channels & Luo)

• Aligning the body to facilitate easy release of muscle tension, stress and stagnation

• Abdominal breathing technique to optimize the body's intake of oxygen and enhance circulation

• Exercises to balance the body's major energy systems including: Whole Body Breathing; Smoothing Qi and Small Circulation

 

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

Scheduled at The Lodge at Patriot's Park, Friday, November 19, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $45.  Call 860-742-4068 by November 17 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.

This workshop includes:

• Simple overview of the immune system in Traditional Chinese Medicine & Qi Gong

• Review of the body's major energy vessels

• The role of intention in Qi Gong health and healing

• Bone marrow washing exercises for stronger bones and immune system.

• Bone breathing and compression exercises will be introduced if time permits.

 

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

Scheduled at The Lodge at Patriot's Park, Friday, December 17, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $45.  Call 860-742-4068 by December 15 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.

This workshop includes:

•  Additional information and considerations on the 12 Primary Channels

•  Overview of the Five Element theory and its role in maintaining organ health

• The role of intention in health and healing

•  Healing sounds and detoxifying exercises and whole body expels toxins exercise

•  Color organ cleansing meditation will be introduced if time permits.

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

Scheduled at Center for Progressive Therapies, Friday, September 3, 2010, 6:00-7:30 PM - Price $25.  Call 860-742-5892 by September 1 to register.

Scheduled at CT Institute for Herbal Studies, Friday, September 10, 2010, 6:00-7:30 PM - Price $25.  Call 860-742-5892 by September 8 to register.

Scheduled at Spirit Matters, Friday, November 12, 2010, 6:00-7:30 PM - Price $25.  Call 860-742-5892 by November 10 to register.

Scheduled at Breathe...more, Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:00-7:30 PM - Price $25.  Call 860-875-9642 by December 7 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. 

This workshop includes:

• Details of proper stance and body alignment to facilitate release of tension and stress

• Diaphragmatic breathing technique to optimize the intake of oxygen, improve oxygenation of the blood and enhance circulation

• Qi Gong movements to balance the body's energy and release stress and tension on a daily basis

• Simple meditative techniques using breath and imagery to regain mental balance

• Ways to identify your body's stress indicators and develop strategies for ongoing daily stress management

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

Scheduled at Spirit Matters, Friday, September 24, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by September 22 to register.

Scheduled at Center for Progressive Therapies, Friday, October 29, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by October 27 to register.

Scheduled at Karate Spirit, Friday, December 3, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by December 1 to register.

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

This workshop includes:

• History and benefits of Zhan Zhuang practice

• Stance and breathing postures to facilitate Qi cultivation

• Yi Chuan standing and walking Qi Gong exercises

• Small Circulation seated meditation exercise

• Tips on beginning or improving your own practice

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

Scheduled at Karate Spirit, Friday, September 17, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by September 15 to register.

Scheduled at Breathe...more, Friday, October 1, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-875-9642 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.

This workshop includes:

• History and benefits of Taiji Ruler practice

• Stance and breathing techniques to facilitate Qi cultivation

• Nine part taiji ruler exercise teaching with handout

• Tips on beginning or improving your own practice

Focus Your Tai Chi Form Practice (any style) - Pre-registration required.

Scheduled at Karate Spirit, Friday, October 15, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM - Price: $35.  Call 860-742-5892 by October 13 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 20 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, on a list 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.

This workshop includes:

• A simple approach to practicing your Tai Chi forms using the Focus Your Form list

• The list itself - more than 20 focal points for your use

• Practical application of each tip using pieces of your own Tai Chi form

• Implementing a practice strategy

• Questions, feedback and discussion