Traditional Tai Chi and Qi Gong/Meditation Classes:
- Saturdays 9:00am to 11:00am / $35.00 per month
- 9-10am: Meditation, Qi Gong exercises, and traditional Chinese medicine concepts are taught to help enhance ones health and cultivate the mind.
- 10-11am: The student learns Tai Chi movements in conjunction with understanding and practicing the health and defensive aspects to those movements.
- We also incorporate pushing hands and other practical drills and applications to give the student a full compliment of this internal martial art.
- Tai Chi is taught in a manner that matches and conforms to the individual student's physical capability, age, and health conditions.
- Classes are instructed by Dr. Ryan Pedersen D.O.M., L.Ac. with over 15 years of experience in traditional Chinese martial arts. He teaches the standardized 24 movement yang style tai chi form, plus an older traditional 56 movement yang style Tai Chi form that has its origins from a taoist temple in China.
What is Tai Chi (Ji):
Tai Chi can be described as a martial art that was originally designed for self defense, and later for its health preserving benefits through what is sometimes referred to as meditation in motion movements. The practice of these movements helps the person to harmonize the mind, body, and spirit by balancing the yin and yang qualities (positive and negative attributes) within themselves. In the beginning, the student learns relaxed slow precise movements that blend body coordination with slow rhythmic breathing. At this point, the student develops the core foundation and basics to Tai Chi (the yin aspect of practice). Once the yin part of practice has been developed, the student proceeds to advanced levels consisting of fast paced focused movements. These quick and powerful movements allow the student to project their energy in a very concentrated and explosive manner (the yang aspect of practice). The goal of the art is to learn how to live and respond in harmony to ones self, other people, and the surrounding environment.
What is Qi Gong:
Qi Gong consists of sedentary meditation, plus slow movement exercises that are combined with special breathing techniques and visualizations to elicit a calm mind and to enhance ones health. The student of this art strives to integrate the lower, middle, and upper aspects of the body into one harmonious system. This integrative process leads to enhancing ones internal and external health, creating a deeper mind and body connection, and developing a better understanding of ones self. Over time the benefits of this art can be felt and experienced, but only through consistent and regular practice.
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