Peaceable Dragon

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• Day(s): Tuesday
• Date(s):September 14, 2010
• Time(s): 6pm to 8pm
• Number of Classes: one
• Location: Magee Center, Bloomsburg, PA
• Class Code: TBA
• Fees: TBA
• Description: Qigong is an ancient Chinese medical practice for stimulating and balancing the Qi (Life Force) that flows throughout our bodies.  This workshop will present the guiding principles of Qigong practice combining the use of movement, breath, and relaxation for healing.  Participants will be given a taste of Qigong practice as well as experience a variety of Qigong movements that can be incorporated into their daily lives.

Qigong stimulates the flow and balance of energy in your body, increasing your sense of well being and decreasing your level of stress, tension, and fatigue.  In China, Walking Qigong is used extensively as a complementary treatment for cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, respiratory problems, immune dysfunction and other illnesses.

New students are encouraged to arrive at the gazebo at Green Spring Gardens Park in Annandale, VA fifteen minutes before class for a short period of instruction with Paul Rischard, one of the few teachers in America trained and granted authority to teach this form.  Class lasts a little less than an hour.  There is never a charge.  If it is raining enough that you need to use your windshield wipers on more than “intermittent,”  the class is canceled.

This is an opportunity to practice the Peaceable Dragon Taijiquan Form with others who know it and love nature.  There is never a charge.  The class is held near the gazebo at Green Spring Gardens Park in Annandale, VA.  If you have to use your windshield wipers on more than “intermitent,” class is canceled.

• Day(s): Saturday
• Date(s):April 17-June19
• Time(s): 10:30-11:45
• Number of Classes: 10
• Location: Pinecrest Local Park Building
• Class Code: 273143
• Fees: $72.00
• Description: A relaxed and informal introduction to qigong.  We typically began with warm ups  and practice a form suitable for the students who enroll each session.  We often close class with meditation.  This purpose of this class is to enjoy qigong as something practical and useful.   The attitude of the class is to be on vacation, to relax and enjoy.   The class is offered through the Montgomery County Recreation Department.  Enroll information on their web site.  The class is held at the Pinecrest Local Park Building in the Four Corners area of Silver Spring.  (near the intersection of Colesville Rd and University Ave.)  For more info, call Mike Kornely at 202 258 1008

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• Day(s): Monday
• Date(s): April 12 - May 17
• Time(s): 7:00 - 7:55 p.m.
• Number of Classes: 6
• Location: Garfield Elementary School, Springfield VA
• Class Code: 0492283001
• Fees: $55 in-county / $70 outside Fairfax County
• Description: Perform gentle, graceful movements to improve body tone while increasing energy and mental acuity.  To register http://parktakes.fairfaxcounty.gov/rev1_coursedetail.asp?subject=Qigong+I+%2813%2DAdult%29+++++++++++++++++++++&facility2=R049&view_records=SEARCH+SCHEDULE&day=9999&LOC=R049&TRM=10SP&CDE=0492283001

Dawn’s classes are relaxing and energizing. Finding the practice of qigong to be transformational and evolutionary in her life, she loves to share her joy of practice through teaching. She finds that through the practice of qigong we can be in peaceable community with others and in communion with the One(ness).

Dawn began practicing and studying yoga in her early twenties. This practice peaked her interest in transformation through mindful breath and movement.  She began formal study of acupuncture and qigong 1997 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute’s (now the TAI SOPHIA Institute).  There, Chan Zhang was Dawn’s first qigong teacher.  She studies extensively with Master Li Jun Feng.  Master Li has certified Dawn to teach Sheng Zhen Qigong and she has been teaching since 2001. She has studied with various other wonderful teachers including Kimberly Rigsbee, Ken Cohen, Francesco Garripoli, Master Wu Zhongxian, and Li Jing.   She is Lifetime Member of the National Qigong Association. Dawn teaches acupuncture and qigong at the WON Institute of Graduate Studies in Glenside, PA. She maintains practice in Narberth, PA where she lives with her husband and two children. She is inspired by and enjoys playing with the movement of qi while snowboarding, gardening, and cooking.