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SPECIAL EVENTS

Tai Chi Montclair Director Holly Sweeney-Hillman is pleased to announce a special workshop with Dr. Yang Yang on Qigong and Silk-Reeling.

November 14, 2009
St. John’s Church Parish Hall, 55 Montclair Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
Limited Space. Call 973-650-4839 to make a reservation today!
On-Line registration at http://centerfortaiji.com/classes/Montregistration.html

$125 for both sessions ($150 after October 26, 2009)
$70 for single session ($85 after October 26, 2009)
All levels are welcome.

Session 1: Qigong and Silk-Reeling.
10:30 AM-1 PM. (Late registration 10:00)

Silk reeling movements, like Tai Chi form, are moving qigong. The spiraling movements are built on the foundation of static qigong: sitting, standing, and lying down. In the morning session, Dr. Yang will teach the essential elements of static qigong and how to build the silk-reeling energy from this foundation. Dr. Yang’s emphasis is on nurturing the body, mind and spirit in a balanced manner.

Session 2: Silk-Reeling for Flexibility, Balance and Martial Applcation.
2:30 - 5:00 PM.

It has been said that “Tai Chi is the art of silk-reeling.” Silk reeling exercises promote circulation, flexibility, and balance, and these in turn are fundamental for health, daily activity, and martial art application. Silk-reeling is essential to the push-hands skills of sticking and neutralizing. Additional silk-reeling exercises will be taught in the afternoon session that will inform and compliment your form and push-hands practice regardless of form style.

About Dr. Yang Yang

?Yang Yang, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized and traditionally trained Taiji and Qigong master and adjunct professor of kinesiology at the University of llinois, Urbana-Champaign. Yang was chronically weak from a congenital heart defect as a young boy, and doctors said he wouldn’t survive without surgery, so he began to
practice Taiji as the only feasible treatment to heal his heart. After devoted practice of the art restored his health, he attended university, won national martial arts championships, and studied closely and privately with several of the 18th generation grandmasters of the Chen style. His research has focused on the efficacy of Tai Chi practice for older adults. Author of the award winning book Taijiquan: The Art of Nurturing, The Science of Power, he has presented his Evidence-Based Taiji program at the Mayo Clinic, the National Institutes of Health, the Hospital for Special Surgery, the American Public Health Association, the International Council on Active Aging, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the International Longevity Center and many other elite venue.