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Taoist Arts Center :
Summer Retreat 2008
Taoist Energy Cultivation:
A New York City Retreat
featuring
Taoist Chi Kung (qigong) for Health and Vitality Friday June 20th thru Monday June 23rd |
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Sara Powell (left front) leads students at the Taoist Arts Center. |
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Taoist Energy Cultivation for health and vitality is the Taoist Arts Center's 2008 summer retreat in New York City. Director Susan Rabinowitz will teach Taoist Energy Cultivation, guiding students of all styles and levels of experience past the externals and into the heart of Taoist healing. Students will receive thorough and clear instruction, learning traditional chi kung techniques of the Chinese masters. |
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Free from routine stress, and guided by a master teacher, here is a rare opportunity to learn and practice medical Chi Kung. Seasoned students of all styles will find their practice enriched and rejuvenated. Newcomers to these wonderful arts will get off to a relaxing yet powerful start. The insights to be gained from this retreat will be useful to meditators, healers, athletes, everyone who wants to achieve a clear, relaxed, balanced spirituality, and everyone who is fascinated with Chinese medicine and chi kung but mystified as to how they really work. |
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Taoist Energy Cultivation will help students:
- Relax
- Breathe Better
- Build Chi & Energy
- Relieve Pain
- Improve Balance
- Increase range of movement
- Strengthen the immune system
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BEGINNERS WELCOME !
FOR INFORMATION CALL 212-477-7055.
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Friday: June 20th
7:00 to 9:30 PM
MEDICAL CHI KUNG:
Lecture and practice: How Chi Kung Keeps you Healthy.
Medical Chi Kung is the part of Chinese medicine that cultivates and controls the energy of chi for increased health and well being. Practiced by millions of people throughout the world it improves the circulation of blood and chi, aids the delivery of oxygen to the cells and stimulates the immune system This course turns Chinese medical theory into chi kung practice. Students will use the insights of Chinese medicine to improve the circulation of blood and chi within their bodies, aid delivery of oxygen to their cells and stimulate their immune systems. Medical Chi Kung is a great introduction to traditional Chinese medicine and will be helpful for all those who want to feel more healthy, relaxed and vital.
Saturday: June 21st
Noon to 2:30 PM.
CHI KUNG FOR HEALTH AND BALANCE
A great way to feel better fast! This combination of Better Breathing and the Daily Dozen Chi Kung promotes efficient movement of breath and chi through the body and helps students be more grounded and balanced. Widely used in China to relieve back, neck and joint problems, these ancient practices help ward off disease and create a feeling of relaxation and harmony oneself and with the universe around us Learn more about this course by reading Better Breathing and The Daily Dozen Chi Kung
Saturday: June 21st
3:30 to 6:00 PM.
FREEING YOUR CHI
Releasing stress and tension from your muscles and joints Freely flowing of chi (life energy) increases flexibility, releases stress and improves overall health. In this course students will learn traditional medical chi kung techniques to help them release bound chi in their muscles and joints and add flexibility to their back, neck, shoulders and arms. The exercises taught in this workshop will help students reduce repetitive stress injuries, enhance range of movement and ward off disease. A great practice for martial artists, healers, and all who would like to feel healthier, more relaxed and vital.
Sunday: June 22nd
Noon to 2:30 PM.
THE POWER OF CIRCLES
Using the natural spirals of your body for health and energy. Circular motion is the key to releasing stress and improving health and the internal power of Tai Chi and Chi Kung. In this workshop Circling Hands Chi Kung helps students activate the bodies natural spiraling pathways, loosen the joints and tone the muscles. These traditional coiling techniques help students bring energy outward from their center to the hands and fingertips where it may be used for health, work or martial readiness. A great way to reduce pain and repetitive stress injuries, Circling Hands Chi Kung helps students raise body awareness and increase energy circulation.
Saturday - June 22nd
3:30 to 6:00 PM
THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
This 4000 year old exercise is famous as a one-movement health practice. Uniting all the Taoist body practices in one smoothly flowing movement, The Marriage of Heaven and Earth helps people to breathe fully, heal the internal organs, and release energy for relaxation, strength, and calmness. It gently but fully stretches, smoothes and massages all of the muscles and joints of the body and helps individuals to access and fix areas of discomfort or injury.
Monday Night - June 23rd
7:00 to 9:30 PM.
CHANGING THE LIGAMENTS
The Yi Jin Jing (Changing the Ligaments) is a 1500 year old chi kung set that strengthens tendons and ligaments, opens the meridians, increases flexibility and empowers students to emit energy from their hands. The active yet gentle exercises help students release blocked chi, balance the internal organs and enhance the immune system. The Yi Jin Jing will be useful for all those interested in health, strength and flexibility. This classical set is is attributed to Bodidharma who taught it to the monks at the Shaolin Temple for health and self defense.
Open to Beginners, and students of all traditions at all levels of experience.
Students are welcome to attend all 4 days of workshops or any combination of the above. |
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Personalize these courses to fit your schedule.
Come for 1-2-3 or 4 days.
Classes are modular and combine well with each other for maximum benefit.
You may take all the courses of just the ones you choose.
Free and Easy Wandering will leave you feeling more calm, peaceful and awakened to the universal in daily life. |
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BEGINNERS WELCOME
FOR INFORMATION CALL 212-477-7055. or you may REGISTER HERE |
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Taoist Energy Cultivation will include instruction in Water-method Chi Kung (qigong). The Water-method gently dissolves energy blockages while strengthening the body, mind and spirit, thereby avoiding the potential harm that may result from more forceful practices. All Water Method practices are designed to harmonize individuals with themselves, their environment and the universe around them. Instructor Susan Rabinowitz, Director of the Taoist Arts Center, has more than thirty years experience in the internal arts of Meditation, Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung. Susan has studied meditation with several outstanding teachers, including Master B.P. Chan, Ping Cheng and Taoist Master Bruce Kumar Frantzis, a lineage master in the Taoist Meditation tradition of Lao Tzu. |
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Tuition
Complete Summer Seminar
Friday 6/20 thru Monday 6/23 $250
Individual Workshops
Friday Night $50
Saturday & Sunday
All Day - Noon to 6:00 PM $90
Half Day - Noon to 2:30 PM $50
Half Day - 3:30 to 6:00 PM $50
Monday Night $50 Instruction is provided at the Taoist Arts Center in New York City.
Location: The Taoist Arts Center
342 East 9th Street (between 1st and 2nd Ave)
New York City, New York 10003
Information: 212-477-7055
REGISTRATION FORM |
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Here are a few comments from students at our previous retreats:
- 'Meditation just makes you feel calmer.' Robin B.
- 'I enjoyed learning a way to relax into myself, gently but with real results. I was able to renew myself, body, mind and spirit.' Terry T.
- 'The relaxing atmosphere and nurturing quality of Susie's teaching are conducive for a wonderful learning environment This workshop really helped me to deepen my practice.' Max Q
- 'Susan's adaptable and concise teaching style wiggled into cracks in my tension and helped it open naturally from the inside.' Tyler B.
If you would like to read more comments from our friends and students please see our Reviews page.
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If you would like to read more about our past summer seminars please visit the following pages SUMMER SEMINAR NYC 2007, SUMMER SEMINAR NYC 2006, SUMMER SEMINAR NYC 2005,
CAMP RETREAT NY 2002 - 03, CAMP RETREAT VA 2001 To read more about our PAST EVENTS |
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