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Energize with Qigong!

Adaptive Qigong for Persons with Health "Projects" or Mobility Impairments:
Time: Wednesdays 11:30a.m -12:45p.m.
Location:

Lake Merrit United Methodist Church,
2141 Broadway @ 22nd Street Oakland, CA

(Wheelchairs welcome, parking & disabled access)
Cost: $15 per class or $80 for 8 sessions
Instructors:
Bett Lujan Martinez, M. Ed., (510) 526-0312
Ilana Trumbull, Licensed Acupuncturist, (L.Ac.), (510) 501-3813

 

Dayan Qigong for Elders and Others
This class integrates Dayan Qigong and other Qigong practices with a number of somatic awareness modalities including Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais and Anna Halprin work. Emphasis is on combining guided visualization with movement. Thus, even persons who are not (yet) able to accomplish a movement can, through mental enactment of the movement, tap into their innate psycho-physical wisdom. (See basket-ball free throw study-link)
The energizing gentle stretches are accommodated for fatigue and/or pain that the person may be experiencing, to assist the person in maintaining comfort while challenging limits ever so lightly.
This class presents the 1700 year old Dayan Qigong form to support a daily practice.

Dayan Qigong for Elders and Others
Time: Tuesdays 10:00 – 11:15 am
Location: Richmond Senior Center,
2525 MacDonald Ave.
Richmond, CA
510-307-8085
Cost: $2 per class
Instructors:
Bett Lujan Martinez, Masters, Education, (M.Ed.)
Peggy Dey, Certified Massage Therapist, (C.M.T.)

Class Descriptions:
This class is geared for Elders attending classes at the Richmond Senior Center, but is suitable for all persons who would like to begin a gentle movement practice at a gradual pace. Emphasis is also on development of community. Like its namesake, the practice group comes to resemble a flock of geese supporting each other to do more and be more; sending caring to any goose that may go down for awhile, whatever the cause.