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Fall 2007
Dear Tai Chi Friends,
I hope this letter finds you well. Enclosed is the fall Tai Chi schedule.
I have just returned from my Tai Chi teacher’s 70th birthday celebration, and 30th anniversary of his Living Tao foundation. Artists, poets, dancers, and Tai Chi teachers from around the world came to celebrate the joy of Tai Chi and to honor Chungliang Al Huang.
I am eager to share the wisdom that I gathered from this event with you. Chungliang used the metaphor of being like a bamboo flute - opening, clearing out, and being a hollow vessel for our Tai Chi to flow through us, like the music that flows through the bamboo flute. He also talked about Star Wars and how we can each strengthen the force within us through our daily Tai Chi practice.
“We can be spacious, yet full of loving kindness: full of compassion, yet serene. Live like the strings of a fine instrument – not too taut and not too loose."
–Buddah's Little Instruction Book, Jack Kornfield
One of my returning Tai Chi students reminds us to experience the feelings of the Tai Chi movements and to slow down, rather than getting caught up in the technique and to allow Tai Chi to bring us into the present moment. Coming back to the moment, we find that still being in the midst of our transition into the autumn season.
The latest Tai Chi research shows that Tai Chi helps people with shingles and parkinson’s diseases, by strengthening the immune system and increasing flexibility and movement.
I encourage you to join me for a Tai Chi class and/or a Jin Shin Jyustu or Reiki session this Fall. I have office hours in Cherry Creek on Wednesdays, and in Boulder Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays through Saturdays. I look forward to sharing these contemplative practices in this Autumn in the Year of the Fire Boar! Finally, my new DVD of the Tai Chi form is now available at $25 per copy. Please contact me if you're interested.
Take Care,
“There is no need to run outside for better seeing, nor peer from a window. Rather, abide at the center of your being,for the more you leave it,
the less you learn.”
Lao Tzu, adapted from Tao de Ching
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“Your movement and your life can also become an
easy happening that follows the wind and the currents.”
–Tai Chi Master Chungliang Al Huang
Fall Offerings 2007:
Tai Chi will awaken your life force ~ chi energy ~ and harmonize your body, mind and spirit. It is a metaphor for life, a way of expressing your inner self, of coming back to your center, calming the clatter of your life.
Boulder Classes:
Beginning T'ai Chi - YMCA (level 1)
Dates:
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9/06–10/18/07
Tuesdays, 7:30–8:30 PM, 6 weeks - $45/75 (Mem/Non)
10/23–12/04/07
Tuesdays, 7:30–8:30 PM, 6 weeks - $45/75 (Mem/Non) |
Location: YMCA of Boulder, Mapleton Center, 2850 Mapleton Ave.
To Register, call: (303) 442-2778
Beginning T'ai Chi - Parks and Recreation Center (level 1)
Dates:
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9/16–10/08/07
Thursdays, 12–1 PM, 7 weeks - $46/57 (Residents/Non)
10/25–12/13/07
Thursdays, 12–1 PM, 7 weeks - $46/57(Residents/Non) |
Location: Iris Center, 3198 North Broadway, Boulder,
CO
To Register: Call 303-441-4400
Beginning T'ai Chi - Parks and Recreation Center (level 1)
Dates:
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10/18–12/06/07
Thursdays, 5:30–6:30 PM, 7 weeks - $46/57 (Residents/Non) |
Location: East Boulder Rec. Center, 5660 Sioux Dr, Boulder,
CO
To Register: Call 303-441-4400
Continuing & Expanding T'ai Chi – Boulder (all levels)
Dates:
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9/10–10/15/07
Mondays, 7:30–8:30 PM, 6 weeks - $100
10/23–11/26/07
Mondays, 7:30–8:30 PM, 6 weeks - $100
9/04–10/09/07
Tuesdays, 6–7 PM, 6 weeks - $100
10/06–11/20/07
Tuesdays, 6–7 PM, 6 weeks - $100 |
Location: Crossroads Garden, 1800 30th St, Suite 201
To Register, call: (303) 440-4004 (Register 1 week in advance for a $10 discount.)
Lafayette Class:
T'ai Chi Class –
(for all levels)
Date:
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9/06–10/11/07
Thursdays, 7:30–8:30, 6 weeks - $45/75 (Members/Non)
10/25–12/06/07
Thursdays, 7:30–8:30, 6 weeks - $45/75 (Members/Non) |
Location: Arapahoe Center YMCA, 2800 Dagny Way, Lafayette, CO
To Register, call: (303) 664-5455
Longmont Class:
T'ai Chi Class –
(all levels)
Date:
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9/04–10/23/07
Tuesdays 10–11 AM, 8 weeks - $56/67 (Res/Non)
10/30–12/18/07
Tuesdays, 10–11 AM, 8 weeks - $56/67 (Res/Non) |
Location: Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, CO
To Register, call: (303) 651-8411
Denver Class:
T'ai Chi Class – Denver (all levels)
Date:
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10/03–11/07/07
Wednesdays, 6–7 PM, 6 weeks - $100
11/04–12/19/07
Wednesdays, 6–7 PM, 6 weeks - $100 |
Location: Washington Park United Church of Christ, 400 S. Williams St.
To Register, call: (303) 440-4004 (Register 1 week in advance for a $10 discount.)
Brighton Class:
Tai Chi Class –
Brighton (all levels)
Date:
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9/29–11/17/07
Saturdays, 10:30–11:30 AM, 8 weeks - $48 |
Location: Brighton Parks & Recreation, 555 N. 11th Ave., Brighton, CO
To Register, call: (303) 655-2200
Cynthia has studied extensively in China and the U.S. and has been teaching for over 20 years. She also teaches stress reduction meditation techniques to persons with cardiac conditions at the HEART Program at the Colorado Cardiovascular Center. |
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