Greater Ease






			Classes • Private Sessions Ergonomic Coaching For Computer Users and Desk Warriors Do you put in long hours at your computer or desk and want to experience less stress and pain? Sometimes, it is as simple as adjusting your workstation. Sometimes, it means that you are unconsciously doing things that actually add to your own stress levels. Having a knowledgeable coach look at your patterns and support you to make changes can relieve and prevent neck, shoulder or back pain, headaches, carpal tunnel or circulatory problems. Movement Re-Education For Dancers, Yoga and Qigong Practitioners and Athletes Would you like to experience less pain, more ease and greater mastery in the activity you love? Together, we'll look at how you can make more efficient choices, optimize your alignment and build strength without strain. You will come away with a deeper understanding of your body's structure and step-by-step tools to bring to your practice. My goal is to help you feel freer and more joyful. CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS CURRENT If you want to be healthy and live to 100, do Qigong.--Dr. Oz QIGONG Mondays, Feb 20 - Apr 2, 2012 7-8pm $15 per single class or $90 for all 7 (get 1 free) Contact: 413-262-2552 or info@greaterease.com Applied Anatomy Institute 2700 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710 3 blocks NORTH of Berkeley Bowl West--cross street Carleton-- LOOK for the Qigong sandwich board in front of the red building. Sometimes called meditation in motion, Qigong integrates movement, breath and awareness for better health, a clearer mind and deeper sense of connectedness. Studies show many benefits including less pain and fatique, more energy, better circulation and enhanced immunity. Come explore single movements and short sequences from the Wild Goose System to gently stretch, realign and strengthen the body and learn how to relax and renew the qigong way. Suitable for all levels. Beginners welcome. WORKSHOP IN SANTA ROSA QIGONG Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 2-4:30pm $35 Contact: 413-262-2552 or info@greaterease.com Movement Oasis 1808-B Empire Industrial Court (off Coffey Lane) Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Qigong (chee gung) is an ancient practice that provides a perfect antidote for our all too sedentary and stressful modern lifestyles. Sometimes called meditation in motion, Qigong integrates movement, breath and awareness to cultivate better health, a clearer mind and deeper sense of connectedness. Studies have shown many benefits including less pain and fatique, more energy, better circulation and enhanced immunity. In this introductory workshop, we will practice easy-to-learn movements from the Wild Goose Lineage as well as other Qigong, to gently stretch, realign and strengthen the body while cultivating qi, or life force energy. Join me for an enjoyable afternoon of exploration into relaxing the body and harmonizing the spirit Suitable for all levels. Beginners welcome. PAST QIGONG Mondays, Jan9 - Feb 6, 2012 7-8pm Location: Applied Anatomy Institute 2700 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710 Some of the many benefits of Qigong include experiencing less pain and fatique, developing stronger immunity and feeling calmer and more focused. We will explore single movements and short sequences from Wild Goose Qigong to cultivate qi or life force energy while gently stretching, realigning and strengthening the body. Join me for an enjoyable way to de-stress from the day and start each week feeling refreshed. This class is suitable for all levels. Beginners welcome. TWELVE TREASURES QIGONG Mondays, Oct 17 - Dec 5, 2011 7-8:15pm Location: Applied Anatomy Institute 2700 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710 Many studies have shown that practicing Qigong reduces pain and tension and promotes the healing process. The Twelve Treasures as taught by Dr. Bingkun Hu provide an excellent foundation for cultivating our qi or life force energy while gently stretching, realigning and strengthening the body. Culled from the Wild Goose (Dayan) System, they break down Qigong principles into an easy-to-learn format suitable for all levels. Join me for this delightful practice and give yourself the opportunity to start each week feeling balanced and refreshed. QIGONG Mondays, Sept 12 - Oct 3, 2011 7-8:15pm Location: Applied Anatomy Institute 2700 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710 Qigong uses movement, breath and awareness to cultivate energy and balance, strength and flexibility. The effects are cumulative. With continued practice, it provides a powerful means to relieve pain and tension and promote self-healing. In this class we will focus primarily on basic movements and principles of the Twelve Treasures as taught by Dr. Bingkun Hu. QIGONG Mondays, July 18- Aug 3, 2011 7-8:15pm Location: Applied Anatomy Institute 2700 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710 Use movement, breath and awareness to cultivate energy and balance, strength and flexibility. Disarmingly easy-to-learn movements from the Wild Goose lineage are based in Traditional Chinese Medicine principles and promote self-healing. STRETCHING WITH EASE A BODY-MIND CENTERING® AND QIGONG WORKSHOP Sunday, July 31, 2011 1-4:30pm Location: Applied Anatomy Institute 2700 Eighth St, Berkeley, CA In order to be flexible, people often think about stretching the muscles and can end up with tight spots or joint pain. There is a very easy way to stretch without strain. By honoring your structure and connecting to your natural pathways of flow, you will find that you will go further and more easily than before. With our own bodies as the map, we'll explore how our bones come together to make joints and where it is safe to "stretch" and where we need to respect our limits. Then through easy-moving Qigong exercises, we'll connect to the fluid pathways that take us through these "intersections" and make stretching effortless. BEGINNING QIGONG Wednesdays 9:30-11 (ongoing Nov 2010 - June, 2011) OJAS YOGA CENTER $18 or class card (3 classes-$30 new students) El Cerrito Shopping Plaza, El Cerrito, CA (above Trader Joe's) 510-525-1369 or ojasyogacenter@ojasyogacenter.com Qigong (chee gung) uses movement, breath and awareness to cultivate strength and flexibility, while promoting better circulation, digestion and immune function. People who practice regularly report having more energy and balance in their daily lives through doing these delightful, flowing movements. Disarmingly easy-to-learn and do, these movements from the Wild Goose lineage are based in Traditional Chinese Medicine principles and provide a powerful means to relieve tension and promote the body's own ability to self-heal. HEALTHY JOINTS: SPINE AND SHOULDER GIRDLE A BODY-MIND CENTERING® WORKSHOP Saturday, October 30, 2010 1-3:30pm Location: Yoga at Change, San Mateo, CA Aching backs, tense shoulders. We have all been there. How can we find support through a fluid central axis instead and connect with ease through our shoulders so that our arms are free to reach into space? In this workshop, we'll explore how we first grew our spines and limbs as well as our structure now to safely align and find the flow within yoga poses. All levels of experience and mobility are welcome. QIGONG AT PINE HEAVEN A BODY-MIND CENTERING® APPROACH TO AN ANCIENT PRACTICE Tuesdays, June 2-July 27, 2010 7-8pm Location: Pine Heaven Farm, Oakland, CA Join me for a beginning Qigong class in a magical setting at Pine Heaven Farm. Come learn how to align with your body's structure and internal flows as we practice basic Qigong moving forms for better health, a clearer mind and a deeper sense of connectedness. HEALTHY JOINTS FOR YOGA AND BEYOND A BODY-MIND CENTERING® WORKSHOP Saturday, July 17, 2010 1-3:30pm Location: Yoga at Change, San Mateo, CA We ask a lot of our joints during yoga practice, and all throughout the day. Whether yours feel crunched or disconnected, you can bring them into better balance by just knowing more about how they work. If you would like some tools to experience less pain and more connectedness, join me for a fun combination of creative visualization and easy moving exercises as we explore: • The intimate relationship of bones and ligaments • The magic oil that bathes the joints • How to optimize your alignment and energy flow THE ORIGINAL DANCE EMBRYOLOGY, MOVEMENT AND CONSCIOUSNESS Saturday, June 5, 2010 10am-1pm co-taught with Indeera Johnn Location: Wildcat Studio, 2525 8th St, Berkeley, CA Life happens in motion. Our lives begin in the womb with the dance of two cells. We grow and spiral, following an unseen hand in our embryological journey. Join us as we reawaken inner pathways to support fuller, freer movement in the world. INNER MOVEMENT PATHWAYS INTEGRATING THE BASIC NEUROLOGICAL PATTERNS FOR FULLER, FREER MOVEMENT Sunday, May 16, 2010 5:30-7pm co-taught with Indeera Johnn Open to the BMC community Location: 8th St Studio, 2525 8th St, Berkeley, CA Join us for a fun recapitulation of our development from atom to celll, sea to land. We will dive into the basic neurological patterns from the Body-Mind Centering® approach to explore: • Inviting Spaciousness and Sensation with Breath • Your Inner Jellyfish • How to Connect the Limbs to the Core • The Juicy World of Yield, Push, Reach and Pull YOGA PLUS Tuesdays March 23 & 30, 2010 9-10am A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF HATHA YOGA AND EMBODIED ANATOMY Location: Palo Alto, CA* Enliven your spirit and deepen your understanding of your body with Yoga Plus. We will learn about the body's structure and how to safely develop flexibility and strength in yoga poses. Come join me for a fun, small group class in a beautiful garden-view setting. Please call for location. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CORE AND PERIPHERY* A RESTORATIVE INTEGRATION OF THE AXIAL SKELETON AND LIGAMENTS Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:30-7pm co-taught with Indeera Johnn Open to all EAY students Location: 8th St Studio, 2525 8th St, Berkeley, CA Review and deepen your understanding and embodiment of the axial and ligamentous systems. Through individual and group movement meditations, we will explore: • The Lemniscate of the Yolk Sac and Amniotic Cavity • Establishing a Strong Supple Axis—Notochord • Budding Into Space with the Limbs • Ligamentous Bridges, Tunnels and Sheaths YOGA EASE A UNIQUE INTEGRATION OF HATHA YOGA, QIGONG AND EMBODIED ANATOMY Wednesday mornings, 10-11:30am March 3, 10, 17, 2010 Location: Burlingame/San Mateo Border* Learn how to safely work with your body's structure and balance your energy flow to optimize alignment and develop flexibility and strength from within. Illuminate your spirit and deepen your understanding of your body with Yoga Ease. This is a semi-private class affording lots of individual attention. All levels of experience are welcome. Please call for location. ABIDE IN THE BONES* RESTORATIVE INTEGRATION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:30-7pm co-taught with Indeera Johnn Open to all EAY students Location: Studio Yoga 6, Berkeley, CA An opportunity for all EAY students to review and deepen your understanding and embodiment of the bones of the upper and lower limbs. * Explore the mind and the geometry of the bones through movement * Open inner spaces and sensation with pranayama * Optimize your alignment • Deepen your exploration of Yoga Asanas from a Body-Mind Centering® approach YOGA PLUS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF HATHA YOGA AND EMBODIED ANATOMY Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9-10am October 6-29, 2009 co-taught with Susie Richardson Location: Palo Alto, CA* Enliven your spirit and deepen your understanding of your body with Yoga Plus. Come join us in for small-group classes in our beautiful Garden Studio. Please call for location. WHERE IS MY SPLEEN?* Thursday, November 6, 2008 3-4:30pm Location: 315 NE Davis St., Portland, OR Open to Dr. Lee's students In Dr. Lee's qigong classes, he refers to points on the spine and to specific organs as we access meridians and bring health to the whole system. If you'd like to know exactly where each vertebra and organ is, come for a fun, whirlwind exploration of anatomy, designed to support your qigong practice. EMBRYOLOGICAL ORIGINS Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:30am-noon Location: Motion Massage Studio, Portland OR Open to NCNM students We begin as the meeting of two energies, yin and yang, sperm and egg. Dynamic cellular processes unfolding in a fluid environment. Every stage of development laying the foundation for our continuing embodiment. In the embryo, structures like the bilaminar embryonic disk, yolk sac and notochord establish our orientation to space and give us both internal and external support. What would it feel like to connect to some of these earliest structures and processes and see how they might resonate for us today? In this workshop, we'll look at our development from conception to gastrulation through creative visualization, hands-on partnering and guided movement. Come bring your curiosity as we revisit our embryological origins. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing (preferably no jeans). There is a dressing room. Motion Massage Studio is located in the Odd Fellows Building on the NW corner of 19th and NE Alberta. If the door is not open, buzz 012. The studio is on the 2nd floor (glass door directly facing stairs). EMBODYING THE BONES: Lower Limbs* July 16 - 30, 2008 Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm Location: Potentials Yoga Studio, Portland OR Using your own body as the roadmap, come take an anatomical journey through the bones of the feet, legs and hips. We'll reawaken our structure through fun hands-on work and movement, look at drawings and models and talk about what we find as we explore: the nature of bones, what happens when they meet (joints), and key skeletal relationships that give us greater stability and freedom in movement. This class is designed to support any movement practice as well as everyday activities. *CEs available for Oregon Licensed Massage Therapists © 2012 Sanghi Choi

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