Tai Chai
When: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: C-401 (The Dance Studio)
If you're interested in learning meditation of movement that can benefit your health, various forms of martial arts and cultivation of chi, this workshop is for you.
This interactive workshop is directed to beginner practitioners with a little or no experience in Tai Chai. The workshop offers a moderate exercise practice of 24 Tai Chi Form. Students, faculty and staff will be taught concepts of breath awareness and alignment of body movements with breathing patterns. Then they will familiarize themselves with basic Tai Chi movements, for example: holding a tree, shifting the weight from side to side, mindful stepping, swinging hands and pushing, all combined with breathing exercises.
Traditional Tai Chai is an ancient meditative practice that nourishes the body and relaxes the mind. One of its main purposes is cultivation of the internal life force called "chi." Modern traditions organize exercises into forms of various lengths and levels of difficulty.
For more information, please contact Matthew S. Joffe at matthewj@lagcc.cuny.edu.