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QiGong and Tai Chi Walking (in person)

Relaxing, mindful movement

1 h
15 US dollars
S Adora BLVD

Service Description

Follow along with simple, slow, guided movements to benefit both mind and body….great for stress relief, lowering blood pressure, strengthening muscles, improving balance, supporting organ health through acupressure points, regulating emotions, and increasing immunity. qi= life energy; gong = skill cultivated over time This is a grounding and calm practice, moving slowly and with your mind connected to your movements. You learn to listen to your body and feel the energy as you cultivate it. Tai chi walking is simply stepping with breath and awareness. It helps to increase mindfulness while stepping. It trains balance, joint health (ankles, knees, hips), core stability, coordination, calm focus and confidence in movement. You’ll learn to complete each step fully; move without rushing, stay rooted while moving forward. Every Monday evening 6-7pm and Wednesday morning 11am-12pm at the Adora Trails Community center yoga studio. There are some weeks where I will be out of town, so please register through my website to receive emails about the cancelled classes. Any changes to the schedule and cancellations will be announced via email.

Upcoming Sessions

Cancellation Policy

This is a live course. There are no cancellations of individual sessions.

Contact Details

  • Adora Trails Community Center, S Adora BLVD, Gilbert, AZ, USA

    4806288064

    texturenshimmer@gmail.com

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Somatic art is a mind-body practice of getting in touch with the authentic self. It provides a means of self-expression, communication, emotion regulation, balancing energy centers and returning to peace. Many people who find traditional meditation difficult are able to achieve this state through meditative movement (in this case, qigong) and intuitive art making. Learn to lower cortisol, anxiety and blood pressure as well as a host of other benefits.

1:1 Somatic Art Coaching:  For 1 hour each session, coach and client take a journey inward. Meditation, mindful movement, and breathing exercises help clear out negative thoughts, beliefs and perceptions that are not serving us. Through guided art sessions, we tap into more positive thoughts, realistic perspectives on different areas of life, and inner self-knowledge to foster healing, peace and joy. The art done during sessions is process-based and non-judgmental. We make art for the fun and joy of it, and the art teaches us about ourselves. The types of art we do can have therapeutic objectives, be mindful and relaxing, or be intuitive, in other words, self-guided.

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Higher Self  Art Group: 

Together we move through the opening up process to get to the core of our true inner selves to relieve and dissipate anxiety and promote healthier emotion management. In our sessions we discuss topics related to mental wellness as well as make art that soothes and heals. The topics we discuss lead us to spiritual growth and understanding. In the art-making process, we practice breaking through old, preconceived ideas of how we see ourselves and forge new self-concepts rooted in self-discovery and responsible choice.

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Group Events- For companies, healthcare organizations and wellness centers:

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Somatic Art Workshop:

 Using breath work through movement, we center ourselves on a self-care theme such as self-worth, forgiveness, self-compassion, and more. We make non-judgmental abstract art for relaxation. Finally, we journal self-support statements and add them to the art. Workshop is 2 hours long.

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Neurographic Art Workshop:

Neurographic art is a mindful art practice used to map new neural connections through drawing. When we associate a positive thought to a new neuropathway, we can reinforce it. Then we can visually connect that to a positive change which we want to reinforce. Through repetition, we can increase the efficiency of the positive feelings and manifest something healthier and with increased well-being as the result. Through the process, we change our beliefs and meaning we associated with events to better-feeling outcomes. Workshop is 2 hours long. 

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Intuitive Painting Workshop:

Get out of your mind’s way and through the process, take the energy from inside of you and express it symbolically in the form of abstract shapes and marks. After a brief warm-up of the body and breath, we use acrylic paints and fun tools to create contrast, interest and movement on canvas as we play fun music. No art experience necessary. Workshop is 2.5-3 hours long

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TaiChi Qi Gong classes:

Qigong uses simple poses and breathing patterns to promote a healthy flow and reduce stagnation of energy. Proper flow of qi can help the body engage its own healing processes, improve bone and cardiovascular health, improve balance, and reduce high blood pressure, depression and anxiety symptoms. Classes are 1 hour long

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Creative Resilient Teens Program: We empower teenagers to reframe negative thoughts through mindfulness, journaling, and art.

We practice, through activities, to identify triggers and negative thought types, reframe through breathing techniques, and release stress through non-verbal artistic expression.  Each art activity is linked to the core concept of the session. The goal of this course is to teach you techniques to build your resilience, your ability to prepare for, recover from and adapt in the face of stress, challenge or adversity. Our goal together is to feel confident “taking charge” of how we respond and how we care for ourselves. We use art as a process to discover truths about ourselves and situations that are stressors and triggers. We build self-awareness, self-acceptance, and community, a safe place where your opinions are valid as well as your feelings. Sessions are 1.5 hours long.

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