news & notes Celebrate Taoist Healing Arts!
Taoist Healing Arts Fair being held January 29 at the West Hartford Town Hall Auditorium & Conference Center.
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nese herbs, Tui Na, Taoist Yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi and many other healing modalities at this one-day conference designed specifically for holistic health students and professionals, and those interested in learning more about Asian culture. The Taoist Healing Arts Fair’s grand finale is a 2012 Year of the
Dragon Dance Performance by members of the Asian Performing Arts Group. Demonstrations also include a traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony, Feng Shui Bagua, Kung Fu, sound healing, pendulum dowsing and many others. Live performances of the guzheng, a traditional Chinese string instrument, and an art exhibition will take place throughout the day. Workshops include: 2 pm - Change your Breath, Change your Health – Taoist yoga instructor and respiratory therapist, Eunmi Han, explores the ways in which meditative breathing engenders better health and vitality. 3 pm – Natural Breathing: The Taoist Way of Enlightenment –
Join Taoist Master Hyunmoon Kim to discover how Taoist breathwork improves emotional health and leads us toward our spiritual dimen- sion.
4 pm – Tui Na Massage for Family and Friends – Doctor of Tradi- tional Chinese Medicine, Ming Wu, teaches students to use basic Tui Na hand techniques to give basic but effective massage to others. 5 pm – Qi Gong for Healthy Weight Loss – Teacher Erik Harris
shows how Pi Gu, a type of Qi Gong, can shrink the stomach to prevent hunger and stop food addictions for more effective weight management.
6 pm - Common Cures & Chinese Herbs - Learn the herbal
equivalent to many over-the-counter drugs to treat many common disharmonies in this workshop led by Chinese Herbalist Laura Mi- gnosa.
7 pm - The Tao of Diet: Restorative Nutrition - Lisl Meredith Huebner (Herbalisl) explains how to introduce nutritive herbs into your meals so that your health will flourish in all seasons. Cost to attend including all workshops is $20-25 through online
registration or $30 at the door. Persons interested in attending the event should visit
www.sundo.org/events for more information and registration. Interested exhibitors or vendors can also find a tabling application form. See ad on page 14.
unDo Mountain Taoism and Wu Healing Center host an amazing lineup of speakers, exhibits and demonstrations for the annual
sclerosis. The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation underwrites the cost of classes & services through their Health and Wellness Program (HWP), so that they are free of charge for MS patients. Sacred Rivers Yoga would like to acknowledge and thank the MSF on the behalf of the grateful class participants. The Yoga Therapy classes for those with MS have been proven to help with balance, focus, concentra- tion, and stress reduction, as well as breathing and oxygenation. The Health and Wellness Program carries guidelines and requirements that must be met as a part of the application process to determine approval for funding. Sacred Rivers Yoga has been of- fering the classes with the help of the MSF on a weekly basis since 2006. If you are interested or would like information, please call 860.657.9545. You may visit their website at
www.sacredriversyoga. com Sacred Rivers Yoga. Sacred Rivers Yoga, 2934 Main Street, Glas- tonbury CT 06033.
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Sacred Rivers Yoga Awarded MS Grant
acred Rivers Yoga has again been awarded a grant to provide classes for the benefit of individuals that are affected by multiple
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