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Chinese New Year Celebration
February 25, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sunday, February 25, 2 – 4 pm at Heartwood.
Chinese New Year began on February 16th and lasts for fifteen days. This is the Year of the Dog.
Hosted by Arlene Faulk and her Tai Chi students, we will all move our energy with some Tai Chi and QiGong. We will also learn more about Cheng Man-ch’ing, Tai Chi grandmaster, calligrapher and poet, who was instrumental in bringing Tai Chi to the United States. He developed the Yang style form Arlene teaches. We will view an excellent documentary, “Journey to the West”, seeing him in action and hearing from students of his in New York, who studied with him in the 1960s and 70s.
Arlene FaulkTai Chi has transformed my life. I spent my first year seated in a chair, doing Tai Chi moves as best as I could. Very slowly I learned to walk again through the practice of the slow, deliberate walk that Tai Chi teaches.
In my published book, Walking on Pins and Needles: A Memoir of Chronic Resilience in the Face of Multiple Sclerosis, I tell my dramatic personal story of experiencing years of debilitating symptoms as I ascended the corporate ladder, landed on my couch for two years, then moved through a zig-zag path to find comfort and healing through Chinese medicine and Tai Chi.
Tai Chi was my guide in managing pain, increasing overall balance, strength and learning how to relax. Through the practice I discovered my calling and have been teaching Tai Chi for over 20 years.
I teach my students what continues to be life-enhancing for me: Tai Chi is not about trying harder; it’s about letting go, being in the moment, feeling balance and the fluidity of energy.