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Rest, Relax, and Enhance Your Sleep with Chi Gong
March 21, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 5:30 pm on Thursday, repeating until May 9, 2019
Rest, Relaxation, and Restorative Sleep Chi Gong focuses on simple, purposeful movements that emphasize deep, gentle breathing, slow, repeated motions, and movement of awareness and energy away from the head (where many of us get stuck with anxiety, repetitive thoughts, or mental busyness). This encourages a feeling of groundedness that promotes relaxation and improved sleep. The form is simple enough to enable students of all ages and skill levels to follow along and learn the form easily.
Chi Gong — the mother of Tai Chi — is an ancient Chinese form of exercise and moving meditation that strengthens the body, calms the mind, and encourages the free flow of the life force. Chi Gong may help with high blood pressure, sense of balance, depression, mental focus, stress management, lack of energy, and sleep problems. Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine have used Chi Gong to encourage relaxation, reduce stress, and address insomnia for hundreds of years.
Instructor: Michelle Bobier, BCST, Chi Gong 6th duan
Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm, March 21 through May 9
Cost: $144 for the eight weeks, payable up front; $20 per session for drop-ins
The Heartwood Center, 1818 Dempster St., Evanston IL 60201
To register: Michelle at michellebobier@me.com or 773-991-4357
Michelle BobierHello and be well! My name is Michelle Bobier. I have been studying Tai Chi and Chi Gong for 24 years with Master Hongchao Zhang, one of the leading Chinese martial arts masters in America; Master Zhang awarded me a Sixth Duan in Chi Gong in 2015. Additionally, I am a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist who completed the 700-hour BCST training at 3rd Coast Craniosacral of Evanston. Additionally, I studied lymphatic work at the School of Inner health in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The three modalities come together in my wellness practice, reSource Wellness, in Wilmette. My mission is to create a space where people can feel a sense of safety, peace, comfort and support; tap into their resources for healing; and achieve deep rest that can lead to profound change. If you would like information about Chi Gong, craniosacral, or lymphatic work, please feel free to visit my website, below.
Credentials: BCST