Snowstorm last night made it difficult for everyone to come to class for the party today. ON the other hand, Steve was unable to come because he had the lovely problem of having to fill many, many, many product orders for the holiday! I had to direct most of the class /party from a soft padded folding chair because my right ankle, again, suddenly is sending me the screaming pain message. Ice and essential oils made it possible for me to come to class but I'll be seeing the p.t. on Friday. :--(
Chef Marty was my I.T. person extraordinaire. He brought his imac so that the participants could enjoy learning the Standing Crane animal frolics with Master Paul Gallagher. We had just reviewed the principles of Tai Chi so it was fantastic to hear Paul G. demonstrating them as he taught the Crane frolics.
After a round of TCA and Part 2, we played "Tai Chi Create a Move". The only rule is that it must follow Tai Chi principles. We collaborated to create a sequence of two sweet moves: Sparrow Walking flowing into Fleeing Sparrow. Darn! We didn't get a video of that, but I can assure you it was very wonderful.
Chef Marty cut and served the scrumptious yin yang carrot cake he made while we watched the video of Dr. Lam demonstrating the 73 Sun Style form, from in front and from behind. We have begun this form , up to the 3rd piece, but we've all realized that less is more right now....we are staying with TCA and Part 2 and working on going a bit deeper and smoother with those for awhile.
I handed out their holiday Tai Chi party favors and then their Big Deal Tai Chi Certificates in Recognition of their special achievement of having learned all of TCA and Part 2.
A good time was had by all!
Chef Marty was my I.T. person extraordinaire. He brought his imac so that the participants could enjoy learning the Standing Crane animal frolics with Master Paul Gallagher. We had just reviewed the principles of Tai Chi so it was fantastic to hear Paul G. demonstrating them as he taught the Crane frolics.
After a round of TCA and Part 2, we played "Tai Chi Create a Move". The only rule is that it must follow Tai Chi principles. We collaborated to create a sequence of two sweet moves: Sparrow Walking flowing into Fleeing Sparrow. Darn! We didn't get a video of that, but I can assure you it was very wonderful.
Chef Marty cut and served the scrumptious yin yang carrot cake he made while we watched the video of Dr. Lam demonstrating the 73 Sun Style form, from in front and from behind. We have begun this form , up to the 3rd piece, but we've all realized that less is more right now....we are staying with TCA and Part 2 and working on going a bit deeper and smoother with those for awhile.
I handed out their holiday Tai Chi party favors and then their Big Deal Tai Chi Certificates in Recognition of their special achievement of having learned all of TCA and Part 2.
A good time was had by all!
OMG! last night's snowstorm made it difficult for everyone to attend the party. :--(
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Photo of instructor (that would be me!) and those who could come today..with their Big Deal Tai Chi Certificates of learning TCA and Part 2 all the way through! Richard Pree, me, Maureen Moore, Nancy Brewer. (absent today but awarded certificates were STeve Howland, Lois Bascom, and Janet Clark).
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Chef Marty made us a lovely yin yang carrot cake.
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Chef Marty shows us his culinary Tai Chi artistry
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Richard Pree demonstrates White Crane Swoops Down on Cake...
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Cool party favors! Yin Yang stress ball, stickers, candy and a fortune cookie pen with six different fortunes!
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