Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Li's Wushu Academy
10268 Bandley Dr, Ste 107-B,
Cupertino, CA 95014
Dance Movement
Therapy
Dance movement is a therapeutic form of exercise which is
great not only for physical health but also mental and emotional health. Music
itself can be very powerful. It can affect our moods and our state of
well-being by triggering memories and other emotional experiences. When dance
or any movement is set to music it can create a stress relieving, joyful and
sometimes healing moment for those involved as well as increasing/releasing
endorphins in the brain.
In the dance movement therapy workshop in Cupertino, we
will explore different attributes of the emotional and physical well-being
through set of the creative and fun exercises, mixed with the intervals, filled
with free-form dancing.
Main benefits you may expect:
- Getting a good ability to express suppressed emotions
- Establishing a positive and rejuvenating connection
with your body
- Improving general physical fitness and gross motor
skills development
- Processing internal negative beliefs, improving
confidence and self-esteem
- Encourages creativity and imagination
- Connecting others people on emotional level
- Creating a positive life outlook, addressing stressful
life events and depressive episodes
Important notes:
- No partner or previous dancing experience necessary.
- Please try to be on time, as it is easier to “catch a
waive” if you are present from the class beginning.
- Clothing: anything that would let you move freely.
- Shoes: dancing bare-feet is the best, but you can also
use soft flat shoes. Please no outdoor shoes on the floor.
- There is plenty of parking near the studio. Follow the
GPS guidance, however as soon as you turn to the parking lot from Bandley
Drive, you need to drive around the building to find the Li's Wushu Academy
Entrance at the back. There are no entrances from the
front or sides of the building.
Workshop is led by Tanya Pekker, LMFT, Lic.# 51651
Tai Chi
The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be
translated as the 'Supreme Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is
often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can
see a dynamic duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light,
forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or, more literally, 'fist')
can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or
'supreme-ultimate' discipline.
Tai Chi, as it is practiced in the west today, can
perhaps best be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined.
There are a number of so- called forms (sometimes also called 'sets') which
consist of a sequence of movements. Many of these movements are originally
derived from the martial arts (and perhaps even more ancestrally than that,
from the natural movements of animals and birds) although the way they are
performed in Tai Chi is slowly, softly and gracefully with smooth and even
transitions between them.
Guest teacher Tatiana Perfilov
Cost
Recommended donation $15 (cash, at the door) or prepaid
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