Are you noticing a longing to be more natural, relaxed and present?  Want to orient yourself towards a way of life beyond the hyper-productive, grind till you drop western capitalist calendar?  How about harmonize your health with the earth's cycles and seasons and ground yourself with practices that cultivate true disease prevention and help resolve long running  health issues? Have seasonal allergies, anxiety, depression digestive problems or hormone dis-regulation? This class is for you!

 

 

*Online monthly class that will run 11 months of the year

 

 

* For Triangle area folks, there will be an optional in-person outdoor meeting two weeks later to reinforce seasonal qi gong exercise and meditation, everyone will receive video instruction on qi gong for the month.

 

 

* Running the course over two years means that you can miss a season here or there and then jump back in the following year to follow up or just reinforce what you've learned.

 

 

 

We want this class to be fun, informative, expansive and have the capacity to really make a difference in all our lives!  We will be teaching philosophical and practical ancient approaches to locate and align ourselves "between heaven and earth."  

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*The first year we will explore a Chinese tradition view (Daoist, Buddhist and Confucian) of the seasonal qi node almanac. We will study and  learn about the changes that occur every two weeks through understanding yin/yang and the roots -branches system of the five elements. We then use this same philosophical basis to explore what it means to be human via the five spirits that reside in the main organs of the body and ground ourselves in a more natural, "normal".

 

 

*Each meeting we will cover nutrition, movement, meditation, simple herbal teas and the psycho-emotional counsel for the season.

 

 

*The second year we'll dive deeper and build upon the first year by exploring more internal self cultivation (nei gong and dao yin) as well as the Dao of dreaming. 

 

 

This course is great for anyone that feels limited or confused by how to navigate balanced living, whole human health and healing in our modern culture. We're excited to open up and deepen perspectives and help you relax more fully and naturally into the dance of life itself. Classes are all levels, so please don't feel shy about joining as we'll work to make this philosophy come alive in common sense ways!