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  • Description: Improving Mood - In this 45 minute class, we focus on cooling the Heart Shakra, opening the solar plexus area, while practicing deep breathing. Learn and practice emptying your mind from negative emotions and thoughts. We will learn and practice the inner smile. Some of what we will learn and practice: Preparation for backbending Stretch and release the bows Xena stretches the Spring The angry cat and the cow The inner smile Crane slaps/strikes forward Cleansing impurities and negative thoughts with the “ha” sound Push the tablets The chair twist (lower back stretch) Most exercises can be done sitting, standing or lying down.

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation
  • Description: Strength and Flexibility - In this 45 minute class, we focus on both strength and flexibility. You will learn and practice the ancient methods of the Shaolin Monks (hard chi kung) to build strength throughout the entire body. We will also practice deep breathing to stimulate different areas of your lungs: front, back and sides. We will boost the energetic system by visualizing the lower energy center and evoking the spirit. Some of what you will learn and practice: Freeing the skeleton from being a prisoner of the soft tissue Elbows over your head and behind your back The Pretzel Squeeze the Orange Leg resistance: legs apart and legs together Building bone density Correct alignment The “ha” sound Fury eyes The “Heron” (the quad stretch) Wall Push ups: elbows in and elbows out Lower back stretches: 3 directions Most exercises can be done sitting, standing and lying down.

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This week's topic: How to make your own hot sauce

    Resources: Hot Sauce (PDF)
    Tags: Cooking, Hot Sauce, Peppers, Scoville 
  • Description: This 45-minute joyful flow (vinyasa) is a practice that connects movement to breath in a sequence of yoga poses. The class is designed to promote a mind-body connection as it develops strength, stamina, flexibility, balance, relaxation and focus. All levels welcome. Focus: shoulders

    Tags: Beginners, Blanket, Blocks, Rfm, Strap
  • Description: Join Nancy Campbell, MS, an exercise physiologist at Dana-Farber, for a 45-minute workout focusing on strengthening the whole body.
    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Bone, Full body workout, Muscle, Weight lifting, Weights
  • Description: This 45-minute class uses an exercise method combining the flexibility of yoga and strength of Pilates, a series of controlled movements that work to stabilize and strengthen your core. This workout integrates these techniques using a mind-body connection for improved physical and emotional levels. Yogalates combines full-range-of-motion exercises with stationary positions. Controlled, deep breathing is utilized throughout the workout. Yogalates benefits may include increased muscular strength and muscle tone with increased flexibility throughout your body.
    Tags: Blanket, Block, Full body workout, Rfm, Strap
  • Description: In this 45 minute class we will build leg strength and flexibility, cleanse and nourish your physical and energetic bodies, and practice the important Tai Chi principle of experiencing your mass or weight on one leg or on both, like sand in an hour glass. We also practice internal and external Tai Chi and Chi Kung principles like deep breathing, visualizing the lower energy center, evoking the spirit, massaging the internal organs and joints through gentle movements to help ease arthritis pain, reduce inflammation and boost the energetic system. Learn and practice: • The Heron (Quad stretch) • Duck Walk • One Leg Up (Hamstring stretch) • Cloud Legs and a few other things

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation
  • Description: Animal Chi Kung and Tai Chi for the 5 Building Blocks of our Being: Body, Breathing, Mind, Energy, Spirit In this 45 minute class, you will strengthen your upper body and massage your spine and internal organs with an emphasis on some of the external and internal principles of Chi Kung and Tai Chi, such as relaxing the shoulders, keeping your head suspended, visualizing the Lower Energy Center, massaging your internal organs and evoking your spirit. • Bear Swimming : sitting and standing • Stretch and Release the Bows : the spine bow and the chest bow • Crane Spreads its Wings • Lion Plays with a Ball • The Cat and the Cow • Bear Massages his or her Stomach

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation
  • Description: This Yoga Flow class is designed for participants that have had practiced yoga and have less range of motion limitations. The class is moderately paced to cultivate strength, flexibility, and balance within a gentle, continuous sequence of postures. Focus: side body
    Tags: Blanket, Block, Rfm, Strap
  • Description: This 45-minute joyful flow (vinyasa) is a practice that connects movement to breath in a sequence of yoga poses. The class is designed to promote a mind-body connection as it develops strength, stamina, flexibility, balance, relaxation and focus. All levels welcome. Focus: shoulders

    Tags: Beginners, Blanket, Block, Rfm, Strap

  • Description: Healthy Spine and Strong Internal Organs In this 45 minute class, you will learn and practice movements from Chi Kung and Tai Chi to lubricate and free your spine while massaging your internal organs with a strong emphasis on deep breathing, meditation, visualizations, and evoking your spirit. Everything we do can be done standing, sitting on the edge of a chair or lying down in bed. Some of the moves we practice: • The Cat and the Cow • Stretch and Release the Bows • Wave the Spine • Climb the ladder

    Tags: Breathing, Chi Kung, Healing, Mindfulness, Relaxation
  • Description: This 45-minute joyful flow (vinyasa) is a practice that connects movement to breath in a sequence of yoga poses. The class is designed to promote a mind-body connection as it develops strength, stamina, flexibility, balance, relaxation and focus. All levels welcome. Focus: twist

    Tags: Beginners, Blanket, Blocks, Bumble bee breath (paranayama) Strap, Rfm