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General Ticket: $10
Member Ticket: Free, RSVP Required
TINA CURRAN, a founding teacher in the worldwide Tai Chi Foundation, joins us for our December Wellness Monday as we harness the energy of the final full moon of the year. Curran invites participants to an informative and interactive introduction to tai chi, the ancient martial art of movement for health and balance. Focusing on Qigong, sometimes called the “internal” part of tai chi, Curran will help us access some of the benefits of its in-depth movements and principles, allowing us to tune in to our essential being and open to our true strengths.
Tai chi, often called “moving meditation” is part of traditional Chinese meditation and is based on establishing the natural flow of qi (life energy) through the body. Tune in to the healing and rejuvenating energies of nature, heightened by the energy of the full moon, as we work with gentle yet energizing movements and self-massages. Designed to release stress and enhance energy, these low-impact exercise techniques are easy to learn, help build immunity, and aid in bringing clarity, openness, and flow in body and mind.
In the wise words of martial arts legend and accomplished Qigong practitioner, Bruce Lee, “…water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
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Tina Curran has been teaching Tai Chi, Five Element Qigong, and meditation to students and to teachers for many years including at both the Southampton Hospital Wellness Institute and their Center for Parkinson’s Disease. Tina has led workshops in England, Ireland, and at Smith and Bennington Colleges, among others. She is a senior and founding teacher in the worldwide Tai Chi Foundation and locally at the UU Meetinghouse and other centers for health and wellness. She teaches a weekly live Qigong class in Hampton Bays, a Zoom Qigong class open to all, and one specifically for people with Parkinson’s.
Tina Curran is a grandmother, nominally retired after a lifetime of travel, early childhood education, and deep meditative work including Tai Chi, which she still teaches to beginners and teachers. She has had a deep concern for many years about the state of our planet’s animals, forests, and oceans, and works individually and collectively, when possible, to deepen our human understanding of our effect on our world.