BODY OPENING EXERCISE
  • Master Su Dong Chen
8 STANDING BROCADES
  • Master Kwan Sai Hung
DRAGON & TIGER
  • Water Taoist Method
MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN & EARTH
  • Water Taoist Method
OPENING THE ENERGY GATES
  • Water Taoist Method
LONGEVITY BREATHING
  • Water Taoist Method
CHI  GUNG
Resting into movement allows for physical ease and vital alignment.  The deeper the
stillness, the more internal rest. Learn to move with a foundation of smooth fluidity,
providing an awareness of anatomy and more importantly, a sense of the internal flows
(sometimes called Chi).  The more that movement and activity is effortless, the more it
can then be efficient and fast.  

Other benefits include the ability to relax the body and mind, reduce stress, boost athletic
and intellectual performance, prevent illness and injuries, improve sexual functioning, and
slow or reverse the degeneration of aging.

CHI GUNG offers strength, preventative health and longevity. This form of movement
exercise from the East sprung originally from martial arts, and the many methods were
developed for their restorative qualities, known for moving energy and resolving health
issues.   Teri learned these ancient Chinese practices transmitted in the oral tradition
from master to stutent. The following are a few of the many ways to refine one's body,
emotions, mental and psychic energy en route to becoming a balanced individual. See
below for more detail on the classes and individual sessions Teri leads:
  • BODY OPENING EXERCISE:
  • Created by visionary Su Dong Chen, this complete fitness system uses body dynamics and
    principles of physics to build one's physical potential.  The Body Opening method lays a strong
    foundation for both health maintenance and self defense.  Cultivating awareness and clear
    intention in this sequence of movement brings fluid strength and helps unwrap joint, pain and
    alignment issues.  Muscles and tissues become more elastic as the total body is addressed.  
    Developing a deep understanding of how you embody space through movement, encourages
    relaxation and body tensegrity.
  • 8 STANDING BROCADES:
  • Stemming from the Huashan Mountains, Kwan Sai Hung has a multitude of movement and
    meditation methods and has shared some of his vast rescources with individuals in the West.  
    Teri studied briefly with Master Kwan, learning several medical Chi Gung forms, over the course
    of one year.  The 8 Standing Brocades is a sequence of eight movements that help with the
    body's digestion, elimination and circulation.  Breath and unique gestures create opportunity for
    increased flexibility in muscles, organs, vessels and joints.
  • DRAGON & TIGER:
  • Originating from a Water Taoist method, this practice comes from the lineage of B.K. Frantzis
    and Liu Hung Chieh.  Dragon & Tiger is a medical form of Chi Gung that works with the external
    bio-energy of the body.  This sequence of seven movements uses breath and unique gestures to
    activate the meridian channels, moving through groups of yang and yin meridians during each
    movement.  Moves such as twisting, flicking, smoothing and bending help provide suppleness in
    joints and prevent stagnation and disease.
  • MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN & EARTH:
  • Originating from a Water Taoist method, this practice comes from the lineage of B.K. Frantzis
    and Liu Hung Chieh.  This Chi Gung practice belongs to the same Taoist nei gung school of
    energy arts as Tai Chi.  Marriage of Heaven and Earth and Circling Hands is very accessible,
    requiring only one or two simple physical motions that are relatively easy to learn.  This practice
    offers an entry program to Chi Gung and other energy practices, offering a more simple opening
    to internal energies.
  • OPENING THE ENERGY GATES:
  • Originating from a Water Taoist method, this practice comes from the lineage of B.K. Frantzis
    and Liu Hung Chieh.  Beginning with the standing meditation, this method develops internal
    power via body mechanics, transforming alignment and dissolving the energy gates located in
    various stations and joints of the body.  The outer dissolving technique releases physical,
    emotional and mental blocks.  The Cloud Hands exercise helps to root the lower body, involving
    the arms and legs in forward, backward, up and down motions, and includes all of tai chi's
    twisting, turning, bending, and lengthening motions, as well as shifts of weight.
  • LONGEVITY BREATHING:
  • Originating from a Water Taoist method, this practice comes from the lineage of B.K. Frantzis
    and Liu Hung Chieh.  This breathing method promotes smooth and consistent breath, where by
    an individual can increase lung capacity and the length of each breath.  Potentially, one
    inhalation and exhalation can last for minutes.  The implications offer long life possibilities.  With
    deep circular breathing, the inhalation and exhalation are given equal attention.  The nervous
    system learns to relax, offering mental and emotional balance along with detoxification and
    immune benefits.
Teri offers individual and group sessions in:
Current Classes:
EXERCISE TAI CHI
Tues   7-8:30pm
April 1-May 6 2008
Palms Studio
L.A., CA 90034
Teri  Carter
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