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This workshop will not meet on Sunday, December 11. Please look for future JSJ events at BTC>

Derek Notman, who will be teaching a December 11 workshop on the form of energy work that he calls “the grandmother of acupuncture,” relies on a lot of metaphors to describe how jin shin jyutsu works. “There is an intelligence in us beyond the part of the mind that people usually identify with,” Derek says. “It’s just as much us.”

Sunday, October 2, 10am-2pm

The highlight of this year's Tai Chi a Thon will be featured teaching sessions from our instructors who are just back from a Tai Chi intensive in England. For an entire month, they trained all day long, improving their personal practice, studying tai chi theory, and learning the art of teaching. While you might already be taking a class with one of these instructors, chances are they’ve learned a thing or two beyond what they’ll cover in class.

Here's what they'll be teaching during the individual sessions of the Tai Chi a Thon:

For two evenings, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 and 26, from 7 to 9:30pm each night ($160, $130 for members), come work on the flow of your tai chi form. Whether your primary practice is the short form or long form, there is a specific way to loosen up the body built into the movements of tai chi. When you begin this loosening process, you start to develop much greater flow.

Cat Walking is a traditional tai chi method for bridging practices like sitting and standing meditation and the form. The simple, natural movements allow you to focus on coordinating the internal work you develop while sitting and standing, without the complexity of the full form.