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Conference and Presenter Schedule – 2011

Conference Calendar

by NQA Admin on January 29, 2011

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SCHEDULE
(Subject to change)

EVERYONE IS ON THEIR OWN FOR MEALS.

Meals:  There are 2 onsite restaurants; one open 6:00 – 11:00 AM for breakfast and possibly a lunch buffet for NQA; the other open for lunch and dinner.  A list of nearby restaurants will be included in your registration packet.FRIDAY, August     19:
12:00 – 4:00 PM -  Betsy Wetzig
12:00 – 4:00 PM-  Zhongxian Wu
12:00 – 4:00 PM- Francesco Garripoli & Daisy Lee

Fifty minute sessions:
12:00 -12:50 PM- (Five Treasures – John Walcott)
1:00  – 1:50 PM- (Daoist 5 – Christina J. Barea)
2:00  – 2:50 PM- (Eight Pieces of Brocade – Mark R. Reinhart)
3:00  – 3:50 PM- (10 Methods of Balance – Jianye Jiang)

DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:00 – 8:00 PM – KEYNOTE:  Mark Reinhart: Alchemical Transformation Through Sound & Movement

8:00 – 8:30 PM – PLENARY: Francesco ‘Garri’ Garipolli – Francesco will share an interactive presentation with you demonstrating his WujiTech QigongTracker software incorporating a powerful new brainwave monitor for refining personal Qigong practice as well as a worldwide Qigong assessment project using that software.
8:30 – 9:15 PM – DEMONSTRATIONS

9:15 – 10:00 PM – RECEPTION

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
7:00 – 7:30 AM – Five Treasures Group Practice (Location to be announced)

BREAKFAST ON YOUR OWN

9:00 – 11:00 AM Workshops
Vicki Dello Joio
David Haines
Zhou Xuan Yun
Daisy Lee  (women only)

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

2:00 – 4:00 PM Workshops
Solala Towler
Gary Giamboi
William Ting
Rona  Cordish Satten

DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:00 – 8:00 PM  KEYNOTE:  Chungliang Al Huang: THE TAO OF DANCING WITH QI

8:30 – 10:00 PM – MOVING ENTERTAINMENT/SOCIAL

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21

7:00 – 7:30 AM – Five Treasures Group Practice (Location to be announced)

BREAKFAST ON YOUR OWN

8:30 – 10:30 AM Workshops (Please note the earlier time)
C. J. Rhoads
Jianye Jiang
Paul Rischard
Mary Sturtevant

10:45 AM – 12:45 PM Special Workshop
Chungliang Al Huang

12:45 – 1:15 PM – CONFERENCE CLOSING  Immediately following the Special Workshop in same location.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19: 12:00 – 4:00 PM

I.  BETSY WETZIG – TAPPING THE LINK OF MOVEMENT-MIND FOR BALANCE AND CREATIVITY: COORDINATION PATTERN™ TRAINING
Coordination Pattern™ Training teaches awareness of how the mind and movement integrate and how to utilize this awareness to improve both the mind’s activities and motor skills. Participants will experience the four neuromuscular patterns which link movement and the fundamental processes of the brain/mind, as they are utilized and Tai Chi and Qigong. Focus will be paid to the Patterns’ (and thus Qigong’s) ability to improve creativity, communication and balance, both physical and mental. The workshop includes: primary weight transfer/walking, Pattern Overrides/Qi blocking and creativity.

II.  ZHONGXIAN WU – HIDDEN IMMORTAL TAIJI QIGONG & YIJING
The Mother Form of Taiji Qigong is passed directly through the Hidden Immortal Lineage. The eight movements are precisely choreographed to create a relaxed mind-body dance that stretches and strengthens the entire body. The slow, deliberate movements develop health, balance, and grace. This form is an essential way to bring the practitioner into physical, mental, and spiritual awareness and connection with the microcosm and macrocosm. This workshop will help the students learn: — Relationship of the Mother Form to the Yijing Eight Trigrams — Martial arts and healing applications of the Mother Form — Methods for Qi and spiritual cultivation.

III.  FRANCESCO & DAISY LEE – DREAMING A NEW BODY: QIGONG GENE EXPRESSION
This class will explore how Qigong can enhance our body’s natural ability to redesign itself at the genetic level.  Combining current research in telomeres and the affect of our mental process on how genes express themselves during cell division, this class will take you on a guided meditation and a journey to go deeper into a variety of Qigong exercises and techniques.

IV.  FIFTY MINUTE QIGONG PRACTICE SESSIONS – 12:00 – 3:50 PM

12:00 -12:50 – (Five Treasures – John Walcott)
1:00  – 1:50 – (Daoist Five – Christina J. Barea)
2:00  – 2:50 – (Eight Pieces of Brocade – Mark R. Reinhart)
3:00  – 3:50 – (10 Methods of Balance – Jianye Jiang)

SATURDAY – MORNING 9:00 – 11:00

I.  VICKI DELLO JOIO -  JOY IN THE FIELD OF QI: A WORKSHOP IN CREATIVE PLAY AND QIGONG
Express yourself with authenticity, humor, passion, and power! This Way of JoyTM workshop will explore how to be spontaneous and flexible while staying grounded and centered in your wei qi (energetic boundaries). Combining “applied qigong” (drawn from longer traditional forms) with movement improvisation, theater games and story-telling techniques, this workshop will provide you with a fun and safe atmosphere to nourish your shen (spirit) and enhance your jing (physical essence) as you dip into your well of creativity. PLUS you will leave with a short, personalized-for-you qigong form that you can use daily to transform stress into vitality.

II.  DAVID HAINES – TRAGER MENTASTICE®: MOVEMENT AS A WAY TO AGELESSNESS
Mentastics were originally created out of Milton Trager’s exploration of movement over 70 years ago. Since then, this approach to movement continues to evolve as each person discovers their unique, creative ways to deepen their connection to body and mind. The pleasurable, playful, dance-like movements come out of one’s own curious questioning of “what could be easier, softer, freer?” These questions bring us deeper into a state of alive relaxation, dynamic balance, and effortless being. By applying this open-ended inquiry to our Qigong, we uncover an inherently creative urge toward more spontaneity, freedom and joy.

III. ZHOU XUAN-YUN – TAIJI QUAN AND THE RETURN TO SPONTANEITY
The major focus in modern Taiji Quan is on forms, set patterns of movement practiced the same each time. However, it is also possible to practice Taiji Quan in a spontaneous and creative manner, free from form and set pattern. The key to unlocking Taiji spontaneity is understanding Taiji theory and martial application. This class will begin with a demonstration of Wudang Daoist Taiji Quan. Next, we will discuss the concept of spontaneity in relation to the Daoist concept of Wu Wei (non-action). Movements from the Wudang Taiji Quan form will be taught and their underlying principles will be discussed.

IV. DAISY LEE – RADIANT LOTUS QIGONG — WOMEN ONLY
Daisy Lee has been teaching Radiant Lotus Qigong to women around the world, empowering them to learn and share this self-care program that helps to balance hormones, manage stress and boost immunity.   She will be teaching a few different aspects of RLWQ including a graceful and powerful short form called ‘Lotus Rises From the Water’, a women’s self-massage that is especially helpful in moving stagnations from the breasts and lower abdomen, and for the first time at the NQA, the ‘Kwan Yin Star Song’, a Tibetan-Chinese moving meditation done through song that accelerates cellular vibration and detoxification. *This program is for women only.  Thank you to the men at the conference for understanding and holding space for women to heal and share intimately in this session.

SATURDAY – AFTERNOON – 2:00 – 4:00 PM

I.  SOLALA TOWLER – WUDANG HEAVENLY SPIRALING QIGONG
The Wudang Mountains have long been a very sacred and special place for Daoist cultivation. In this two hour presentation the students will get a small bit of the history of this ancient Daoist center and some background on Daoism itself, an important and often overlooked aspect of qigong practice. They will also learn a very special and easy-to-learn qigong form taught by Daoists there. By connecting with the ancient masters through this form we can being illumination into our creative centers and move forward into our lives in a joyous, creative and health manner.

II. GARY GIAMBOI – OPTIMIZING YOUR STRUCTURE TO BALANCE THE FLOW OF YOUR QI
This was last year’s: “Playing with Qi: Know & Follow the Rules!” Because so many people said they wanted to attend this workshop but couldn’t because of scheduling conflicts; and because many who attended said I should give it every year, I would like to give it again; slightly modified, but essentially the same. Perhaps we should use or at least reference last year’s title. This workshop will examine the properties, manifestations and limits of the constant flow of Qi throughout our body”: Absorb & Project — Condense & Expand — Opening & Closing — The Three Planes & Their Limits —     Unification of the Body with its Energy Flows. After we have mentally understood these concepts, we will perform exercises designed to enable us to experience them firsthand and make them our own.

III. WILLIAM TING (TUNG KUO-PIAO) – WU JI JING GONG QIGONG
A unique form of Qigong rare outside China. Wu Ji blends mind, body, and qi together: a state of harmony to be one. Wu Ji Qigong is a series of individual movements practiced in a specific order designed to progressively open and clear channels while simultaneously integrating mind, body and qi together on increasingly deeper and more involved levels.

IV. RONA CORDISH SATTEN – VAN GOGH DOES QIGONG
Vincent van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night” enchants us with a vibrantly alive, dancing universe. In this art making and qigong experiential workshop, learn to use the skills of visualization and qigong meditation to stimulate your qi flow into artistic creativity. See your inner spirit manifest with paint and crayons, color and line. We will explore the relationship between qi and visual art, between qigong and art making and healing, No art experience is necessary.

SUNDAY MORNING – 8:30 – 10:30 AM

I.  C J RHOADS – THE BUSINESS SIDE OF TAIJI SCHOOLS AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES
Are you trying to develop or run an alternative healthcare business such as Tai Chi, Acupuncture, Reiki, Massage Therapy, Pilates, Fitness Center, or any one of dozens of other Alternative Healthcare Organizations? This workshop is designed for those of you who have one or more problems that keep you from optimizing your practice. Dr. C.J. Rhoads will share the secrets of successful alternative healthcare professionals and how to gain a consistent, strong income stream so that you can keep your business going and help more and more people. Find out why so many alternative healthcare organizations fail – and make sure yours isn’t one of them! You will come away from this workshop with practical relevant ideas for increasing your income and decreasing your stress

II.  JIANYE  JIANG – CHINESE YOGA WITH HEALING QI
Why do some people live a long life and others only a short one? What lets some people live over 100 years and others only 35? For millennia, Daoists have looked to nature for these answers. Both the ancients as well as modern Chinese researchers have found that certain turtles and snakes have the ability to live a longer life. Eight simple forms combine Tai Chi, Qigong, stretching, balance and mind body spirit  connection can: help reduce blood pressure – help reduce the pain of arthritis – help relive neck and back pain/ A very simple but highly effective form, it can be practiced anytime, anywhere in a limited space without a mat.

III. PAUL RISCHARD – AWAKENING THE SOUL: SHENG ZHEN QIGONG FOR DISCOVERING THE ORIGINAL SELF
The soul is the vehicle and mirror of the spirit and determines the quality of our lives as well as the choices we make. Awakening the Soul, a Sheng Zhen Qigong form, brings the practitioner to the original state in which all is new, fresh, and untarnished. The source of creativity and joy is found through these movements and the accompanying contemplations.

IV. MARY STURTEVANT- TAIJI BALL QIGONG
Experience the health and healing benefits of this esoteric system that was originally used in China as a training tool for external and internal martial arts. The physical benefits of this form are manifested be increased strength, stamina and flexibility. And the external expression of the form is through soft movements that balance and harmonize the mind and the Qi. Use of this form as a healing modality will be incorporated into this workshop. Focus on breathing techniques and basic patterns of stationary and moving Taiji Ball circling, both vertical and horizontal will be taught.

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