Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Shamanistic Primordial Tiger Qigong

Cost:  $60.00 (Pre-register for 2 workshops for $100)

Location:

BodyMind Integration Center
118 Main St #1B (2nd floor)
Watertown, MA 02472-4425

Description:

Primordial Tiger Qigong is a series of ancient exercises and techniques integrating traditional Chinese medicine, internal alchemy, and Daoist martial arts.  For over three hundred years this closely guarded regiment was taught to the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by Zhang family masters to cultivate and circulate Qi throughout the body, to strengthen the body and immune system and to increase mental acuity and consciousness.
 
For thousands of years, the tiger has been a potent symbol of majesty, power, and vitality.  Primordial Tiger Qigong is composed of five forms, each of which embodies the indomitable spirit of the tiger, which serves as the symbol of self-cultivation for pursuing personal excellence while surviving in an oft’ troubled world.  They are: Shamanic Tiger Qigong, Immortal Tiger Talisman Qi water, Immortal Tiger Internal Alchemy, Immortal Tiger Talisman Qigong, and the sixteen movements of Imperial Family Tiger Qigong, and commune with the universe.  After instructing participants in an opening exercise to enter Qi space, Grandmaster Zhang will guide the class through Shamanic Tiger Qigong, which is a playful introduction to the Primordial Tiger Qigong set that invigorates the body, de-stresses the mind, and removes personal inhibitions through guided mimicry and visualization of the tiger.  Immortal Tiger Talisman Qi water is a two thousand year-old technique for infusing water with Qi.  Combined with fasting, this technique has a powerful cleansing effect on the body, mind, and heart.

 
Tiger Qigong is considered to be a Shamanistic method because of it's connection to the Tiger spirit.  Master Zhang will teach us to use our eyes and ears to expand ourselves and connect to the universal energies. The primordial aspect of the art has to do with increasing our bodies pre-heaven energy by replenishing ourselves with primordial energy.

Immortal Tiger Internal Alchemy is a thousand year-old meditative visualization technique designed to put the practitioner in tune with the latent energy of the universe.  This technique is both energizing and soothing as the practitioner learns to situate, or find one’s place, in the universe.  Immortal Tiger Talisman Qigong employs an external focal point for concentration to guide the individual in their internal energy work.  Through this regiment the practitioner is able to shed limiting beliefs and transcend them to unlock hidden abilities and inner potential.  Imperial Family Tiger Qigong is a series of sixteen exercises for self-defense and self-cultivation that was taught as a closely guarded secret to the Manchurian princes of the Imperial family of the Qing Dynasty in the Forbidden City by masters of the Zhang family for almost three hundred years.

To register for this workshop or more information, please call Dee Ramee at 617-969-6097 (please leave a message if there's no answer) or email dramee@comcast.net.

About the Location: 

The BodyMind Integration Center is a short walk from Watertown Square, opposite the Public Library.  It's on the #70/70A bus line from Central Square Cambridge to Waltham, MA and a short walk from the #71 and other Watertown Square bus stops.  Parking is available off Pleasant St. in the upper lot behind the building.  Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=118+Main+St,+Watertown,+MA&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.368578,71.542969&hnear=118+Main+St,+Watertown,+Massachusetts+02472&t=m&z=16