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• Day 16: Find the Pause in the Movement, and Move from the Belly

  Mar 31, 2020, Tuesday
  Day 16: Movement from the center. Exploring the moves from Day 15, we will focus on what it feels like to move from the center rather than the hands or the feet. We will also explore the last energy theme – AHN (pronunciation spelling). That pause before expansion begins. We will explore this both seated Continue Reading

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• Day 15: Fist under elbows, Ward of Monkey, and Figure 8’s in the Tor Yu’s

  Mar 30, 2020, Monday
  Day 15: Review of the forces covered previously…Pons, Gee, Lew – (spelled phonetically). Expansion, pause, and contraction. How are these reflected in our movements? Exploring Part 2 of Tai Chi from Fist Under the Elbow, through Ward off Monkey, to Push Needle to Sea Bottom. More with the Standing Tor Yu, Hand positions while seated, Continue Reading

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• Stacey on the Keyboard: Part 1

  Mar 30, 2020, Monday
  Stacey on the Keyboard – Part 1: Playing with the Piano. Join me today to get to know Stacey, my mouse puppet, and to dance with her. Songs you can find on my website, cd baby or Spotify include “Hickory Dickory Dock” (Youtube also) and “Twinkle Toes.” We will play with different ways of moving Continue Reading

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• Day 14: Tor Yu’s, Figure 8’s and Part 2 of the Tai Chi Set

  Mar 29, 2020, Sunday
  Day 14: Seated and Standing Tor Yu’s, Figure 8 in the Hands and Body, Part 2 of Tai Chi and a little bit of Sabre. Today is about applying some of the concepts used this week and gaining experience with what the moves feel like and how they can be shifted within the body. Awareness Continue Reading

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• Criss Cross Oh, My Gosh!

  Mar 29, 2020, Sunday
  In 2006 we hosted a dance part at the Bert Church Theatre in Airdrie, with Dan the Music Man (aka Dan Devion), to launch the music that we co-created for “Stacey on the Keyboard” book. This was an amazing experience to be a part of. Dan is a wonderful children’s musician and his music has Continue Reading

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