TAI-CHI & QIGONG
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2024 classes:
Monday 5:15pm hybrid in-person (Kitchener) + Zoom,
Wednesday 12:00pm Zoom only
- Classes suitable to all -
To register: email info@QiIntelligence.com, or call 519-496 8973
For more details: QiIntelligence.com
- Classes suitable to all -
To register, contact Patricia, patricia@QiIntelligence.com, 519-496 8973. She will add you to the email list of participants who receive the class information and Zoom codes.
Private lessons, online or in person are also available.
Ask for your customized Tai-Chi, QiGong, and Wellness program for your workplace or special events (currently via Zoom).
“Thank you so much for the online Tai-Chi/Qi Gong Class. It is the highlight of my week! I am noticing an improvement in my range of motion and flexibility.”
Monday’s Tai-Chi and QiGong class:
Gentle Movements
for Balance, Calm, and Inner Strength
Mondays at 5:15pm, hybrid in-person or Zoom.
Address: Calvin Presbyterian Church, 248 Westmount Rd East, Kitchener
These classes include QiGong for relaxation and stamina, short Tai-Chi sequences (4 Directions, 13 Powers). We will continue practicing the Power Animal QiGong, a fun and harmonious way to move naturally mimicking the qualities and character of several animals (Crane, Phoenix, Tiger etc). We will also focus on practices for the current season. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is important to adopt a lifestyle in harmony with nature, and the current season’s qualities.
At 6:15pm, the Monday class is followed by a bonus time of 30 min., customized for you with longer forms (Yang 24), and possibly gentle exercises for core strengthening, hips and low back health, good posture, or hands dexterity.
Wednesday’s “Bilingual Qi Bilingue” class:
Simple, and profoundly effective practices
for your body and your brain
Wednesdays at 12pm EST (ou 18h00 en France), Zoom.
It’s good for you, it’s easy and suitable to all, it’s both in English and en français. But beyond words, it’s there to help you gain calm, focus, balance, agility, and inner strength.
In designing this program, Patricia brings together her background in Biomedical Engineering, her practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine, her years of meditation, Tai-Chi and Kung-Fu practice, and her ever curious and creative mind.
This program is gentle and suitable to all, and will help you develop and maintain body and brain function.
We will enjoy gentle and flowing Qi-Gong movements, continue with the Soft Animal QiGong, and breathing practices for health and longevity.
- Why bilingual?
Patricia’s mother often joins this session from France, as well as her best French friend. Et j’espère que beaucoup de français et de francophiles de tous les horizons vont aussi se joindre à nous!
WHAT IS TAI-CHI?
Tai-Chi (pronounced tie-chee) increases vitality, coordination, balance, and memory. Sequences of slow and graceful movements loosen the body, calm the mind, and improve brain function. Tai-Chi is mostly known for its health benefits rather than its martial application. But this style of slow exercises coming from China is also considered an Internal Martial Art. It is based on coordinated relaxed movements, proper posture, rather than muscular strength.
CNN recently describes Tai-Chi as “Medicine in Motion”! Check out the CNN video here.
The Mayo Clinic recognizes Tai-Chi for its ability to reduce stress and anxiety, and for its benefits for flexibility and balance. Read the Mayo Clinic’s article.
What is QiGong?
QiGong (pronounced chee-gong) benefits internal organs, and promotes longevity. These slow flowing movements and breathing practices are an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and come from several millennia of natural health preserving methods.
While the general understanding of health and disease of TCM differs from what we are are used to in the West, QiGong’s benefits are supported by a growing body of scientific research. For instance, the Wall Street Journal reports health improvement in areas as diverse as high blood pressure, depression, focus, balance, fatigue, quality of life in cancer treatments etc. Read the WSJ article.
Your INSTRUCTOr, Patricia Beretta
Patricia Beretta, PhD, RAc, has been teaching Tai-Chi & QiGong for over 15 years.
She blends traditional Tai-Chi and QiGong methods with other experiences that shaped her life: her background as a Biomedical Engineer (PhD), and her integrative medicine skills as a Registered Acupuncturist and Shiatsu Therapist, as well as other practices from athletic activities, kung-fu, pilates, and mindfulness.
With her ever curious and creative mind, Patricia designs programs to make her students feel better physically, and emotionally.
She is continually inspired by the ancient knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), its pertinence for the health issues of our modern society, as well as by the advancements of scientific medicine. While TCM and Western Medicine may seem like opposites, their integration, like Yin and Yang, offers tremendous benefits to patients and practitioners.
“It’s great to join a class in person! After the class, I feel better, and I breathe better!”