***PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES*** Beginning the week of Monday, September 23, 2024. (November will bring a return to normalcy.) WEEK OF MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
I will be away at a 6-day silent Vipassana retreat, Wednesday, September 25 through Monday, September 30.
Wednesday, October 2, I will be back at the Pomona College Organic Farm in Claremont for my usual 9:30-10:30AM session of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IQTC). (See the flyer below.)
Thursday, October 3, I will be back at Bethel United Church of Christ (Congregational) in Ontario for my usual 10:00-11:00AM IQTC session. (See the flyer below.)
One-off! Thursday, October 3, 7:00-7:30PM, I will facilitate The Gathering, a weekly here at Pilgrim Place in Claremont, with a presentation I entitled "Qi: Non-Matter Matters!" Like my usual IQTC sessions, I plan for it to be mostly experiential, while providing factoids (to cover the entirety of c. 7,000 years of ancient Chinese energy healing history in 30 minutes ... as one does). If you're interested in attending, email me at MindBodyLosAngeles@gmail.com, and we'll figure out how to make that happen.
Friday, October 4, 9:00-9:30AM. On the first Friday of every month, I lead IQTC at "The Castle" at Pilgrim Place (in lieu of the different Qigong practice that has been in place here for decades). At 9:30, I will stay on in "The Castle" to teach Tai Chi Easy™, as I have every week for the past several weeks.
Sunday, October 6: John and I begin a 3-week trip abroad. There will be no third Saturday Qigong in the Silver Lake "Wilderness" in October.
WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2024
All things being equal (that's code for "If I get back, having managed to avoid contracting COVID), I will resume my regular schedule (see flyer). That will include a visit to Los Angeles on Sunday, November 3 for Meditation Coalition's Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Allies sit and discussion, facilitated by JoAnna Hardy (often with a guest co-presenter), 11:00AM-12:30PM, Clockshop, 2806 Clearwater St., Frogtown, 90039. Catch up with me there?
LOOKING AHEAD
Pilgrim Place's 76 Annual Festival will happen over two days: Friday-Saturday, November 8-9, 9:00AM-4:30PM. Much of the 32-acre campus of this remarkable intentional retirement community will be dotted with booths and activities for all ages. There is no fee to enter; certain activities require a $1 ticket. The proceeds from activities and from sales of books, furniture, baked goods and jams, art creations (paintings, sculpture, ceramics, weavings, quilts and fabrications by residents and community members), etc. benefit the Pilgrim Place Resident Health and Support Program, "which enables our residents to remain in their homes and to live with dignity, even when the costs of daily living or unexpected medical expenses exceed their resources." Please come for the fun! Let me know ahead of time, and I'll plan to hang out (at times when I'm not cashiering at the food court).
Thursday, December 5, 5:30-7:00PM, I have been invited to lead Integral Qigong and Tai Chi at The Hive, The Claremont Colleges, 130 East 7th Street, Claremont, CA 91711. The Hive "helps students increase their creative capacity and practice collaboration across differences. Partnering with faculty, the Hive provides learning experiences that move students through ambiguous real-world challenges toward creative solutions. The Hive provides a space to experiment and play and fosters collaboration by bringing people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives together. We are helping transform the way liberal arts education is delivered." I am especially excited about this opportunity. More details, as I learn more.
LOOKING WAY AHEAD (and only indirectly Qi-related)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2025, 4:00PM. For the fourth year in a row, I will be performing the role of King Kaspar in Gian-Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors under the baton of Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann, founder and conductor of the Southland Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. What an honor! ("How is it at all Qi-related?" one might ask. Well, my Kaspar is a mystic, who goes in and out of trance for the duration of this touching, one-hour operatic gem. Does he contribute to conditions that just maybe allow for just maybe a miracle?) Between now and then, please check out the entire season and get to some of their concerts! The venue is Bethel United Church of Christ (Congregational), 536 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario, CA 91762. The season opener on Sunday, October 6, will feature orchestral and choral music by Gabriel Fauré. One of the soloists is Michal Dawson Connor (King Kaspar's good buddy King Balthazar from Amahls past and my own good buddy from the Wagner Ensemble), whose piece "The Heavenly Kingdom" for cello and strings will also be featured.
No animals, vegetables, or minerals were harmed in the manufacture of King Kaspar's beard.
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