Events

Chinese New Year Celebration!!!
Sunday, January 29th 10:00 am- 1:00 pm
Park Hill U. M. Church, Denver

5209 Montview Blvd. at Glencoe St. Parking on Street

10:10 am
Lion Dance
Wu Shu Demos

11:00 am
Pot Luck Meal
Tai Chi Demos

Tai Chi Project 2012 Update
Oxford Study, Barefoot Doctor Initiative &
Summer Tai Chi in City Park


Food Drive for Park Hill Pantry (supporting CAP & more)
Bring canned goods, toiletries, paper products, and light bulbs

Wu Shu & Lion Dance provided by- National Martial Arts Academy
www.wushunmaa.com


Upcoming Barefoot Doctor's Tutorials Winter 2012

Hypertension - Saturday January 21st

80% of High Blood Pressure can be entirely controlled with diet, exercise and mind/body biofeedback training such as that found in Tai Chi, and Qigong. Learn to take control of your own stress levels and blood pressure.

Knee Pain - Saturday January 28th

80% of all the aches and pains we experience begin with poor posture and body mechanics. Especially when it comes to knee pain, proper exercises and body mechanics are crucial. Learn what you can do for yourself to get those knees to stop aching.

Acu-Point Location - Saturday February 4th

Learn to quickly find and use many of the most powerful acupuncture points. Learn which ones are most responsive to finger pressure. Learn points to alleviate pain and other common health problems.

Improving Memory, Learning and Concentration - Saturday February 11th

A strong mind in a strong body was the ideal of the ancient Greeks as well as the ancient Chinese. Modern research has confirmed that the brain responds to exercises just as the muscles do. Learn exercises from Tai Chi’s Five Excellences to improve memory, learning and concentration.

CPR Training/Basic First Aid ($25...$35 w/card) - Saturday February 25th

Apply acupoint theory and learn to save lives! Everyone should be up to date on their CPR skills and first aid training... learn skills that can reduce complications in emergency situations.

Getting a Good Night's Sleepn - Saturday March 3rd

Learn to “calm the spirit” and ensure a good night’s sleep. This tutorial will focus upon the root causes of most sleep disorders and easy to use, self help techniques from Traditional Chinese Medicine. Learn acu-points and herbs for getting a good night’s Sleep.

Meditation and the Psychology of Optimal Experience - Saturday March 10th

To those who can perform it well, T'ai chi chuan is a joyous artistic performance where all separation between mind and body disappear and the world is perceived as humming with life, vibrant, beautiful and somehow indefinably sacred. The meditation aspect of Tai Chi, and the changes in perception it produces, may explain the profound effect that T'ai chi has had on science, philosophy, art and culture in China. It affects practitioners at the very core of being... consciousness itself.

Sessions are on Saturdays from 10:30 am-12 noon
Cost:$40 per session (workstudy is available)
Located at the TCM College Acupuncture Clinic - 1529 York Street in Denver

Viva Streets, transforming 23rd Avenue into a car-free bike and pedestrian parkway
from City Park to Stapleton... Drumming and Tai Chi with
Shumway's AMP! the Brain Drumming and The Tai Chi Project!!!

10 am - 2 pm Sunday, August 14th

Viva Streets Denver

17th Annual Summer Sunrise T'ai Chi & Fitness Walks
City Park, Denver - 2011

Free and open to all!

Tuesday Mornings, June, July & August, 7:00 - 8:30 a.m.

City Park, Denver

Meet on the West side of Denver Museum of Nature and Science by the Rose Gardens

Get out this summer and enjoy Denver's beautiful City Park.
Be a part of the nationwide effort to increase active healthy lifestyles.
"Exercise is Medicine", an initiative of the American College of Sports Medicine, is intended to
make pysical activity and healthy lifestyles an integral part of our nation's health care system.

Partners with

Tai Chi in Denver's Parks is on Facebook!...Click here


   

The Art of Fitness

July, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2011
join us from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m
at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Click here for more info on the Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Click here for Schedule of Art of Fitness events

ANYONE WHO HAS CONNECTIONS FOR HULA HOOPS - We need as many as possible!!!!


received the prestigious PINNACLE GOLD AWARD for "BEST NEW EVENT 2010"

The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) paid tribute to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival (CCAF) on September 15, 2010 during the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Ceremony held at the IFEA’s 55th Annual Convention & Expo in Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., where the CCAF was presented with 17 awards in the prestigious awards competition.

Last years Art of Fitness at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival was a Big Hit!
See video on Denver Post.com

(Click to view)


ACSM & World Congress on Exercise is Medicine
You are Invited to the Opening Ceremonies Tuesday May 31st

Bring Family and Friends!!!
Schedule:

Press Conference 4:30 p.m.

4:30 - 5:00 pm Press conference with Governor John Hickenlooper. Convention Center Hyatt Regency Hotel - 650 15th Street - (Capital Foyer) where the Governor will address the crowd. Colorado Governor’s Council for Physical Fitness and Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director for President's Council on Fitness, Sports, & Nutrition will assist in the national recognition of our healthy city and state.

Exercise is Medicine Community Walk 6:00 p.m.

Volunteers will meet at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Convention Center Hyatt Regency Hotel (650 15th Street.) in front of the Hyatt Regency. The Walk will start at 6:00 p.m. and proceed to the 16th St. Mall and back to the Convention Center

"Art of Fitness" Opening Ceremonies Performance Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Performers from Tai Chi Project and National Martial Arts Academy, will meet at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Convention Center Hyatt Regency Hotel (650 15th Street.) in the Centenial Ballroom.


2nd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine Comes to Denver Summer 2011!

ACSM Annual Meeting in conjunction
Denver, Colorado May 31-June 4

More than 5,000 attendees will gather to enjoy presentations of original research for
professionals working in sports medicine and exercise science.

An Historic Commitment to World's Prescription for Health

Exercise Is Medicine is an initiative focused on encouraging health care providers to include exercise when designing treatment plans for patients. Exercise and physical activity are integral to the prevention and treatment of diseases and should be regularly assessed as part of all medical care. The World Congress on Exercise is Medicine, serves as an international forum to address the science, practice and policy aspects of the impact physical activity has on disease prevention and health promotion. This year, learn about what international colleagues have done to begin implementing Exercise Is Medicine in countries across the globe. The second world congress will discuss the development of the global initiative, and how you can be involved.

The Colorado Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and
the TCM College of Sports Medicine

CGCPF will play an integral role in assisting with this international conference and ensure that Colorado is a leader in keeping our people healthy. TCM College of Sports Medicine's particular interest is to make sure Tai Chi and Qigong play an integral part in the Exercise Is Medicine efforts. (After all, we have a few thousand year head start in using Exercise as Medicine.)

Colorado Governors Council for Physical Fitness...

Is looking for volunteers to affiliate with council members as they assist with the 2011 conference and with implementing Exercise Is Medicine here in Colorado. If you would be interested in helping contact Joe or Jacqui at 303-744-7676 or Email: taichiproj@earthlink.net


Chinese New Year Celebration!
Year of the Metal Rabbit

TCM College of Sports Medicine & National Martial Arts Academy
present

Lion Dance Celebration
Tai Chi & Wushu Demonstration
Sunday, February 6th
10:15 am

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 pm
Bring a favorite dish for the Pot Luck Brunch
Tai Chi Participation Demos follow

Park Hill U.M. Church
5209 Montview Boulevard
at Glencoe St. in Denver

Please join us for our annual Food Drive for Park Hill Pantry (supporting CAP,
Park Hill Food Bank & more.) Bring canned goods, toiletries, paper products, and light bulbs

RSVP: taichiproj@earthlink.net
303-744-7676



Harmony with a Beat

Ultimate Djembe Classes
Wednesdays & Saturdays
Sessions with Gregg Hansen
720-366-1085 / www.communitydrums.com
................
Meditational drumming ..into celebration!
$10 per class (or what you can afford)
$25 weekly drum rental
Call to reserve a spot and for directions 303-744-7676


"SO, YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED A HAND DRUM?" Classes by appointment.
Learn an easy method of playing the djembe/ashiko drum of West Africa.

Denver Djembe Orchestra
Auditions held quarterly

Private & group facilitation
specializing in entrainment & brain development


Supreme Harmonic Drumbirthing pLaYsHoPs
Make/Repair your own djembe and Save $$$


Drum-birthing - Drum making with Gregg and Jacqui
An amazing experience - make a beautiful drum in the African style and
then take it home and meditate & celebrate!

SUMMER Drum Repair 2010 Dates coming... 303-744-7676

Two Sessions
Learn the 12 steps necessary to put your spirit into the drum you play...
DOES YOUR DRUM NEED A NEW SKIN???
Do your own carving/wood burning/message in the bowl ...
$35 deposit reserves your spot
Total cost for workshops AND a finished drum?
$75 - $125 (depending on shell size)

Special Drumming Events:

Chinese New Year - (Sometime between Jan 20 & Feb 19)
Friends of Red Rocks: April
Mayoral Picnics - Memorial Day Weekend
LoDo Festival - July
T'ai Chi Project End of Summer Festival
City Park Festival of the Arts - Sunday in September
International Peace Day in September
Friends of Red Rocks: October

Call 303-744-7676 for directions and details on all drumming events.


City Park, Denver, is the place to be this summer for Tai Chi Chuan and Fitness!

Thursday, May 12, 20121 is the Spring Into Health Migrate to Fitness at the Denver Zoo!!!
Only $8 (special advance rate - purchase in class) $12 at the gate

Do Tai Chi with Joe and Jacqui

5 other fitness stations amongst the giraffes, seals and camels!!!

Wonderful speakers, health screenings and you get a goodie bag!!!

Admission is $8 in advance, $12 day of event
9 am - 1 pm.

Click here to view the flyer.
Print it from Adobe Acrobat Reader and mail in.

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to
view the registration form. Click here to download it, free.




In conjunction with: Harmony with A Beat, AMP! the Brain Campaign,
Colorado Governor’s Council for Physical Fitness


YOU ARE INVITED!

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Celebration
Year of the Metal Rabbit


Tai Chi Participation & Exhibitions!
World Healing Day Drum Circle follows

Saturday April 30, 2011
9:30 am - Noon
Park Hill United Methodist Church
5209 Montview Blvd. at Glencoe St.
If weather is nice, we'll be outside on Forest Parkway.

9:30 am World Tai Chi and Qi-Gong Celebration

10:00 am Beijing 24 Form Workshop follows
(First Demo Team practice)
Come play with us whether you are on the team or not.

Out of Practice?
11:00 am Tai Chi Qi-Gong RefresherWorkshop
(registration required - donations accepted)

Want even more healing???
12 Noon Drumming Celebration
World Healing Day event
Honoring Carla Madison, community supporter of all things Artsy - Visual, Musical, Physical

Note: A special meet and greet for Denver District 8 write-in candidates will follow from 1:00 - 2:00, so we will end promptly at 1:00, we could use your help cleaning up after the event.

RSVP taichiproj@earthlink.net
or Call 303-744-7676

Please come meet lots of great folks
in our Tai Chi program and in the community.


Look for more workshops comming in the future like these past events...

Workshops with Yun Chao Zhang

Parkhill UM Church 5209 Montview Blvd.at Glencoe St.

Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to train with the Chinese National Champion, one year before the Olympics are in Beijing in 2008.

Yun Chao Zhang is the 1992 Chinese National Champion, World Cup Golden Award 2001, Hall of Fame, Black Belt Magazine 2003, Inside Kung Fu Magazine 2003.

Chinese National Champion Yun Chao Zhang will do a special two-day workshop
on Tai Chi and Chinese Martial Arts.

Colorado Film School 9075 E. Lowry Blvd.

Cost for 12-hour Seminar is $200/$150 student rate sponsored by The Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Yang Style Tai Chi Forms
Push hands
Wushu forms (various)
Praying Mantis Style

Lunch on both days included
DVD of Training Sessions (cost is extra)

For more information and to register, call 303-744-7676 or 307-214-6771


Excursions


Our 2006 Hawaii trip with T'ai Chi in Paradise



Our group trip to China, March 2001

Jacqui practicing her T'ai Chi in China



Joe at the Great Sand Dunes

Jacqui keeps her balance in shifting sands.


Check back for information on future trips!


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