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R.D. Chin

“R.D. Chin brings such enthusiasm and expertise to his practice that we’re honored to be working with him at both the in-house and online levels here at the Open Center. He explains core concepts in an accessible way that makes you hungry for more no matter where on your educational journey you currently are.” —A.S.

Feng Shui is an ancient art developed over three millennia ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assure the health and good fortune for the people inhabiting it. Urban Feng Shui applies these principles to apartment and city-living contexts.

Applying the theory and principles taught by RD's teacher and mentor, the late feng shui HH Grandmaster Lin Yun, this class will give you the tools you need to transform your personal space and, importantly, the mindset that goes with it. This 4-week online course combines Western design principles with Feng Shui to align any space with dimensions of spirit, character, and a feeling of balance. This class is great for both the lay person as well as the budding Feng Shui consultant.

NOTE: Students must have access to a computer with a web browser for this ONLINE ONLY course, and may need to download free software to use some course features. Password-protected access to the course website is permitted only during the dates that this course is being held; PASSWORDS WILL BE ISSUED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE COURSE BEGINS; and user accounts will be deleted once the course is over. Audio-visual materials on the website are not downloaded but streamed through the web browser. Open Center Online Learning courses give students access to teachers and other students through several interactive tools on the course websites.

Please view our F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) for more detailed information about Open Center Online Learning courses.

AN ONLINE COURSE
February 20-March 18, 2012 (4 weeks)
12OLAAF101
$135 No Member Discount

R.D. Chin, MArch, BSCE

R.D. Chin, MArch, BSCE, is a feng shui consultant, combining his professional background as an architect, civil engineer and interior designer. He is a continuing student of Professor Lin Yun and the author of Feng Shui Revealed.

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Other Classes Taught By This Teacher:

Feng Shui for New Yorkers

Feng Shui for New Yorkers: Feng Shui for Apartment Dwellers

Feng Shui for New Yorkers: Feng Shui & Money

Feng Shui for New Yorkers: Feng Shui & Relationships

Feng Shui for New Yorkers: Feng Shui & Clutter

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Media Available From This Teacher:

Feng Shui for New Yorkers: Feng Shui and Clutter

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Drew DiVittorio

“The information Drew provides is invaluable to anyone aware of the connection between diet and sustained health, along with the happiness that brings. Every sentence he utters is a piece of practical advice that you can begin to implement immediately to change your life dramatically for the better.” —M.B.

Chinese medicine is one of the world’s great biological systems of understanding, with an unbroken tradition going back thousands of years. Chinese herbal medicine, along with the other components of Chinese medicine, is based on the concepts of yin and yang. It aims to understand and treat the many ways in which the fundamental balance and harmony between the yin and yang may be undermined and the ways in which a person's qi, or vitality, may be depleted or blocked. Clinical strategies are based upon diagnosis of patterns of signs and symptoms that reflect an imbalance.

In this four-week online course, Drew DiVittorio will walk you through basic processes of diagnosis and remedy that anyone with access to a grocery store will find both inspiring and instantly accessible. The strategies learned in this class can help to bring your body into harmony, creating less potential for discomfort and disease and more opportunities for health.

NOTE: Students must have access to a computer with a web browser for this ONLINE ONLY course, and may need to download free software to use some course features. Password-protected access to the course website is permitted only during the dates that this course is being held; PASSWORDS WILL BE ISSUED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE COURSE BEGINS; and user accounts will be deleted once the course is over. Audio-visual materials on the website are not downloaded but streamed through the web browser. Open Center Online Learning courses give students access to teachers and other students through several interactive tools on the course websites.

Please view our F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) for more detailed information about Open Center Online Learning courses.

AN ONLINE COURSE
February 20-March 18, 2012 (4 weeks)
12OLAHH101
$135 No Member Discount

You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Wednesday, April 4, at 8pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see Taoist Inner Alchemy.

Sharon Smith

Taoist Inner Alchemy views the physical body as a kind of a laboratory in which our inner energies, the “Three Treasures” of jing (original reproductive energy), chi (natural energy), and shen (spiritual energy), can be gathered, cultivated and refined to generate greater vitality, health, happiness and, ultimately, for the assiduous practitioner, the “return to the Tao” (or immortality) through the birth of the “immortal child within.” In this class we will be introduced to some of the foundational practices of Taoist Inner Alchemy, including: “Opening the Microcosmic Orbit,” a sitting meditation that helps us enhance and balance energy flow in the body’s main energetic pathway; standing qigong grounding and rooting practices that strengthen the muscular/skeletal structure and provide a strong supportive connection to the earth; and the melting of blocked sexual energy for rejuvenation and to begin the “rebirth” process.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(3 sessions) Wednesdays, April 11–25, 8–10pm
12WHC45T
Members: $90 / Nonmembers: $100

Sharon Smith

We’ll practice a variety of easy-to-learn but powerfully effective sitting, standing and moving exercise and meditation practices which use the breath, posture, and power of the mind to increase our vitality and awareness, lubricate our joints, stimulate qi flow in our organ systems, set up a positive emotional disposition for the rest of our day, help decrease pain, and accelerate healing from a wide range of ailments. Among other benefits, studies show qigong can lead to a strong improvement in spiritual, physical and mental health, evidenced by synchronized brain waves, reduction in stress hormones, and increases in energy.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(6 sessions) Tuesdays, February 21-
March 27, 12:30-1:30pm
12WHC43T
Members: $70 / Nonmembers: $75 /
Individual Sessions: $14
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Michael Winn

Primordial (or wuji) Qigong is an 800-year-old Taoist practice, transmitted to Michael Winn’s teacher by a 106-year-old Taoist from Wudang Mountain. The 15-minute form integrates qigong, t’ai chi, Feng Shui, I Ching and inner alchemy principles to gather life force energy from the five sacred directions in three beautiful spirals. Its graceful movements resemble t’ai chi but are much easier to learn and are designed to generate spiritual rather than martial power, and can quickly produce sensations of enormous vitality. Primordial Qigong offers us a joyful, healing and empowering movement ceremony that returns us to the vital and uncorrupted energy of our original state.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 28, 10am–5:30pm
12WHC20S
Members: $120 / Nonmembers: $130
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Michael Winn

The Taoist Inner Smile meditation is a simple yet profound method that taps into our natural ability to smile outwardly but allows us instead to focus our smile’s intent inwardly into our deep chi channels, bones, organs and brain cells, radically enhancing our internal energy flow and permitting us to find unconscious blocks and dissolve them. Come learn one of the fundamental cornerstone techniques of Taoist inner alchemy, an unparalleled way to dissolve stress and liberate our latent energy.

AN EVENING WORKSHOP
Friday, April 27, 7–10pm
12WHC10M
Members: $40 / Nonmembers: $45
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Sharon Smith

Taoist Inner Alchemy views the physical body as a kind of a laboratory in which our inner energies, the “Three Treasures” of jing (original reproductive energy), chi (natural energy), and shen (spiritual energy), can be gathered, cultivated and refined to generate greater vitality, health, happiness and, ultimately, for the assiduous practitioner, the “return to the Tao” (or immortality) through the birth of the “immortal child within.” In this class we will be introduced to some of the foundational practices of Taoist Inner Alchemy, including: “Opening the Microcosmic Orbit,” a sitting meditation that helps us enhance and balance energy flow in the body’s main energetic pathway; standing qigong grounding and rooting practices that strengthen the muscular/skeletal structure and provide a strong supportive connection to the earth; and the melting of blocked sexual energy for rejuvenation and to begin the “rebirth” process.

Introductory class on Wednesday, April 4, at 8pm.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(3 sessions) Wednesdays, April 11–25, 8–10pm
12WHC45T
Members: $90 / Nonmembers: $100
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You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Thursday, March 29, at 6pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see Wu Xing: Self-Healing Qigong.

William J. Kaplanidis, LAc, MS, MA

The concept of the “five elements” (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) as energetic archetypes whose cycles affect the flow of energy in our bodies is central to ancient Chinese medicine and to its qigong health exercises. In this class, we will learn movements and breath control exercises to help unblock the acupuncture meridians and bring qi (energy) to the organs associated with each element, thereby assisting the body in reaching a state of balance and harmony, both on a physical and emotional/spiritual level. The lung exercise helps ward off colds and lifts one’s spirit; the stomach exercise can assist with digestive issues and relieve anxiety; the liver exercise can help alleviate irritability and pain; etc. Come learn the essence of the Five Element Theory and an easy-to-learn exercise set that will help harmonize and balance your organs and accelerate your body’s natural healing abilities.

Note: No previous experience necessary; please wear comfortable clothing that does not restrict movement and flat-soled shoes.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(6 sessions) Thursdays, April 5–May 10, 6–7:15pm
12WHC07T
Members: $110 / Nonmembers: $120

William J. Kaplanidis, LAc, MS, MA

The concept of the “five elements” (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) as energetic archetypes whose cycles affect the flow of energy in our bodies is central to ancient Chinese medicine and to its qigong health exercises. In this class, we will learn movements and breath control exercises to help unblock the acupuncture meridians and bring qi (energy) to the organs associated with each element, thereby assisting the body in reaching a state of balance and harmony, both on a physical and emotional/spiritual level. The lung exercise helps ward off colds and lifts one’s spirit; the stomach exercise can assist with digestive issues and relieve anxiety; the liver exercise can help alleviate irritability and pain; etc. Come learn the essence of the Five Element Theory and an easy-to-learn exercise set that will help harmonize and balance your organs and accelerate your body’s natural healing abilities.

Note: No previous experience necessary; please wear comfortable clothing that does not restrict movement and flat-soled shoes.

Free Introductory class on Thursday, March 29, at 6pm.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(6 sessions) Thursdays, April 5–May 10, 6–7:15pm
12WHC07T
Members: $110 / Nonmembers: $120
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Fong Ha

I-Chuan (also known as Da Cheng Chuan) is a remarkable martial art developed in its modern form by Wang Xiang Zhai in the 1940s, but its core practice, the art of standing meditation (zhang zhuang), is ancient. Standing meditation can generate remarkable energy, if it is done correctly. The resulting vitality can be the root of martial prowess or, far more important, can help us overcome illness, regenerate our nervous systems, enhance our immunity, give us increased daily energy, and permit us to achieve high levels of wellness and inner strength. Join Fong Ha, one of the few I-Chuan teachers in the West, well known for his power, graciousness and cosmopolitan charm, as he teaches us these deceptively simple but incredibly effective methods of inner cultivation.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 31, 10am–5:30pm
12WBQ01S
Members: $120 / Nonmembers: $130
Please call for location.
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