Chance to train with my teacher this week!
Hello friends,
This Thursday, November 23rd, is Thanksgiving in the US, and my teacher Viola Brumbaugh is using the holiday to offer a free qigong class on Zoom at 8:30am Seattle time. Viola is a wonderful teacher, and I've learned almost everything I know—about teaching, as well practicing taiji—from her. She offers several classes a week over Zoom, which is how I'm continuing my own learning, but this is a rare opportunity to just drop in and see what an online class feels like. As you can probably tell, I think you'll like her teaching. We have similar approaches but Sifu Viola has many years more experience than me and it shows.
The James Bay Community School Centre, the very supportive venue I'm using for taiji classes, is hosting an open house at its AGM on November 29th. Instructors, including me, will be giving short talks and demos from 5:30-6:30pm, and we'll be around to answer questions. If you're curious about this taiji thing but haven't made it to a class yet, this will be a good chance to learn a little more about it. The same goes for all the other classes they offer; I'm looking forward to seeing the other instructors' demos.
Full disclosure: I've taken the promise to take a covid test before every class off my page. I will continue to do this at least through the November-December session, but if BC's Fall covid wave stays as relatively small as it's been so far then I might relax my own precautions. I continue to watch this closely, and I'm staying quite cautious of covid for my own reasons, but I don't want to make such a specific commitment if I might not stick to it. Meanwhile, I've had my flu vaccine and booked my next covid vaccine, and encourage everyone else to do the same.
And finally, a few quick admin updates:
This Thursday, November 23rd, is Thanksgiving in the US, and my teacher Viola Brumbaugh is using the holiday to offer a free qigong class on Zoom at 8:30am Seattle time. Viola is a wonderful teacher, and I've learned almost everything I know—about teaching, as well practicing taiji—from her. She offers several classes a week over Zoom, which is how I'm continuing my own learning, but this is a rare opportunity to just drop in and see what an online class feels like. As you can probably tell, I think you'll like her teaching. We have similar approaches but Sifu Viola has many years more experience than me and it shows.
The James Bay Community School Centre, the very supportive venue I'm using for taiji classes, is hosting an open house at its AGM on November 29th. Instructors, including me, will be giving short talks and demos from 5:30-6:30pm, and we'll be around to answer questions. If you're curious about this taiji thing but haven't made it to a class yet, this will be a good chance to learn a little more about it. The same goes for all the other classes they offer; I'm looking forward to seeing the other instructors' demos.
Full disclosure: I've taken the promise to take a covid test before every class off my page. I will continue to do this at least through the November-December session, but if BC's Fall covid wave stays as relatively small as it's been so far then I might relax my own precautions. I continue to watch this closely, and I'm staying quite cautious of covid for my own reasons, but I don't want to make such a specific commitment if I might not stick to it. Meanwhile, I've had my flu vaccine and booked my next covid vaccine, and encourage everyone else to do the same.
And finally, a few quick admin updates:
- The remaining qigong class dates for this year are December 7th and 14th. It will be back on a more regular routine in the new year: every Thursday from January 4th onwards, with just a few exceptions which I'll warn about in advance.
- The January-March taiji dates and times are now confirmed: 10:30-11:30am on Tuesdays, January 9th - February 20th and March 5th - April 2nd.
- Registration for the January-March taiji sessions will open on Monday December 11th. I'll send a reminder out that week.
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