Margy Emerson(707) 822-6508
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www.margaretemerson.com   Classes held at North Coast Hwa Rang Do Academy in Arcata’s Sunny Brae Center Traditional Long Form (Wu style) Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Classes include related qigong exercises.
T’ai Chi for Back Pain (A new program developed by Dr. Paul Lam, a family physician and T’ai Chi expert.) Beginning and continuing classes.
~Daytime and evening classes in 10- to 13-week sessions~
~Join as late as the third week~
~Check out a class with no obligation to pay or enroll~
~Private lessons also available~
SLOW DOWN, GET QUIET, AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER: MOVEMENT, BREATH, AND IMAGINATION
T’ai Chi stimulates and relaxes people at the same time. Concentration and Coordination are enhanced; reflexes are honed. Western clinical studies have shown that T’ai Chi:
- Improves balance and reduces falls
- Lowers blood pressure
- Boosts the immune system
- Elevates mood—reduces tension, depression, anger, and confusion
- Increases lung capacity
- Reduces arthritis pain
T’ai Chi helps back pain because it promotes a relaxed, upright posture; activates and strengthens the deep stabilizing muscles that support the lower back; reduces stiffness; increases flexibility and mobility; and offers a positive focus for the mind—T’ai Chi is soothing and fun.
Margy Emerson has been practicing T’ai Chi for 28 years and teaching for 18. She spent six years with her original teacher, Kao Ching-hua, who learned as a girl in pre-Revolutionary China. Margy also studied for 1 ½ years in South Korea with Chi Seong-in. She is a certified instructor in T’ai Chi for Back Pain and T’ai Chi for Arthritis. Her books are Breathing Underwater: The Inner Life of T’ai Chi Ch’uan, A Potter’s Notes on T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Eyes of the Mirror. She is a contributor to the book Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching, also to Qi Journal, Aikido Today, and Black Belt Magazine. Her video is “T’ai Chi: Wu Style Long Form.”
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