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We are happy
to provide new classes for 2014 in T'ai Chi for beginners, and new classes of Qi Gong as well! These classes
will be held at our studio in Inman Park, and also at other locations around Atlanta. For that new schedule, please click here or use the tab at the left. To Your Healthy New Year!
Shoulders Down, Inc. and Rising Phoenix T'ai Chi exist for the sharing of traditional T’ai Chi and
Qi Gong, as well as Movement Improvement T'ai Chi R and other programs to encourage individuals in the ways of health and energy. We teach under certifications from
Master Yun Xiang Tseng, who trained from a very young age at Wu Dang Mountain in China, the birthplace of T'ai Chi. We provide a wide range of specially designed classes for those who wish to:
build
strength, or relax, increase energy, boost immune systems, lighten loads, create balance, and those who wish
for all these things! Our classes can help ~~~~~ “Enhance Your Everyday Life, Every Day.” tm~~~~~ Our Director is Cate Morrill, who has been involved with T'ai Chi since 1988, and our Assistant Director is Harvey Meisner, who has been involved since 1996. We are also pleased to have other teachers and associates with diverse backgrounds and talents to assist and teach classes with us. UPCOMING SPECIALTY WORKSHOP
(For those pre/during/post the cancer process and
their caregivers) “Putting Spring in Your Step” Noon—1:15pm Friday April 25 Lunch following! Fee: FREE You must register for this workshop by
12 noon on April 23, 2014!! This T'ai Chi and Qi Gong set is designed to stimulate
the energy and spirit for the bright and sunny days of opening flowers, emerging sprouts and renewing patterns of “outward”
activity. Recognizing the gift of longer, lighter days and cool, crisp breezes, we perform gentle, easy to follow movements
and techniques that help us build more physical energy as well as enjoyable meditative moments. Details are on our Piedmont Wellness Page, click here!
Let's see what we can do together! We offer programs in: - Traditional T'ai Chi and Qi Gong for the general population as well as
- Special programs such as Seniors Tai Chi, for which we created "Movement Improvement
T'ai Chi", which is also an excellent program for those
- Recovering from illness or injury.
- Corporate
exercise programs,
- Community programs,
- School programs and
- More for T'ai Chi in Atlanta and across the country!
So whether you are looking for traditional T'ai Chi 24, Qi Gong sets, strength, balance, flexibility,
or working with issues such as arthritis, sleeping difficulties, muscle stiffness, osteoporosis, stress, or tension,
looking to lose weight, or get healthier, perhaps we can help you along your path. If you are looking
for a safe, gentle yet effective exercise program, for beginners or more advanced work, we will be glad to
assist you. Here at our studio and all around
Atlanta, we teach programs to help with all of those issues.
Can't reach a program site? Then see what our
DVD has to offer! CLICK HERE for a sample video clip of our "Movement Improvement Tai Chi R" for Balance and Mobility"
DVD, which is for all those seeking a GENTLE and SIMPLE, yet EFFECTIVE exercise program, such as those beginning to exercise,
Older Adults, Seniors, and more. This clip is also a taste of what a class in the Movement Improvement T'ai Chi
program is like.
Imagine, for about the cost of a dinner out , the joy of which is gone
quickly, you can practice this healthful work in your own home for as long as you like!
For more information on this video, please click here!
To read the article on WEBMD on T'ai Chi and ARTHRITIS, on which our Director, Cate Morrill, is the primary source, please
click here, thank you!
To read the article in USA TODAY about T'ai Chi and Seniors, featuring our students, please click here!
Please click here to see a recent video of one of our classes on CNN Healthminute!
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The choices you make today may change the way you feel tomorrow. There are
ancient sayings, "The seeds you tend are the ones that grow" and "The best time to plant a fruit tree was twenty
years ago, but the second best time is today."
Let us help you plant and tend the seeds of health! Starting today, you can begin this healthful
work to help create calmness, relaxation, yet be full of energy, or as our Motto says...........
Refresh, Restore, Reinvigorate!
Through our classes and programs, in Atlanta and across the country, we help by providing tools to “Soothe
the Soul”, "Activate the Energy" and create health and positive energy in mind, body and spirit.
“Shoulders down” is a phrase often used by T’ai Chi instructors to encourage students to relax their
shoulders, thereby immediately reducing stress and tension in their bodies, and then, in their minds and spirits. "Shoulders
down, energy UP"!
Some of our classes... "Movement Improvement T'ai Chi": Classes
for Seniors or those who wish for a gentle beginning exercise program, or who wish to reinvigorate their energy, enhance
balance, flexibility and strength.
"Rising Phoenix T'ai Chi"
Classes: "T'ai Chi for health, fitness, and longevity”- for individuals and the general poplulation or special groups: T’ai Chi and Qi Gong principles, and 24 Move T'ai Chi
Form . Emphasizing breathing, stretching, classic T’ai Chi and Qi Gong for health and longevity .
"Shoulders Down" Classes: "Shoulders
down, energy UP"--corporate on-site Emphasizing stress reduction, health, and fitness.
"Creating Health" -- "Let go of that which you do not need,
add that which you do." For balancing weight, stress managment, eating for health, excercising effectively
with gentle, yet strengthening movements, and using all of these to create a healthy mind, body and spirit.
For further details of these and of our other programs offered, please click here.
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