Upcoming Qigong workshop @ Lotus Yoga Center

The Wudang Five Animal Qigong is an ancient system for developing strength, flexibility, and internal awareness for the purpose of furthering one's health and longevity.

“‘Qi gong’ is a practice that incorporates breathing techniques with specific movements and postures to help adjust balance in a practitioner’s body and mind, heighten feeling, internal awareness, bodily communication, and to promote an overall balanced and healthy existence. “

What you will learn:

· Qigong breathing and standing meditation

· Warm-up qigong exercises

· Wu Xing Wudang Qigong

For more info about the workshop, contact Luigi at theflowingqi@gmail.com

About the instructor:

Luigi Frascarelli, a gongfu practicioner, has been trained in a wide range of internal and external arts. Most recently, Luigi studied at the Wudang Daoist Gongfu Academy for Internal Arts in China under the direct supervision and guidance of Shifu Yuan Xui Gang. There, he learned some of the most ancient Daoist taiji and qigong practices. In 2009 at the Disney Martial Arts Festival, he competed and won a gold medal for his performance of the Wudang Taiji 28 form. Luigi also has a background in Yang Style Taiji and currently trains with Sifu George Kee at the Wah Lum Northern Praying Mantis Kungfu School where he is a member of the Wah Lum Demo Team.

Celebrate. RemEMBER. Fight Back

Come and join us at Ember on April 24th for a night benefiting the Downtown Orlando Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society!!!!

Ember is making a difference by donating $1 for every person that walks through the doors after 10pm. This is a great way for the community to work together in the fight against cancer.

So come by, bring your friends and enjoy some adult beverages while benefiting a great cause.

If you already plan on being out on a Saturday April 24th, why not show your support and help make a difference? Your $1 brings us one step closer to finding a cure.

Celebrate. RemEMBER. Fight Back.



www.emberorlando.com

www.relayforlife.org/downtownfl

www.twitter.com/relayfunkadelic

The Amber Project

Episode 1 Teaser Promo - A soldier running from a dark past, a government secret. A New World Order, with an evil agenda.

Directed by Ronny Vega, Writers Ronny Vega & George Martial, Producers Shawn Latang and Ronny Vega.

The Dao of Hyperinflation

I usually do not promote websites that pertain to economics or politics, but today is an exception. My brother recently turned me onto the National Inflationary Association (NIA). I watched the video on the website and realized the truth that hyperinflation is right here, right now and we, as Americans, need to understand how to survive and prosper in the years to come. The NIA's goal is to educate the American public on the hyperinflationary crisis we are experiencing right now. Feel free to share you feelings and thoughts with me. I would love to hear your opinion on hyperinflation and the current state of affairs.

www.inflation.us

Oh, also check out Kaz's blog at http://kasonomics.blogspot.com for his thoughts and insights.

Tai chi and Qigong class schedules

Wow...it's been 5 months since my return from the epic adventures at Wudangshan, China and how much I miss my gongfu brothers and sisters there.

Before I left for China, I was teaching Qigong classes at the Lotus Yoga Center every Sunday. Now that I'm back in full force with newly developed skills, classes are now being offered on Saturday's at two locations.

Saturday:
11:00am - Tai Chi and Qigong at Yoga Central (Mt. Dora, FL)

12:30pm - Tai Chi and Qigong at Lotus Yoga Central (Apopka, FL)

Qigong/Tai chi seminars - TBD


Follow me at www.Twitter.com/theflowingqi for more updates.

Zai-jian China....Ni hao Orlando

After 2 and half months in China, I have returned home to Orlando. I definitely miss being in China...living at the Wudang school, practicing what little Chinese I knew, and so many other exciting things. I met so many interesting people along the way and learned something new when I met someone. So for those keeping up with the blog, I will keep a journal online of my life experiences because I know that I will be back to China and for how long you ask....not sure yet.

Happy New Year and Picture Day at Nan Yan

On New Years Eve, most of the foreign students and other guests planned a beautiful dinner one of the hotels in Wudang. We arrived at 6pm and enjoyed ourselves for about 2 hours. After a few pi-jiu's (beers), a small group of us went back to Tan-man's room to wait for the arrival of 2009. We listened mostly to funk and reggae while sharing stories from our pasts and drinking more pi-jiu's. When the clock struck 12, we wished each other a Happy New Year and shortly after disbusrd to our rooms. We had arranged a picture day at Nan Yan at the peak of Wudangshan early in the morning.

So the next morning, seven of us headed to Wudangshan to spend the first day of 2009 in the mountains. We all dressed up in our Taoist robes and were ready for a fun morning of siteseeing and our famous "picture day"!

Pictures from New Years Dinner

Pictures from Nan Yan