Daria Faïn's alchemical process

Daria Faïn's will teach six classes in Internal Alchemy as a Motor for Performance, Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 2-18 (10am-Noon).

These six classes will explore the transition between spring and summer involving the correlation between liver and heart and the correspondences with the senses, the emotions and the body systems in sympathy with these two seasons and two organs.

Faïn provides a rigorous practice that opens and strengthens the body/mind symbiosis and leads the student to experience the internal and the external at once. Her movement approach works within the mutual influences between behavior and environment. It is supported by her longtime practice and study of the Chinese 5 Element Theory, the Alexander Technique and architecture. By engaging the core body and its energetic resonances, one can find full embodiment in stillness.

Location: CSV Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St, 2nd Floor, Manhattan. B,D, F, J, M, V, Z trains

Please arrive before 10am. There is no buzzer. If you are late, call 718 450 1356 to be let in.

Fee: $16/class or series of 4 for $55

You can register online through this link for Paypal. Click on the donate button, and type $65 in the amount box.

Drop-in students are also welcome.

If you are a dance student and have financial difficulties, please contact Daria Faïn to make some arrangements with her: daria@prosodicbody.org.

Possibilities of internship financial plans are available.

Please note that the Tai Chi workshop scheduled for this weekend is cancelled.

Re-energize for the New Year!

[Please note: The registration/information contact number originally submitted with this announcement was incorrect. See below for the correct number.]

Dancer-choreographer Laura Shapiro is offering a new six-session workshop, De-Stress and Center. Start the New Year with clear focus and renewed energy!

Classes will draw from several modalities such as chi kung and tai chi, experiential anatomy and developmental movement, creative movement, and meditation. You will use breath and bone as well as muscle to cultivate resilience and strength of body, mind and spirit. Benefits will include improved balance and coordination, increased flexibility and a more relaxed nervous system, generating feelings of peace, harmony and well-being.

By attending the workshops you can expect to:

· Strengthen your body as well as mind

· Increase your balance, coordination, and flexibility

· Become a more relaxed person

Location:

KIMA Center for Physiotherapy and Wellness
14 West 23rd Street, 2nd Floor
212-686-3101

Fee:

Single class, $25//bring a friend for $20 per person//6-class series, $120

Register for individual classes or take the full six-session series for a deeper experience.

Schedule:

Six Saturday sessions, January 10 to February 14 (10:30am-11:30am)

For registration or more information, please call 212-946-1537.

Laura Shapiro, a dancer/choreographer with over three decades of experience teaching people of all ages and levels of fitness. Her recent work includes teaching for Fu-Yu International Foundation, Dorot Wellness Program for Seniors, Center for Kinesthetic Education (children and adults), and the McBurney YMCA (adults 20s-80s). Her credentials include permission from her chi kung teacher to teach; certification in IM=X Pilates Floor Work and Tai Chi for Arthritis; and teaching dance as a Visiting Artist at several universities in the U.S. and abroad.