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Hello 2010!

Dear Family, Friends and Students:

Greetings from Qi Dragon! Wishing you a great Tiger year! Strictly speaking Tiger year doesn't start until Feb 14 this year, but we are entering the solar calendar new year. Happy New Year to you all!

We are still remembering writing the 2009 new year newsletter. It's amazing how one year just passed by! While looking forward to starting something new, we want to take a moment to refelct on the past year as a Qigong/Taichi/Chinese Medicine healing community.

First we want to thank all of you for your loving support, your faith, your discipline in your practice and love for the path, which made it possible for us to accomplish what we have done together in 2009. In 2009 Qi Dragon offered four on-going classes, seven Qigong weekend workshops, three Qigong/Taichi retreats in Tassajara and Green Gulch Farm, five Qigong Intensive Day, one Qigong-in-the-world Week, one Taichi Intensive Weekend workshop and intensive week, two free weekly Community Qigong classes both in SF and East Bay, monthly Golden Gate Park Taichi/Qigong, two Swimming Dragon ten week workshops, three Liu He Ba Fa ten week workshops, two Qigong workshops for people in recovery and three series of Mandarin workshop. We continuously offered Lunchtime Qigong to SF government employees and provided continuing education credits to licensed acupuncturists and registered nurses. We had our first exciting China taichi trip in September and our first Thanksgiving Qigong retreat. We brought Master Yu Xiaolin to our community to teach us Yang Taichi and had the special opportunity to study with Master Yu Anren the 72 Closed Hands form! We should be all proud of what we have done. We did it together! It is amazing how much we can do for the community as a community.

Now it's time for us to move on from what we have achieved and take our practice and commitment to a new level. Qi Dragon will be continuously committed to providing its service in Qigong, Taichi and Acupuncture healing to our community. Please check the partial new schedule in this newsletter and future updates on line at www.qidragon.com.

May this New Year bring you joy, happiness, health and peace!

Qi Dragon Healing Center

Monthly Golden Gate Park Class in January

January 10 9am-11am Taichi/Qigong for mixed levels

Cost: $15

Location: 6th Ave & Fulton, Roller skater's Court

if it is raining, class is held at Gruenwald Press, 1663 Mission St, entrance on Plum St, door code 352

Qigong Intensive Day in January

January 17 Sunday 9am-4pm Please come to spend a day doing Qigong silently together!

Who: anyone who is familiar with the 3 Dynamic Qigong exercises; if not, please attend Monday Night Qigong class at least once prior to this event.

Where: Gruenwald Press 1663 Mission St, entrance on Plum Street, door code 352

Cost: Sliding Scale $30-$60

Please email asap if you are going to be there! You can register and pay on site but you do need to email to reserve your spot. Please assume your spot is secured once you send an email since no confirmation will be sent to you. You will be notified if the space is full. Please send in payments even if you decide not to show up last minute. We need your commitment to rent the space and make the time for events like this. Thank you for your support!

Reserve your spot right now! Please email QiDragonHealingCenter@gmail.com to reserve your spot.

Upcoming Workshops in January

1. ODC Beginners' Taichi Sword Workshop (11 Weeks)

starting Jan 3 Sundays 6pm-7:30pm @351 Shotwell St (17th & 18th St) Mixed Levels

To register: through ODC directly, Questions? Call ODC at 415-863-9830 ext 100 for preregistration prior to class, or just drop in for regular attendance. Please bring your own Taichi sword.

2. 10 Week Swimming Dragon Form 1 Workshop by Liping

starting Jan 15 Fridays 7:30am-9am in Golden Gate Park

Cost: $225 Registration form sent to: Qi Dragon 368 Page St, SF, CA94102

Please go online to fill out the registration form and register before Jan 12.

Class limited to 20 students. No prior experience necessary. Experienced students are encouraged to attend for form refinement.

2010 Retreats

Some of the details are not out yet. Please save the dates!

January 10 Monthly Golden Gate Park 9am-11am

January 17 Qigong Intensive Day 9am-4pm

February 14 Chinese New Year Qigong Intensive Day

(9am-4pm)

You are my valentine, Qigong!

February 21 Monthly Golden Gate Park 9am-11am

February 27-28 Qigong Level 1 Part 1 - Dynamic Qigong

(SF Weekend Workshop, 15CEUs available)

March 7 Monthly Golden Gate Park 9am-11am

March 13-14 Qigong Level 2 Part 3

(yes, finally finish this level!)

May 7-14 Swimming Dragon Taichi in Tassajara

July 17 Swimming Dragon Retreat in Green Gulch Farm

(one day event 9am-4pm)

Sep 3-6 Healing with Qigong and Zen

in Tassajara (CEUs available for this workshop)

On-going Weekly Classes:

Monday Night Qigong 7:15pm-8:45pm

Tuesday Night Swimming Dragon (led by John Gruenwald)

6:30pm-8pm

Friday AM Swimming Dragon (per 10 week workshop schedule)

Friday Night Liu He Ba Fa (Last 10 week series will finish in Jan)

If you are interested in studying Liu He Ba Fa, please email. No future Liu He Ba Fa workshop is scheduled so far.

Sunday Taichi Sword@ODC 6pm-7:30pm

IF you are interested in Mandaric Basics 1, please email to indicate that. We are thinking of the possibility of that.

Free Community Classes:

Wed & Thursdays, 7:15 - 8:30 am Qigong Classes

@Lake Merritt Bandstand, Bellvue Ave. in Oakland Led by Petra Duffoo 415-254-3993

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