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Qi Gong Foundations
Apr
7

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Dynamic Stretching Clinic
Apr
12

Dynamic Stretching Clinic

Getting a true stretch is neither passive nor static. In order to stretch tissue we have to feel it, engage it, and inhabit it. When we have engagement in our muscle tissue we have circulation. Our muscles and fascia become pliable, juicy, and resilient. Juicy tissue allows our bones to find their natural alignment. Posture improves and we feel more spacious. We have possibility and freedom of movement. We have fun.

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April Full Moon Sutra Walk
Apr
12

April Full Moon Sutra Walk

Join us for a monthly full moon walk near Corvallis, Oregon. We will practice quiet hiking, sensory awareness, and group recitation of a nearly 800-year-old prose poem that asks us to understand mountains and waters from a more-than-human perspective. The walk consists of a 1.5 mile loop trail with moderate elevation gain, and will be paced for the needs of the group.

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Organ Support Series: Heart
May
17

Organ Support Series: Heart

Every body is sovereign. We each have an inborn right to self-determination within a deeply interconnected ecology that sustains our lives. Within the ecosystem of the body, the Heart is the seat of that sovereign self. A clear Heart senses direction and where you need to go to find belonging. It allows you to exert agency in the world without losing yourself. Personal sovereignty evolves by learning to follow the internal compass of the Heart.

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Organ Support Series Package
May
17

Organ Support Series Package

The Organ Support Series is your invitation to move through life with greater connection to the seasonal cycle of your body and the elements. We are biological creatures, influenced by the annual transitions of temperature, day length, precipitation patterns, and cloud movements. In this series you’ll learn about each of the five primary organs of the body through movement and your own sensory experience, amplified by the insights of Chinese organ theory. Through this series you’ll develop an understanding of yourself as an integrated system, and learn how to access and shift emotional and physical holding patterns.

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Movement Fundamentals: Walking
Jun
21

Movement Fundamentals: Walking

Past experiences have shaped our current posture and movement patterns, including how we walk, sit, stand, and lie down. If you had a chance to change old patterns and develop a new relationship with your body, would you take it? In Movement Fundamentals, we relearn how to walk as the basis for shifting the way we move through the world. We begin on the floor, easing muscle tension and reawakening gentle movement within the spine. We then increase mobility by releasing and lubricating the hip and shoulder joints. We work our way up to standing and walking, rebuilding our experience of the body by learning to sense our core and rely on our instincts.

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Organ Support Series: Spleen
Jul
19

Organ Support Series: Spleen

The Spleen nourishes us. Understood in Chinese medicine as an organ complex incorporating Spleen, Pancreas, and the closely related Stomach, this important triad governs digestion and our ability to hold on to what we need. There is a season for release, this is true. There is also a season for storing up, for stocking the pantry, for feeling full. Heading into late Summer, the brilliance of Spleen time is this opportunity for gathering, abundance, and satisfaction. Cultivating a sense of wholeness and completion, you can better discern what to give away.

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Dynamic Stretching Clinic
Aug
16

Dynamic Stretching Clinic

Getting a true stretch is neither passive nor static. In order to stretch tissue we have to feel it, engage it, and inhabit it. When we have engagement in our muscle tissue we have circulation. Our muscles and fascia become pliable, juicy, and resilient. Juicy tissue allows our bones to find their natural alignment. Posture improves and we feel more spacious. We have possibility and freedom of movement. We have fun.

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Organ Support Series: Lungs
Sep
20

Organ Support Series: Lungs

Life doesn’t get more simple than this: in-breath . . . out-breath . . . breathe in oxygen . . . exhale carbon dioxide. In this seasonal exploration of the body we’ll connect not just with breath, but the organ that makes it all possible: the Lungs. It’s easy to take life for granted, to lose touch with the basics. The Lungs bring us back to what is most essential, precisely because they require us to participate in the full cycle: filling and letting go, death and rebirth, moment after moment. When you know how to release, you also know how to make space for something new.

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Dynamic Stretching Clinic
Nov
15

Dynamic Stretching Clinic

Getting a true stretch is neither passive nor static. In order to stretch tissue we have to feel it, engage it, and inhabit it. When we have engagement in our muscle tissue we have circulation. Our muscles and fascia become pliable, juicy, and resilient. Juicy tissue allows our bones to find their natural alignment. Posture improves and we feel more spacious. We have possibility and freedom of movement. We have fun.

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Organ Support Series: Kidneys
Dec
13

Organ Support Series: Kidneys

Near the darkest moment of Winter, we have an opportunity to relax into what Chinese medicine considers the mother of all other organs, the Kidneys. These two small but crucial organs located in the mid-back not only filter fluid and remove wastes, but provide a home for deeply felt sensations related to identity and fear. They connect us to our biological ancestors, the origins of our life force, and simultaneously hold the key to our ability to dissolve into the deep trust of a good night’s sleep.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Mar
31

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Mar
24

Qi Gong Foundations

Special Class: Swimming Dragon Qi Gong. Join us for a special form that invokes the healing capacity that is one of our gifts as humans. In Qi Gong Foundations we learn a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Mar
17

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Organ Support Series: Liver
Mar
15

Organ Support Series: Liver

The Liver is large. It is the most substantial internal organ by mass and weight. Within a Chinese medical understanding, it’s also known to carry a big emotion: anger. Stagnation is one of the Liver’s most common imbalances, and it develops from putting artificial limits on this organ’s natural movement toward expression. Once you’ve moved out the gunk, a healthy, thriving Liver shows up in your life as creative acts and smooth transitions.

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Organ Support Series Package
Mar
15

Organ Support Series Package

The Organ Support Series is your invitation to move through life with greater connection to the seasonal cycle of your body and the elements. We are biological creatures, influenced by the annual transitions of temperature, day length, precipitation patterns, and cloud movements. In this series you’ll learn about each of the five primary organs of the body through movement and your own sensory experience, amplified by the insights of Chinese organ theory. Through this series you’ll develop an understanding of yourself as an integrated system, and learn how to access and shift emotional and physical holding patterns.

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March Full Moon Sutra Walk
Mar
13

March Full Moon Sutra Walk

Join us for a monthly full moon walk near Corvallis, Oregon. We will practice quiet hiking, sensory awareness, and group recitation of a nearly 800-year-old prose poem that asks us to understand mountains and waters from a more-than-human perspective. The walk consists of a 1.5 mile loop trail with moderate elevation gain, and will be paced for the needs of the group.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Mar
10

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Mar
3

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Feb
24

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Movement Fundamentals - NEW DATE! -
Feb
22

Movement Fundamentals - NEW DATE! -

Past experiences have shaped our current posture and movement patterns, including how we walk, sit, stand, and lie down. If you had a chance to change old patterns and develop a new relationship with your body, would you take it? In Movement Fundamentals, we relearn how to walk as the basis for shifting the way we move through the world. We begin on the floor, easing muscle tension and reawakening gentle movement within the spine. We then increase mobility by releasing and lubricating the hip and shoulder joints. We work our way up to standing and walking, rebuilding our experience of the body by learning to sense our core and rely on our instincts.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Feb
17

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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February Full Moon Sutra Walk
Feb
12

February Full Moon Sutra Walk

Join us for a monthly full moon walk near Corvallis, Oregon. We will practice quiet hiking, sensory awareness, and group recitation of a nearly 800-year-old prose poem that asks us to understand mountains and waters from a more-than-human perspective. The walk consists of a 1.5 mile loop trail with moderate elevation gain, and will be paced for the needs of the group.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Feb
10

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Feb
3

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Jan
20

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Being Human: Following the Body
Jan
18

Being Human: Following the Body

The first step in fully embodying our humanity is to connect to the body itself. In Following the Body, we’ll explore simple practices to reconnect isolated physical parts of ourselves back to a dynamic whole. You’ll also develop familiarity with a fundamental premise of self-healing: the ability to use the hands to connect to internal structures of the body and catalyze change.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Jan
13

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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January Full Moon Sutra Walk
Jan
13

January Full Moon Sutra Walk

Join us for a monthly full moon walk near Corvallis, Oregon. We will practice quiet hiking, sensory awareness, and group recitation of a nearly 800-year-old prose poem that asks us to understand mountains and waters from a more-than-human perspective. The walk consists of a 1.5 mile loop trail with moderate elevation gain, and will be paced for the needs of the group.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Jan
6

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Dec
16

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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December Full Moon Sutra Walk
Dec
15

December Full Moon Sutra Walk

Join us for a monthly full moon walk near Corvallis, Oregon. We will practice quiet hiking, sensory awareness, and group recitation of a nearly 800-year-old prose poem that asks us to understand mountains and waters from a more-than-human perspective. The walk consists of a 1.5 mile loop trail with moderate elevation gain, and will be paced for the needs of the group.

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Organ Support Series: Kidneys
Dec
14

Organ Support Series: Kidneys

Near the darkest moment of Winter, we have an opportunity to relax into what Chinese medicine considers the mother of all other organs, the Kidneys. These two small but crucial organs located in the mid-back not only filter fluid and remove wastes, but provide a home for deeply felt sensations related to identity and fear. By learning to support this organ you can balance what may be experienced as anxiety and isolation with a sense of connection to all those who came before you, and discover a greater reservoir of resilience.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Dec
9

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Dec
2

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Nov
25

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Nov
18

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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November Full Moon Sutra Walk
Nov
15

November Full Moon Sutra Walk

Join us for a monthly full moon walk near Corvallis, Oregon. We will practice quiet hiking, sensory awareness, and group recitation of a nearly 800-year-old prose poem that asks us to understand mountains and waters from a more-than-human perspective. The walk consists of a 1.5 mile loop trail with moderate elevation gain, and will be paced for the needs of the group.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Nov
11

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Nov
4

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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Qi Gong Foundations
Oct
28

Qi Gong Foundations

Come join us for weekly classes at Heart of the Valley Yoga! Qi Gong is based in Chinese medicine, and understanding this system distills down to one foundational idea: movement creates circulation and circulation enhances health. In Qi Gong Foundations we’ll work with this principle in innovative ways, learning a vocabulary of simple movement patterns that create the basis for many traditional forms. The broader application of Qi Gong is to promote the body’s natural self-healing capacity, and this class is designed to enhance your understanding of movement as medicine.

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