We offer the following for a Mindful Body

Treatment and Therapy

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  • Instructor: Marina Ardito

    Daoyin and Qigong are characterized by soft, fluid, and harmonious movements, easy to perform and suitable for everyone. They have been studied since ancient times to facilitate the flow of vital energy throughout the body, loosen joints, tone and oxygenate muscles, and relax the nervous system. The exercises are based on the "methods for nourishing life" (Yangsheng Gong) of thousands of years of tradition, which aimed to promote a long, healthy, and fulfilling existence through dietary recipes, massage, and self-cultivation practices such as art, poetry, meditation, and physical exercise. By "physical exercise" here, we mean something far deeper and more complex than the term suggests today.

    The therapeutic nature of movement is already recognized in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Lu, compiled in China in 239 BC, which states: "(In ancient times) when the climate was often cloudy and rainy and the rivers overflowed, everything became damp, gloomy, and cold. Stagnation of blood and qi formed in the human body, while muscles and bones became stiff and aching. For this reason, people used to dance, to dispel (these effects) and reactivate (circulation)."

    The first reference to the term Dao Yin appears in a chapter of the book of Zhuang Zi (ca. 369–286 BC). A later commentary on that chapter (by Li Yi) explains the term Dao as "guiding the qi" (Dao Qi) to make it harmonious, and Yin as pulling the body to make it soft. Interestingly, the commentary speaks of making the body soft, suggesting that such exercises should be gentle and relaxed to soften joints and muscles and promote the circulation of blood and qi. If these exercises were too vigorous, they would cause tension and stiffness, impeding the free flow of blood and energy, exhausting the body and failing in their intended purpose.

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Movement & Dance

  • Instructor: Keith Ferrone

    Stretch-exercise programs designed to keep everybody and every body happy, healthy and wise.

    Keith Ferrone, master teacher and trainer, has made the most of his experience as dancer, choreographer and sportsman in creating stretch-exercise programs for people of all ages.
    Flex-Ability (EveryBodyStretch)™, as stretching is useful and rewarding for ‘everybody’ and every body, ideally offers an opportunity to maintain good health through exercise while embracing a holistic approach to wellness for the body, mind and spirit.

    The individual or group lessons feature exercises that are composed of simple, easy-to-do movements, choreographed in lively sequences and immersed in a comforting background of New Age music. The participant learns to appreciate qualities of breath, gesture and motion, while discovering how efficient, harmonic and beautiful movements can bring pleasure, enjoyment and wellbeing.

    In just a few short lessons one can personally measure success through increased muscular tone as well as strength and flexibility, improved posture, heightened mental capacity and an amplified sense of relaxation and peace.

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