The AEROFORM demo class began last week with a staff meeting at Life Movement. There are a number of very gifted and caring teachers that work at this studio.
The have gravitated to Life Movement becasue of the vision of the leader Sigi Nissimov to offer more than just the steps, the exercise, the motion and the movement. Her vision is to reach into each student, adult or child and connect with their hearts, minds and spirits and give them something that lasts beyond the class.
Each of the teachers I've seen so far have the gift of teaching with that vision. I was honored by Sigi to warm up the teachers for the staff meeting with the 7 minute AEROZONE form. It was the ideal class with the ideal students. No matter the proficiency or understanding of the work each was able to find the gift in the work.
This is exactly the point of AEROFORM. I had read one Chi Gung teacher say that most teachers teach like everything is a dance class. They give you the choreography of the move and they ask you to follow them. But with Chi Gung the idea is to waken your chi and your life force. It is better to have kinesthenic sense of what you are doing rather than an immediate copying of the movement.
If you have an internal experience and awareness of the feeling as a master would feel it being performed that is much better than just knowing the movements. Knowing and experiencing what the movement feels like inside and what it does for you is infinitely better. The development of the "choreography" and the exactness of the movement is learned in ongoing sessions.
The feedback and comments from the teachers after the warm up was very positive and uplifiting. "I loved it." Each teacher was vibrating with positivity following the class.
Later in the day the first demo class for students had some interesting results. One student came in with the sniffles and runny nose, and said she was hungry. When she was halfway through the class she said her nose was clear and her appetite had waned. When you breathe deeply you are oxygenating your body. The more oxygen means the more efficiently you will burn calories; meaning a more efficient metabolism.
When you assimilate the chi from the breathing that we are doing in AEROFORM you are "digesting" energy, particulalry if you are swallowing your saliva during the exercises.
I've noticed the same end result on many occasions with my running nose stopping, as well as congested noses decongesting. The byproduct of expelling toxins and opening up the lungs through deeper breathing.
If you cannot take the class right now in Fair Lawn, NJ email or call so we can set up a private class or workshop near where you live.
Here's to your peaceful and most vibrant self
Michael
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