LIVE WEEKLY CLASSES on ZOOM:
TUESDAYS 10:30 – 11:30am | $12/class
Click here for registration instructions!
drop-ins welcome!
Taught by Dr. Jay Dunbar (Ph.D.), this class rotates through a variety of Qigong, or exercises that restore, balance, enhance, and protect personal life energy both generally and within specific organ systems, while opening us to positive energy all around us. The class practices Primordial Qigong, alternating every other week with a mix of traditional sets including the 1,800-year-old Five Animal Frolics Medical Qigong, Rising Lotus Medical Qigong, Eighteen Immortals Qigong, and Golden Ball Qigong. Qigong has been found effective in maintaining health, treating various conditions, relieving stress, and enhancing relaxation. $12/class (special Zoom rate)
HOW TO REGISTER FOR YOUR ONLINE CLASS ON ZOOM:
Step 1: Download the ZOOM app for your computer or smart phone
Step 2: If you do not have an existing class pass, click here to purchase a $12 online streaming class pass. Otherwise, go to Step 3:
Step 3: To complete your registration:
click this link to go to our class schedule page and click on the “SIGN UP NOW” button next to the class you’d like to join.
Step 4: Around 10 minutes before the class begins, click here to access the Zoom meeting.
https://zoom.us/j/959456597?pwd=ZXVyeC9nSDhEOGswenZwbnBhd3NkUT09
Meeting ID: 959 456 597
Password: 968321
Thank you for your support!
About the Instructor:
Dr. Jay Dunbar, founder and director of the Magic Tortoise Taijiquan School , began Taijiquan studies in 1975 with Ruby Blaurock.
In 1978 he began a discipleship with Jou, Tsung Hwa which was to span the next 20 years. Dr. Jay’s studies with Master Jou included Chen and Yang styles, meditation, qigong, neigong, San Shou, and Xiong Yanghe’s sword form; he also learned the Wu/Hao style as an “indoor” student, and was the last to whom Master Jou taught that form, the culmination of the progression from hand to torso to mind method.
Dr. Jay has also studied with Kuo Lienying, John Painter, Henry Look, Zhu Tian Cai, Liang Shouyu, Yang Jwing Ming, Yang Zhenduo, Shi Zheng Zhong, Huang Chien-Liang, Susanna DeRosa, and Sam Masich. He received his Ph.D. in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1991, with a dissertation entitled “Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom: A Profile of Taijiquan Instruction in America.” In 2001 he established the Jou, Tsung Hwa Memorial Dantian Challenge.
He has judged in numerous tournaments since 1989. He was technical editor of Tai Chi for Dummies (Hungry Minds, 2001), and contributed the foreword to Exploring Tai Chi, by John Loupos (YMAA, 2003).
He has presented courses or workshops, at many venues, including UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, Elon College, A Taste of China, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the N.Y. Open Center, The American Dance Festival, the Guang Ping Annual Conventions, and the Zhang San Feng Festival.
Email Dr. Jay: drjay@magictortoise.com