Friday dinner (6:00)#through Monday Lunch (12:30)#

Arrive as early as noon on Friday#!Lodging Options#

Camping # # $25 per night#!Bungalow#Premium accommodat ions ( separate building) located in a serene area of campus a 5-minute walk from the hub. The newest addition to campus housing. Sleeps 1-2 in a double bed in a loft accessed by a ladder. Closet, desk, shelves.#

$80 single/night#$47.50/person if 2 people#!

Cabinette#Private room (separate building). Single bed with closet, desk, and shelves to store toiletries. Showers are nearby.#

$60 single/night#$40/person if 2 people#!

Dorm Room#Private accommodations grouped in a building. 10’ X 10’ with desk and furniture to accommodate toiletries.#Sleeps 1 or 2 in bunk beds.#

$50 single/night#$35/person if 2 people#!

Linens pro v ided : sheets , p i l lows , comforters, bath towels. Bring your own toiletries - soap, etc.

H E A R T W O O D I N S T I T U T E 220 Harmony Lane

Garberville CA 95542 (707) 923-5005

www.heartwoodinstitute.com 1 1/4 hours from Garberville

See Website for driving directions

Preregister by May 1 by sending a check for the full amount or pay by

credit card over the phone.#Reserve your place with a deposit of $100. No refunds after May 1.#!

Workshop# # $150#!9 meals# # $105#

(You can bring your own food and prepare your meals in the community kitchen at no cost. If

you sign up for the lodge meals, you might want to bring snacks for yourself which you can store

in the community kitchen)#!Lodging (3 nights)#

Camping# # ______#Bungalow# # ______#Cabinette# # ______#Dorm room# # ______#!

Massage#1 1/2 hr## # $90#1 hr# # # $65#

Schedule with Genna Pieri:#genna@heartwoodinstitute.com#!

Total# # # ______

Savor four days of T’ai Chi, qigong, meditation, and the Tao Te Ching on

Heartwood’s 200-Acre Northern Californian campus. Be inspired and renewed by practicing, learning, and

sharing your knowledge amid peaceful mountains, meadows, and venerable oaks.

T ’AI CHI WITH MARGARET EMERSON

JUNE 13-16, 2014

Margaret Emerson has been practicing T’ai Chi, Qigong, and meditation for 35 years and teaching for 25. She studied for 6 years with her original teacher, Kao Ching-hua, who learned as a girl in pre-Revolutionary China. During her 2-year stay in South Korea, she studied with Chi Seong-in. Through training camps and workshops, she has had exposure to many additional Chinese and American instructors. Margy is certified by Dr. Paul Lam in teaching both T’ai Chi for Back Pain and Arthritis. Her books are A Potter’s Notes on T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Breathing Underwater: The Inner Life of T’ai Chi Ch’uan. She is a contributor to the book Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching, also to Qi Journal, Aikido Today, and Black Belt Magazine. Her DVD is “Wu T’ai Chi, Kao Style: As Practiced and Taught by Margaret Emerson.” Margy lives in Arcata, CA where she’s currently teaching several forms of T’ai Chi (Wu, Sun, Chen, The 42 Combined Forms) and related exercises.#

www.margaretemerson.com#margaretemerson@att.net#

(707) 822-6508#

Heartwood Institute offers:#!• Inspiring mountain views#• Straw bale temple for silent

meditation and focused instruction#• Saline pool#• New sauna and hot tub#• Private and shared dorm room,

private cabins, camping#• Organic vegetarian meals and lodge-

style indoor and outdoor dining#• Community kitchen for storing

snacks and preparing your own meals#• General store#• Hiking trails#• Plenty of places for quiet

contemplation#!Healthy knees and a strong back are essential. We strive to keep a vehicle-free campus, so we walk vs ride around campus.

The Workshop !Instruction will be geared for all levels - beginning through advanced.#!• T’ai Chi fundamentals - posture,

breathing, feather walking, silk reeling#

• Qigong exercises combining breath, movement, and visualization#

• Sitting meditation and wuji standing, including guided meditation#

• Tao Te Ching - a chance to discuss in small groups what selected chapters mean in your life#

• Push hands as a sensitivity exercise#• Genna Pieri will offer Kundalini

Yoga classes in the afternoons#!Handouts will be available to make it possible for people to continue to practice on their own.#!Margaret’s instruction will be in the mornings and evenings, allowing the afternoons for massage, Yoga with Genna Pieri, resting, meditation, and staring off into space. Musicians are invited to bring their instruments.#!

June 13-16, 2014