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Harmonizing with Winter
January 21st, 2023
1:30 - 3 PM
@ Heal Yoga
By donation / open to all
Suggested donation 10$
* all be donated to the Crisis Prevention, Intervention & Information Centre for Northern BC.
Limited spaces (20)
workshop • movement as medecine • meditation • wellbeing • film screening • video art
About this activity
How can we harmonize with seasonal changes in order to coexist within nature?
Join in for this unique movement meditation experience, come explore different ways to Harmonize with Winter. Learn to recognize the the gifts winter through a lens of Chinese Five Element Theory. We will explore some concepts regarding yearly cycles, life cycles, food, rest, clothing, thinking and moving.
Let’s shed some light on the darkest season!
This activity will include :
A workshop followed by a guided introduction to meditation with complimentary health professional Cheri Reidy
A guided movement meditation with Cheri accompanied by martial arts world champion Taylor Dilley
A session of free movement on audiovisual video art piece Wolf Moon by Brooklyn artist A. Morgan McKendry.
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By registering to this event :
- Your name is automatically entered in a contest to win an unlimited Heal Yoga pass as a door prize!
- You will be sent a link to register for a free yoga class at Heal Yoga on Monday January 23rd, 2023 from 6:30-7:30am (flow & glow with Dominic, limited spaces).
* This event is available by donation, which will all be donated to the Crisis Prevention, Intervention & Information Centre for northern BC.
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About the facilitators
About the facilitators
/ about Cheri Reidy
Lived in Terrace for more than forty years.
In love with being surrounded by deep wilderness.
Began study of Tai Chi and Qi Gong thirty years ago, though out of practice due to some body injuries. In private practice as a Registered Acupuncturist. Ever a student of the Dao, the way of things.
I chose this career path because I had a long interest in complimentary and alternative medicine due to my own health challenges. When I had children who also had health and learning problems I could not find the answers in Western Medicine. I traveled to China in 1995 and while on tour with an NGO during the United Nations Women's Conference I was able to visit some hospitals. What struck me was the comprehensive treatment of the whole person.
While in hospital, a patient received the best of Western Medicine plus acupuncture, herbal medicine, Tuina (massage), and medical Qi Gong (breath work, visualization, movement, and meditation).
On my return, it was to be several years before I was to able to immerse in study. Even though my children were grown I still wanted to help them. Helping my patients and their children to avoid the pain, confusion, and suffering of unanswered health questions is my greatest fulfillment.
/ about Taylor Dilley
About the artist
About the artist
/ about Wolf Moon by A. Morgan McKendry
Honoring those that run with wild and who howl forth frozen nights, the first full moon of the new year is referred to as the Wolf Moon. I reflect much on celestial bodies and that which is under their purview; such as water and cycles. This work embodies such fascinations; inspired by the journeys (be they inner or outer) that the seemingly endless dark winter nights prompt. Yet, there will always be a new dawn; a new light; and a new bloom, just around the corner.
2023, Video with color and sound
/ about A. Morgan McKendry, digital artist
McKendry holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in contemporary art history from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (2015) and a Master of Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University (2019). They are interested in how technology impacts experience and materiality. Their work is inherently gender non-conforming, queer, and feminist as they are gender non-conforming, queer, and feminist.
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