NSW Seniors Week is an annual program organised by Ageing Disability and Home Care. It celebrates living life to the full as we age. In 2012 Seniors Week will be Sunday 18 March through to Sunday 25 March.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can teach us so many things about preserving our mental and physical health into our senior years. At Traditional Qi, we aim to bring some of the wisdom of TCM and yin yang philosophy to the community, running events and workshops here in our practice and through community centres and groups. Some of the areas in which TCM and Qi Gong / Tai Chi practice are especially helpful are:
Enhancing life with energy (Qi)
Qi is the name for the life energy in the body. Without it, we would not exist. Learn how to harness the Qi in the body to extend our quality of life as we age.
Falls prevention
Learn to use the Dan Tian, our energy core (Dan tian is under the navel inside the stomach), while sitting, standing, walking and carrying things.
Preventing dementia
Learn to use the column of the body to lift energy and blood to nourish the brain, and tips for Qi Gong practice to focus the mind and body.
Depression - recovery and prevention
TCM holds that the stomach is the mirror of the mind. Learn to strengthen stomach Qi and self massage techniques.
Improving and restoring mobility and flexibility
Through the deceptively simple movements of Qi Gong and Tai Chi we can improve our movement through our daily lives. Also learn how wind, cold, heat, damp and dryness can effect the body and how to protect ourselves.
Four Seasons Health
The changing seasons each present characteristic challenges and opportunities for our physical and mental health. For optimal health learn how to adjust sleeping, eating, resting and working habits according to the season.
Scheduled Workshops Seniors Week 2012
| What | Where | When |
| Enhance Life With Energy | Sydney Community College | 18th February 10.00am-1.00pm |
| Four Seasons Health | North Sydney Community Centre | 24th February 3.00pm-5.00pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy Chinese Session |
Marrickville Town Hall | 1st March 10.30am-12.00pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy English Session |
Marrickville Town Hall | 2nd March 10.30am-12.00pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy | Mosman Evening College | 8th March 10.00am-12.00pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy | Blacktown Council | 14th March 11.00am-1.00pm |
| Mobility and Flexibililty | Burwood Library | 16th March 12.30pm-2.00pm |
| Enhance Life with Energy | Strathfield Library | 21st March 10.30am-12.00pm |
| Enhance Life with Energy | Balmain Library | 22nd March 3.00pm-4.30pm |
| Enhance Life with Energy | North Sydney Community Centre | 22nd March 10.00am-12.00pm |
| Enhance Life with Energy | North Sydney Library | 23rd March 10.30am-12.00pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy | Willoughby Library | 23rd March 2.00pm-3.30pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy | Blacktown Council | 24th March 11.00am-1.00pm |
| Enhance Life With Energy | Ashfield Library | 28th March 1.00pm-2.30pm |
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