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Daoist Yellow Mountain Medication

In-Person Meditation Classes Starting July 15th, 2022

Yellow Mountain Meditation trains one to relax, sink, and root the mind. It allows one to connect with the energetic field of the Divine to nurture the body’s Qi internally and create an external sacred healing space.

Classes are on Fridays 5:30 – 6:30 pm, July 15th – August 13th (5 sessions for $125)

Location:

Odd Fellows Hall,

2nd St, Corvallis OR 97330

Cost: $125 for 5 sessions

For more information please call 541-602-8177

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Chen-Style Taiji Fan Form

New Taiji Fan Class starting on Friday, September 6th at 6:30 pm! Come and join the fun!

Our new Chen-Style Weapons classes will begin this fall with the Taiji Fan Form. Every few months we will rotate the focus of the weapons class to include a different taiji weapon (jian, double jian, broadsword, double broadsword, spear, staff, fan, guandao, short staff/cane)

Class Times:

Weapons – Mondays 5:30 – 6:30 pm and Fridays 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Traditional Class – Weds and Fridays 5:30 – 6:30 pm

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Summer Taijiquan Classes!

Through Corvallis Parks and Recreation

• Introduction to the Chen-Style Spear (M&R 7:00 – 8:00 pm for 8 weeks. Located at the Chintimini Senior Center Gym, Corvallis, OR) – Classes Start May 3oth!!

Through Xilin Martial Art

• One Day Taiji Broadsword Seminar (10 – 2 pm, Avery Park, Corvallis, OR) – Only on June 1st!

• Ongoing Chen Taiji Classes (W&F 5:30 – 6:30 pm, Xilin Martial Arts, 2680 SW 3rd St, Corvallis, OR) – Join anytime!

Through LBCC

• Benton Center, Corvallis, OR (R 2:00 – 2:50 pm for 8 weeks) – Classes Start June 27th!

• Lebanon Center, Lebanon, OR (M&W 10:00 – 10:50 am or M&W 11:00 – 11:50 am for 10 weeks) – Classes Start June 24th!

Through OSU

• Faculty Staff Fitness Tai Chi (T&R 5:15 – 6:05 pm, in the Women’s Building 204 at OSU) – Classes Start June 25th!

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Saturday, June 1st: One Day Chen Taijiquan Broadsword Seminar!

About this Event

Chen Taijiquan Broadsword (dan dao) seminar, Saturday June 1st. 10am to 2pm. Come learn the 23 movement Chen broadsword form. The Chen dan dao form is simple yet powerful and can comfortably learned in an afternoon. The broadsword form is rarely taught outside of China. The cost is $40. Cash and checks will be accepted at the beginning of the seminar. Practice weapons will be available for use. There will be a half hour lunch break. Bring your own or something to share. We will provide the beverages. Instruction will be by Jeffrey J Kelly, Chief Instructor of the Xilin Martial Arts Center. For more info or to register, contact us at xilin.martial.arts@gmail.com

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Chen Taiji Spear Class

Starting May 30th from 7 – 8 pm!

Join us for an 8-week introductory class in the Taiji Spear. We will meet on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7 – 8 pm. We will be meeting at the gym (with high ceilings!) at the Chintimini Senior Center in Corvallis, OR. No experience needed! Sign up today through Corvallis Parks and Recreation: https://www.corvallisoregon.gov/parksrec/page/parks-and-recreation-activity-guide

Click on the photo below to access a video introduction!

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World Tai Chi Day!!

Come and join us for a WORLD TAIJI DAY CELEBRATION! When: April 27th, 2019 at 9:45 am. We are planning to meet in Lebanon, OR at the City Park in Front of the Library. We will start warm ups at 10 am, do some form practice (Chen-Style 18 form and Laojia) and then do some form demonstrations (Cannon Fist, Xinjia, Chen Jian, and Chen Spear). This will be followed by a potluck celebration! Bring your favorite dish and your friends and family!

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Create Your Own: CHINESE HERBAL FIRST AID KIT

Join us for a seminar on March 17th starting at 1:30 and learn how to use Herbal Medicines to treat sports related injuries and traumas. Instruction will include detailed information about the application and use of different herbal preparations, as well as a complete list of recommended products. The seminar will be 1 to 1 & 1/2 hours in length. Cost is $20 for the general public or $15 for current Xilin students.

Date: SUNDAY, March 17th at 1:30 pm

Location: 2680 SW 3rd St, Corvallis, OR

To attend, please fill out this registration form!

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Special Offer: Introduction the Taiji Staff

Join ‘Introduction to the Taiji Staff’ through the Corvallis Parks and Rec and get 1 month of free Traditional Chen-Style Taiji Classes for free (a $50 value)

Introduction to the Taiji Staff will run for 8 weeks on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7-8 pm at Chintimini Senior Center starting on 11/26/18. You will need a 5 or 6 ft staff for this course (recommend rattan or Chinese waxwood). We will work on foundational staff movements and silk reeling, an Introductory Taiji Staff form, and as the classes progress will begin work on either the Chen-Style Taiji Spear form or the Wudang Eight Immortals Staff form.
Enroll online through the Corvallis Parks and Recreation Website
You will receive a coupon for your free month of classes with Xilin Martial Arts at the first day of the Taiji Staff Class. Hope to see you there!!
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Fall is the Time for Taiji (Tai Chi)!

Photo by Gracia Lam
A recent article in the New York Times (Sept. 11, 2018) cites studies that show that practice of Taijiquan can “enhance one’s health, balance and confidence.” The article states that practice of Taiji “can help increase your stamina and diminish your risk of injury that accompanies weak muscles and bones”. In addition, a new book from Harvard Health Publications, “An Introduction to Tai Chi”, included a 2015 study that showed 94.1% of participants found positive effects of Tai Chi”. The studies in the book clearly show that Taiji, “strengthens the lower body, improves posture, promotes flexibility, increases a person’s awareness of where the body is in space and improves one’s ability to navigate obstacles while walking”

Of course, Chen Taijiquan provides all these benefits, especially building leg strength. There are many ways you can get involved in this wonderful practice!
Xilin Martial Arts offers Chen-Style Taiji classes directly every Wedsnesday and Friday from 5:30 – 6:30 pm.

We also have extension classes available this fall through the following community resources:

Oregon State University

Linn Benton Community College

Corvallis Parks and Recreation

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Introduction to the Jian

Limited Time Offer!

Sign up for ‘Introduction to the Jian’ with the Corvallis Parks and Recreation and receive 1 month of FREE Traditional Chen-Style Taiji Lessons at Xilin Martial Arts (1 class/wk package – A $50 VALUE!)

For more information, email:     Xilin.Martial.Arts@gmail.com

Introduction to the Jian (Straight Sword)

8-weeks (Sept 25th – Nov 15th) – Class Meets on T/R  7:00 – 8:00 pm at the Chintimini Senior Center.

This class is a beginner level course in the Chen-Style Taiji Jian Form.  No previous experience is required and practice jians with no sharp edges are provided.  Sign up today through the Corvallis Parks and Recreation.

Class fees: $100 ($125 Outside of Corvallis)

Instructor: Patricia Flatt