Go Deep: Connecting Breath to Gaze and Movement

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 7-9PM-- MEDITATION: 

Meditation can help us pull away from situations, sit back, reflect and formulate a better outcome through sensitive reasoning. 

Often misunderstood, meditation is not about emptying the mind or avoiding the world. Quite the contrary. It is a chance to get to know ourselves intimately and get rid of mental clutter. It is a way of life that gives us space to better ourselves and act with compassion.

We can all meditate. It starts with the wish to better ourselves. With the simple technique of body scanning, making sure we sit comfortably, muscles relaxed, we are able to maintain calm, physically and mentally. This is the start of a life-long practice necessary to navigate a world filled with uncertainty. Our ability and strength to sit still comes from within. From there, can we block out the noise by disengaging with external distractions? Can we avoid confrontation? Can we enjoy our own company? 

Meditation engages us in solitude, a gift that few understand, often mistaking it for loneliness. Solitude is by choice and necessary for reaching higher consciousness. It is a practice in non-attachment, which promotes confidence, one of the most attractive parts of ourselves. 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 7-9PM--Holistic Health and Nutrition:

By looking into eastern nutrition going back thousands of years and still in practice today, we have a window onto obvious and logical alternatives. Indian Ayurveda, the Chinese hot and cold food therapies, tea practices, and yoga are key to understanding where we’ve gone wrong and how we can get back on the right path to turn our lives around. In the fast pace environment we live in, these modalities help us to slow down while increasing our energy levels. Too often do we go through the motions. Holistic health and nutrition forces us to be accountable and become active participants in our own lives, because the simple act of noticing is crucial in staying healthy.

To be sure, holistic health and nutrition is a process that facilitates healthy, sustainable behavioral change by drawing out inner wisdom while transforming goals into action. Any health condition can be addressed and often reversed by simply looking deeply into eating patterns and making necessary dietary adjustments. Long-term goals are achieved through a series of manageable short-term goals. 

Food and mood are related. Once eating patterns are identified we start to understand why we feel one way or the other when eating, connecting feelings to specific foods. We then create a pathway for making the necessary adjustments for treating and or reversing obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and depression to name a few. 

This workshop will start with a food meditation, where you will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with each and every ingredient, activating the five senses. 

ABOUT CORINNE TRANG, Artist-in-Residence

An author of nine books and recipient of four literary awards, Corinne Trang has spent over 20 years researching eastern healing modalities. Known as an expert in Asian food cultures, today, she combines ancient theories and practices that go back thousands of years, helping folks develop balanced, healthful, meaningful, and joyful lives. Her presentations, workshops and retreats incorporate movement, meditation, food and tea therapies, critical thinking and self-expression.

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Corinne has consulted for non-profits and for-profits including the American Diabetes Association, Wholesome Wave, Sylvia Center, Kame, Simply Asia and Thai Kitchen. She has written or and been featured in Cooking Light, Saveur, Diabetes Forecast, Diabetes Self-Management, Food & Wine, Gourmet, and The New York Times, to name a few. She has appeared on many television, cable and radio network shows including Martha Stewart Living, Bloomberg, Business Talk Radio, CBS Morning News, Food Network, and TODAY.

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An engaging, fun and rigorous instructor, Corinne has taught and or presented at Mass MoCA, New York University, Syracuse University, Ramapo College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment, and the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany to name a few.

 

Today her on-going research is on tea as a spiritual, curative and physical practice. She is a certified holistic health and nutrition counselor, yoga and meditation guide, as well as a tea educator in private practice. She is currently at work on a book about tea and its healing effect on body and mind.

Wainwright House Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be offered if you do not show up, are late, or leave early from a program. If you need to cancel, fees can be transferred to another event.