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Martial arts brings balance

Marsja Haanstra teaches tai chi

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NIEUWEGEIN • Some call it a fuzzy activity, others get the movements a soothing, inner peace. In Nieuwegein begin in August in outdoor lessons tai chi and qi gong.

"With numerous chi and qi gong work participants of all ages de-tensioning and conscious movement," explains Professor Marsja Haanstra from Nieuwegein out. It provides both in Nieuwegein and Utrecht teaches this ancient Chinese martial arts. Q, i gong is designed body and mind into balance. Breath, movement and consciousness are centrally. through simple flowing movements and often tri-gene participants their energy in motion. By concentrating the energy can be sent to those parts of the body that should be-need to have. "That leads to inner peace and relaxation," he goes I laan radiant far-der. "Every movement has its origin and relaxation purpose. It is certainly meditative. "

SERIES MOVES gi gong shows in addition Haanstra lesson in many chi. This is a form of qi gong, also work here the participants with a series of movements. "The Chinese kinematics approach Primers stress not only from the physical, but also through the one-tal. If you learn to relax your mind-tion, the body will follow. This implies that with tai chi and qi gong learns consciously to move. When I teach tai chi participants during the lessons zen 47 movements. The one-fold, creativity and freedom in implementing these forms you-very easy to learn and practice, "" Tai Chi was originally a martial art, a kind of martial arts. It is certainly not aggressive. During

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Marsja Haanstra, "The summer is well suited to the nature busy with groups of up to fourteen people." PHOTO RICARDO SMIT

the lessons you learn to calmly received and not to fight. One-touch relaxed language and situations under control, "said Haan-emitters. She gives five years teaching in many chi and qi gong. With her husband she has discovered this form of relaxation after an introduction to tai chi both spent a week in to France by the mid-day

the sport to be busy. This keeps them a good basis to start teaching. Haanstra, "The summer is well suited to the nature busy with groups of a maximum of fourteen people. Especially when the weather is so beautiful as this week. More and more people look for ways to reduce stress and tension in their lives to reduce. With numerous chi and qi gong to learn

working on a mentally and physically relaxed life. Yes, people with arthritis or who suffer from neck, shoulders or back. "I Iaanstra usually gives lessons in sports halls. In August, she teaches-sen in the open air, in the park behind the Harmony Avenue in New-fun. New Participants get no cost probeerles. See also www.taiehiwebmi.