Story Slam: December 19

Story slams are on first and third Thursdays. Bring in your true stories from your own little life that want to be shared, or sit back and enjoy the show.

Theme: Holidays
Tell a story about your holiday traditions, family gatherings, that trip you took on your summer break, a gift you received for Christmas, someone you met on New Year’s Eve. Something memorable that happened during a special time of the year.

December 19 at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Sliding scale $5-15 admission fee with complimentary tea

For any questions, email contact@farleaves.com or call 510.665.9409
We hope to see you there!

 

Dao of Ink & Brush Course

Introduction to the Philosophy, Principles & Practice of Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy cultivates art, heart, poetry, breath, presence, and meditation in motion

• Improve focused awareness
• Balance & center your energy
• Enhance your inner creativity
• Connect to embodied wisdom
• Join an art lineage and practice
• Nurture community culturing

6-Session Course (Winter 2024)
10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15
Sundays at 9-10:30am

$360 (materials not included*)
Get special rates if you register...
by September 30: $330
by September 15: $300
Space is limited so sign up soon!

Register

Email info@daocenter.com for registration, details, payment plans

*Materials List:

• Ink
• Brush
• Paper
• Paper
• Mat
• Dish

Estimated one-time cost of $45-65. Please inquire for sourcing suggestions.

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About the Instructor
Dr. Paul C. Wang, DACM, LAc is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and a longtime practitioner and lineage transmitter of Dao Arts, which align mind with body, self with other, culture with nature, and spirit with soul.

Dr. Wang specializes in integrative self-cultivation methods to counteract the stressors of our modern lifestyle because he believes collective wellness depends on individual wholeness.

Throughout 27 years of teaching, Dr. Wang has travelled to share his medical, martial, and mystical expertise with thousands of diverse patients, students, and professionals in more than 20 countries during training courses and humanitarian missions.

Via an accessible style combining wit, warmth, and wisdom, he blends essential principles and embodied practices from rich traditions of healing, alchemy, astrology, calligraphy, philosophy, spirituality with scientific insights.

Thus, his creative communication integrates East and West, ancient and contemporary, theoretical and practical as useful, powerful, meaningful antidotes to balance our daily lives in this dramatic age of personal, social, and ecological transformation.

In terms of calligraphy lineage, Dr. Wang is a student of Master Chang Mei-Chu 張梅駒 (1947–), who was a student of Wang Bei 王北岳 (1926–2006), who was a student of 賀孔才 (1903–1952), who was a student of 齊白石 (1864–1957).