Tao Oneness
Calligraphy
for beginners
Introductory Evening Friday, September 22, 7–9:30 pm, $10
Weekend Workshop Saturday–Sunday, September 23–24, 10 am–6 pm $95, includes one guest pass for $50 Chinese calligraphy is an ancient practice that is widely accepted and honoured as a way to flow universal wisdom, receive qi, and enrich life, through its powerful, positive images and messages. It is known as one of the most relaxing yet highly disciplined exercises for one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Gain deep wisdom and experience the power of meditating, chanting, tracing, and writing Tao Oneness Calligraphy with a Certified Tao Calligraphy Teacher. Learning this sacred, meditative art therapy can support, enrich, and uplift your whole life! A beginner’s kit (including brush, reusable practice sheet and water bowl) available for purchase: $15
Saint Paul University, Laframboise Hall, Normandin Room, 249 Main St, Ottawa K1S 1C5 Lynda Chaplin • 647.654.7711 • Lynda.Chaplin@DrSha.com • Meetup.com/SoulMindBodyWellness-Ottawa
Tao Oneness Calligraphy for Health and Happiness
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hinese calligraphy, a visual art that evolved from handwriting, is widely practiced and honoured in China and in the Chinese cultural sphere, including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. Its unique feature is that one can appreciate it without knowing the Chinese language. It is also respected as fine art alongside painting, poetry, dance, and music. The ultimate goal of Chinese calligraphy is to use seemingly lifeless dots and lines to create vivid pictures to connect the calligrapher’s personal feelings with reviewers. Chinese believe that just a single calligraphy can fully reveal the secrets of the writer’s outlook on life, for instance: character, experience and education. It is one of the most relaxing yet highly disciplined exercises for one’s physical and spiritual well-being. Yi Bi Zi is Oneness writing. It falls within the cursive script style. When an entire character or phrase is written in one continuous stroke without lifting the brush from the paper at all, that is called Yi Bi Zi. As a great Chinese calligraphy artist, Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha has been trained in Yi Bi Zi by Professor Li Qiu Yun and became her only lineage holder. Professor Li is recognized by the United Nations as one of the
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world leading experts on the Chinese language. The over one hundred-year-old professor learned the art from the teacher of the last royal family in China. Tao Calligraphy is a unique style of Chinese calligraphy created by Master Sha. Yi Bi Zi is the foundation of Tao Calligraphy. Tao Calligraphy possesses the artistic beauty of Yi Bi Zi, but it is enhanced with Divine and Tao Source blessing power. This style of calligraphy has been developed to carry both visible beauty and invisible power to bless every aspect of your life. These days many people find their equilibrium through a ritual such as yoga or meditation. Tao Calligraphy can be used in the same way. Writing, tracing, chanting, and meditating with sacred Tao Calligraphies aligns the soul, heart, mind, and body as one and allows for the deepest healing and transformation to occur. Tao Calligraphies carry beautiful, positive messages that bring love, forgiveness, compassion and light to uplift us with a higher positive frequency and vibration. Accessible to all without any previous experience, the Tao Oneness Calligraphy Workshop for Beginners will provide you with the keys to experience balance and harmony, and to show your own creative expression. Go through a journey of self-discovery, realization, and healing of the blockages you have within yourself
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