2802 - Ai Chi Basic Certification
Intermediate / Pool Workshop
Thursday, Sept. 17 – Las Vegas, NV – 7:30 am-4:30 pm – 8
credit hours equal to 8 CECs or .8 CEUs
Thursday, Nov. 19 – Chicago, IL – 7:30 am-4:30 pm – 8 credit
hours equal to 8 CECs or .8 CEUs
Pool: 7:30-9:30 am
Classroom: 9:30-11:30 am
Lunch (on own): 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Pool: 12:30-1:30 pm
Classroom: 1:30-4:30 pm
Faculty: Ruth Sova, MS, ATRIC
Take your Ai Chi
experience to a new level. Prepare yourself to offer the best Ai Chi techniques
to give improved care to your clients. Compare the benefits of Ai Chi for the
average healthy adult and modifications to Ai Chi for special situations. Hear
about the Eastern thought behind the movement performance and sequence of Ai
Chi. Examine the continuing evolution of Ai Chi with several new ways to make
the basic program more effective. Analyze the body and mind efforts necessary
for a positive effect. Apply teaching techniques including lecturing, music,
pacing and flow of a class or workshop.
Examine several different ways to focus your Ai Chi instruction to
create new or advanced Ai Chi opportunities for your clients. Ai Chi Ne
(partner work) and Cultivating the Chi (advanced Ai Chi positions) and
Visualization Journey are included in this program.
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Learn the deeper
concepts behind Ai Chi.
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Experiment with a new
focus to give more depth.
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Gain experience with
the intricacies of each movement pattern.
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Apply teaching and
leadership skills and prewritten teaching scripts.
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Compare modifications
for varied special populations.
FACULTY: Ruth Sova, MS, ATRIC, an internationally known speaker, author and consultant, is
the founder of six different businesses including the Aquatic Therapy &
Rehab Institute, the Aquatic Exercise Association, Living Right Magazine,
America’s Certification Trainers, Armchair Aerobics Inc., and the Fitness Firm.
A leader in the health and wellness industry, she also draws on her vast
experience as an entrepreneur to teach others what it takes to assume the risk
of business and enterprise. Ruth is on the Wisconsin Governor’s Council on
Physical Fitness and is the author of numerous articles and eleven books on her
specialties of wellness and business. She is the recipient of numerous awards
including the Sevier-McCahill Disability International Foundation Award; and
the John Williams, Jr. International Swimming Hall of Fame Adapted Aquatics
Award. Known for her high energy and practical teaching approaches, Ruth has
brought thousands of people over the years to understand the benefits of water
exercise.
NEEDS IDENTIFICATION:
For your clients:
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Show your excellence
in teaching and caring for clients with professional development that provides
a new and deeper way to nurture your clients.
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Prepare yourself to
provide the best of this prestigious, highly regarded program.
For yourself:
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This proven,
effortless program continues its healing reputation, strengthening the immune
system, boosting the psyche, bringing focus to vital life forces and increasing
energy.
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Experience the
tranquil balance of the sympathetic and para-sympathetic systems, the soothing
balance of yin and yang, and the balance of the body-mind.
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Enjoy the beauty and
relaxation offered by combining the best of life – music, water, and Ai Chi.
Feel the harmony and centering as your spirit awakens and you move toward
self-actualization.
PREREQUISITES:
Upon satisfactory
completion of this course, participants will be certified as Ai Chi Basic Practitioners.
TOPICS INCLUDED:
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Ai Chi in depth
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Cultivating the Chi
(new Ai Chi positions)
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Practical teaching
information
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Pool teaching scripts
for varied learning focus
·
Ai Chi for special
populations
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The autonomic nervous
system
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Breathing techniques
and benefits
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The para-sympathetic
and sympathetic systems
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Physical positioning
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The Visuatlization
Journey
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Ai Chi practice in
the pool
AUDIENCE:
Physical and Occupational Therapists and Assistants, Exercise Specialists, Athletic Trainers, Therapeutic Recreation Specialists, Aquatic Therapists – other healthcare professionals involved in water therapy programs.