Kaleidoscope Institute

Sharing the ‘KI’ to vitality through
programs in Meditation, Diet & Movement

Services & Programs

Following are descriptions of the ongoing Martial & Therapeutic Programs offered at Kaleidoscope Institute. While these descriptions will provide you with an idea of what the classes offer, it is through direct experience that you will best know how these programs can be of benefit to you.

With that in mind, we invite You to come as our guest to a class that piques your interest. We can then visit about your goals and find out how we, at Kaleidoscope Institute, can help you meet them!

Kaleidoscope Institute also offers Specialty Classes for Business and Educational Institutions.

The Trager^® Approach to a Freer Body & Mind

Trager is a profoundly simple and wonderfully effective approach to improving body-mind function. Incorporating both passive and active movement exploration, Trager sessions assist you in unlocking habitual patterns of stress-induced tension and replacing aches, pains, and stiffness with relaxation, ease, and responsiveness.

Highly individualized, Trager sessions generally combine practitioner guided & self guided movements which identify and release patterns of neuro-muscular tension. The experience of effortless and painless motion gained during Trager sessions provides feedback to your cerebrospinal system on how to move with easy and integrated motion. This information can then be translated into self-guided movements to be applied in optimizing your athletic performance and health goals.

Among the benefits of the Trager Approach, are:

• Enhanced Integration of Body & Mind
• Improved Balance & Coordination
• Greater Mental Clarity
• Faster Recovery from Injury

To schedule your Trager Session, please contact: Jennifer Winick, MA, CTP.

Scholar Warrior Program

Kaleidoscope Institute's Scholar Warrior Program is a community-based martial arts program for Adults, Teens, and Pre-teens. This program provides a great opportunity to train your Mind and Body to work together as a unified force.

Founded in traditional Isshin Ryu Karate Do ("Way of the One Heart-Mind"), the Scholar Warrior Program aims to equip students with skills for success, in any area of life, by integrating:

• Physical Practice (solo & partner)
• Philosophical Investigation and
• Self-Inquiry

By combining the physical and philosophical, our Scholar Warrior Program facilitates students' integration of body and mind.

DragonFlies

DragonFlies is our martial & cultural arts program for kids under the age of 10. Based in Okinawan Karate, DragonFlies kick, punch, and jump their way to their Personal Best!

Through a variety of exciting physical agility drills, contemplative focus techniques, & engaging cultural arts events, we emphasize:

• Physical & Cognitive Development
• Social Interaction Skills
• Learning Enhancement Strategies and
• Multi-Cultural Appreciation

In DragonFlies, special attention is given to "A+ Attributes" (such as respect, honor, attitude, courage, & responsibility). By collaborating with parents to develop each child's personal best, it is our hope that these attributes will be exercised and reinforced outside of the dojo.

Qigong

Our Qigong Program teaches static as well as moving meditation practices that can be used to develop healthy bodies, agile minds, and centered emotions. This program is geared toward Adult, Teen, & Pre-teen students.

In our Qigong Program we teach traditional Taoist & Buddhist qi cultivation practices. These practices develop your ability to listen, understand, & control the movement of energy through your body. Through gentle, effective exercise sets qigong has been shown to:

• Lower Blood Pressure
• Develop Physical Balance
• Strengthen Muscles
• Calm Emotions
• Improve Sleep
• Increase Mental Acuity

Deceptively simple, qigong practice offers a powerful complement for athletes practicing strenuous aerobic activity. With its gentle, repetative movements qigong also offers great benefit to individuals with limited physical ability.

Taiji

Our Taiji Program provides Adult, Teen, and Pre-teen students with instruction in Yang Style Taiji. Practice of this eloquent Chinese martial art is said to develop one's defense against "Man & Microbe" through mastery of interpersonal dynamics & the creation of harmony within the body/mind.

Building on the therapeutic foundation of the Qigong Program, our Taiji classes encourage students to investigate the martial aspects of the meditative movements. Such investigation provides students with a means for incorporating the principles of dynamic balance into daily life, by learning to meet, yield, and redirect oncoming forces.

Enhancing the benefits derived from qi cultivation practices, the art of Taiji has been scientifically shown to:

• Enhance Cardiac Functioning
• Contribute to Pain Management
• Increase Immune Response
• Develop Flexibility, Strength, and Kinesthetic Functioning
• Improve Quality of Life

We invite you, as our guest, to try out or observe any class that you are interested in. Please, give us a call before coming so we know to expect you!

• "After working with Jennifer in the Trager Approach, I now have a better understanding of my body and mind. It is very nice to feel how much I can change my own body and be so much in-tune to living"

  - Erin Burke
  Equestrian

• "Sensei Ralph & Sempi Jen are a great balance to each other. Their energy is supportive & accepting. Everyone in the class is open & kind; there is a sense of communal growth by the end of the hour."

  - Rebekah Slotnick
  Dance & Theater Instructor
  Qigong Student

• "There's not a high-school or recreational athlete in this region that couldn't gain from Sempi Jen and Sensei Miller's teachings, with tangible benefits in leverage, balance, coordination, and focus."

  - Dave DelVecchio
  General Manager, IBS
  Qigong Student