Saturday, 21 January 2012

HAPPY 2012 Chinese New Year -The Year of the Dragon- Exceptionnal year for you my dear son Maziar and for all...




The Year of the Dragon

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'I know how to tease Life and make both of us smile',  Maziar mon fils dragoon, Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, summer 2011

'I know how travel through Life with conviction', Maziar mon fils dragoon  Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, summer 2011

'I know how to Be Life travelling through Mind', Maziar mon fils dragoon,Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, summer 2011


HAPPY 2012 Chinese New Year 


Under the beautiful light of the Canadian sun rays on the yellow carpet of ancient Ginko leaves, 
connection of the Wisdom of the <60 Chinese fortune cookies> of the author Lew Yung-chien, our Tai-chi Master to the beauty and benefits of the Ginko Biloba, the tree of the Chi-Kong Master Philip,

Scenario and arrangements by Deltra
Photo: Shahrzad  Ghaffari, NOV.2011, Westmount park



The first book Lew published besides helping me to understand the philosophy of the Art of Daoisme and Tai-Chi, also offered me a few techniques of relaxation that without it, it is impossible to have access to the dimensions where we want to reach while practicing Tai-chi, and it happens through Mind and is manifested only when we are relaxed...

The amazing photographs of this book are exemples of mastering the Art of photography through practicing the art of Tai-Chi... Tai-chi leads to the diffent levels/states of Mind where the beauty is the  Being... therefore, eternilizing the beauties by the Art of photography or any other forms of Arts......Lew often repeats,' Tai-chi is practiced all the time, 24 hours per day...'

Shahrzad Ghaffari, 22 JAN 2012


Lew Yung-Chien, Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, 2011




Master Lew you are a genius Artist and a good friend to me, while Canadian and  with Chinese origins, you live beyond the limits of time and space because you are an Artiste and because Chi has no borders...!?! 
Thank you for your generous contribution to the Arts, creativity and friendship...through your Wisdom & Heart...






My Inner Wisdom brought me to Lew who welcomed me, and later, thanks to the advice of  Philip whom Lew introduced to our group as one of the best Chi-Kong Masters in Montreal, I decided to continue the art of Tai-chi in regular basis every morning and adopt its discipline in order to release my tensions, relate my body to my Mind so using my creativity in Harmony with the whole...I am experimenting the Art of Being and how to manifest It through the Arts: photography, writing, dancing, singing...

HAPPY 2012 Chinese New Year 

To my Tai-Chi group, friends, all the people who have an admiring look on China and its amazing ancestral heritages ...
Thanks to Lew, Philip, Tammy, Carol & Eddy...and the wonderful Chinese guests of  our hotel Auberge Manoir Ville Marie  
wishing to you and to your families the best of all during 
the Chinese New Year 4710...
and for China and all the Chinese, the harmony in during the China's development...




Carol is a 'One of the Kind' Canadian Chinese treasure with whom I share a good friendship, who is full of beautiful energy of Life...she is practicing many different types of the Chinese Arts while she is also interested in Western Arts...

thanks Carol and Eddy for being here and sharing the best of your heritage and friendship..

Carol doing the Art of Fan in the park of Westmount,
Photos: Shahrzad Ghaffari, Spring 2011





Daily practice of Tai-chi under the guidance of Master Lew in Westmount park (8-9 a.m every day except week-ends and holidays)
Photos: Shahrzad Ghaffari, spring 2011





Our Tai-cgroup with Philippe the Chi-Kong  Master,
Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, summer 2011 at Westmount park 
Master Philippe is one of the most interesting caracteres of the Westmount park with whom I travel through different frequencies of Life...we share the love of  Nature ...he is a knowledgable friend with a great  sense of humor...he is whenever there is a Presence... 



Tammy & Deltra under the beautiful umberella Delta go from New York Art musium,
Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, summe 2011
Tammy you are such 
an exceptional friend and loving personne...we love you and are delighted to be able to continue doing Tai-chi when Master Lew is travelling...I always remember my initiations to Tai-chi 37 and 24 movements with you such a talented instructor, thank you for your generosity for sharing so skillfully your ancestral Arts with your friends...


Tammy leading our Tai-Chi group when Lew is travelling, Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari, summe 2011


Deltra loves anything she is learning, and she is demonstrating the Art of Chinese Fan below with so much joy...
(All photos: Shahrzad Ghaffari, 2011)


















And thanks to all our Tai-Chi group/friends/artistes who make the practice of Tai-chi possible for all of us, the union of the group makes this friendship and realization of Self possible...I appreciate our commitment with Freedom...I love you and wish us lots of fun and self-realization moments during every 24 hours Arts of Tai-chi...Chi-kong or any other forms of Arts which expresses Life and Harmony...


Sharing some fun after Tai-Chi, Spring 2011 Westmount Park (left to right: Deltra, Tammy, Carol, Sharon)
Photo: Shahrzad Ghaffari

HAPPY 2012 Chinese New Year


Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012.
Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year.

Breathing Fire into the New Year

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in dragon years are innovative, brave, and passionate. Salvador Dali, John Lennon, and Mary-Louise Parker were all born in the year of the dragon.

Fireworks and Family Feasts

At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck. The fireworks that shower the festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom. Long ago, people in China lit bamboo stalks, believing that the crackling flames would frighten evil spirits.

The Lantern Festival

In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion. Family members gather at each other's homes for visits and shared meals, most significantly a feast on New Year's Eve. In the United States, however, many early Chinese immigrants arrived without their families, and found a sense of community through neighborhood associations instead. Today, many Chinese-American neighborhood associations host banquets and other New Year events.
The lantern festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Some of the lanterns may be works of art, painted with birds, animals, flowers, zodiac signs, and scenes from legend and history. People hang glowing lanterns in temples, and carry lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full  moon.
In many areas the highlight of the lantern festival is the dragon dance. The dragon—which might stretch a hundred feet long—is typically made of silk, paper, and bamboo. Traditionally the dragon is held aloft by young men who dance as they guide the colorful beast through the streets. In the United States, where the New Year is celebrated with a shortened schedule, the dragon dance always takes place on a weekend. In addition, many Chinese-American communities have added American parade elements such as marching bands and floats.
Read more: Chinese New Year: 2012 — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html#ixzz1k9ii6S4K



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