Historical September–October 1998 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Hello neighbors. It’s hard to believe, but we’ve begun planning for our 20th anniversary. We’ve seen many changes in the neighborhood over the years and its great that so much of the area is doing well and getting better. Yet, I suspect that many people in the neighborhood still don’t know who we are, what we do and maybe not even where we are. Where is easy, at the corner of Des Peres and Pershing in the same building as the Yoga Center. Who we are isn’t too tough either.
We are people who live all over the St. Louis area, children and adults, men and women, big and small, of all sorts of different professions, persuasions, colors, and even nationalities that come here to this neighborhood to train. Over a thousand people have come here over the past 20 years to take art in what we do.
A few of us have even stayed around for most of those years.
The most basic thing we do is study Mind and Body Unification.
This is a calm and relaxed way of being, in which the mind is free to lead and the body free to follow.
In this way, we can have an energetic connection inside ourselves and with everything around us.
We call this connection and energy “ki.” Ki is a Japanese word usually defined as mind, heart or spirit.
We teach and study the martial art Aikido as a way of learning about ki.
We also have less physically vigorous classes in Ki Development in which we focus on learning deeper relaxation and calmness in daily life. You’re probably going to hear more about us in the next year as we count down to a big celebration of our 20th anniversary in September 1999.
We love to have visitors, so please feel welcome to come visit and see a class. We’re planning some events for the neighborhood and hop to meet more of the people who live around our school.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 1998.
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