Black Dragon Serves Tea

 This exercise is a central 'linking ' exercise in the Chinese martial art of Ba Gua Zhang. The movements are easy to learn yet can be performed with many variations that keep it fun and useful for people of different abilities and backgrounds. The body coils and twists like a soaring dragon developing flexibility and strength in the whole body particularly the waist and spine where core power is developed.

Practiced slowly the exercise is meditative like Yoga or Tai Chi and when sped up it has an enjoyable dance like character.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Instructor: Dave Briggs

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Even if you can't make it to Linden Hill, try checking out another local farmer's market this week. The taste of unique, fresh foods should be reason enough to buy local, but benefits also include improved health & nutrition, environmental stewardship, support for family farms & rural communities, and assurance of animal welfare.

Localvores Lee & Kristen recently enjoyed a treat that was truly worth writing about:

Delaware Valley Chicken Salad

- Chicken Salad: Happy Farm pastured chicken, mayonnaise, optional raisins & celery seed

- Pesto: Lunaria Farm batch frozen last summer (basil, olive oil, toasted walnuts, lemon juice, salt)

- Arugula from Swallow Hill Farm (vendor at Ottsville Farmer's Market)

...all between two hearty slices of Bobolink Dairy's rustic artisan bread.

To locate all the local farms & markets in your area, check out Local Harvest, where you can search by zip code or product.