Power walks
From Monday 2 to Friday 6 August 2010
8.00am - 9.00am
Meeting point: steps of Teatro Signorelli
Free event
If you fancy some fresh air and an invigorating morning walk – each weekday morning you can join a member of the festival team for a 45 minute power walk. Dress for exercise, bring water and be prepared for up hill sections. The walk finishes up at the Tai Chi class, Sant Agostino.
Dance!
For the first time at the festival, we’re introducing some dance-themed fitness classes and a one off dance lesson. The low impact fitness classes will have you starting the day with some great music to stretch and warm up and leave you wanting to pirouette your way through the streets of Cortona! The two fitness classes are free events and the dance lesson is on sale.
Pizzazz!
Saturday 31 July and Sunday 1 August 2010
9.00am – 10.00am
Palestra in Cortona
Free event
The Pizzazz dance-fitness class is composed of three parts. Starting with a warm-up using famous dance steps including the grape vine and the twist. Once warmed up, local dance teacher Bianca, who has a Broadway musical base, will lead the class through a fun and energetic combination of steps and movements. Finishing up with stretching on gym mats. Open to all ages and genders – with the emphasis on having fun.
Foxtrot, Salsa and Samba Dance Lesson 
Wednesday 4 August 2010
6.00pm - 7.30pm
Palestra in Cortona
Have some fun learning Latin and Ballroom dances while under the Tuscan Sun.The class will start with Salsa, slow down with a Foxtrot and end with a Samba. Our super experienced dance teacher Anne-Marie will help you get the feel for the basic steps, move to the music and have you dancing around the floor with rhythm. She’ll teach the steps individually before you join your partner for dancing. Finishing up with an aperitif! From beginners to advanced, there is something to learn – and all of it fun.
The price €15 includes lesson and aperitif
Anne-Marie Morison FISTD (Fellow of the Imperial Society of the Teachers of Dance, London) trained as a Latin American, Ballroom and Freestyle dancer in London. She competed with South London’s Latin American Formation Team, representing Britain at British Closed, Open, European and World Championship level. She established a large dance school in Hong Kong before moving to Cortona in 2008.
Tai Chi with Lucia Dalbon
From Monday 2 to Thursday 6 August 2010
9.00am - 10.00am
Sant' Agostino Courtyard
Free event
If you have attended the Tuscan Sun Festival before – then you will know that the day really begins with Lucia Dalbon’s Tai Chi class in the grassy courtyard of Sant Agostino. Lucia has been giving classes in yoga or Tai Chi since the Festival began. Her popular classes are free and a great way to start the day and meet new people.
Although she lives locally now, Lucia was born in Milan but lived and studied in Paris. After studying natural nutrition and the macrobiotic diet she worked as a chef in one of Paris’ first vegetarian restaurants. Later she changed the emphasis of her career and began to study dance, hatha yoga and meditation. Which led her to look into studying body awareness/consciousness through the practice of Do In and of Chi Kung.
On moving back to Italy she settled in Tuscany and later took up studying Tai Chi-Chuan which she has been doing now for 10 years. These days she is the Director of Centro Samaya, a centre for body and mind awareness, which is based in near by Castiglion Fiorentino.
Yoga and Pilates Class
Friday 6 August 2010
10.00am – 11.30am
Cortona Palestra
Yoga and Pilates Lesson with Trudie Styler and James D’Silva
Bring your yoga mats.
Trudie Styler will be presenting a wellness session together with her personal trainer, former dancer and Pilates teacher James D'Silva. Together they will lead a dynamic, empowering yoga and pilates workout. With gentle, elongated positions for total-body strengthening, the organic flow of the program leaves you feeling fully present, centered and invigorated. €10
Traditional Chinese Medicine with Dr Song
From Sunday 1 to Wednesday 4 August 2010
10.30am - 11.30am
Sant'Agostino Courtyard
Free event
Dr Song gives an annual lecture series about Traditional Chinese Medicine practices. This year his lectures will focus on the five zang organs. This is the collective term for the heart, lungs, liver, spleen and the kidneys. The heart plays a leading role among these organs, and harmony among them is mainly based on the yin -yang and five-element theory.
Each day Dr Song’s lecture will focus on one or two of each of the five zang organs.
In addition to his explanations on the practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine he provides interactive demonstrations of his techniques. Complimentary Green Tea is served at all his lectures.
Dr Weishe Song; DipAc, DipTuina, BSc(Beijing), OMD, MCAA, MBRCP, MBSCM Lecturer & Clinical Supervisor in Tui Na. Dr Song has a BSc in acupuncture and tui na. He was Physician in Charge of the First Hospital of Beijing Medical University before he moving to the UK where he has a medical centre practicing acupuncture, tui na and Chinese herbal medicine. He is co-author of "Principle and Practice of Chinese Medicine - Case Study Insight from the West" and has lectured in both China and the UK.
