In his one-hour Tai Chi class, Dr. Ng will lead participants through three fundamental sets from his Swimming Body Method: Muscle-Tendon sequence to lubricate the joints, stretch the muscles, tendons, and ligaments, and open the body’s energy channels to smooth out tension and stagnation; Energy Gate sequence to enhance circulation of Qi (vital life force) and promote centering and grounding; as well as the Three Treasures sequence to restore harmony of mind, body, and breath.
An authority on mindfulness, meditation, movement, breath work, and energy training, Mike J. Ng has dedicated his life to the promotion of health, harmony, and vitality through the practice of Chinese martial arts and medicine. Dr. Ng earned his clinical Doctor of Acupuncture and Master of Science in Chinese Medicine degrees from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a Corrective Exercise Specialist certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and has over 25 years of experience in movement and martial arts. He holds nine International All-Around Grand Championship titles, and in 2014, was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Join KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian in conversation with breathing expert James Nestor and clinical psychologist Dr. Belisa Vranich to discuss the importance of breath. James Nestor is a journalist and author of “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art.” In 2014, he wrote “DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves.” Dr. Belisa Vranich is the author of “Breathe: The Simple, Revolutionary 14-Day Program to Improve your Mental and Physical Health”. She is the founder of www.thebreathingclass.com. This conversation will be followed by a 15-minute breathing exercise with Dr. Belisa Vranich.
Life Examined, hosted by Jonathan Bastian, is a one-hour weekly show exploring science, philosophy, faith — and finding meaning in the modern world. Tune in on air or on KCRW.com on Saturdays at 9am, or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Join Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center for an hour of early morning yoga. Gentle Yoga starts with plenty of warm-ups for joint mobility. This class proceeds at a slower pace, with breathing exercises, adapted sun salutations, a shorter series of asanas, including a couple of restorative poses. Build up your strength, flexibility and endurance gradually.
The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center is a volunteer-based non-profit, which has been offering traditional, classical yoga in Los Angeles for 50 years. They practice and teach the ancient yogic knowledge of health, peace, unity in diversity and Self-realization with the intention to help all realize their highest potential and find inner peace. Inner peace will bring outer peace.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Grab a bite and get your brain massaged with ASMR Bakery. ASMR Bakery creates no-talking ASMR videos that incorporate a wide variety of different triggers including tapping, scratching, crinkles, and brushing in hopes of bringing you relaxation and most importantly, good sleep!
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Join KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad in conversation with singer-songwriter Valerie June about her passion for music, meditation, and more, followed by a guided meditation led by Valerie herself (+ we’re crossing our fingers, she might even play us a tune).
Valerie June is a Tennessee-born singer-songwriter who weaves electric blues, African rhythms, and cosmic atmospherics with delicate soul. Her 2013 album Pushin’ Against A Stone and 2017’s The Order Of Time were both lauded by critics and appeared on numerous ‘best of’ lists. Valerie’s new album The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers is newly released via Fantasy Records / Concord and already receiving rave reviews, including Essence, NPR, Pitchfork, New York Times, Uncut, The Atlantic, and UK’s The Times who declare this “a contender for Album Of The Year.”
KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad, brings an international mix of future soul, deep dance, indie rock, and jazz to his show. Stream his show on KCRW.com.
Photo credit: Renata Raksha
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
In conversation with KCRW’s Bodies Podcast, ProjectQ will lead a demo on how to give a friend a haircut.
Madin Lopez is the Executive Director of ProjectQ, using hair as a form of social justice by giving free haircuts to trans and queer youth of color experiencing housing insecurity. ProjectQ provides queer youth with self affirming workshops in exchange for free gender affirming haircuts. Arming the next generation with self esteem, community, and a view into what kind of future they can have. In their spare time Madin enjoy’s reading Octavia E. Butler, and N.K. Jemisin while listening to J.Dilla, M.F. Doom and Odd Future with Steven Universe or Drag Race Reruns playing in the background.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Looking for some tips and tricks into how to give a massage? You’ve come to the right place. Southern California Health Institute is a School of Massage, Medical Assistant, Personal Fitness, Physical Therapy Aide and Medical Billing & Coding Training. SOCHi has been serving The Greater Los Angeles area and San Fernando area since 1995.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
In conversation with KCRW Good Food’s Evan Kleiman, bread bakers Bub and Grandma’s will lead a deliciously soothing 30-minute baguette shaping demonstration. Be a fly on the wall or shape your own baguette by using this recipe recommended by Evan!
Bub and Grandma’s is a predominantly wholesale bread bakery supplying restaurants and markets across the expanse of Los Angeles. They make a great variety of deeply considered, long fermented breads filled with freshly milled whole grains and complementary ingredients. Featured at both the Culver City and Hollywood Farmers Markets, they plan to open their first retail sandwich shop and pastry kitchen in Glassell Park in the fall of 2021.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Calling all kids! Join us for a one-hour art class that will use supplies you can find right in your kitchen cabinets.
Self Help Graphic & Art Barrio Mobile Artists will lead a live one-hour virtual artmaking workshop. During the course of the class, the teaching artist will run through the artmaking process and answer any questions the attendees might have. Find the workshop descriptions and lists of required materials here.
Self Help Graphics & Art Barrio Mobile Art Studio (BMAS) serves their mission to nurture emerging artists and present Latino art to a broad audience, and address the vast demographic that is Los Angeles, while also expanding our audiences and community beyond the East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights communities.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
Join InsightLA for a 30-minute bilingual Spanish/English guided meditation with Rosamaría Segura.
Rosamaría Segura has been practicing meditation since 1998. She teaches in non-profit organizations, public schools, and groups dedicated to social and environmental justice. Rosamaría is both a teacher and the Director of Insight in Action, an InsightLA program dedicated to offering free mindfulness training to marginalized communities that would otherwise not be able to afford or have access to these teachings.
InsightLA is a non-profit online meditation community providing high-quality mindfulness and compassion practices. For close to 20 years, InsightLA has offered classes, retreats, and special events that cater to both beginning meditators and those looking to deepen and sustain their practice. InsightLA is the only organization of it’s kind offering secular, evidenced-based mindfulness training and traditional Buddhist teachings within the Vipassana or Insight tradition.
More about KCRW’s 24 Hours of Serenity
Listen — we’re not saying you’re stressed out and need some relaxation… but we’re not not telling you that either ; )
So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! It’s 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us on Sunday, April 18th for an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation with Valerie June to kitten cams, art classes with Self Help Graphics to baguette shaping with Bub and Grandma’s, soothing sounds of dublab artists to comforting home haircuts with ProjectQ… along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, it’s 24 hours — check out the schedule and details at kcrw.com/serenity.
The Zoom link will stay the same for 24 hours, so you can jump in and out of what interests you most throughout the day like you would at a festival. Drop by for one segment or stay for the whole 24 hours! We guarantee, this will be the chillest party you’ve ever been to. So breathe deep, hold it, and breathe out.
24 Hours of Serenity is free and open to the public starting on Wednesday, March 31st at 12pm noon, you only need to RSVP to attend.
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