Rainbow Falls Qigong

We would like to thank Chris Lowry for organizing a first time Qigong walk for Jubilee church members to Rainbow Falls in Nantahala National Forest (45 minutes from Asheville). We walked did qigong, walked, talked and did more qigong.
It was great fun! We all thought it would be a great idea to do qigong at other beautiful spots throughout these mountains so stay tuned for more walks in the future.

Conscious Movement Day - Proclaims the Mayor

We were issued a proclamation by Asheville Mayor, Terry M. Bellamy, declaring August 30, 2008, "Conscious Movement Day".
A special thanks to mayor Bellamy and city council for acknowledging Tai Chi/Qigong and Conscious Movement for the last 4 years.
We see a near future where Asheville will be known for its rolling mountains, ginseng, sustainable building, the green revolution and conscious movement.
It will be conscious politicians like mayor Bellamy who will make that vision possible.

Grand Slam !!!

Coming back home to Asheville was an amazing experience. We made it into each of the major media outlets of Asheville during our last week of the Conscious Movement Tour.

Accem got the most incredible write-up in Asheville's Mountain X newspaper:

http://www.mountainx.com/news/2007/082708moving_experiences/

Our interview on National Public Radio was probably our most challenging. We travelled all night from Chicago to Asheville to get to the interview. We did what we always do.. no different. Every two hours we'd do Qigong then switch drivers. After 12 hours of straight driving we made it to the show on time. It turned out to be one of our best interviews of the tour. (get a copy at www.accemscott.com/nprinterview.cda)

ABC 13 (WLOS) aired a segment highlighting Michael and I , our tour and the benefits of Tai Chi to the community. http://www.wlos.com/newsroom/health_alert/vid_140.shtml

Health Quest Live in Philadelphia

This late entry is a must for Michael and I. We finished our Philadelphia trip with a last minute interview with Sara Lomax-Reese and her show HealthQuest Live! on WURD 900 AM Philadelphia. Thanks Sara for a great interview! The next time we're in Philadelphia we would love to be on your show again.
(see www.accemscott.com/wurdinterview.cda for copy of the show)

Qigong in Shiloh

"This was one of the events I was most proud of" says Accem. 'There is a huge movement going on internationally where people know they have to do yoga or some kind of movement, but I haven't seen that kind of insight en masse in the African-American community so far. That's why I'm really proud that the Shiloh Recreation Center agreed to host a walk.' - Accem
Shiloh is a historic African American neighborhood in Asheville, and recent home to Accem's family. We are glad that Miss Emma, a local pillar of the community, came out to join us! And we look forward to moving consciously with more and more members of the Shiloh community. This event was a powerful homecoming for both Michael and Accem and their mission of taking this work to the people.

Conscious Movement hists the Big Screen !!

Conscious Movement hits the big screen at Asheville Brewing Company. We had a night of Conscious movement after viewing a montage of video clips from each of our walks in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, & Asheville.'It was nice seeing our tour up there on the big screen. That took things to another dimension.' - Michael

URTV Asheville's local cable access station helped keep Conscious Movement in the hearts and minds of the people by airing all our previous shows throughout the last week of our tour. We thank all the people at the station for supporting our mission of taking healthy movement to all people.

Accem at Malaprops Bookstore

If people were coming to Malaprops to sit and listen to Accem read from his book, 'American Barefoot Doctor's Manual,' they had another thing coming.Accem read the introduction to his book then proceeded to show the relevance of being your own doctor by leading the large group gathered in a series of health and rejuvenation exercises called Qigong. Michael's mother, Sandy Clark, made a guest appearance as well, leading the group in a Qigong self massage sequence that is part of her regular practice. One of the Malaprop's employees said they hadn't had a crowd that large since Deepok Chopra came to the store!

The Asheville Walk

As Rebecca Bowe of Mountain Xpress stated in her article on the Conscious Movement tour: 'Now it's Asheville's turn.' It was our best walk! The people...the weather....the aura...it was indeed a completion. Everything came together for the walk. Taking a moving meditation through downtown Asheville was truly a spiritual experience. We stopped at Pritchard Park to do a bit of hula hooping with Melanie Mcneal, and we were hosted by two Montford Avenue families who allowed us to do Qigong sequences on their lawns! 'When we reached Montford park I could feel for the first time in a month that our tour was done. It felt great . . .a real sense that we had accomplished something huge . . .something beyond ourselves.' - Accem

Special thanks to Holly, Diane, and Scott of Under One Sky (a powerful group dedicated to finding adaption options for foster children) and to Raven (our senior documentarian for the Asheville walk).