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Upcoming Programs
Click here to join Qi Gong, a live virtual program happening Mondays at 11am.
Qi Gong (pronounced chee gung) is an ancient Chinese health care practice that integrates physical postures and gentle movements, breathing and focused mind. “Qi” means vital energy or life force, and “gong” means accomplishment, or skill that is cultivated through steady practice. Together, Qi Gong means cultivating energy and is practiced for health maintenance, healing, and increasing vitality.
In this one hour class, we will learn the different qi gong movements that help reduce stress, increase vitality, and build stamina.
Thomas Najar is a licensed acupuncturist and certified Qi Gong instructor. He left a career in hi-tech to pursue a healing career and has been teaching Qi Gong and practicing acupuncture since 2016. A native of Wisconsin, he’s lived in Austin for the past 20 years and is passionate about healthy living through fitness, nutrition, and meditation.
Click here to join Storytime, a live virtual program happening Tuesdays at 10:30am.
If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.
Join Ms. Maureen for Storytime every week. This program develops early literacy skills through story sharing, music, and crafts or activities. All ages welcome!
Click here to join Heartfulness Meditation, a live virtual program happening Tuesdays from noon-1pm.
If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.
Heartfulness Meditation can help you to live a heart-centered life, manage your emotions, and find inner peace and balance. When we become mindful of our feelings, we can let them inspire us. This practice awakens our potential for a simple, joyful existence.
Want to learn more? Check out the book The Heartfulness Way or go to heartfulnessatwork.eventbrite.com to participate in other events.
Click here to join BookTalk, a live virtual discussion happening last Tuesdays at 1pm.
Led by long-term volunteer Jane Dunham, this book club reads and discusses literary fiction (with an occasional non-fiction book thrown in). In addition, each year the group reads a classic and a book by a Texas author. Join the group on the last Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. at Westbank Library. This group is on hiatus in November and December.
2020 Selections:
- January 28 – White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- February 25– The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
- March 31– Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- April 28 – The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- May 26– The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
- June 30 – The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani
- July 28 – Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
- August 25 – The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
- September 29 – My Antonia by Willa Cather
- October 27 – The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler
Click here to join the Magic Show with John O’Bryant, a live virtual program happening at 4:30pm.
If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.
Magic Show with John O’Bryant
Learn magic with John O’Bryant! During today’s live virtual program, viewers will learn how to do cool magic tricks using household items.
For over 10 years, John’s original style of magic, illusion, and comedy has taken him across the country where he has astonished crowds both big and small. John has been a regular featured act at SeaWorld Adventure Parks and is the headlining magician at Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club in San Antonio.
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