{"id":512,"date":"2018-09-03T11:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T09:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artyci.com\/new\/?p=512"},"modified":"2025-01-17T18:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:24:51","slug":"zuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/zuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zuna-uzke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-766 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zuna-uzke-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artyci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zuna-uzke-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artyci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zuna-uzke-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artyci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zuna-uzke-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artyci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zuna-uzke.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a>Zuna has been dancing all her life. She considers dance as one of the potential expressions of her Taoist soul. She graduated from the Dance Conservatory and the University of Performing Arts in Bratislava, having several internships in Europe and Asia. <em>In addition to dancing, she studied shiatsu at Shiatsu KI school and acupuncture at the University of Guang Ming Beijing in Prague.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Apart from her choreographic work for the Artyci Dance Company and other ensembles, Zuna is a sought-after teacher working in Bratislava (SK), Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica (SK), Prague (CZ), Salzburg (A), Vienna (A), Leeds (UK), Freiburg (D), Wroclaw (PL), Poznan (PL), Bangkok (TH), Beijing and Hong Kong (CN).<\/p>\n<p>She has been teaching for over 30 years, during which she developed a unique style of work with a human body, based on experience with the anatomy of the human body and the energy flowing within. She connects her dance knowledge with the universal principles of Taoism through her studies of Chinese medicine and Qigong, bringing to her students new information about movement intelligence. The qualities of Zuna\u00b4s teachings include a peaceful, sensitive and qualified approach to movement and body.<\/p>\n<p>Zuna currently focuses primarily on Qigong and Neigong and their impact on the health and movement quality of performers.<\/p>\n<p>Zuna is the author of two research projects <em><strong>Dance and Medicine<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Dancing Qigong<\/strong><\/em> aimed at combining the philosophy of Taoism with the life of artists, especially in terms of promoting their health and improving their performance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/danceandmedicine.wixsite.com\/zuna\">read Dance and Medicine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/dancing-qigong\/\">read Dancing Qigong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her activity is also expanded with journalism. Her articles about dance, health and Qigong are regularly published in dance and theater magazines as well as in alternative medicine journals. In 2018, was published her first book <em><strong>Tao the Way to Health<\/strong><\/em> and in 2020 next book <em><strong>Meridians &#8211; pathways of life. <\/strong><\/em>Her third book<em><strong>Qigong as a Medicine,<\/strong><\/em>published in 2021, is focused on Qigong. In 2024, her book <em><strong>The Wisdom of a Tree<\/strong><\/em> was published, offering readers insight into Taoist philosophy through the observation of natural processes. In 2025, her accompanying workbook will also be released.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2024, her first book in English, <em><strong>The Tao of Movement<\/strong><\/em>, was published, presenting principles of Chinese medicine and Qi Gong for movers to understand and apply. The book was published by Singing Dragon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/tao-cesta-ku-zdraviu\/\">read Book TAO the Way to Health<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/english-meridiany-drahy-zivota\/\">read Meridians &#8211; pathways of life<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/cvicenie-ako-liek\/\">read Qigong as a Medicine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/mudrost-stromu\/\">read The Wisdom of a Tree<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artyci.com\/en\/tao-pohybu\/\">read Tao of Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zuna also works as a Shiatsu therapist, a Japanese body therapy practitioner, and has been running her <em><strong>Shiatsu School<\/strong><\/em> in Slovakia since 2007.<br \/>\nSince 2024, she has also been working as a certified therapist of Japanese forest therapy, Shinrin-yoku.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zuna has been dancing all her life. She considers dance as one of the potential expressions of her Taoist soul. 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