<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thank you, Scott for sharing this incredible opportunity with us. I am very much looking forward to the first session tomorrow.</div><div>Have a blessed rest of your day!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stephanie Barrera Valdes</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Coordinator, <a href="https://nfbma.org/bell-academy">NFB BELL Academy of Massachusetts</a></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President, <a href="https://nfbma.org/chapters-divisions/massachusetts-parents-blind-children">Massachusetts Parents of Blind Children</a></span></p><p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">IEP Advocate, National Federation Of The Blind</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">781-839-0628</span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">stephanie.p.valdes@gmail.com</span> </span></p><div style="font-size: 17px;"><span class="s1"><br></span></div><p class="p1" style="font-size: 17px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p></div><p class="p1"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 2, 2026, at 2:46\u202fPM, Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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Hope to see you tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Join Zoom Meeting</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/93680114722?pwd=En2OGaaVMvWMMhVLuTyOkfy0s4gVLa.1">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/93680114722?pwd=En2OGaaVMvWMMhVLuTyOkfy0s4gVLa.1</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Meeting ID: 936 8011 4722</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Passcode: 1940</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">---</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">One tap mobile</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span 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</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",serif">\u201cThe journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one\u2019s feet.\u201d</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">\u2014 </span><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT",serif">Tao Te Ching</span></i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, Chapter 64<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our first Tai Chi and Qigong gathering will be </span><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",serif">this Thursday at 7:00 PM via Zoom</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, and I\u2019m looking forward to beginning this journey together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For our first practice, we won\u2019t be concerned with getting every movement right or trying to accomplish anything complicated. We will begin where all practice begins\u2014with ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We will take some time to quiet the mind, settle into our bodies, and become aware of our breathing. From there, we\u2019ll begin with gentle movements and simple Qigong practices intended to help us connect our breath with our movement and become more aware of the energy moving within us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In Tai Chi and Qigong, we learn that movement does not always have to come from effort. Sometimes it comes from allowing. We breathe, we soften, we listen, and we let the body begin to move naturally. As the mind becomes quieter, we can become more aware of the subtle sensations within ourselves\u2014the rise and fall of the breath, the shifting of our balance, and the feeling of energy circulating through the body.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There is nowhere we need to hurry toward.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our first gathering is simply a beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We will breathe together.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We will move together.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We will listen together.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">And we will give ourselves permission to slow down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I want to remind everyone that I am not approaching this as a master or someone who has reached the end of this path. I am a student myself, and what I hope to share is what I have learned along the way and the peace, balance, and serenity that these practices have brought into my own life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Perhaps the greatest gift of practicing together is that we don\u2019t have to walk the path alone. Each of us will experience the movements differently, and each person\u2019s body and breath will have its own wisdom. There is no need to compare ourselves with one another. We simply practice, observe, and allow ourselves to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So come as you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You don\u2019t need previous experience. You don\u2019t need to be flexible. You don\u2019t need to know anything about Tai Chi or Qigong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Just bring yourself, a little curiosity, and a willingness to breathe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",serif">Thursday at 7:00 PM \u2014 via Zoom</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I look forward to taking those first steps together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-variant-caps: normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",serif">Scott</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",serif"><br><br></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">In peace and light, Scott Greenblatt Student of the Way visionseeker1993 @gmail.com Talk/Text: 813-460-1606 \u201cDo you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?\u201d \u2014 Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching (Chapter 15) selected<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><Untitled attachment 08095.txt></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Massachusetts-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>Massachusetts-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Massachusetts-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org/stephanie.p.valdes%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>