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T`ai Chi and meditation. I am a 30+ year student and teacher of T`ai Chi Ch`uan. My teacher was the late Grand Master Cheng Man-ching with whom I studied for seven years. I am knowledgeable about the principals, practices and the applications of Tai Chi as well as the many benefits and some of the pit falls of practice. I am also knowledgeable about Chi Kung and have developed my own `simple and easy` method. The benefits of T`ai chi Ch`uan and Chi Kung include health and wellness as well as self defense based on principles of yielding rather than resisting. Fascinating! As a life long spiritual seeker I am also knowledgeable about meditation and contemplation. My principle practice is Dzog Chen which I am learning from Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. The benefits of Dzog Chen are the potential to discover your own mind stream and master it. The point is to enter into the non dualistic state of `no thought` and then learn to be aware of this state while entering into thought. Self liberation from samara and for the sake of all sentient beings is the purpose of Dzog Chen practice.
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Recent Answers from Jonathan Gaines
2009-09-17 Starting a regular routine:
Aloha Erika First I suggest you look for a qualified Yoga instructor who you feel is a good communicator, taking time in class and with postures for your to relax and breathe without tension or anxiety
2009-09-13 transforming sexual energy:
GREETINGS. SO FORTUNATE ARE YOU TO BE YOUNG AND INTERESTED IN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE. My advice is, Skip the masturbation, it confuses your energy field and warps the mind. Relax your sexual impulses
2009-08-16 reconnecting Tai Chi:
Aloha Susie Wow, a blast from the past. How are you and what's happening? I live in rural Hawaii on the Big Island now since 1989. I went to University of Hawaii 1960-64 so this was a returning to
2009-04-09 Tai chi:Price and style.:
Aloha Let me start with this; The main styles of Tai Chi Chuan are Yang family and Cheng family style. Then there are some others that are lesser known. So find out what style is being instructed
2009-01-04 Chen Man Ch'ing:
Aloha Bruce, In the 80's I had a school on Clofax Ave across from Together Books....did you study there? Anyway, the only person I know of in your area is my former student Mary Pulick in Evergreen
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