Qigong, Chi Kung, Dao Yin, Yang Sheng Fa, Yoga
 

Valley Spirit Center
 

Instructor 
Michael P. Garofalo
M.S., B.A. Philosophy

 

Private Lessons with Mike Garofalo

Public Qigong Classes with Mike Garofalo

 

Mike began learning Qigong (Chi Kung) in 1986, and has taught Qigong since 2000 at the Valley Spirit Center.  
He has taught Yoga, Taijiquan, and Qigong at the Tehama Family Fitness Center in Red Bluff since 2003.
He is the webmaster of the Valley Spirit Qigong Website.
He is a Yoga Fit Level 4 Certified Yoga Instructor and an AFAA certified Personal Fitness Trainer.
Mike has attended many Qigong and Yoga workshops and seminars.
He is the author of  The Eight Section Brocade Qigong, Dragon Qigong, Animal Frolics Qigong, and The Magic Pearl Qigong.

 



Brief Biography

Qualifications



The Valley Spirit Center includes many good outdoor areas for Qigong (Chi Kung) practice and teaching.  

Valley Spirit Center
23005 Kilkenny Lane
Red Bluff, California 96080
530-200-3546
E-mail

Directions

Services by Appointment Only

 

 

 

 

Alphabetical Index to the Valley Spirit Qigong Website

 

Cloud Hands Blog by Mike Garofalo

 

Eight Section Brocade Qigong

 

Magic Pearl Qigong

 

Dragon Qigong

 

Five Animal Frolics Qigong (Wu Qin Xi)

 

Five Elements Qigong

 

Sung - Loose, Relaxed, Open, Yielding, Responsive

 

Rooting, Centered, Balanced, Grounded

 

Qigong: Links and Bibliography

 

Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices

 

Dao De Jing by Lao Zi

 

Wudang Qigong

 

Wild Goose (Dayan) Qigong

 

The Spirit of Gardening

 

Qigong Ruler

 

Taiji Ball, Ball Qigong, Medicine Ball Exercise Routines

 

Chen Silk Reeling Qigong

 

Valley Spirit Grove Qigong 

 

Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi 

 

Luohan (Eighteen Buddha Hands) Qigong

 

Bear Frolic Qigong

 

Zhan Zhuang (Standing Like a Tree)

 

Qigong Classes - Mike Garofalo, M.S., Instructor

 

Master Chang San-Feng

 

Six Daoist Healing Sounds

 

Silk Reeling Qigong

 

Yi Jin Jing Qigong (Muscle-Tendon Changing Qigong)

 

Lifestyle Advice for Wise Persons

 

Willpower

 

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

 

Valley Spirit (Gu Shen)

 

Crane Frolic Qigong

 

Qigong Quotes

 

Self-Massage, Acupressure, and Chinese Massage

 

Daoyin Yangsheng Gong

 

Yang Style Taijiquan

 

Deer Frolic Qigong

 

Silk Reeling, Spiral and Twisting Energy, Circles

 

Taoist Perspectives: Qigong, Philosophy, Arts, Alchemy, Mysticism

 

Ways of Walking

 

Eight Trigrams of the I Ching (Book of Changes)

 

Wuji Qigong

 

Chen Taijiquan 18 Movement Chen Zhenglei Form

 

Chen Style of Taijiquan

 

Yang Taijiquan Beijing Standard 24 Form

 

Animal Frolics Exercises Qigong/Yoga/Exercises

 

The Human Body

 

Valley Spirit Center, Red Bluff, California

 

Taijiquan: Links and Bibliography

 

Temple Qigong

 

Breathing and Qigong


Sun Style of Taijiquan

 

Tips and Suggestions for Qigong Practice

 

Walking and Qigong

 

Shifu Miao Zhang Points the Way

 

Eight Ways of Walking Qigong

 

Fitness, Vitality and Good Health

 

Taoism, Nature Mysticism, Alchemy

 

My Personal Practice

 

Zen and Daoist Poetry

 

Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu)

 

Master Han Shan


Haiku and Short Poems

 

Yoga

 

Meditation

 

Index for the Cloud Hands Website

 

Disclaimer

 

 

 

 


 

Valley Spirit Center Homepage

Michael P. Garofalo's E-Mail

 

Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, Northern California, U.S.A.
Cities and small towns in the area: Sacramento, Davis, Woodland, Vacaville, Marysville, Yuba City,
Williams, Colusa, Willows, Orland, Oroville, Paradise, Durham, Chico, Hamilton City,
Corning, Rancho Tehama, Los Molinos, Vina, Tehama, Proberta, Gerber, Red Bluff,
Manton, Cottonwood, Olinda, Cloverdale, Dairyville, Bend, Centerville, Summit City,
Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, Igo, Ono, Redding, Shasta, Richfield, Fall River,
Montgomery Creek, Alturas, McCloud, Dunsmuir, Yreka, Happy Camp,
Shingletown, Burney, Mt. Shasta City, Weaverville, Chester, Susanville,
Weed, Gridley,  NorCalifia, CA, California.

This webpage was last changed or updated on February 2, 2012

 

© Green Way Research, Valley Spirit Center, Red Bluff, California, 2008-2012

 

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