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Valley Spirit Tai Chi Chuan, Vancouver, Washington
 

Valley Spirit Qigong (Chi Kung)


By
      Michael P. Garofalo

 



 

Yang Style Taijiquan - Traditional 108 Movements T'ai Chi Ch'uan Long Form


Standard Simplified Yang Style Taijiquan 24 Movements Short Form


Chen Style Taijiquan Short 18 Form by Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei


Alphabetical Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website

 

Cloud Hands Blog

 

Chen Style Taijiquan, Old Frame, First Form, Lao Jia Yi Lu

 

Cannon Cane, Eight Immortals Cane Routine #2, Chen Style

 

Chen Style Taijiquan Short 19 and 38 Forms by Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang

 

Yang Style Taijiquan - Traditional 108 Movements T'ai Chi Ch'uan Long Form


Taiji Cane, Tai Chi Walking Stick

 

Cane and Short Staff Weapon Practices

 

Eight Section Brocade Qigong

 

Animal Frolics Qigong

 

Walking


Eight Immortals Cane Routine #1, Yang Style


Daoism: Principles and Practices


Zen Buddhism: Principles and Practices


Sun Style Taijiquan International Competition 73 Form

 

Cheng Man-ch'ing's 37 Yang Style of Taijiquan

 

Standard Simplified 32 Movements Sword (Jian) Tai Chi Form

 

Relaxed, Alert, Calm (Sung)

 

Centered, Rooted, Balanced

 

Pleasures, Contentment, Tranquility

 

The Five Senses

 

Somaesthetics, Body-Mind Theory and Practices

 

Standing Meditation Practices

 

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

 

Valley Spirit Chi Kung

 

Dragon Qigong

 

Tai Chi and Arthritis Relief

 

Magic Pearl Qigong

 

Qigong, Chi Kung, Dao-Yin, Yangsheng Gong

 

Mike Garofalo's Tai Chi Classes

 

Study with Mike Garofalo

 

Valley Spirit Taijiquan

 

Virtues

 

The Spirit of Gardening

 

Yang Style of Taijiquan

 

Chen Style of Taijiquan

 

Sun Style of Taijiquan

 

Alphabetical Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website

 

Broadsword (Dao):  Chen Taijiquan 23 Movement Form

 

Short Staff Weapons

 

How to Live a Good Life

 

Tai Chi Ball, Ball Qigong, Medicine Ball

 

Daodejing of Laozi

 

Dharmapada Sutra: Buddhist Proverbs

 

Alphabetical Subject Index to this Website

 

Five Animal Frolics Chi Kung Exercises

 

An Old Philosopher's Notebooks

 

The Ways of Walking

 

Valley Spirit Center Taijiquan

 

Double-Edged Straight Sword (Jian, Chien, Gim)

 

Classical Yang T'ai Chi Ch'uan Sword (Jian) 55 Movement Form

 

Alphabetical Index for Green Way Research

 

Chen Taijiquan Sword (Jian) 49 Movement Form

 

Grandmaster Sun Lu-Tang (1861-1933)

 

Sun Lu Tang's Style of Internal Martial Arts

 

Tai Chi Fan (Shan)

 

Sword and Broadsword Techniques

 

Broadsword (Dao) Saber, Single-Edged Sword

 

Broadsword (Dao):  Yang Taijiquan

 

Master Chang San-Feng

 

Taijiquan Glossary

 

Subject Index for the Cloud Hands Website

 

Chen Style Taijiquan Cannon Fist Form, Old Frame Second Form Laojia Erlu

 

Qigong, Chi Kung, and Nourshing Life Practices

 

Five Elements Qigong

 

Swinging Hands (Bai Bi Yun Dong)

 

Qigong: Bibliography, Links, Resources

 

Ba Gua Zhang (Pa Kua Chang) - Eight Trigrams Boxing

 

Hsing I Ch'uan (Xing Yi Quan)

 

Eight Trigrams of the I Ching (Book of Changes)

 

Yi Jin Jing Qigong (Muscle-Tendon Changing Qigong)

 

Push Hands - T'ui Shou

 

Valley Spirit Center

 

Qigong Ruler

 

Fan (Shan) Dance, Tai Chi Fan

 

Taijiquan: Links and Bibliography

 

Northern California, Oregon, and Washington 
T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory:
Instructors, Schools, Workshops

 

Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)

 

Silk Reeling, Spiral and Twisting Energy, Circles

 

Wild Goose (Dayan) Qigong

 

I Ching (Trigrams) and Qigong

 

The Four Gates
      
Grasping the Sparrow's Tail: Ward Off, Roll Back, Press, Push
Stress Reduction Techniques
Classroom Lesson Plan for 5th or 6th Grade Students

 

Thirteen Postures: 8 Gates and 5 Steps

 

Alphabetical Subject Index for the Cloud Hands Website

 

Lifestyle Advice for Wise Persons

 

Temple Qigong

 

Wuji Qigong

 

Short Staff Martial Arts - Jo Do

 

Zhan Zhuang (Standing Like a Tree)

 

Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices

 

Breathing and Taijiquan

 

Walking and Taijiquan

 

One Old Daoist Druid's Final Journey

 

Eight Ways of Walking Qigong

 

Tai Chi for Arthritis

 

Tai Chi for Diabetes

 

Fitness, Vitality and Good Health

 

Taoist Perspectives: Qigong, Arts, Mysticism, Alchemy

 

Wudang Qigong and Tai Chi

 

Shaolin Buddhist Qigong

 


Feedback, Kudos and Reviews

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My Personal Practice

 

Zen Poetry

 

Alphabetical Index for the Cloud Hands Website

 

Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu)

 

Master Han Shan


Haiku and Short Poems

 

The Spirit of Gardening



Tai Chi Ruler

 

Poems by Michael P. Garofalo

 

Hatha Yoga

 

Meditation


Valley Spirit Qigong

 

Reiki

 

Index for the Cloud Hands Website

 

Disclaimer

 

 

 

 



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