June 30, 2004, Wednesday
Walking and Taijiquan and Qigong practice in the cool dawn. Worked outside
on construction projects till noon. I took a nap and then enjoyed a 45
mintue
massage by Ashley.
Worked on my Spirit of Gardening
webpages at night. For me, gardening
is a type of contemplation-meditation, qigong-yoga, and spiritual
discipline.
"The secret of happiness lies in
taking a genuine interest in all
the details of daily life, and in elevating them to art."
- William Morris
"The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference
between the great
and the insignificant
is energy -- invincible determination -- a purpose once fixed,
and then death or
victory."
- Thomas Fowell Buxton
I still lay out five card from the Voyager Tarot Deck and
one card from the Lynn
Andrews Power Deck each morning. I find that they stimulate creative
thinking and
contemplation on virtures, values, and the meaning of life. Cards relating
to
play, courage, and reaping rewards have reappeared a number of times as of late.
I have studied Tarot symbolism in many decks, and read many books on the subject
since 1975. The Vogager Deck appeals to me the most, and I use it daily;
and, I
also pull cards from other decks to add to the mix of 6-8 cards to read daily.
Carefully reading two books:
Yoga
Mind, Body and Spirit: A Return to Wholeness. By Donna
Farhi. Illustrations
by Sonya Rooney. An Owl Book, New York, Henry Holt and Co., 2000. No
index,
271 pages. ISBN: 0805059709. MGC.
Real
World Digital Photography, Second Edition. By
Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan,
and Tim Grey. Peachpit Press, 2nd Edition, 2003. 698 pages.
ISBN: 0321223721.
MGC.
Books marked "MGC" are books in my home library.
June 29, 2004, Tuesday
Walking and Taijiquan and Qigong practice in the cool dawn. Worked all day outside
on construction projects. Heavy work and much sweating.
Yoga class for 60 minutes at night with Sam. I really felt
at ease and competent
doing yoga tonight.
Discovered a small garter snake living among the pots on our back porch.
He/she must
have been feasting on the many small frogs and toads that hide in the cool wet
plants.
"The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the
mind; to train it to the
use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others."
- Tyron Edwards
June 28, 2004, Monday
Walking and Taijiquand and Qigong practice in the cool dawn. Worked all day outside
on construction projects. Heavy work and much sweating.
School Board meeting preparation in the afternoon, and meeting in the evening.
Changed and updated email links.
"It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who
work the hardest, who subject
themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things
in order to achieve
a goal, are the happiest men. When you see 20 or 30 men line up for a
distance race in some
meet, don't pity them, don't feel sorry for them. Better envy them
instead."
- Brutus Hamilton
June 27, 2004, Sunday
Walking and Tai Chi practice in the cool dawn. Worked all day outside
on construction projects.
Worked in digital images with new software.
Changed all email addresses to reduce the flood of spam.
"Consistency is the foundation of virtue."
- Frances Bacon
June 26, 2004, Saturday
Walking and Tai Chi practice in the cool dawn.
Teach Tai Chi at TFFC: introduce new Wild Goose moves, talk about moving from
the center, expanding, opening up. Attend the 90 minute yoga class led by
Sam.
"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it
becomes available only when
a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is
fully determined
not to quit until he finds it."
- Alexander Graham Bell
Reading the latest issue of Yoga Journal, and the book by Donna Farhi:
Yoga
Mind, Body and Spirit: A Return to Wholeness. By Donna
Farhi. Illustrations
by Sonya Rooney. An Owl Book, New York, Henry Holt and Co., 2000. No
index,
271 pages. ISBN: 0805059709. MGC.
I read a couple of nice short articles:
"Stuck in a Rut," Bo Forbes. Yoga Journal, August
2004, Issue 128, pp. 127130. "You
can break free. A yoga teacher and psychologist shares her blueprint for
transforming
negative habits." 1. Sankalpa - Intention, 2. Tapas -
Intensity, 3. Shani - Slowing,
4. Vidya - Awareness, 5. Ahhaya - Fearlessness, 6. Darshana -
Vision,
7. Darshana - Vision.
"Bouncing Into Graceland: John Friend," Laura
Fraser. Yoga Journal, August 2004,
Issue 128, pp. 87-94+. See comments on his Universal Princiles
of Alignment:
Opening to Grace, Muscular Energy, Inner Spiral, Outer Spiral, and Organic
Energy. His Secondary Principles: Focal Point, Side Body Long,
Shoulder Loop,
and Inner Body Bright.
June 25, 2004, Friday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form.
Awakening at Midlife. A Guide to Reviving Your Spirit, Recreating Your
Life, and
Returning to Your Truest Self. By Kathleen A. Brehony. New
York, Riverhead
Books, 1996. Chapter endnotes, 373 pages. MGC. ISBN:
1573226327. Encourages
us to work with our dreams, express ourselves in creative ways, enhance
relationships,
meditate and prayer, honor the body, and expand consciousness.
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more
common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is
almost
a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated
derelicts. Persistence
and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press
on" has solved and always
will solve the problems of the human race."
- John Calvin Coolidge
"The inner -
what is it?
if not intensified sky,
hurled through with birds
and deep with
the winds of homecoming."
- Rainer Marie Rilke
June 24, 2004, Thursday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form.
A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday
Life.
By Andre Comte-Sponville. Translated by Catherine Temerson. A
Metropolitan
Owl Book, New York, Henry Hold and Co., 1996. Index, chapter notes, 352
pages.
ISBN: 0805045562. A wise and very readable discussion of the great
virtues:
politeness, fidelity, prudence, temperance, courage, justice, generosity,
compassion,
mercy, gratitude, humility, simplicity, tolerance, purity, gentleness, good
faith, humor,
and love. MGC.
"The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a
spurt, and lacked the
stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who
never knew
when to quit."
- J. R. Todd
Updated notes on Aging and Well Being.
June 23, 2004, Wednesday
Irrigation day around property. Worked hard on new outdoor storage
sheds.
"Literally translated as "fire" or "heat," tapas
is the disciplined use of our energy. Because
the word discipline has the negative connotation of self-concern, I take
the liberty here
of translating this central precept [from Patanjali's Yoga Sutra] as
"burning enthusiasm."
When we can generate an attitude of burning ardor, the strength of our
convictions generates
a momentum that carries us forward."
- Donna Farhi, Yoga MInd, Body and Spirit
Two of my favorite yoga books, which a read a little from each day, are
by Donna Farhi.
Yoga
Mind, Body and Spirit: A Return to Wholeness. By Donna
Farhi. Illustrations
by Sonya Rooney. An Owl Book, New York, Henry Holt and Co., 2000. No
index,
271 pages. ISBN: 0805059709. MGC.
Bringing
Yoga to Life:The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living. By
Donna Farhi.
Harper San Francisco, 2003. 250 pages. MGC. Notes. ISBN: 0060091142.
Previewed the instructional videotape:
Orthodox Taiji Sword. Instructional VHS videotape. Presented by
Madam Wang Ji Yung.
108 minutes. Step by step teaching of the 32 Form sword set. Produced
by Vecom
Development Co.. Includes a 26 page instructional booklet. Versions
in Mandarin,
Cantonese, Japanese and English. Madame Wang is the Vice Chairman of the
the
Chinese Wushu Association, and Professor at the Shanghai Wushu Investigation
Laboratory. Distributed by Wayfarer.
Updated the Taijiquan Sword webpage.
Exploring web photographic gallery software products:
Real
World Digital Photography, Second Edition. By Katrin Eismann,
Sean Duggan,
and Tim Grey. Peachpit Press, 2nd Edition, 2003. 698
pages. ISBN: 0321223721.
JASC Paint Shop Power Suite 8 Photo Edition
How to do Everything With Paint Shop Pro 8
Paint
Shop Pro 8: The Guide to Creating Professional Images
June 22, 2004, Tuesday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form.
"Once, while St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden, he was asked,
"What would you
do if you were suddenly to learn that you were to die at sunset
today?" He replied, "I would
finish hoeing my garden."
Previewed the instructional videotape:
Chen Taijiquan 19 Forms. By Ren Guang Yi. This short form was
created by the
contemporary Chen master Chen Xiaowang. Instructional videotape, 48
minutes.
Step by step teaching of the 19 movements, and demonstrations. Some
instruction
in Zhan Zhuang standing meditation. MGC. Prepared by the
International Chen
Style Taijiquan Association.
June 21, 2004, Monday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form.
Work around the house on projects: electrical, watering, shed
reconstruction.
Updated Sung: Relaxation webpage.
"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer
will accomplish with
all the tools in a machine shop."
- Robert Hughes
Pulling Onions- Gardening Quips, Observations, and One Liners by Michael P. Garofalo.
It's OK to think while gardening; but, ill advised to garden while thinking.
Fresh fruit from the tree - sweet summertime.
Gardening gets you on your knees; praying is optional.
Gardening leads us to embody our minds.
Come to your senses by gardening today.
A garden: a small picture from an epic movie.
To garden is the reward.
- Pulling Onions, #471-475.
June 20, 2004, Sunday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form. Relax and nap in the heat of the
day. Watering.
Work outdoors on gravel moving project. Install a new screen door on
back patio.
Begin setup work on garage fan installation.
Father's Day calls and gifts from children and wife - how nice. Hearing
of the progress
and success and happiness of my children makes me feel really good.
Hopefully,
as a parent, I contributed to the positive development and education of my two
children: Alicia and Mick. Now, I hope to be able to relate to them well
as
independent adults, provide support, and respect them and their spouses as
a couple and as parents themselves. Then, someday, I will become a
"grandparent"
and can see then next generation emerge and contribute something to
them.
"I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was
yesterday."
- Abraham Lincoln
Numerous persons have tried to live the life of the scholar-martial artist.
Updated Tai Chi and Health webpage.
June 19, 2004, Saturday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form. Teach a Tai Chi class from 9:30 - 11.
Yoga class
with Sam from 11-12:30. Very stiff from squats and leg presses and
lots of
standing outdoors.
Karen and I take a day trip to Chico for a Chinese food lunch, used and new
bookstore
browsing, and home improvement shopping at Lowe's and Home
Depot.
The biggest room in the world is the room for self improvement.
Opening the doors of the future requires that we secure the keys from the past.
"Nurture you mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher
than you think."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Reading the latest issue of T'ai Chi: The International Magazine of T'ai Chi
Ch'uan, Volume 28,
No. 3, June 2004.
Updated Sun style Taijiquan webpage.
June 18, 2004, Friday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Practicing
the Wild Goose Qigong form. Outdoor work for 5 hours - shoveling gravel
and
porch electrical work.
Workout at gym: weightlifting and swim in pool. I will lift weights
every other day as
follows: Friday, Sunday, Tuesday. Legs and back are done every time,
and chest
is worked on Sunday. Chest and biceps only on Wednesday. Consistency
is the
most important. I've found that if I work heavy with weights before mat
pilates and
yoga I exhaust myself.
I need to think about rest and recuperation more, and the pacing and
sequencing
of exercise to allow for rest between different types of exercise.
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you
become
by achieving your goals."
- Zig Ziglar
Updated Chen Taijiquan webpage.
June 17, 2004, Thursday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the cool early morning hours at daybreak.
Very stiff and sore from yesterdays workout - time to take a rest day from the
gym.
Learning and practicing the Wild Goose Qigong form, #1-25 of the 64 form from Grandmaster Yang, Mei-Jun. I like the instructional videotape by Madame Shifu Lu Yuxhi.
Lots of outdoor home improvement work today. I've been shoveling
gravel into needed locations
along pathways, driveway, borders. Extensive outdoor electrical
work.
"I count him braver who
overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the
hardest victory is the victory over self."
- Aristotle
Updated links on the Staff Weapons webpage.
June 16, 2004, Wednesday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the early morning. Weightlifting, Mat Pilates
and Yoga at
night. Learning and practicing the Wild Goose Qigong
form, #1-25 of the 64 form
by Grandmaster Yang, Mei-Jun.
Mat Pilates is fairly vigorous. It requires that you keep your abdomen
flexed flat
during all the exercises. Repetitions can range from 10 to 100.
Outbreaths are
a vigorous hiss. I can't do the exercise forms perfectly or do the number
of repetitions
so I just rest sometimes. You need to be careful to avoid
injury.
Spoke with my diabetes nurse, Amy, this morning. She suggested more
small meals
to reduce hunger. I think that Yoga and massage have helped reduce the
pain in
my feet. Blue Cross offers a Diabetes Health Improvement Program (800)
522-5660.
I would recommend it to anyone trying to improve their health and manage their
diabetes. Health care issues are a bit complex for diabetics, and they
need good
advice and information from medical professionals.
Updated the Silk Reeling webpage.
"Stop looking for your purpose . . . BE IT!"
- Wayne Dyer
A very interesting article by Linda Sparrow on Tirumalai
Krishnamacharya and his students:
Pattabhi Jois
(Astanga Vinyasa), B.K.S.
Iyengar (Inengar Yoga), Indra Devi, and his son
T.K.V.
Desikachar (Viniyoga).
Krishnamacharya's son son graduated with a degree in electrical
engineering. He decided
to study Yoga with his father as long as "no God" was
included.
June 15, 2004, Tuesday
Walking, Qigong and Taiji in the early morning. Weightlifting and 90
minutes of Yoga at
night.
Busy with outdoor electrical chores on a 95 plus degree day - windy and
hot:
summertime in Red Bluff. Getting used to the summer heat.
Learning to do the Wild Goose Qigong form by using
the instructional videotapes by the
Madame Masters Wen-Mei Yu and Lu Yushi.
Updated webpage on Tai Chi and Health.
Updated the Northern California Tai Chi Directory.
Reading:
Philosophy
in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought.
By Geogre Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Basic Books, Perseu Books, 1999.
Index,
bibliography, 624 pages. ISBN: 0465056741. MGC.
"The mind is inherently
bebodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are
largely
metaphorical."
"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the
man who will win."
- Roger Bannister
June 14, 2004, Monday
Walking and Tai Chi in the early morning. Weightlifting and yoga at
night. Learning
the Wild Goose Qigong form.
"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the
determination
to make the right things happen."
- Peter Marshall
Dental appointment in the morning. Repair of old filling. My
first dental work in
five years, other than regular cleaning.
Updated the webpage on Sung: Relaxation.
Wisdom
of the Body Moving: An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering. By Linda
Hartley.
Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 1989, 1905. Index,
bibliography, 346 pages.
ISBN: 1556431740. Excellent information on the human body, movement
patterns in
infants, touching, yoga exercises and sensation-feeling aspects of movements.
BMC
is a therapeutic style of bodywork.
June 13, 2004, Sunday
"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance
and sweeps away
all obstacles." - Claude M. Bristol
Vigorous outdoor sports in the cool morning, siesta in the heat of the day."
Reading
The Web
That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine. By Ted J.
Kaptchuk,
O.M.D.. Chicago, McGraw Hill Contemporary Books, 2nd Edition, 2000.
Index, bibliography,
appendices, notes, 500 pages. Foreward by Margaret Caudill, M.D., and by
Andrew
Weil, M.D. ISBN:
0809228408. MGC. An excellent introduction to traditional
Chinese
medicine and modern research on the topic.
Updated Qigong Links.
June 12, 2004, Saturday
"Where there's a will, there's a way.
When the will is ready the feet are light."
- Proverbs
After careful reading and due reflection on Kriya Yoga topics, I have decided that I
simply cannot accept the philosophical
presuppositions, religious tenets, and viewpoints expressed by Paramhansa
Yogananda.
Therefore,
my further research and thinking will be expressed in A
Critique of Paramhansa Yogananda's Viewpoints.
Taught Tai Chi and Qigong for 1.5 hours at TFFC. Yoga with
Sam for 90 minutes. Irrigation day
all day - ditch running. Quite warm in the afternoon.
June 11, 2004, Friday
"People do not lack strength; they lack will."
- Victor Hugo
"Can
you coax you mind from its wandering and attend to the one?
Can you cultivate your life force and sustain the suppleness of a newborn with
nor cares?
Can you refine your inner vision until you see pure light?"
Lao Zi (Lao Tze), philosopher, poet, 5th Century B.C.E.
Updated the Qigong Links webpage.
June 10, 2004, Thursday
"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that
some people are
ready to change and others are not."
- James Gordon
Walking and Tai Chi in the morning. Mat Pilates and Yoga in the evening: 4:30 - 7.
Added new material to the Wild Goose Qigong webpage.
Vahana, the Cosmic Goose,
carries the Indian Creator God,
Brahma, and Saraswati, his
Shakti or life force.
June 9, 2004, Wednesday
Walking and Tai Chi in the morning.
"There is not great talent without great will power."
- Honore de Balzac
Updated Tai Chi Sword webpage.
June 8, 2004, Tuesday
"There are two ways to look at life - one is as though nothing is a
miracle; the other is as though
everything is."
- Albert Einstein
Walking and Taiji in the cool cloudy morning. Yoga for 90 minutes at
night. Taught Taiji for one
hour to Don from Redding.
Updated the Wild Goose Qigong webpage.
June 7, 2004, Monday
Walking and Taiji in the cool morning. Yardwork all day.
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry
past it."
- Soren Kierkegaard
June 6, 2004, Sunday
Walking and Taiji on a beautiful cool windy morning. How exhilirating, how
energizing.
Outdoor Taiji and Qigong are the best. Karen and I have been learning the
Dayan Qigong
form together.
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because
they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined
to."
- George Allen
6. The Concerned Headmaster
Yogananda starts up a school for children. One of the children, Kashi, asks him about his future (AY, 249). Yogananda bluntly tells the boy he will be dead soon. A few months later, Kashi's father removes the boy from the school and takes him to Calcutta. There the boy contracts cholera and dies. Yogananda goes to the grieving family and shouts at the father, accusing him of murdering the boy (AY, 250). Later, Yogananda, tracks down Kashi by using a "secret yoga technique" of broadcasting his love to Kashi's soul in the astral worlds through "the microphone of the spiritual eye" (AY, 252). Months later, Yogananda feels vibrations in his hands, and he is magnetically drawn to a home where a woman is about to give birth. The newborn child is the "reborn Kashi" and the child, who looks like Kashi, later goes on to live in a mountain ashram as an adult - so says Swami Yogananda (AY, 254).
How would you feel if your local principal called you "Mr. Murderer" (AY, 250) at your son's funeral if he died during a flu epidemic? Do you think it proper for a principal to tell a student about his premonitions of the student's death? Would you keep your child in a school run by such a fellow? Would you trust the claims of such a fellow? With such unprofessional behavior, it is no surprise that Yogananda had to give up teaching children and move to America. He needed to move on to talking into the microphone of his out-of-focus spiritual eye for credulous adults.
An example of a Code of Ethics for Principals.
Autobiography
of a Yogi. By Paramhansa Yogananda. Reprint of the
Philosophical Library
1946 First Edition. The Original Unaltered Edition. New York, Philosophical
Library,
1946. Reprinted by Crystal Clarity Publishers, Nevada City, CA,
1995. Index, 481 pages.
ISBN:1565891082.
A Critique of Paramhansa Yogananda
June 5, 2004, Saturday
Walking, gardening, Tai Chi,
reading. A fine day. Taught a Tai Chi class at TFFC - introduced
Wild Goose Qigong..
"It's not the size of the
dog in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
- Anonymous
Yogananda tells about how he and his brother-in-law made fun of and laughed about his extremely skinny sister, Nalini (AY, 226-230). The two joked about her on the wedding day. Years later, Nalini kowtows to Yogananda as a spiritual superior, and begs him to give her Kriya initiation. Afterwards, Yogananda decides to help his sister (after years of doing nothing but deriding her), and promises her that in 30 days she will be of normal weight and attractiveness. Of course, after Yogananda's 30 Day Wonder Weight Gain and Beauty Cure, a "divine blessing" (AY, p. 228), she magically gains both weight and "beauty." Later, Nalini struggles to recover from a typhoid fever illness which Yogananda claims to cure by his powerful prayers and breathing techniques after medical doctors considered the case hopeless. She survives the fever, but cannot walk. Yogananda's guru, Sri Yukteswar, gives instructions for Nalini to wear a pearl on a clasp. She is, of course, cured in 30 days after wearing this magical pearl amulet and resumes walking and, of course, childbearing.
Nobody, would begrudge anyone good health and recovery from illness - by any means, magical or medical. What I find objectionable is Yogananda making fun of his sister, and withholding magical assistance for decades until after she acknowledges his spiritual superiority. Yogananda is no doctor, and does not subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath; and, in this case, is not even a Good Samaritan towards his own sister. It's obvious that even supposed avatars like Yogananda are prone to petty sibling rivalries.
AY = "Autobiography of a Yogi"
A Critique of Paramhansa Yogananda's Viewpoints
June 4, 2004, Friday
Walking and TaiChi/Qigong in the morning. Off work -
horray!
"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gardening and equipment repairs in the morning.
Massage at Chiropracter's office around noon.
Yes!!
Weightlifting and swimming in afternoon at TFFC.
I have decided that Kriya Yoga and Raja Yoga are just not right
for me.
I don't believe in the religious doctrines they advocate. Hatha yoga is
just fine and I plan to learn much more about it in the future. I don't
need
to believe in starting an action plan towards Self-Realization, achieving
Christ Consciousness, seeking yogic samadhi blending of atman and
Brahaman,
advocating the unreality-impurity-ignorance-materiality-unwortiness of ordinary
life,
giving lip service to the superiority of chastity, becoming God-intoxicated,
overcoming
death and living forever on a spiritual plane. Hatha Yoga is just fine as
asanas, pranayama,
concentration, and a body-mind discipline leading to good health, vitality,
feeling good, and
a peaceful and calm mental state. The Yoga Sutras, Upanishads, and other
scriptural
texts are useful and interesting, but are not divinely inspired rule books for
me.
Started a new webpage: A Critique of Paramhansa Yogananda's Viewpoints.
June 3, 2004, Thursday
Walking and TaiChi/Qigong in the morning. Yoga at
night.
"Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as
succeeding.
Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to
develop the picture...
Do not build up obstacles in your imagination."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Really busy at work - little time or energy for much
else.
I have been reading the following two books very carefully the past two weeks.
The Art
and Science of Raja Yoga. By Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald
Walters). Includes
information on philosophy, meditation, postures, diet, breathing, routines, and
health. Nevada
City, CA, Crystal Clarity Publishers, c 2002. Includes audio CD
disk. Index, glossary,
471 pages. This book is in a spiral binding so it can be used as a
workbook/textbook.
ISBN: 156589166X.
Autobiography
of a Yogi. By Paramhansa Yogananda. Reprint of the
Philosophical Library
1946 First Edition. The Original Unaltered Edition. New York, Philosophical
Library,
1946. Reprinted by Crystal Clarity Publishers, Nevada City, CA,
1995. Index, 481 pages.
ISBN:1565891082.
June 2, 2004, Wednesday
Updated the Northern California T'ai Chi Ch'uan Directory.
Walking and qigong at dawn, weightlifting and yoga at night.
On the plateau. Nothing dramatic. Just doing it! Learing Wild Goose Qigong.
"The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed."
- Richard B. Sheridan
June 1, 2004, Tuesday
Updated the Wild Goose Qigong Directory.
Walking and qigong at dawn, weightlifting and yoga at night.
"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the
roadblocks that lay before you."
- Denis Waitley
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Taijiquan Notes, Comments, Reflections
Alphabetical Subject Index
Cloud
Hands Website
Taijiquan, Qigong, Taoism, Classics,
Weapons: Sword and Staff
Fitness and Well Being Website
Gardening, Meditation,
Walking, Yoga, Strength Training,
Fitness for Older Persons, Aerobics, Relaxation
The Spirit of Gardening
2,700 Quotes Arranged by 130 Topics,
History, Guides,
Psycho-Spiritual Aspects of Gardening
Web Guides, Bibliographies, Links, Directories, Quotes, Notes
Alphabetical Subject Index
Alphabetical Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website
Ancient Goddesses - Quotations, Poems, Sayings, Prayers, Songs
Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi): Tiger, Bear, Crane, Deer, and Monkey
Arthritis Therapy - Exercise: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung
Bear, Standing Bear, Level 1 Ranking, Valley Spirit Taijiquan
The Bear: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Bird - Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
California (Northern) T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Charkas (Energy Centers of the Subtle Body)
Ch'i Kung: Bibliography and Links
Ch'i Kung Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Classes, Valley Spirit Taijiquan, Instructional Program
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Ch'i Kung
Cloud Hands T'ai Chi Ch'uan Journal
Cold Mountain Poets: Wanderers, Mystics, and Sages
Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu) (551 - 479 BCE)
Crane - Bird - Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Crane, Soaring Crane, Intermediate Program, Level 3, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Cuttings: Short Poems by Michael P. Garofalo
The Deer: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Diabetes Therapy - Exercise: Taijiquan and Qigong
Disclaimer of the Cloud Hands Website
Eight Section Brocade Ch'i Kung
Embrace the One - Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree
Entering Tranquility (Ru Jing) Meditation
Exercise - Diabetes Therapy - Taijiquan and Qigong
Feedback, Kudos and Reviews for the Cloud Hand's Website
Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi): Tiger, Bear, Crane, Deer, and Monkey
Five Elements (Wu-Xing) and Taijiquan
Five Stepping Movements of Taijiquan
Gardening: Quotes, Poems, History, Sayings
The Four Gates: Grasping the Sparrow's Tail
Michael P. Garofalo's Biography
Michael P. Garofalo's T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Practice
The Goddess - Quotations, Poems, Sayings, Prayers, Songs
Goose - Bird - Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Green Way Research - Taijiquan and Qigong
Gu Shen (Valley Spirit) Taijiquan Instructional Program
Health and Fitness - T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Hidden Tiger, Beginning Program, Level 2, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Index to the Cloud Hands Website
Instructional Program, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Kundalini (Coiled Serpent) Energy
Kwang Ping Taijiquan of Kuo Lien Ying
Links and Bibliography: Qigong
Links and Bibliography: Taijiquan
Long Form 108 Yang Style Taijiquan
Master Chang San-Feng (circa 1350)
Master Cheng Man-Ch'ing (1901 - 1975)
Mastery, Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Will Power, Strength of Character
Meditation Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Meditation Methods and Techniques
Meditation - Standing Like A Tree
Meditation - Wu Ji - The Edge of Emptiness
Michael P. Garofalo's T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Practice
Months of the Year: Quotes, Poems, Links
Moving Hands Like Clouds: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong
Northern California T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Nine Movement Temple Ch'i Kung Exercise Set
Older Persons Exercise and Well Being Programs
Oregon T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Original Waving Hands Like Clouds URL
Pranayama: Breathing Techniques from Yoga
Private Instruction by Michael P. Garofalo, Instructional Programs
Qigong: Bibliography and Links
Qigong Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff, Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program
Reviews of the Cloud Hand's Website
Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Will Power
Senior Citizens Fitness Programs
Sensing Hands: Push Hands - T'ui Shou
Shoong, Sung, Song - Loose, Relaxed, Open, Yielding, Responsive
Short Form, Yang Style, Beijing Simplified 24
Simplified 24 From, Yang Style
Soaring Crane, Intermediate Program, Level 3, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Speaking to the Spirit Meditation
Staff Weapons: Jo, Bo, Can, Staff, Spear
Standing Bear, Level 1 Ranking, Valley Spirit Taijiquan
Standing Like A Tree - Zhan Zhuang
Stork - Bird - Five Animal Frolics
Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website
Swordsmanship and T'ai Chi Ch'uan
T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Bibliography and Links
T'ai
Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information, Workshops
Northern California,
Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
T'ai Chi Ch'uan Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
T'ai Chi Ch'uan Short Form, Beijing Simplified 24, Yang Style
T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Links and Bibliography
Taijiquan: Bibliography and Links
Taijiquan For Good Health, Fitness and Vitality
Taijiquan Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Taoism, Nature Mysticism, Alchemy
Temple Qigong - A Nine Movement Exercise Set
Thirteen Postures: 8 Gates and 5 Steps
Thirteen Treasures Walking Qigong
The 300 Missing Poems of Han Shan
The Tiger: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Tiger, Hidden Tiger, Beginning Program, Level 2, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Tree Qigong - Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree
Trees - Quotations, Poems, Lore, Wisdom
Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Journal
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program
Vancouver, B.C., T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools
Walking - General Fitness Exercise
Washington T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Waving Hands Like Clouds: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong
Will Power, Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Strength of Character
Yang Style Taijiquan Long Form 108 Movements
Yang Style Taijiquan Short Form 24 Movements
Yin-Yang Sensitivity Training: Sticking Hands - T'ui Shou
Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree
Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club
Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, Northern California, U.S.A.
Cities in the area: Oroville, Paradise, Durham, Chico, Hamilton City, Orland,
Willows,
Corning, Rancho Tehama, Los Molinos, Tehama, Proberta, Gerber, Manton,
Cottonwood,
Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, Igo, Ono, Redding, Shasta, Dunsmuir,
Shingletown, Burney, Mt. Shasta City, Weaverville, Yreka, Williams, Colusa,
Chester, Susanville, Weed, Gridley, Marysville, Yuba City, CA, California.
June 13, 2004
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Ch'i Kung
