Howzabout a pinned topic in the Taoist Discussion Forum where people can let everyone know of upcomimg events, conferences, workshops, courses, seminars, festivals, lectures, visting teachers etc. ?

Sounds like a great idea to me.

Oh my GOD, Natalie Goldberg is coming to Sedona!!! And it's only $250 and not until April, so I may have a shot in hell of being able to go!!! April 21 and 22, 2007!!

http://www.sedonaartscenter.com/visitingar...lieGoldberg.htm

Eva Wong is teaching at Karem Coling in Vermont early next year.

Also, at Kripalu in Mass with a top Wong Kiew Kit student:

Shaolin QiGong for Health, Vitality, and Serenity
Nov 12 - Nov 17, 06 (5 nights, Sun - Fri)
Pragata (Jean Blaise)
$325 tuition *

It is Jimi Hendrix's Birthday tomorrow. He would have been 64, which is a powerful number for Taoists.

There is a great gathering at BB King's on 42nd Street in NYC to celibrate... I spoke briefly with Buddy Miles tonight, and he asked me to come...So I gotta find a way to make the scene!

http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=3526

I've played blues-harp with Buddy Miles and Cornel Dupree, Paul Caruso sub-let his Apt. to me many years ago-(Where Jimi once lived)... And the guy filming the gig - Larry B. is also a good friend, so I have to find a way to make it there!! (and still get my biz done on both Monday & Tuesday)...

Are any other Taobums Hendrix fans!?- If so I hope to see ya there-It ain't a cheap seat,-& standing room is $60.00-OUCH! ... but it will be a cosmic/transcendant scene I betcha!

A Sufi master will be teaching on the Way Of Light e-group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Way-of-Light/message/1856

The announcement ends with:

"So please take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn of this most profound and ancient system of Self-Realization from a living Master of this tradition.

After we complete our Sufi segment, we will have a teacher of Kabbalah make his time available in the same format. Following that Father Antonious a teacher of the Hesychastic tradition of the Coptic Egyptian Church will give guidance and explanation of those teachings. Father Antonious has spent time in solitary retreat in the Egyptian deserts and is currently at the Egyptian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.

I hope these interactive presentations of related teachings will bring further Light, Peace and Joy to your holiday season!

Peace and Love,

Jax
PS: Please invite any friends you may have that may have interest to join us here at the Way of Light as well."

You're all cordially invited

Hmmmm, a bit confused about something. Rex you are Jax?

No Pero. I was just passing on and quoting from his invite.

Best,
Rex

Oh.

Sifu Yap Soon-Yeong's teaching timetable for 2007 (so far):

Mostly (in fact entirely) in UK and Spain.

March 3rd & 4th, Oxford, UK: CFQ Level 2

Then Spain: details probably on www.cfqhispania.org

March 16 Madrid, Spain: Level 1 (half day intensive)
March 17 & 18 Madrid, Spain: Level 2
March 24 & 25 Madrid, Spain: Level 3

May 11 Barcelona, Spain: Level 1( half day intensive)
May 12 & 13 Barcelona, Spain: Level 2
May 19 & 20 Barcelona, Spain: Level 3
May 26 & 27 Denia, nr Valencia, Spain: Level 1
June 2 & 3 Denia, nr Valencia, Spain: Level 2

July 22 to 27 Lake District, England: Levels 3 & 4

September 8 & 9 Menorca, Spain: Level 1
September 15 & 16 Menorca, Spain: Level 2

September 21 Seville, Spain: Level 1 (half day intensive)
September 22 & 23 Seville, Spain: Level 2
September 29 & 30 Seville, Spain: Level 3

People who want to knwo what on earth CFQ is may refer, in the first instance to www.cfq.org.uk Level one is movements, level two is meditation, and susequent levels are.... more meditation.

I do suggest you try to see him if you possibly can.
Best wishes,
Ian

IN NY - Kadampa Vajra Buddhist festival-
http://www.kadampafestivalus.org/

Caveat Emptor! This organisation is not without controversy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKT#Controversies


Later edit: the above wikipedia entry has been heavily edited resulting in less extensive coverage of controversies. The original wikipedia articles can be found here:

http://info-buddhismus.de/new_kadampa_tradition.html

Webcast: Dialogue on The Universe in a Single Atom with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The 5 Warrior Seed Syllables
Bön Teachings

Online Event - Saturday April 28th
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Participation Instructions

The Coalition for OneVoice invites all members of New York's spiritual community to gather for this joyous and illuminating event where we will strengthen and support one another's efforts toward an enlightened society.

Passion To Connect
Featuring
Caroline Myss and Andrew Harvey
in dialogue on
"Sacred Activism"
Sunday June 17th
1PM to 5PM
Fashion Institute of Technology
Reese Grand Ballroom
Entrance at SW Corner of 28th Street and 7th Ave
Admission: $20. Space is limited.

Pre-registration recommended at our website: www.coalitionforonevoice.org
Printed receipt is your ticket. Tickets also available at the door.

Afternoon Schedule:

1:00 - Check-in, placement of brochures, general seating
1:30 - Conscious Connecting and Networking
2:00 - Host: Linus Roache

Group Attunement with Ruth Cunningham www.ruthcunningham.com
Caroline Myss and Andrew Harvey discuss "Sacred Activism" - moderated by Journalist Judy Martin
Music performance by David Gonzalez & Lisa Sokolov
World Café Dialogue: Jane Hughes Gignoux www.theworldcafe.org
A Showcase of several New York Activist Projects
Convene Focus Groups for conscious engagement
5:00 - Close: Ruth Cunningham

As space is limited, Coalition for OneVoice participants are being given the
opportunity to pre-register ahead of the general public at www.coalitionforonevoice.org.

To print a clear flyer with pictures, go to http://www.coalitionforonevoice.o rg/pdf/COV_EventFlyer3_6_17_07.pdf


Best Wishes,
Coalition for OneVoice

The Taoist Tai Chi Society - National Worshop

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ttcatlantic/

NATIONAL WORKSHOP -- CAMP ECTUS

THE 8th ANNUAL NATIONAL WORKSHOP at Camp Ectus will be held July 30 - August 3, 2007 in Petit-Rocher, NB, a beautiful location on the shores of Baie-des-Chaleurs near Bathurst NB Canada.

This link:

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070701_bounce.htm


and the copy/pasted item below seemed worthy of entry in the events space- As a sort of measure as to how we may consider the one-ness factor that is so inherent in the Tao (as we are able to discribe it to each other)...And this moment by moment Tao that we live in, as part of the web or "brane " as described in the article above... And the more new age approach of the invitation below. These two very different views of the concieved universal construct as a "oneness" struck me as a sort of transcendance of a parodox as they both arrived in the same batch of emails today...

It seems to me that IF Time and Space have a consciousness that is able to forget it would be pretty close to a sort of Taoist consciousness; at least in part. (I may start a new thread about this in the forum)...anyway-
It's almost as if a sort of construct of parts that make up the whole could begin to manifest as the consciousness decsribed in the following message...

Enjoy!- &
Namaste-Wayfarer

A CALL FOR THE GREAT HEALING
Healers world wide are being called into action for Universal Synchronization
June 21st - August 12th
from the Star Elders and the Invisible Councils of Light through Aluna Joy Yaxk'in


"As we step through this door, may we walk upon the planet, among the rocks, the grasses, the oceans and the stars. Let us all welcome our creative spirit as the evolution of the universe. Take the new tools and the new vision, and open all doors as we pass this way." ~ Wave Dasher.

Over eons of time, the Star Elders and others like the Star Walkers (also known as the Invisible Councils of Light), have mapped the cyclic patterns of the universe and our solar system. They have watched cycles shift and change course, and doors of time and space open and close. It has been their job to gently nudge the Earth into alignment so that the Earth and the rest of the solar system and universe could be synchronized. Once synchronized, there will be no limits to what we can create. No limits to how we can live. No limits to where we can go. The Star Elders are excited to say that this job is nearly complete. Now they need our help to finish the job.

They have watched humankind struggle to understand cosmic truths and natural laws on a planet that has been out of sync with a universal perspective. They know this has not been an easy job for us. They know we are a bit like the blind leading the blind. Because of this, they have also watched us, in the past, sadly misuse the energy that has moved the cycles away from universal synchronization. But a great awakening is happening in the consciousness of humankind. Not just a few can see the light of truth; now uncountable ones can feel the truth rising up in them like an ancient memory. It is an amazing time to be alive.

The Star Elders have waited patiently for a time when humanity living on Earth could rise above this zombie karma ridden state and evolve into living Masters and flawless creators (read "The Awakening of the Samurai Light Workers" at http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/2007june.html). That time is now! YOU are being invited to join together in a great cause to complete a great mission. You are ready . . . the Earth is waiting for you . . . it is time! Healers and grid workers world wide are being called into action by the Star Elders, The Star Walker Council and The Masters of Light. YOU are being called to assist in a great healing and realignment of the Earth's grids. You are called to help heal old breaks between the dimensions caused by misuses of power.

You and I, no matter how small or insignificant we might see ourselves, are called to assist in the greatest healing and acceleration of human evolution ever experienced by a living being. We are being called to help those who may have misused their power in the past and those who have been hurt by this misuse of power.

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do." ~ Edward Everett Hale

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is now time for GREAT COMPASSION . . and GREAT FORGIVENESS . . . offered in a space of NON-JUDGEMENT without ego and from the HEART. The wrongs created in the past were done by those doing the best they could in an environment that did not reveal truth adequately. We are being called into action and to put to use the LIGHT, POWER and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. It is time for us to come into fully realizing how magnificant we truly are.

"Our first line of defense against unhappiness is refusing to believe that we are the victims of the bad intentions of others. The formula is: Do not blame the trigger. The world is full of triggers; in fact, life is designed like that, so that we will truly practice. We can be grateful for all these triggers, as without them we might never recognize our own unfortunate reactions." ~ Ayya Khema in "Visible Here and Now"

"You who have the light, what are you doing with it?" ~ Paul Claudel

From June Solstice (June 21st) through the Perseid Meteor Shower (August 12th) is a rare window of opportunity to do this work. We have been to this place before and failed. This time we will not fail. The Star Elders say we are victorious, but it is not a time to sit back in the spiritual easy chair and wait for this glorious future to arrive. We must take action. Spirit helps those who help themselves! When two or more are gathered, I AM there! Humanity, the Earth and the universe must work together to bring about this great universal synchronization.

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

Within this window is the exact frequency or echo of time in history where massive misuses of power took place. During these times, we lost the planet Maldek, which is now our asteroid belt. We can still see part of this planet every August with the Perseid Meteor Shower. We have witnessed the fall of Atlantis and have been dealing with its reproductions up to this time. More recently, we have deployed nuclear bombs. These nuclear bombs cracked and burned holes in and between dimensions leaving those parts of the Earth unprotected from lower frequencies and lower dimensional laws. Nuclear bombs also cracked souls of those who died in the blasts. All these events misused a type of technology that can and did cause great wounds. It also wounded uncountable others who survived these catastrophes causing current day paranoia and fear. But the only fear that is real now. is fear.

Time is cyclic in nature and because we are circumnavigating through a time where a miss-use of power took place . . . over and over again. It is time to break this cycle! Now we have the greatest opportunity to heal these past errors in present time. When we heal these past errors, we can end war and have peace on Earth. We can live in global harmony with all life and even experience universal unity. Our health will be restored. Abundance will not be an issue anymore. Ancient home sickness will vanish. Our dreams can be realized. Our suffering ends. We will never be lonely or feel lost again.

So the Star Elders encourage me to send you their message. Even though I can dream this new world in my mind, I also feel how imposable it seems in this moment to actually obtain this Heaven on Earth. I know this is what we all dream of . . . . So what if we decide to join together in the four corners of the world and give it all we got? What if? But worst yet, what if we don't? I know that if we don't reach for the stars, we can't complain about our current world. So REACH! It is time right now . . . TODAY! Gather together. Call out to the healers, the grid workers, and the energy workers, and SEE the planet WHOLE - HEALED - ABUNDANT - HARMONIOUS and FULLY CONSCIOUSNESS. Do your work in all TIME, SPACE and DIMENSION, in the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE and in all the BODIES, MINDS and SPIRITS of all living things! Use your Heart, and do what you are called to do. It is our LOVE of the emerging future that is our power. Use this power, and it can only get stronger everyday. Nothing can hold back this light.

"Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective consciousness to life." ~ Norman Cousins

So here is a list of what the Star Elders say needs to be done before the 2008 shift. We only have a few months, from June 21st through August 12th, to make this happen the easiest way. We will be working WITH an open doorway in a cycle of time that echoes back to the exact places that need to be healed.

Healing Atlantis would include . .
** Ask for universal justice, forgiveness and spiritual healings of the ones who misused the power and caused the collapse of Atlantis. This will insure that this type of catastrophe will never happen again. And this is already so! ** See HEALED all who died at the hands of those who misused power in Atlantis, so as to help facilitate healing of the souls that were cracked at this time. This will help all those how seem unable to heal, those who have been diagnosed clinically insane or have other mental illnesses, or those that act out unimaginable and unexplainable violence. ** See HEALED all those who have deep emotional trauma from surviving the fall of Atlantis. This will help with paranoia and catastrophobia at this time; thus helping them to be at peace and free them to help with this healing. ** See HEALED the energy to the grids and wounds and cracks between dimensions caused by the misuse of power that caused the fall of Atlantis. The two biggest cracks are in the Middle East and the oceans around Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Iraq . . . and the Bermuda Triangle and Yucatan. These dimensional cracks are much like cracked souls. These areas are unprotected from negative underworlds and lesser evolved dimensions, thus causing constant war and/or strange occurrences and phenomena in theses areas.

Healing the planet Maldek would include . . .
** Ask for universal justice, and spiritual healings of the ones who misused the power and caused the collapse of the planet Maldek. They are reincarnating in this dimension and are holding places of power once again. Many were part of the fall of Atlantis by acting out old patterns. It is time for them to be healed, forgiven and awakened. See it SO! ** See HEALED all who died at the hands of those who misused power in Maldek, so as to help facilitate healing of the souls that were cracked at this time. Again this will help all those who seem unable to heal, those who have been diagnosed clinically insane or have other mental illnesses, or those that act out unimaginable and unexplainable violence. ** See HEALED all those who have deep emotional trauma from surviving the fall of Maldek. This will help with survival paranoia and catastrophobia at this time; thus helping them to be at peace and free them to help with the healing.

"We have probed the Earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it. ... That does not fit my definition of a good tenant. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago." ~ Rose Elizabeth Bird

Healing the soul our current age would include . . .
** Asking for universal justice, forgiveness and spiritual healings of the ones who deployed nuclear bombs. Also, send energy to any and all existing nuclear bombs and see them rendered useless. This will insure that this will never happen again. And this is already so! ** See HEALED all that died because of nuclear bomb blasts, to facilitate the healing of the wounded souls that were cracked at this time. This will help all those who seem unable to heal, those who are clinically insane or have other mental illnesses, and those that act out unimaginable and unexplainable violence. ** See HEALED all those who have deep emotional trauma from surviving the nuclear bomb blasts. This will help with paranoia and help empower them to rise above the victim and to be at peace and empower them to help with this healing. ** Send healing energy to the grids and wounds between dimensions caused by nuclear bomb blasts in and around the area of Japan and all nuclear bomb test sites. While we are at it . . . there is a smaller wound at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

Aluna Joy Yaxk'in is an internationally known author, spiritual life coach, sacred site guide, alternative historian, ordained minister and modern mystic who inspires and encourages others to recognize and accept their own authentic divinity and connection to God. Aluna Joy Yaxk'in, PO Box 1988, Sedona AZ 86339 Ph: 928-282-6292 Webpage: www.AlunaJoy.com E-mail: alunajoy@alunajoy.com

Copyright © 2007 - Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this article on the condition that the content remains complete, full credit is given to the author(s), and that it is distributed freely. Center of the SUN - Aluna Joy Yaxk'in, PO Box 1988 Sedona, AZ 86339 USA Ph:928-282-6292 Ph/Fax:928-282-4622 Email: alunajoy@1spirit.com website:www.AlunaJoy.com



OTHER QUOTES . . .



"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way! On a quiet day, if you listen carefully, you can hear her breathing". ~ Arundhati Roy

"Building a dream requires relationship with God.. In building a dream, we recognize that we don't have all the answers - but God does. And right where we are, God is. Knowing that intellectually is one thing; practicing being with God on all levels is another. Allow Spirit to guide you, and it will. If you think you alone can accomplish the dream, then your dream isn't big enough. How might you partner with God to build your dream?" ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

"There will come a day when you'll finally decide that you're ready to live up to your full potential. There will come a moment when you will no longer settle for less than you know you're capable of achieving. There will come a time when you'll no longer be satisfied with making excuses and rationalizations. There will come a time when your desire to move forward will outweigh your fear of the unknown. One day you'll realize that everything you do makes a difference, and you'll put that incredible power to valuable use. There is really no reason to put that golden day off any longer. There is every reason to go ahead and make it happen for you. You were born to do great things, to create much value, to make a real difference. The longing and frustration you feel is a constant reminder, so listen to what it has to say. Your life can be as full as you are ready to make it. Now is the day to make it great." ~ Ralph Marston

"Something's happening. I have a feeling we're at some new beginning, that a big breakup is coming, and that though it isn't, and will not be immediately apparent, we'll someday look back on this era as the time when a shift began." ~ Peggy Noonan

"Never give up, and never under any circumstances, no matter what, never face the facts." ~ Ruth Gordon

"If you have built castles in the air, Your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them." ~ Henry David Thoreau

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing each other." ~ Luciano de Crescenzo

"See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit. Be like men waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. Happy those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. I tell you solemnly, He will put on an apron, sit them down at the table and wait on them." ~ Jesus

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." "When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative." "Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about things that matter." "A time comes when silence is betrayal." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.





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Here is an exciting announcement for those well versed in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path To Enlightenment or those willing to do some serious preparation...
http://www.dalailamajuly2008.com/

Two friends of mine are organizing a Qigong for Peace event in Columbia, Maryland on Saturday, September 29th. If anyone is interested, please send me a PM and I'll get additional details to you.

The upcoming retreat with Choegyal Namkhai Norbu on "Shakyamuni's Praises to the 21 Taras" will be transmitted in open webcast starting on October 5th at 16:30 (4:30 PM) Italian time. Subsequent sessions from October 6th to October 11th will begin every morning at 10:00 (AM) Italian time.

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Hi everyone,

Just an update on what November events are being held in Sydney, Australia by the LaoZi Academy with Master Dong Yang.

If you visit the Events page you can see info about the upcoming :

-Mind Body Spirit Festival - 8th-11th Nov - Darling Harbour, Sydney
-Free Intro Night - 13th Nov, 7pm-8pm - West Ryde Public School Hall
-3 Evening Seminar - 22nd, 23rd & 24th, 6:30-9:30, Darlington Centre, Sydney University


It's going to be a great month!

-CC

Cultivation Weekend
February 16 and 17th

RSVP date moved up to January 15th

Check attachment for details!

Peace and Blessings,
Lin

The meeting place for the Cultivation Weekend will be at my Gong Fu Temple out in Brooklyn

The address:

1871-E, (not east) Hubbard Place, off Flatbush Avenue
Between Avenue K and L.
Brooklyn NY, 11210(I think this is the zipcode)

I'm in NY now, so if anyone needs a bit more help, and has some questions, you can call me at\

1718-227-5692.

I know of a cheap motel near the Bay, also known as Ceasars Bay Bazaar, off of Bay Parkway in Brooklyn.
I believe their prices range form 60-100 a night. I will go out there and check up to make sure.

Please don't forget to dress in loose fitting clothing, dress warmly and bring your own meditation seat, a towel for the ground, and patience.

Peace and Blessings,
Lin

Greetings Everyone,

Feb. 16, 17th is somewhat 3 weeks away. I am now preparing available hotels in Staten Island for those who will be staying for the weekend.

I need to know exactly who will be staying in a hotel for Friday night and Saturday night, till Sunday afternoon. Please let me know so I can arrange reservations for the rooms. Also, rooms would be cheaper if some of you share it.

Please let me know the price range you can work with. I found 2 hotels already, and their prices were $100-160 a nightly. They have 120$ rooms,. I am still looking for 80-100$ rooms, yet also making sure the area is safe. We may all travel to my gong fu school together, so car pooling would be a plus. If I find another place on Staten Island or at least closer to the Verazzano bridge in Brooklyn, then I'll arrange for it.


Let me know Asap...

718-27-5692 (Just leave a message on the machine if I am not there to answer, and or your number with whomever answers the phone. Please tell them your reason for calling)

Peace and Blessings,
Lin

For anyone in (or near) England:

My teacher, Yap Soon-Yeong, will be in Oxford, England, in March 2008 for two weekend workshops.

Level One, movements, 8th/9th March
Level Two, meditation, 15th/16th March

Each weekend £150, concessions available.

There is also a week long retreat in the lake district in July 2008, for which the prerequisite is just some experience of level one. Details on www.cfq.org.uk

Obviously, given that I've been doing his stuff for four years or so I can't recommend him too highly. He is gradually reducing his international travel, so catch him while you can if you wish to.

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It's no secret that one of my most profound influences has been the work of Jiddu Krishnamurti.
A weekend of dialogue related to his themes and their relevance to daily life will be held in the suburbs of Washington, DC over Memorial Day weekend, 5/23-5/26.
Anyone interested can obtain more information by using this contact form.
http://www.kinfonet.org/Classifieds/k_contact.asp?id=431
Hope to see some of you there!

Here is a very interesting event indeed -to my way of thinking...

http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/

there is also a related story of how Oliver Sacks and Calvin Butts each/both say music is a tonic for the spirit within us all...

--

Program:

Taoist Master Wang Liping, who is the 18th transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism Branch, will teach the following classics.
<Dao De Jing>, <I Jing>, < Women’s Inner Alchemy Meditation >
<Immortal Zhong and Lu Teaching Tao >, <the Secret of the olden Flower>,
<Tai Shang Qing Jing Jing>, <Ling Bao Bi Fa>, <Huang Ting Jing>.

Location:
Immortal Huang’s native temple (Taoist Chi-Song-Zi Birth Place) in Shuang-Long (double dragon Cave) Scene, Jinhua City, Zhejiang province, China

Date:
Oct. 15, 2008 to Oct. 24, 2008

contact
If you need more information in English , please contact : kin702005@hotmail.com

Program:

Sifu Jenny Lamb will be teaching:

*Detailed instruction in Spontaneous Qi Gong level 1 Form,
*Exercises to assist with opening the channels,
*Origins of Zi Fung Tiao Jeng Gong
*Cultivation Guidelines


Location:
7 Stars Tai Chi Club (Montreal, Canada) featuring the Holy Sacred Mount Royal Power Spot of Grail Bloodline Fame.

Date:
Nov. 7, 2008 to Nov. 9, 2008


Tribute:

$250

Schedule:

Fri, Introductory Lecture: 7:30 -9pm

Sat & Sun : 9am-12pm, lunch break, 1pm-4pm

contact

If you need more information, please contact : lotusbodydao@hotmail.com
or PM me.

Park Bok Nam will be in the UK to give a seminar on Pa Kua self-defence and chi kung - October 10-11 2008 (Fri-Sat 12-6pm).

The seminar costs £150 (or £75 for one day), for more details please visit http://www.pa-kua-co.uk/seminars.html

OPENING THE ENERGY GATES OF YOUR BODY

Next month, we will begin our weekly class. It will meet three times in November, December and January.

Weekly Chi Gung & Ba Gua Classes w/ Isaac Kamins and Jess OʼBrien.
November 5, 12, & 19, 2008
December 3, 10, & 17, 2008
January 7, 14, & 21, 2009
Wednesdays from 6pm - 8pm
Veterans Hall 6401 Stockton St. El Cerrito, CA.
$180 for the 9 weeks / $25 Drop-in

This nine week session of weekly classes will cover the “Opening the Energy Gates”
chi gung set and begin an ongoing study of Ba Gua Zhang.

In the first hour we will cover the standing dissolving, cloud hands, the three swings,
and the spine stretch from Opening the Energy Gates. These exercises form the core of
the Energy Arts system of BK Frantzis and are applicable to all styles of Tai Chi
Chuan, martial arts and other chi gung systems. We will be giving special focus to Outer Dissolving, energy movement and safe practice of the Three Swings.

In the second hour of class we will teach Ba Gua Zhang beginning with the Single Palm
Change. The Single Palm is the root of all the movements in Ba Gua Zhang and is both the
place to begin oneʼs journey into the art of Ba Gua Zhang but also the place to return
if one wishes to deepen oneʼs understanding of the internal principles of the art. These
classes are open to practitioners of all ages and abilities. Those who have completed basic training in Circle Walking and Single Palm Change will move on to the Double Palm Change and further.

Individuals interested in attending Bruce Frantzisʼ Ba Gua instructor training in Summer ʼ09 will find these classes an excellent way of preparing for the training.

Visit www.watertradition.net for more details
Contact Isaac Kamins 415.720.7905 waterpalm@watertradition.net or
Jess OʼBrien 510.499-4150 xingyiquan5@yahoo.com

Qi Gong: Giving & Receiving,
A natural law
Oslo, October 18th & 19th 2008
with Erwann Le Moigne

To a certain extend, all of us are “beggars”. We are eager to receive.
But we need to understand that we must give in the first place.
How can we synchronize this statement?
What does it mean for us as a Qi Gong practitioner?
What is the most relevant approach for us to bridge our way to fully manifest and benefit from that?

During the week-end, we will explore different fields in the practice context of the
GOLDEN RULE.

Through various ways (physically, in terms of gestures, postures, mental attitude…) we will investigate how we can fulfill our desire.

Time: Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 from 10 a.m. to 17 a.m.

Cost: 220€ (205€ if registered before Sept 25th)

Registration: to sign up for the week-end, please contact Anders B. Hanssen at anders_braarud_hanssen@hotmail.com.

One to one consultation: by appointment (please contact Anders)

Teaching Method:
The Dai Gong or transmission from ‘Heart to Heart’ is the secret for students to immediately be able to apply the instruction.
The teacher makes sure through an individual supervision and checking that each participant will benefit to the most.

Didactic tools:
Simple gesture and posture
using the energy to moderate, control, channel and readjust the Qi through different techniques on physical, mental and energy level

The retreat is accessible to everyone regardless his or her background.

Oslo Teatersenter, Hovinveien 1, 0567 Oslo

Web:
www.laviedao.com

Tlf:
41477096

Chen Yingjun, the son of the great Chen Xiaowang, will be in Edinburgh on 1st and 2nd of November to give a seminar in Chen style taijiquan. The Saturday will be used to teach silk reeling and the Sunday for Laojia.

Cost is £50 for one day and £90 for both, if paid in advance. If paying in cash on the day it'll be £65 for one day and £110 for both.

His taiji is superb.... understandable seeing as his father is the best Chen style practitioner in the world, and he's spent at least 4 hours training everyday since he would stand.

See here for more details.

Yours,
James

To all those in the UK , My Sifu will be offering a rare Northern Shaolin form from the Chun Yuen Quan system

Secret Ancestor Fist- Miju Quan



Date:November 15 - 16

Times:01:00 PM 05:00 PM

Organizer:Tse Qigong Centre

Location:Kentish Town Congregational Church

Description:
Miju Quan is more like a Qigong form but is within the Chun Yuen Quan tradition. It uses quite soft and gentle and dance-like movements to help develop brain and body coordination. It is excellent for helping to loosen shoulder joints and knees. A beautiful form rarely taught outside of China!

For more information contact:


Tse Qigong Centre

PO Box 59

Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 8GZ, UK



Tel UK (Local Rate): 0845 838 2285

or 0161 929 4485

or overseas +44 161 929 4485

email tse@qimagazine.com


Note: Please confirm the details of the seminar with the organiser of the course.

for anybody who is in China at the moment. the big copper Maitreya Buddha in Fenghua near Ningbo will be "opened" in a huge ceremony at Saturday morning. From 7th on a Buddhist culture Festival is held also.
I will go with some friends and see the big ceremony for "opening the lights" 开光法会 of the Maitreya. We were told that all the highest abbots of China will be there.
I guess I hope to get a blink of some Perfected or a blink from a master...
[size=6]金秋十月，丹桂飘香。记者从2008中国(奉化)雪窦山弥勒文化节组委会获悉，由中国佛教协会指导、浙江省佛教协会主办、宁波市佛教协会协办的2008中国（奉化）雪窦山弥勒文化节将于11月7日至9日在我市隆重举行，活动的总体方案日前已敲定。弥勒文化节期间，将举行海峡两岸弥勒文化研讨会、弥勒文化节开幕式、露天弥勒大佛开光法会、中国佛教名山旅游合作签约仪式、弥勒圣地游启动仪式等8项系列活动。届时，海内外高僧大德将云集奉化，中央统战部、国家宗教局、省宁波市各级领导，以及蒋氏后人蒋孝严等两岸三地政界、商界、宗教界、旅游界、文化界、新闻界、演艺界一大批社会名流将前来参加活动

Kunlun Seminar w/ Max in Early December:

http://www.kunlunbliss.com/seminars.html

Whoever is going, see you there!

Clinical/Medical Qigong Workshop including Stillness-Movement Qigong - December 13,14 optional clinical applications December 15 www.qigongamerica.com www.stillnessmovement.com
Workshop is in West Plains, Missouri at the Institute of Chinese Energy Healing