Now Yoga and QiGong (Chi Kung) courses offer tools to align your energy with source energy; using body, breath, mind regulations.
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| ..."training, the teacher within" Krishnamurti. |
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| All teaching is a co-creative process; we are all ever expanding. The outcome for each individual has infinite possibilities. |
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| STUDY MATERIALS |
| Training is (99%) of the study of Yoga or QiGong. Training is suitable for any willing student. |
| ...some of the other 1% are listed below. |
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| The LAW of ATTRACTION |
| Sudoku |
| Yoga Alchemy
Yoga Meditation
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| Vipassana Meditation |
| Yoga Resource Center |
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CLASS SCHEDULE ...by COURSE ...by DAY ... no classes monday 5/26
| Buddhist Yoga |
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Mon/Wed
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3:30-4:15pm student led
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9:00-9:45am student led
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8:15-8:45am
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| Tibetan Yoga* |
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6:45-7:00am
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9:15-9:30am
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8:45-9:00am
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| Hatha Yoga 1* |
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8:45-9:30am
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| Hatha Yoga 2* |
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9:30-10:15am
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6:00-6:45pm
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6:15-7:00am
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| Taoist Chi Kung 1 |
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new students
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15min. privates + group
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6:15-6:45am
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9:30-10:15am
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5:15-5:45pm
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odd date ~ 7:45-8:15am
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| Taoist Chi Kung 2/3 |
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5:15-6:00pm
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Buddhist Yoga
18 Buddha Hands QiGong
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Our beginning course developed by Bodhidharma has 2 names, Buddhist Yoga and18 Buddha Hands QiGong. A method of awakening, strengthening, and improving the flow of vital energy in the body. This leads to a healthy body, integrated emotional life, peaceful yet vitally alive mind, and blossoming spirit. Excellent for beginners, even those with physical limitations.
18 Buddha Hands DVD / book
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5 Tibetans
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Another beginning yoga system, the Five Tibetans is simple, and profound. It requires minimum daily time and effort, but can dramatically increase physical strength and suppleness as well as mental acuity. Excellent for newcomers.
The Five Tibetan book
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Hatha Yoga 1
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Our Hatha Yoga 1 and 2, are based on the work of Krishnamacharya. (film) Two of his most influential students are B.K.S. Iyengar and Krisha Pattabhi Jois. Hatha 1 begins Ashtanga Primary Series; suryanamaskar, standing postures, forward bends.
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| Hatha Yoga 2 |
A wellness class, including arm balances, backbends, headstand, and shoulder stand. +++
Manual~Video
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| NOW Yoga |
Taoist Chi Kung 1(1-6), the 5 Tibetans, and Hatha Yoga 1 and/or 2. |
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Hua Shan
TaoistChi Kung 1
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A Spiritual/Energetic development course has been passed to us through Larry Johnson, O.M.D., L. Ac., the only lineage holding disciple of the late Chan Chiu Lim, Master of Hua Shan Taoist Chi Kung. Entry level sequence of 36 exercises reveals energetic principles designed to gather, refine, matriculate and guard Jing (essence). Jing is the foundation of our form.
Strategies 1: book
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Hua Shan
TaoistChi Kung 2/3
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Level 2: 36 exercises in the energy level Chi, activating transformational powers latent in all human beings. Level 3: 36 exercises in the energy level Shen, harmonizing man with the Divine.
Strategies 2/3: book
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Yoga and QiGong have many styles and forms that teach connecting or returning to source. Yoga source is called prana. QiGong source is called chi. Source is "ecstasy, our primordial state. " --D. Chopra. M.D. Don Miguel Ruiz describes source as "something wonderful inside of you which you can open to." "There is nothing more important than feeling good -- the connection to vibrational source." Abraham
"The effects of each course becomes more profound as they accumulate through regular training". --L. Johnson. Training balances the energies of ha and tha, the sun and moon, feminine and masculine, active and passive, yin and yang through regulation of body, breath, and mind. Training cultivates strength, endurance, flexibility and relaxation. Training is meditation in action. Wonderful experiences may evolve during training, the real value being in what happens after.
"In daily life we see people around us who are happier than we are, and people who are less happy. Some may be doing praiseworthy things and others causing problems. Whatever may be our usual attitudes towards such people and their actions, if we can be pleased with others who are happier than ourselves, compassionate towards those who are unhappy, joyful with those doing praiseworthy things and remain undisturbed by the errors of others, our minds will be very tranquil." We will know a persons mind is very tranquil if we observe that they behave in daily life in the manner mentioned above. The above sutra can be taken as a prescription for training, or as a description of the results of training. Yoga Sutra 1.33.
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FEES
1 class per week for 2 months $105
2+ classes per week for 2 months $150
Classes can be made up during the 2 months by coming to another class, or bring a friend to class for free. MVLA education courses must pre-register on line.
45 minute privates with Leslie $105
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LESLIE SIMS teaches tools for body, breath, and mind in Yoga and Chi Kung (QiGong). She is director of NOW yoga, head coach of Club Swim, Yoga Alliance 500/ERYT, was certified by Iyengar, and studies Ayurveda. From 1997 to the present she has immersed herself in 18 Buddha Hands Qigong, Hua Shan Taoist Chi Kung, and Chinese medicine under Larry Johnson, O.M.D., L. AC. She is a pioneer in teaching the same concept from both an Indian Yoga and a Taoist perspective. Understanding the universal principles (depicted in Lord Shiva's Nataraja) inherent in both systems; provides a blueprint for correct action and internal development. She teaches privately, in groups, in retreats and workshops, locally and internationally.
650.559.1950
nowyoga@att.net
MARIA FOLEY is a Registered Yoga Therapist, who has been practicing yoga since 1990, the last ten years studying with Leslie. Maria's classes include elements of both the Iyengar and Ashtanga tradition and aim to train the body, mind, and breath to work in harmony. Maria graduated from Stanford' s Teacher Education Certification Program in 2007. 650.424.8501
maria@mariafoley.com
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BARBARA LEVITT, Ph. D. is an herbalist with acupuncture studies at Five Branches Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Cruz. She gives private herbal instruction to compliment your Yoga or Qigong (Chi Kung)practice.650.910.7886
barbaralevitt@hotmail.com
BRAD SIMS is devoted to helping individuals reach their maximum potentials through a balanced body. He is a graduate of the UC Santa Barbara, a certified Structural Integration Practitioner, and certified SwimAmerica Instructor. Brad is an accomplished athlete in water polo and tennis, with developed practices in yoga and qigong. He continues his studies under Larry Johnson, O.M.D., L.Ac., learning the art of Qi Gong—a means of promoting health, treating disease, increasing longevity, and cultivating spiritual development. From his in-depth participation and analysis of physical activities, he teaches correct action for any physical activity through his teaching and Structural Integration Practice. He is also an Ideal Health representative.
650.862.5907
braddsims@yahoo.com
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