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September 22, 2008
Bibliography, Links, Resources,
Lessons
Learning and Teaching Taijiquan, Qigong and Yoga
Alphabetic Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website
"The Art of Learning: A Critique of Chinese Martial Arts." By
Kenneth S. Cohen. Internal Arts, Vol. 3, No. 1, February 1989, pp. 14-16. An
interesting comparison
of the aims of the Feldenkrais method to more rigid, goal orientated,
competitive,
workaholic, emotionless, and injurious practices of some traditional
teachers.
"An Anyalysis of Teaching and Learning Methods," By David X.
Swenson, Ph. D.. T'ai Chi: The International Magazine of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Vol. 26, No. 1,
February 2002, pp.39 - 41. "Learning style refers to the
characteristic strengths
and preferences in the ways a person perceives, organizes and is able to use various kinds of
information." The
authors explains sensing vs. intuitive learners, visual vs. verbal learners,
inductive vs.
deductive learners, active vs. reflective learners, and. sequential vs.
global learners. He
gives specific suggestions for instructors and students."
Bringing
Yoga to Life:The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living. By
Donna Farhi.
Harper San Francisco, 2003. 250 pages. ISBN:
0060091142.
Cloud Hands
Blog: Learning Taijiquan
The
Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice. T. K. V. Desikachar.
Revised
Edition. Rochester, Vermont, Inner Traditions International, 1995, 1999.
Index, 244 pages.
Includes the Yoga Sutra by Pantanjali. ISBN: 089281764X.
How to Find a Tai Chi Teacher.
Thomas Cobb teaches Wu Style T'ai Chi.
The
Intuitive Body: Aikido as a Clairsentient Practice. By Wendy
Palmer. Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 1994. 152 pages.
ISBN: 1556431716.
Ji Hong Taijiquan Teaching Method
and Curriculum Outline of program.
Kishido: The Way of the Western Warrior. By Peter Hobart.
Prescott, Arizona, Hohm Press, 2003. Glossary, 168 pages. ISBN:
1890772313.
Learning the Standard Simplified 24 Movements Taijiquan Hand Form in the Yang
Style
Learning the Standard
32 Movements Taijiquan Sword Form in the Yang Style
Learning the Standard
73 Movement Competition Hand Form in the Sun Style
Moving
Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee. By Rodney
Yee with Nina Zolotow. Photographs by Michael Venera. Emmaus, PA,
Rodale Press, Gaiam Books, 2004. Index, 394 pages.
ISBN: 0875969216. An excellent program for developing a home yoga practice.
Steal My Art. T. T. Liang.
Sun Style Taijiquan 73
Competition Form - Learning
Sword, 32 Standard
Form - Learning
Valley Spirit Taijiquan:
Curriculum and Information
"While Waiting for Your Teacher." Wendell Anderson. T'ai
Chi: The International Magazine of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Vol. 29, No. 1, February 2005, pp. 6-7.
Quotations
"The technique
I have developed to work directly with my Grinch (inner critic) is first to
acknowledge its reaction and then ask a question. For example, if my Grinch
says, "That was lousy." I reply, "Yes,
that's true, it was lousy. And, if
there were more smoothness in my body, what would it feel like?" This is what I
call the "Yes, ...
And, ..." technique." By acknowledging
the negative voice, we blend with it. We soften the negative blow by going with
it and not resisting. Then we shift our attention by using the conjunction
"and." Using "and" affirms that we can simultaneously hold our vision of how we
want to perform without excluding our negative assessment. Asking the question
leads our attention toward exploring the sensation of what we want to develop
instead of fighting against our Grinch. ...
I do not delve into the content of what the Grinch has to
say, but instead I choose to put my attention on the rush of energy in my body.
From using the basic practice techniques, we know something about working with
energy. When we feel the rush of energy or notice that we are tensing or
speeding up, we can stop, focus on our breath, balance our energy field, feel
gravity, and evoke our quality. When we stabilize and soften in this way, the
energy can begin to self-organize in a way that allows us to deal with the
situation more skillfully. ... Pause and feel any sensations that arise. A new
perspective on the situation may come with the sensations."
- Wendy Palmer, The Intuitive Body:
Aikido as a
Clairsentient
Practice, 1994, p. 48
© Michael P. Garofalo, 2008, All Rights Reserved
Alphabetical Subject Index
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Center, Cloud Hands, Taijiquan,
Qigong, Internal Martial Arts, Walking, Yoga,
Training, Fitness, Gardening, Thinking, Poetry, Mysticism, Taoism, Philosophy
Above the Fog - Zen Poems by Mike Garofalo
Alphabetical Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website
Ancient Goddesses - Quotations, Poems, Sayings, Prayers, Songs
Animal Frolics- Five: (Wu Qin Xi): Tiger, Bear, Crane, Deer, and Monkey
Arthritis Therapy - Exercise: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung
Audio Recordings, Making This Life Significant, Classics Series
Bagua Zhang (Eight Trigrams Boxing)
Balls - Taiji and Qigong Exercises, Medicine Balls
Bear, Standing Bear, Level 1 Ranking, Valley Spirit Taijiquan
The Bear: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Bicycling in Northern California
Bird - Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Blog - Cloud Hands: Taijiquan and Qigong by Michael P. Garofalo
Blog - Green Way by Michael P. Garofalo
Book of Changes (I Ching) and Qigong (Dao-yin)
Breathing Practices: Bibliography, Links, Resources, Quotes
Broadsword (Dao, Saber): Yang Style
Buddhism - Tibetan: Shambhala Warriorship, Tantra, Yoga
California (Northern) T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Cane (Zhang, Jo, Short Staff, Gun Quan, Aikijo)
Charkas (Energy Centers of the Subtle Body)
Chen Style Taijiquan Internal Training
Chen Style Taijiquan Index, Valley Spirit Taijiquan
Chen Style Taijiquan Sword (Jian)
Chi Kung (Qigong) and Yoga Classes, Red Bluff, California. Instructor: Mike Garofalo.
Ch'i Kung: Bibliography and Links
Chi Kung: Bibliography and Links 2007
Ch'i Kung Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Chi Kung: Valley Spirit Center Red Bluff, California
Circle Walking - Bagua Zhang (Eight Trigrams Boxing)
Circles and Spheres - Sacred Circles
Class Schedule, Taijiquan, Instructor: Mike Garofalo, Red Bluff, California
Class Schedule, Hatha Yoga, Instructor: Mike Garofalo, Red Bluff California
Classes, Valley Spirit Taijiquan, Instructional Program
Classical Taiji Sword (Jian) Yang Style 55 Movements
Classics Series, Making This Life Significant
Cloud Hands Blog, Mind/Body Movement Arts: Taijiquan, Qigong, Yoga, Walking and Gardening
Cloud Hands Website: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Ch'i Kung
Cloud Hands T'ai Chi Ch'uan Journal
Comments and Notes on the Yang Style Taijiquan
Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu) (551 - 479 BCE)
Correct Taijiquan Practice Principles
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
Daoist Medical Qigong Center Studies in 2007
Dao (Saber, Broadsword) - Yang Style
The Deer: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Diabetes Therapy - Exercise: Taijiquan and Qigong
Dictionary of Internal Martial Arts (Nei Jia Quan)
Direction of Movements in Taijiquan and Qigong
Disclaimer of the Cloud Hands Website
Dragon Qigong - Eight Dragons Qigong
Dragon Gate - Taoism - Wudang Mountain Qigong
Druids, Neo-Pagans, Green Men, Shamans
Eight Part Models of the Cosmos
Eight Ox Herding Songs - A Ch'an/Zen Parable
Eight Section Brocade Ch'i Kung
Eight Trigrams Boxing (Bagua Zhang, Pa Kua Quan)
Embrace the One - Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree
Entering Tranquility (Ru Jing) Meditation
Essentials of Taijiquan Movement Art
Exercise - Diabetes Therapy - Taijiquan and Qigong
External and Internal Aspects of Chinese Martial Arts
Feedback, Kudos and Reviews for the Cloud Hand's Website
Fitness and Well Being Website
Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi): Tiger, Bear, Crane, Deer, and Monkey
Five Elements (Wu-Xing) and Taijiquan
Five Stepping Movements of Taijiquan
Five Elements (Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Metal)
Gardening: Quotes, Poems, History, Sayings
Gardening: Quips and Maxims by Michael P. Garofalo
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
Glossary of Taijiquan Terms in English and Chinese (Pinyin)
The Goddess - Quotations, Poems, Sayings, Prayers, Songs
Goose - Bird - Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Green Men, Neo-Pagans, Druids, Shamans
Green Way Research Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.. Red Bluff, California.
Green Way Research - Taijiquan and Qigong
Green Wizard: Druids, Neo-Pagans, Witchcraft, Earth Religions
Gun Quan Short Staff, 50" Walking/Martial Staff,
Gu Shen (Valley Spirit) Taijiquan Instructional Program
Hatha Yoga Classes, Red Bluff, California, Instructor: Mike Garofalo
Health and Fitness - T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Hexagrams and Trigrams of the I Ching (Book of Changes)
Hidden Tiger, Beginning Program, Level 2, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
High Blood Pressure Reduction and Practicing Taijiquan and Qigong
Hsing I Chuan Five Fists
I Ching (Book of Changes) and Taijiquan and Qigong
Index to the Cloud Hands Website
Indoor Cycling, Stationary Bicycling, Spinning
Instructional Program, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Internal and External Aspects of Chinese Martial Arts
Internal Martial Arts (Nei Jia Quan) Dictionary
Jian 32 Standard Sword Form - Yang Style
Jo Short Staff, 48" Walking Stick, Cane, Zhang, Way of the Jo
Jo Do: Way of the Short Staff: Jo Do, Aikijo, Cane, Zhang, Jojutsu, Gun Quan
Journal - Valley Spirit Journal by Michael P. Garofalo
Kudos for the Cloud Hands Website
Kundalini (Coiled Serpent) Energy
Kwang Ping Taijiquan of Kuo Lien Ying
Learning and Teaching Taijiquan, Qigong and Yoga
Lifestyle Advice for Wise Persons
Links and Bibliography: Qigong
Links and Bibliography: Taijiquan
Long Form 108 Yang Style Taijiquan
Making This Life Significant, Classics Series
Massage: Valley Spirit Center Red Bluff, California
Master Chang San-Feng (circa 1350)
Master Cheng Man-Ch'ing (1901 - 1975)
Master Kuo Lien Ying (1895-1984)
Master Sun Lu-Tang (1861-1932)
Master Yang Cheng-Fu (1883-1936)
Mastery, Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Will Power, Strength of Character
Medicine Balls, Taiji and Qigong Exercise Balls
Meditation Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Meditation Methods and Techniques
Meditation - Standing Like A Tree
Meditation - Standing - General
Meditation - Wu Ji - The Edge of Emptiness
Michael P. Garofalo, M.S. - Brief Biography
Michael P. Garofalo - Internal Martial Arts Practice History
Michael P. Garofalo - T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Practice
The Monkey: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Months of the Year: Quotes, Poems, Links
Mountain Biking in Northern California
Movement Direction Instructions for Taijiquan and Qigong Forms
Movement Principles of Tai Chi Chuan
Moving Hands Like Clouds: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong
Northern California Taijiquan and Qigong News in Cloud Hands Blog
Northern California T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Northwestern U.S. Tajiquan and Qigong News in Cloud Hands Blog
Notes and Comments on the Yang Style Taijiquan
Nei Jia Quan (Internal Martial Arts) Dictionary
Neo-Pagans, Druids, Green Men, Shamans
Nine Movement Temple Ch'i Kung Exercise Set
Older Persons Exercise and Wellness Programs
Oregon T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Original Waving Hands Like Clouds URL
Pa Kua Chang (Eight Trigrams Boxing)
Photography - Valley Spirit Photography Gallery
Pilates: Links, Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Pole Weapons, Chen Style Taijiquan
Pranayama: Breathing Techniques from Yoga
Principles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan Movement Art
Private Instruction by Michael P. Garofalo, Instructional Programs
Pulling Onions: The Quips and Maxims of a Gardener
Qigong (GWRW)
Qigong (GDW)
Qigong Ball Exercises, Medicine Balls, Taiji Balls
Qigong: Bibliography and Links
Qigong: Bibliography and Links 2007
Qigong, Ch'i Kung - Chinese Mind-Body Exercises
Qigong and Yoga Classes, Red Bluff, California. Instructor: Mike Garofalo.
Qigong Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Qigong Practice: Tips, Suggestions, Lessons
Questions and Answers in Cloud Hands Blog
Red Bluff, California, Qigong Classes
Red Bluff, California, Yoga Classes
Red Bluff, California: Valley Spirit Center
Red Bluff, California: Valley Spirit Taijiquan
Red Bluff, Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program
Reiki (Ushi Shiki Ryoho) - Karen Garofalo, Reiki Practitioner
Reiki: Valley Spirit Center Red Bluff, California
Resolve, Will. Willpower, Self Control, Self Discipline
Reviews of the Cloud Hand's Website
RSS Feed for the Cloud Hands Blog
RSS Feed for the Green Way Blog
Saber or Broadsword - Yang Style
Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Will Power
Send Email to Michael P. Garofalo
Senior Citizens Fitness Programs
Senior Fitness - Red Bluff, CA
Sensing Hands: Push Hands - T'ui Shou
73 Standard Competition Form, Sun Style Taijiquan
Shamans, Neo-Pagans, Druids, Green Men
Shambhala Warriorship: Tibetan Buddhism
Shoong, Sung, Song - Loose, Relaxed, Open, Yielding, Responsive
Short Form, Yang Style, Beijing Simplified 24
Short Staff Martial Arts: Jo Do, Zhang, Cane, Aikijo, Jojutsu, Gun Quan
Silk Reeling, Chen Style Taijiquan
Simplified 24 From, Yang Style
Soaring Crane, Intermediate Program, Level 3, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Speaking to the Spirit Meditation
Spear Weapons, Chen Style Taijiquan
The Spirit of Gardening 3,300 quotations arranged by 135 topics.
Staff Weapons: Chen Style Taijiquan
Staff Weapons: Jo, Bo, Can, Staff, Spear
Standard Orthodox 32 Sword (Jian) Form - Yang Style Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes.
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
Sun Lu-Tang's (1861-1933) Chronology
Sun Lu-Tang's (1861-1933) Biography
Sun Lu-Tang (1861-1933): Baguaquan, Hsingyiquan, and Taijiquan Grandmaster
Sun Style Internal Martial Arts Glossary
Sun Style Taijiquan Online Videos
Sun Style Taijiquan, 73 Standard Competition Form
Swordsmanship and T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Sword 32 Standard Sword (Jian) Form - Yang Style
Sword 55 Yang Taiji Traditional
Tai Chi Ball Exercises, Qigong Balls, Medicine Balls, Exercise Balls
Tai Chi Chuan (GWR)
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
Tai Chi Chuan Movement Principles
T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Red Bluff, CA
T'ai Chi Ch'uan Short Form, Beijing Simplified 24, Yang Style
T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Links and Bibliography
T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Valley Spirit Center Red Bluff, California
Taijiquan: Bibliography and Links
Taijiquan For Good Health, Fitness and Vitality
Taijiquan Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Taijiquan - Princiles of Practice
Taijiquan: Valley Spirit Center Red Bluff, California
Taijiquan Yang Style Sword 55 Form
Taming the Ox - A Zen Allegory or Parable
Tantric Buddhism: Shambhala Warriorship, Yoga
Taoism, Nature Mysticism, Alchemy
Taoist and Eastern Classics, Making This Life Significant Series
Teaching and Learning Taijiquan, Qigong and Yoga
Tehama Family Fitness Center, Red Bluff, California
Temple Qigong - A Nine Movement Exercise Set
Thirteen Postures: 8 Gates and 5 Steps
32 Standard Sword (Jian) Form - Yang Style
The 300 Missing Poems of Han Shan
Tibetan Buddhism: Shambhala Warriorship, Yoga, Tantra
The Tiger: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)
Tiger, Hidden Tiger, Beginning Program, Level 2, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Tips, Suggestions and Lessons for Qigong Practice
Tree Qigong - Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree
Trees - Quotations, Poems, Lore, Wisdom
Trees - Lore, Magick, Myths, Magick
Trigrams and Hexagrams of the I Ching (Book of Changes)
Twelve Animals of Chinese Yoga
Twelve Animals of Hsing I Chuan (Xing I Quan)
Valley Spirit Center Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.. Red Bluff, California
Valley Spirit Fitness and Well Being Website
Valley Spirit Journal by Michael P. Garofalo (May 2003-July 2005)
Valley Spirit Journal by Michael P. Garofalo (August 2005- )
Valley Spirit Photography Gallery - Old
Valley Spirit Photography Gallery - New - Coppermine
Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club
Valley Spirit Taijiquan, Red Bluff, California
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program
Valley Spirit - Green Way Blog
Valley Spirit Taijiquan and Qigong Journal (5/2003-7/2005) by Michael P. Garofalo
Valley Spirit Taijiquan and Qigong Journal (8/2005-) by Michael P. Garofalo
Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Qigong, and Yoga
Vancouver, B.C., T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools
Walking - Eight Ways of Walking Qigong
Walking - General Fitness Exercise
Walking: Valley Spirit Center Red Bluff, California
Walking Stick, Cane (Zhang, Jo, Short Staff, Gun Quan, Aikijo)
War Powers Authorization by Public Vote - 28th Amendment Proposal
Washington T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Waving Hands Like Clouds: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong
Way of the Short Staff: Jo Do, Aikijo, Jojutsu, Gun Quan
Will Power, Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Strength of Character
Wudang Mountain - Taoism, Taijiquan and Qigong
Wu Qin Xi, The Five Animal Frolics: Crane, Bear, Deer, Monkey, and Tiger
Xing Yi Quan Five Fists
Xing I Quan (Hsing I Chuan) - Twelve Animals
Yoga Class, TFFC, Red Bluff, CA
Yang Family Taijiquan Genealogy
Yang Style Push Hands and Da Lu
Yang Style 55 Movement Taiji Sword
Yang Style Traditional Taijiquan Long Form 108 Movements
Yang Style Taijiquan - Notes and Comments
Yang Style Taijiquan Short Form 24 Movements
Yang Style Taijiquan Sword (Jian) 55 Movements
Yin-Yang Sensitivity Training: Sticking Hands - T'ui Shou
Yoga Class, Red Bluff, CA - Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo
Yoga and Qigong Classes, Red Bluff, California. Instructor: Mike Garofalo.
Yogalates: Links, Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree
Zen Poems: "Above the Fog" by Mike Garofalo
Zen Poetry: Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Resources
Zhang, Cane (Jo, Short Staff, Gun Quan, Aikijo)
Valley Spirit Center - Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, Northern California, U.S.A.
Cities and small towns in the area: Oroville, Paradise, Durham, Chico, Hamilton City,
Corning, Rancho Tehama, Los Molinos, Vina, Tehama, Proberta, Gerber,
Manton,
Cottonwood, Olinda, Cloverdale, Dairyville, Bend, Centerville, Summit City
Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, Igo, Ono, Redding, Shasta, Colusa, Willows,
Richfield, Fall River, Montgomery Creek, Alturas, McCloud, Dunsmuir, Yreka, Happy Camp,
Shingletown, Burney, Mt. Shasta City, Weaverville, Williams, Chester, Orland,
Susanville, Weed, Gridley, Marysville, Yuba City, NorCalifia, CA, California.
September 18, 2008
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