Karen Eubanks Garofalo, Michael
D."Mick" Garofalo, Michael P. Garofalo
January 24, 2005, Graduation Day, Portland, Oregon
Western Culinary Institute, Portland, in
association with Le Cordon Bleu
Culinary Arts School, Paris
February 2005 Valley Spirit Journal
December 2004 Valley Spirit Journal
Index to the Valley Spirit Journal
January 31, Monday, 2005
"I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."
- Confucius
"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person
refuses to quit."
- Napoleon Hill
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 60 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Work for CUESD
from 11:00 - 4:00 pm. Reading First Grant work, ordering
materials and equipment, writing, coordinating with employees.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Bench press, incline squats, shrugs, upright
rows, bicep curls.
Spin bicycling class with Nicole from
5:30-6 pm. Talked with Tami, circuit instructor.
Added poems to Cuttings:
January.
Buddha is dead.
But, if you meet the Buddha
don't invent another god
or behead another demon; just
sip some tea under a tree.
"If you meet the Buddha, kill him."
- Linji Yizuan (Rinzai Gigen, Jap.), c 866 CE
January 30, Sunday, 2005
"You may delay, but time will not."
- Benjamin Franklin
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 60 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Jordan, Debbie, Karen, Betty and I all enjoyed an afternoon party and
Mexican food this
afternoon.
Updated numerous webpages at my Haiku and Short Poems website.
"I often am looking for a quote or a saying for a season or month, and turn
to your site
to read what you offer. I enjoy perusing them. I don't use them in a
speech or anything,
but may locate, for instance, a Teasdale poem I couldn't find in my Bartlett's,
and use a
line or two for a calendar embellishment for the elderly which I put together
monthly.
Thank you for a site which
works so well for mood and selection."
- Gail Green
don't know mind
as wide as the empty sky
above the dogma fogs
blinding the brilliant eyes
with hazy religious lies
January 29, Saturday, 2005
"Success is never permanent, and failure is never
final."
- Mike Ditka
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 60 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
I taught Qigong and Taiji from 10-11 am, and taught Yoga from 11-12:15 am at TFFC.
Karen, Betty and I went to Redding for lunch, bookstore, and department store shopping.
Updated the webpage on Will Power.
countless orgasms
waste a man's prana
so Sri Swami says;
Krishna as Kandarpa says
sex is power
[Gita 10.28]
January 28, Friday, 2005
"To err is human, to repent divine, to persist
devilish."
- Benjamin Franklin
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:30 pm. Worked all day on set up of new Dell
desktop computer and moving files from Compaq laptop I have been using since
September, 2003. I set the Compaq up for staff use. I removed and
transferred
files, and switched and loaded programs. This new computer will greatly
improve
my daily working environment: large color screen, regular keyboard and mouse,
faster
computer, large steady table, correct height for monitor and keyboard,
etc.
Rather tired tonight. Read and retired early.
Bent low
by the dying dog
he cried
by the grimy roadside
as cars whizzed by.
January 27, Thursday, 2005
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my
strength lies
solely in my tenacity."
- Louis Pasteur
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 1:30 pm. Writing Enhancing Education Through
Technology Grant, Round 3 for Maywood Middle School. Dave set up my new
desktop computer in my office. I will no longer have to use the small
monochrome
portable computer. This is a great improvement for me in my daily work
environment.
Take Betty to her medical appointment in the afternoon.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Pulldowns, tricep and shoulder pulldowns,
leg curls and reverse leg curls.
I taught the Yoga class from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC. I
felt a bit slow this evening,
and unlike any other time I did not end with Corpse Pose.
"Dear Michael,
Thanks for your kind response and for helping make the web
site more
visible.
Over the years you have certainly made a fabulous contribution via your
excellent web sites."
- Patricia Hackett and James W. Hackett, Maui, Hawaii, 27 Jan 2005
The Haiku and Zen World of
James W. Hackett
January 26, Wednesday, 2005
"You always pass failure on the way to success."
- Micky Rooney
I resumed follwing the induction phase of the nutrition
program outlined
in Atkins
Diabetes Revolution. Also, I am limiting my total caloric intake
to
under 2,000 calories each day. This nutrition program is not the program
recommended in the
ACE
Personal Trainer Manual. I need to develop
an new approach to managing my diabetes by dramatically reducing
my intake of high glycemic carbohydrates.
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:30 pm. Writing Enhancing Education Through
Technology Grant, Round 3 for Maywood Middle School.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Bench press, upright rows, dumbell shrubs, incline
squats,
forearm dumbell curls.
Spin bicycling class with Jenny from
5:30-6 pm.
Heavy rain most of the day - over 2 inches since yesterday evening. Very
heavy
rain when I drove I5 from Corning to Red Bluff. Our backyard is very
flooded in
many places.
Returned to studying for exams and workshops.
Karen and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary tonight. Marriage has
always been a very positive experience in many ways for me.
January 25, Tuesday, 2005
"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its
completion."
- Parkinson's Law
Karen, Betty and I drove from Portland to Red Bluff, California. A cool
and
very foggy day in Oregon, and quite overcast in California. We were all tired in
the
evening. Visiting over the weekend with my grown children was a very
emotional
experience for me: pride, complex memories, hope, concerns, pleasure, letting
go, tiring, feeling my age, etc..
January 24, Monday, 2005
"It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through
success; they much
oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and
example
could never have taught them so well as failure has done."
- Samuel Smiles
I walked for 3 miles at the running track at park near Alicia's home in the
early
morning.
We attended Michael D. Garofalo's graduation ceremony at the Scottish Rites
Temple in downtown Portland. 200 students were graduated from the
Western
Culinary Institute. Afterwards, we treated Mick, April, Barbara, Betty,
Karen
and I to lunch at the Portland Bar and Grill atop the CitiCorp Bank in
downtown. Karen and I were very proud of our son's
accomplishments.
April Scott, Sean Flinn, Mick Garofalo, Alicia Garofalo Flinn
Karen Eubanks Garofalo, Michael D. "Mick" Garofalo, Michael P. Garofalo
The graduates were persons of all ages and from many states and
countries.
May they all make suberb meals for thousands of people and bring much joy
to many a happy table.
January 23, Sunday, 2005
"Most of the important things in the world have been
accomplished by people
who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."
- Dale Carnegie
My 59th birthday! A delight to celebrate with family and friends.
I walked for 3 miles at the running track at park near Alicia's home.
We celebrated Micks' graduation from the Western Culinary Institute and my
birthday. Mick and April prepared 16 different delicious foods during the
day.
We enjoyed a day of socializing at Alicia and Sean's home. Heather was
visiting from Los Angeles. Mick and April really worked hard on a superb
meal.
fifty nine years
to the day, today,
since I first cried, and
raised my fingers
towards the sky
January 22, Saturday, 2005
"If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching'
in your
own mind before you actually arrive at your goal."
- Zig Ziglar
Drive to Portland with Karen and Betty. Portland is 460 miles from Red
Bluff.
We stayed with Alicia and Sean Flinn. We always leave around 6 am
and
arrive from 3:30 to 4:40 pm. Beautiful clear weather the whole drive after
leaving
the foggy north Sacramento Valley. A safe and easy journey.
I walked for 3 miles at the running track at park near Alicia's home.
January 21, Friday, 2005
"Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every
obstacle is
simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a
strengthening
of his powers of accomplishment."
- Eric Butterworth
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
200 rope skips.
Taijiquan and Qigong class with Kevin Weaver from 9-10. I felt very tired
today.
House and garden chores most of the day. Packing for the trip to
Portland.
Betty Yarber, Karen's sister, arrives in Red Bluff. She will be visiting
us for awhile.
We celebrated Betty's birthday, my birthday, and Karen and Mike's
anniversary.
January 20, Thursday, 2005
"The world makes way for the man who knows where he is
going."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:30 pm. Writing Enhancing Education Through
Technology Grant, Round 3 for Maywood Middle School.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Pulldowns, tricep and shoulder pulldowns,
leg curls and reverse leg curls. Rope skip 170 reps.
I taught the Yoga class from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
Started webpage on Aging and Fitness: Jokes, Humor, Quips, Satire.
January 19, Wednesday, 2005
"Procrastination is the thief of time."
- Edward Young
Updated notes on the Qigong
webpage.
Jokes about the fitness of older people abound:
I was thinking about old age and decided that it is 'when you still have
something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it'.
I thought about making a fitness movie, for folks my age, and
call it "Pumping Rust."
I have gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's when your chest
is falling into your drawers!
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:30 pm. Writing Enhancing Education Through
Technology Grant, Round 3 for Maywood Middle School.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Bench press, upright rows, dumbell shrubs, incline
squats,
forearm dumbell curls.
Spin bicycling class with Nicole from
5:30-6 pm.
Yogalates class with Lauren from 6-6:45 pm.
William Tyler wrote to me:
" I am looking for a picture of a zen couple standing (with brooms?)
and laughing. I want to give it to an old couple I know for a present.
Can you tell me where I could find it (even on line)?"
I wrote back:
You probably want access to various paintings of
Han Shan and Shih-te
http://www.egreenway.com/HanShan/hsind.htm
There are reproductions and art prints, for example,
of the painting by Kaihoku Yusho of the two Zen friends."
I had a nice email from Steve Masover from Berkeley. He is the webmaster
for Tai Chi Berkeley. Tai Chi Berkeley Lenzie
Williams, senior student of
Ben (Pang Jeng) Lo since
1975 and teaching since 1978, offers instruction
in Cheng Man Ch'ing's
Yang style Tai Chi.
An email from Martin K. Bayne sent me to
Zen for Tough Guys. It is a new
blog with "Zen" stories.
January 18, Tuesday, 2005
"It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of
goals
seems to characterize our age."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:30 pm. Writing Enhancing Education Through
Technology Grant, Round 3 for Maywood Middle School. Updated Reading
First Grant budge procedures.
Updated notes on the Standing Meditation webpage.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Pulldowns, tricep and shoulder pulldowns,
leg curls and reverse leg curls. Rope skip 170 reps.
Yoga class with Gudrin as our teacher from 5:30-6:45 p,m. at TFFC.
Gudrun spoke to me for over 40 minutes after class and gave me some
invaluable advice about teaching and learning yoga. She also talked about
the need of some older people to slow down and not will themselves into
fatique.
"Above all do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday I walk
myself into a state of well
being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my
best thoughts
and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from
it. But by
sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling
ill...if one
keeps on walking everything will be alright.
- Soren Kierkegaard.
January 17, Monday, 2005
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
preparation, hard work,
and learning from failure."
- Colin Powell
Reviewing the information about Biomechanics and Applied
Kinesiology in
Chapter 3 of the
ACE
Personal Trainer Manual.
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
200 rope skips.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Bench press, upright rows, dumbell shrubs,
incline squats,
forearm dumbell curls. Spin bicycling class with Nicole rom
5:30-6 pm.
Updated notes on the Meditation
webpage. Updated handouts for TFFC classes
that I teach in Yoga, Qigong, and Taijiquan.
Started to prepare for my upcoming String
Figures class for the Gifted and Talented
Education (GATE)
studensts, 3-5 grades, in the CUESD.
January 16, Sunday, 2005
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves
simply
as something to aim at."
- Bruce Lee
Reviewing the information about Biomechanics and Applied
Kinesiology in
Chapter 3 of the
ACE
Personal Trainer Manual.
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
200 rope skips.
Taught Greg Taijiquan from 10-11.
I continue to follow the induction phase of the nutrition
program outlined
in Atkins
Diabetes Revolution. Also, I am limiting my total caloric intake
to
under 2,000 calories each day. This nutrition program is not the program
recommended in the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual. I need to develop
an new approach to managing my diabetes by dramatically reducing
my intake of high glycemic carbohydrates.
Cultivating
Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind. Translated
with an introduction by Eva Wong. With a commentary by Shui-ch'ing Tzu.
Illustrated
by Hun-yen Tsu. Boston, Shambhala Press, 1992. 156 pages. MGC.
ISBN: 0877736871. The original text is believed to have been written in the
Six
dynasties era (265-420 C. E.), the commentary written in the Ch'ing dynasty
(1644-1911 C.E.), and from a book printed in 1873.
"Read from the bottom up, the wu-chi diagram describes the
process of transformation
through internal alchemy, or the return to the Tao. The circle at the
bottom is the Mysterious
Gate, or the Valley Spirit. Gate means "opening," and Valley
refers to "Emptiness"
or "Void." On the physical level the Valley Spirit lies in the
Life Gate (ming-men) on the
spinal column (an area on the spine between the kindneys). The ming-men
controls
movement of the generative energy in the lower tan-t'ien (the area near
the navel). On
the spiritual level, the Valley Spirit is consciousness emptied of sensations,
emotions,
and thoughts."
- Eva Wong, Cultivating Stillness, p. xvii.
Updated notes in the webpage on the Valley Spirit Idea
January 15, Saturday, 2005
"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
- Sophocles
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
200 rope skips.
Teach Qigong and Taiji from 10-11 am, and Yoga from 11-12:15 am at TFFC.
Dealing with some soreness in the lower left abdomen in the area where I had
hernia surgery in September 2003. Gulp!!
Karen and I worked in the garden on projects.
Final review of the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
All my websites are now up and running smoothly: Green
Way Research. Some were down
at the end of December because of domain registration problems.
January 14, Friday, 2005
"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of
all work is production
or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought,
system,
planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to
do
is not doing."
- Thomas A. Edison
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 60 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Taijiquan and qigong class with Kevin Weaver from 9-10 am.
Work for CUESD
from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. Management group meetings. I've been
so
busy with work projects I have not been able to get to the fitness center to do
more
strength training or mat workouts. I'll resume the program on
Sunday.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
"In Taiji, "relaxation" (fang song) has a very specific
meaning: it is active and
it is connected. Any part of the body that is completely limp is, in fact,
not
relaxed. Limpness usually implies a stiffness or blockage
effectively
disconnecting the limp part from the rest of your structure. Many beginners,
when
they see the quality of movement that a Taiji expert exhibits in doing forms,
think that the expert is actually using a lot of force and that the concept
of
relaxation is more philosophical than practical. This is exactly
wrong. By
concentrating on total relaxation, you will eventually develop a sort of
deep
coordination that allows you to move with superb economy and cohesiveness.
... The subjective experience of correct relaxation is a feeling of
aliveness
and consciousness throughout your whole body. Your body feels substantial
when it moves, as if possessing great internal mass, yet movement is
effortless."
- Mark Chen, Old
Frame Chen Family Taijiquan, pp. 53-56.
January 13, Thursday, 2005
"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All
life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course,
and
you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled
in
the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a
tumble."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:00 pm.
Weightlifting for 60 minutes at TFFC:
Pulldowns, tricep and shoulder pressdowns, leg curls,
reverse leg curls, toe raises, seated rowing, Roman chair leg lifts.
I taught the Yoga class at TFFC from 5:30 - 6:45. Discuss tapas =
heat, fire, intensity,
desire, purifying fire, intense effort.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
January 12, Wednesday, 2005
"Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure."
- Earl Wilson
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:00 pm. Give a presentation at the CUESD School
Board meeting at 7:30 pm about the Enhancing Education Through Technology
Formula and Competitive Grants from NCLB.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
Slowly updating the webpage on the Yang 108/88 Long Form.
"Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery.
We need gradually to
develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping mechanically into
this or that
sub-personality. Thus we become able to identify with each part of our
being as we wish.
We can have more choice. It is the difference between being impotently
transported
by a roller coaster and, instead, driving a car and being able to choose which
way to
go and for what purpose to make the journey."
- Piero Ferrucci, What We May Be, p. 51
What We
May Be: Techniques for Psychological and Spiritual Growth Through
Psychosynthesis. By Piero Ferrucci. New York, Jeremy P. Tarcher,
Putnam
Book, 1982. Bibliography, appendices, index, 255 pages. MGC.
ISBN: 0874772621.
Added to the webpage on Willpower.
Michael,
"I see you have performed considerable research into the Walnut Witches.
Recently my sister investigated the Alberobello, Italy community and
discovered the people in this community were referred to as very strange:
Holy Doctors / Walnut Witches. She also learned that when the great plague
swept Europe, and Italy, Alberobello was the only town not effected.
I am a decendent of Alberobello, Italy, and have a keen interest in
learning more about Walnut Witches and if you have any other information
on Alberobello, Italy that would be fantastic, as well.
Thank you in advance,
Samuel J. Maggio
It will be similar to my webpage on olive trees:
http://www.egreenway.com/meditation/treemag.htm
January 11, Tuesday, 2005
"What may be done at any time will be done at no
time."
- Scottish Proverb
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:30 pm.
Attended the American Heart Association CPR and AED class from 6-10 pm at
the Cone Center by St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Read the AHA BLS
(Basic Lifesaving
Skills) book and took the pretest over the last five days.
Added webpage on Movement Direction Instructions for Taijiquan and Qigong Forms.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
Another morning steady rain. We have had excellent levels of rain and snow
above
2,000 feet in the mountains for the last four weeks. Typical Northern
California winter weather.
By the late afternoon the skies had cleared completely and we enjoyed a very
dramatic view of snowcapped mountains in three directions. You could see
all the
way to Mt. Shasta, 100 miles north.
January 10, Monday, 2005
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal.
Not to people or things."
- Albert Einstein
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
200 rope skips. A foggy cool moring for outdoor exercise.
Updated the Fitness and Well Being Disclaimer webpage.
Updated the Valley Spirit Taijiquan and Qigong Club webpage.
Read the book: Old
Frame Chen Family Taijiquan. By Mark Chen.
Berkeley, California,
North
Atlantic Books, 2004. Appendics, notes, bibliography,
246 pages. ISBN: 155643488X.
MGC.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Bench press, incline squats, shrugs, upright
rows, bicep curls.
Spin bicycling class with Nicole rom
5:30-6 pm.
Yogalates class with Lauren from 6:00 - 6:45 pm at TFFC.
I overhear two fellows in the gym lockerroom talking about how they had been
working
out steadily for the past two months. They were proud of their consistent
workouts and
the benefits accumulated. Both said that God was guiding and helping them
keep
their positive health regimen. "God is really helping me!"
was spoken in a sincere
and positive manner. We need all the help we can get to live a
virtuous and
wholesome lifestyle.
Today, I did a careful restudy of the book:
Atkins
Diabetes Revolution. The Groundbreaking Approach to Preventing and
Controlling Type 2 Diabetes. Based on the teachings of Robert C. Atkins,
M.D..
By Mary C. Vernon, M.D., C. M.D. and Jacqueling A. Eberstein, R. N.
William
Morrow, Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. Index, resources, appendices,
538 pages. ISBN: 0060540087.
Today, I decided to begin the induction phase of the nutrition
program outlined
in the book Atkins
Diabetes Revolution. I am also limiting my total caloric intake to
under
2,000 calories each day. I am greatly reducing the intake of carbohydrate
foods with
a high glycemic index.
I feel energetic, lively, and mentally fit. My bodyweight
is at 278 pounds. I engage
in a variety of exercises and activities. However, my fasting blood sugar
is at 130,
and my A1c test shows a blood sugar level at 6.8. Therefore, I must
systemically
and carefully make efforts to reduce the impact of my chronic
diabetes. By greatly
reducing my intake of carbohydrates with a high glycemic index, and reducing my
daily caloric intake to under 2,000 calories, while maintaining my current
rigorous
exercise program, I will aim to reduce my bodyweight to 250 pounds and, thereby,
hopefully, reduce both my shrot term fasting and long-term hemogoblin A1c blood
sugar levels. I
will followthis program until my next physical examination on
March 7, 2005.
January 9, Sunday, 2005
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're
not doing
anything very innovative."
- Woody Allen
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
200 rope skips.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
Teach Greg Taiji from 10-11 am.
The Bhagavad Gita is constantly reminding the person who wishes to be a
renunciate (sannyasi), or sage (rishi) or yogi to not delight in fleeting
pleasures
(p. 76, 5.22), drop away lust and anger (p. 78, 5.26), withdraw attention from
external things (p.78, 5.28), renounce personal desires (p.80, 6.2) and
expectations (p.91, 6.24), let go of attachment to sense objects (p.81,
6.4),
control and calm the senses (p.82, 6.8), practice moderation in everything
(p.90, 6.17), calm the mind and quell the passions (p.91, 6.27) ...
The
Living Gita: The Complete Bhagavad Gita: A Commentary for Modern Readers.
Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Integral Yoga
Pubs., 1997.
326 pages.
The Indian scholar K. N. Upadhyaya places the Bhagavad Gita in the period from
the 5th to the 4th century B.C.E. Thus, it is about 6,000 years
old.
Updated Taijiquan Staff webpage.
January 8, Saturday, 2005
"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in
the ability to start over."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 60 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Teach Qigong and Taiji from 10-11 am, and Yoga from 11-12:15 am at TFFC.
Reviewing the information about Nutrition in Chaper 4 of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual.
January 7, Friday, 2005
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people
who have the habit of making excuses."
- George Washington
Work for CUESD
from 9-3 pm. Attended Technology Plan workshop
at TCDE in Red Bluff. A little too much work to be done.
Treadmill and bicycle work and weightlifting for 70 minutes at TFFC: Bench
press, incline squats, shrugs.
Studying the ACE Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
January 6, Thursday, 2005
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again.
Fail better."
- Samuel Beckett
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:00 pm.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Pulldowns, tricep and shoulder pulldowns,
leg curls and reverse leg curls. Rope skip 170 reps.
I taught the
Yoga class for from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
Studying the ACE Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
Updated the webpage on Willpower.
January 5, Wednesday, 2005
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take
your eyes off your goal."
- Henry Ford
Work for CUESD
from 7:30 - 2:00 pm. Came home and rested. Feeling a little
tired and punk this afternoon.
Like everyone else around the world, watching and listening to reports this
past week about the terrible undersea earthquake and resulting tidalwave
that caused so much destruction and loss of life in the South Pacific areas.
I saw the massive tidal surges caused by Hurricane Camille in 1969 in
Biloxi,
Mississippi, and saw the resulting destruction. The power of the ocean is
something beyond comprehension. It has been disheartening to view and
reflect
on the terrible destruction caused by the tsunami of last week. Such
sadness
everywhere!!!
Studying the ACE Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
All www.egreenway.com webpages back
online. Updated all files to prepare
for Google crawler. Updating and changing domain
information.
Renewed my Emergency Substitute Teaching Credential with the California
State Credential Agency today. I have maintained this credential since
early in 1999, and can teach for up to 30 days in any California school
classroom,
Grades K-12.
January 4, Tuesday, 2005
"The best way out is always through."
- Robert Frost
Work for CUESD
from
7:30 - 4:00 pm.
Updated my webpages for my Yoga Class and Taijiquan and Qigong class
at the Tehama Family Fitness Center:
Yoga Class 2005, Thursday and Saturday
Taijiquan and Qigong Class 2005, Saturday
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Bench press, incline squats, dumbell shrugs.
I taught the Yoga class for Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
Gudrun was coming home from Florida.
Watch USC, #1 college football team, play Oklahoma, #2, in the Orange Bowl
college championship game. USC easily won: 55 to 12. A
stunning win for
their second national championship in a row. The last three years have
been
outstanding for the USC football team. Too bad my dad could not have lived
to see his favorite team be so successful after those hard years in the
1980's.
We always used to watch the USC football games together.
Studying the ACE Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
Read the newest issues of "Men's Fitness" and the "Yoga Journal" magazines.
The center never was within.
The box of monsters was empty.
We break apart from the edges,
Slip away piece by piece,
Washed away by a half-million hours.
January 3, Monday, 2005
"Eden is that old-fashioned House
We dwell in every day
Without suspecting our abode
Until we drive away."
- Emily Dickinson
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes: Pulldowns, reverse and forward leg curls,
pulldowns.
Spin bicycling class with Nicole rom
5:30-6 pm.
Pilates class with Nicole from 6:00 - 6:45 pm at TFFC.
Tantra:
The Path of Ecstasy. By Georg Feuerstein. Boston, Shambhala,
1998. Index,
bibliography, notes, 314 pages. ISBN: 157062304X. MGC.
January 2, Sunday, 2005
"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
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Studying the
ACE
Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
"The "juncture" is
the paradoxical point of being omnipresent while apparently animating
a finite body; of being omniscient while apparently possessing limited
knowledge; of being
eternal while apparently being manifested as a human being with a finite span
of
life; of being infinitely blissful while apparently experiencing pleasure and
pain. This is
the point of liberation, which is no point at all, as it transcends space as
well as time.
The liberated adept is fully illumined and yet is simultaneously present in the
world
of darkness, the world of ignorance and suffering."
- Tantra:
The Path of Ecstasy. By Georg Feuerstein. p. 258
Read the newest and very informative issue of the Yoga Journal.
I have reread many many chapters in Yoga
for Men. The excellent review of
Yoga styles and the many references make this a very useful text. :
Yoga
for Men: Postures for Healthy, Stress-Free Living. By Thomas
Claire.
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Career Press, New Page Books, 2004. Index,
262 pages. ISBN: 1564146650. MGC.
Applied new layer of roofing to one of the
storage sheds and continued to
reorganize the garage.
Reading from 2-6 am.
January 1, Saturday, 2005
"Habit is a cable. We weave a thread of it each day, and at last we
cannot break it."
- Horace Mann
I did my Morning
Exercise Program for 90 minutes:
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan.
Learning and practicing the Wild
Goose (Dayan) Qigong 64 Movement Form.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual for the upcoming certification exam.
Continuing my jump rope training program. Following Buddy Lee's
instructions,
160 jumps daily with a simple hop jump to condition body.
Using the book:
Jump
Rope Training. Techniques and Programs for Improved Fitness and
Performance. By Buddy Lee. Champaign, Illinois, Human Kinetics,
2003.
Index, 156 pages. MGC. ISBN: 0736041516.
Started my new paper journal for notes, quotes, review. I use a simple
composition notebook. Today, I developed baseline data on physique
measurements, baseline physiological data, and essential facts. I set
goals for the coming month of January.
"I wonder what we mean by a new year. Is it a fresh year, a year that is
totally afresh,
something that has never happened before? When we say something new,
though
we know that there is nothing new under the sun, when we talk about a happy new
year,
is it really a new year for us? Or is it the same old pattern repeated over and
over
again? Same old rituals, same old traditions, same old habits, a continuity of
what
we have been doing, still are doing, and will be doing this year."
- KFA, Krishnamurti Foundation
A New Weekly Workout Plan
Monday
Beat around the bush
Lift myself up by the bootsraps
Make mountains out of mole hills
Get all fired up
Jump to conclusions
Climb the walls
Tuesday
Drag my heels
Make my point
Push my luck
Pull my own load
Hit the nail on the head
Wednesday
Bend over backwards
Jump on the Band Wagon
Grab all I can get
Run around in circles
Shoulder my share of responsibility
Thursday
Shop till I drop
Hang loose
Grind to a halt
Rest and recuperate
Friday
Push it to the limit
Pull out all the stops
Add fuel to the fire
Pave the roadway to hell
Throw it all away
Saturday
Open a can of worms
Put my foot in my mouth
Start the ball rolling
Go over the edge
Sunday
Pick up the pieces.
Wade through the morning paper
Lift my spirits
Toot my own horn
© Michael P. Garofalo, 2005, All Rights Reserved
Cuttings: Haiku and Short Poems
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Ch'i Kung Website
Tai Chi Chuan, Taijiquan, T'ai Ch'i Ch'uan,
Tai Chi, Tai Ji Quan, Taiji, Tai Ji Chuan, Tie Jee Chewan
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Physical Fitness
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Fu
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Meditation Journal, Meditation Blog, Meditation Diary
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Journal Blog
Cloud Hands Tai Chi Journal
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)
Blog - Valley Spirit Journal by Michael P. Garofalo
Breathing Practices: Bibliography, Links, Resources, Quotes
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
Direction of Movements in 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
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
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
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
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
Movement Direction Instructions for Taijiquan and Qigong Forms
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 Wellness Programs
Oregon T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information
Original Waving Hands Like Clouds URL
Photography - Valley Spirit Photography Gallery
Pilates: Links, Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Pranayama: Breathing Techniques from Yoga
Private Instruction by Michael P. Garofalo, Instructional Programs
Pulling Onions: The Quips and Maxims of a Gardener
Qigong: Bibliography and Links
Qigong, Ch'i Kung - Chinese Mind-Body Exercises
Qigong Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff, Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program
Red Bluff, California, Qigong Classes
Red Bluff, California, Yoga Classes
Resolve, Will. Willpower, Self Control, Self Discipline
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, Red Bluff, CA
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
Trees - Lore, Magick, Myths, Magick
Valley Spirit Fitness and Well Being Website
Valley Spirit Journal by Michael P. Garofalo
Valley Spirit Photography Gallery
Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program
Valley Spirit Taijiquan and Qigong Journal by Michael P. Garofalo
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
Yoga Class, TFFC, Red Bluff, CA
Yang Style Taijiquan Long Form 108 Movements
Yang Style Taijiquan Short Form 24 Movements
Yin-Yang Sensitivity Training: Sticking Hands - T'ui Shou
Yoga Class, Red Bluff, CA - Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo
Yogalates: Links, Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
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 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.
January 15, 2005
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Ch'i Kung
Older Persons Fitness, Exercise, Strength
Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Personal Trainer
Senior Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation,
Walking
Mature Persons Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Walking, Meditation
Senior's Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga,
Meditation, Walking
Instruction, Classes, Lectures, Seminars, Training, Lessons, Group Instruction
Over 60 Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation,
Walking
Over 65 Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation,
Walking
Over 55 Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation,
Walking
Over 70 Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation,
Walking
Retired Person's Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga,
Meditation, Walking
Retiree Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, Meditation,
Walking
Seniors' Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga,
Meditation, Walking
Senior Citizens Fitness, Exercise, Strength Training, Tai Chi, Qigong
Senior Citizens Fitness and Well Being Personal Instruction, Classes, Lectures,
Seminars, Training
Older Persons Fitness and Well Being Personal Instruction, Classes, Lectures,
Seminars, Training
Instruction, Classes, Lectures, Seminars, Training, Lessons, Group Instruction