General Background.
I have explored various education and career paths at various times in my life.
Including working as a nursing tech at bay area hospitals while considering R.N. education.
Trained & licensed as a Private Investigator.
Taking classes and working in organic farming.
Among others.
Yet the meditative embodiment arts have been my main passion, inspiration & paths of service for people.
It is what I am deeply inspired by and respect as a beneficial way of enriching my own health, awareness & growth. And of being of service for people who are actively respecting & caring for their embodying, peacefully healthy consciousness.
Since the late 1980s, I have involved myself in self-motivated & formal learning of various energetic and massage arts, including training & certification in Reiki and Pranic Healing in mid 1990s and early 2000.
Partly my inspiration for learning embodied wellness arts arose from having been born 3 months premature, with a congenital heart defect. Around one year after birth I had my first open heart surgery. Then two more open heart surgeries around 6 months apart at age 15. And a fourth open heart surgery around age 25.
These and other experiences have been catalysts of my curiosity, appreciation and exploring of experiencing & expressing individuating spiritual consciousness within this world through a human body. Inspiring cultivation of deeply embodying experiences of universal & personal Love, honesty, non dogmatic integrity & appreciation of purely being in myself. And affirmingly supporting additional beings in feeling & embodying these nurturing qualities in themselves as well, up to directly honestly respectfully expressed boundaries & preferences.
Rather than seeing the body as something to disregard or neglect, as base or of less importance than spirit, respecting our body as our spirit - soul expressing & experiencing ourselves in embodying ways frees our awareness to more deeply feel & be fully present with loving respect for the equal validity of diverse ranges of boundaries & openness, comfort, exploration, creativity and appreciation. With ourself, each other and Life.
This is a major calling for me in this lifetime. To nurture open hearted, peacefully present feeling awareness - energy deeply in my own embodying experience. And to support additional people who appreciate this as well, through embodied meditation qigong practices & massage sessions. However is mutually resonant, and each individual is open to exploring and appreciating at the time.
Including working as a nursing tech at bay area hospitals while considering R.N. education.
Trained & licensed as a Private Investigator.
Taking classes and working in organic farming.
Among others.
Yet the meditative embodiment arts have been my main passion, inspiration & paths of service for people.
It is what I am deeply inspired by and respect as a beneficial way of enriching my own health, awareness & growth. And of being of service for people who are actively respecting & caring for their embodying, peacefully healthy consciousness.
Since the late 1980s, I have involved myself in self-motivated & formal learning of various energetic and massage arts, including training & certification in Reiki and Pranic Healing in mid 1990s and early 2000.
Partly my inspiration for learning embodied wellness arts arose from having been born 3 months premature, with a congenital heart defect. Around one year after birth I had my first open heart surgery. Then two more open heart surgeries around 6 months apart at age 15. And a fourth open heart surgery around age 25.
These and other experiences have been catalysts of my curiosity, appreciation and exploring of experiencing & expressing individuating spiritual consciousness within this world through a human body. Inspiring cultivation of deeply embodying experiences of universal & personal Love, honesty, non dogmatic integrity & appreciation of purely being in myself. And affirmingly supporting additional beings in feeling & embodying these nurturing qualities in themselves as well, up to directly honestly respectfully expressed boundaries & preferences.
Rather than seeing the body as something to disregard or neglect, as base or of less importance than spirit, respecting our body as our spirit - soul expressing & experiencing ourselves in embodying ways frees our awareness to more deeply feel & be fully present with loving respect for the equal validity of diverse ranges of boundaries & openness, comfort, exploration, creativity and appreciation. With ourself, each other and Life.
This is a major calling for me in this lifetime. To nurture open hearted, peacefully present feeling awareness - energy deeply in my own embodying experience. And to support additional people who appreciate this as well, through embodied meditation qigong practices & massage sessions. However is mutually resonant, and each individual is open to exploring and appreciating at the time.
Meditative Embodiment Background.
I began practicing foundational martial arts & meditation as a teenager in 1987. In 1989 I met and began formal Tai Chi, Qigong, Zhan Zhuang, Baguazhang & Wing Chun practice with David Leung in Eugene, Oregon. Eventually focusing on Tai Chi Qigong & Zhan Zhuang as my main practice. During this time I was also studying / practicing various massage and energy-based healing arts , yoga and dance on my own, with practice & class groups and established practitioners & teachers.
From 1998 - 2001 in Eugene, Oregon, I taught Tai Chi Qigong and Zhan Zhuang classes to the public.
In 2002 I moved to the San Francisco Bay area, in part to further my learning & practice of Yiquan, Zhan Zhuang, Qigong & Tai Chi through attending classes from Fong Ha in Berkeley, Ca..
Sifu Fong Ha started his formal training in Tai Chi Chuan in 1953 first with Master Tung Ying-Chieh, and after his death with Master Yang Sau-Chung, the eldest son of the legendary Yang Cheng-fu. Fong Has' training in the Internal System of Martial Arts, Yiquan, was with Master Han Xing-Yuan, a disciple of Master Wang Hsin-Chai, the founder of Yiquan ( also known as Dachenquan ).
I attended Fong Has' classes between 2003 until 2010. During which time I also taught Tai Chi Qigong at various locations in Berkeley, Marin & San Francisco. Currently I am teaching Tai Chi Qigong & Zhan Zhuang classes in Marin. And am open to teaching at additional locations.
Massage Background.
In 2004 I first formalized my massage experience through becoming a certified massage therapist through LifeStream Massage School ( Deep Tissue, Swedish, Reflexology, Anatomy, Chair Massage and other courses ) in Napa, Ca.
In 2005 I completed a Thai massage course at McKinnon Institute.
Between 2006 - 2008 I completed an additional 500+ hours of additional training at The Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, Ca.. Courses of study included Shiatsu, Anatomy & Histology, Acupressure, CranioSacral, Thai Massage, Lomi Lomi, Tui Na, Myofascial, Sports and other modalities ).
Since my original training in these arts, I have been providing massage as a wellness support for people at my own locations, as well as at spas, a hospital, and for corporate & event massage at businesses such as Google, Microsoft, Intel, Bloomspot, various high school, college & city parks events
and other locations.
Honest, open communicating with people,
although sadly rare among even otherwise popular & self proclaimed "moral" or dogmatic people in society that normalizes misleading passive aggressive & direct dishonesty - superficiality, ghosting, fear, shame & hate,
is essential to being integral,trustworthy & respectfully sane.
To learning & co-creating mutually respectful understanding & relating beyond the blinders of ones normalized assumptions, biases,
shame projections & limits of appreciation.
Treating each other with the same open honest communicating, responsiveness & respect for each others equal humanity, freedom and diverse ways of offering & sharing kindness & caring that we want to receive, shows maturity, true integrity
& earns us respect and trustworthiness. 💙
