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TAIYOGA TRAINING CURICULUM

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Yoga Basics
Breathing Practices

  1. Sun Salutation *Meru
  2. Anti-Rheumatic set
  3. Anti-Gastric set *Shat Karma Practices (Lagoo)
  4. Energy Block set *Bandha
  5. Thunderbolt set *Pranayama
  6. Standing/Bending set *Mudra
  7. Balance set
  8. Floor Routine

Sub-sets

  1. Relaxation Poses
  2. Pre-meditation set
  3. Meditation Poses
  4. Eye Practices

 
Chi Gung/Preparation Sets

  1. Stationary Practices
  2. Breathing Practices
  3. Shi bashi I (Tai Chi Chi Gung set), Shibashi II
  4. Wu Pai Practices (lower/middle/upper body union)

 
Tai Chi Fundamentals

  1. Hu Shi Fa (Internal “breath” method; “Jing/Chi)
  2. Shen Fa (External “body” method; Chi/Shen)
  3. Form Practice (Internal/External unite: Jing/Chi/Shen)

 
“PRINCIPLES / THEORIES”

  • Mechanics or “Shared components” of Mind/Body/Spirit
  • Inside/Outside Relationship (yin/yang)
  • Breath/Blood/Energy
  • Yogasanas; “that position which is comfortable & steady”
  • Dynamic Practices/Static Practices
  • Yoga, “Advices &Precautions”
  • Psychic Centers; Chakras
  • Human Internal Environment
  • Hatha Foundation; Shat Karma
  • Cultivate/Regulate/Circulate Life Force (Chi)
  • Alignment &Positioning
  • 3 Treasures; “Gather Jing, nourish Chi, preserve Shen”
  • Stationary Principles (pre-birth/post-birth “jing union”)
  • Dynamic Principles (Heaven/Earth, Humans/Nature. Chi/All Things)
  • General understanding; Channels & points
  • Quieting the Mind/Relaxation in movement
  • “Lineage Principle”- from a point, we draw a line, to affect an area.
  • Self Awareness- “continuously awake” & aware of self. others, environment
  • “Neutral Position”- place of infinite possibilities; Balance in all directions
  • Thought & Feeling-Path to our “True Voice”
  • Internal “Separations”- Connecting the parts to the whole
  • “Learning how to Learn” ; Open-ness & Change as our foundation
  • Right Thinking & Regeneration as tools of life
  • Life applications of the Physical Practices; “All parts become one”
  • “Return of the child” : The practice is referred to as ”play”, we are the players
  • There is a way to Self-Mastery, these are just some places to begin…Being capable to “begin again” each day, each moment, is the way of self- discovery.