Tai' Chi Gung
with Rasaji
now on DVD
(Music by David Paul)
Over one hour and forty minutes of instruction, including the Tai' Chi Gung Basic Standing Exercises, Emperor's Choice Sitting Exercises, Lama's Lotus Breathing Exercise and the Tai' Chi Form with instructions, both front and rear view.
"Thank you Rasaji. The DVD
is incredible. It's so easy to follow. It has really helped me learn the
form between classes." Nancy
This ancient Tibetan system of health and longevity has been passed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage that goes back more than 3000 years. Rasaji lived and trained with the world authority at the original school in Tibet. He has been doing the Tai' Chi Gung system for 36 years and sharing it for more than 26 years in 5 countries on 3 continents.
"Watching this DVD makes me feel like I'm standing in class." Brian.
To order your DVD:
1) Send a check or money order for $29.95 plus $4.95 for tax + shipping payable to:
Saguna Sati Productions
c/o David Paul
11111-70 San Jose Blvd.
Suite 244
Jacksonville, FL 32223
or
2) Order online: $29.95 plus $3.50 for shipping:
with Rasaji
now on DVD
(Music by David Paul)
Over one hour and forty minutes of instruction, including the Tai' Chi Gung Basic Standing Exercises, Emperor's Choice Sitting Exercises, Lama's Lotus Breathing Exercise and the Tai' Chi Form with instructions, both front and rear view.
"Thank you Rasaji. The DVD
is incredible. It's so easy to follow. It has really helped me learn the
form between classes." Nancy
This ancient Tibetan system of health and longevity has been passed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage that goes back more than 3000 years. Rasaji lived and trained with the world authority at the original school in Tibet. He has been doing the Tai' Chi Gung system for 36 years and sharing it for more than 26 years in 5 countries on 3 continents.
"Watching this DVD makes me feel like I'm standing in class." Brian.
To order your DVD:
1) Send a check or money order for $29.95 plus $4.95 for tax + shipping payable to:
Saguna Sati Productions
c/o David Paul
11111-70 San Jose Blvd.
Suite 244
Jacksonville, FL 32223
or
2) Order online: $29.95 plus $3.50 for shipping:
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Tai' Chi Gung and Yoga from the Mayo Clinic
Tai' Chi Gung is an ancient Tibetan system of health and longevity that has been passed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage that goes back more than 3000 years. It's roots go all the way back to India, through China. The original master, Boganathar was first a master of Hatha, Pranayama and Kundalini yoga before leaving India to go to China. He went there to study the true relationship between the physical body and nature Herself. After many years of practice, he moved to Tibet where he opened the first school of Tai' Chi Gung, the same school where Rasaji lived and trained before returning to the United States to teach.
Rasaji's Circle of Chi Seminar
Come learn how to re-create how the Chi, or life force, is active in your own life. Discover the ancient science of how the chi in its many forms actually sustains and nourishes your spirit, mind and body. The aspects of the Chi discussed will include Tai’ Chi Gung 101: Mind, Breath, Movement, Nutrition; and Tai’ Chi Gung 102: Work, Money, Friendship and Nature.
Rasaji will share practical ways to improve your everyday life, relationships and connection to the world around you by strengthening how you treat your physical body, mind and emotional health. Students will also share ways they have found the Tai’ Chi Gung system has improved their health and well being. This once a month seminar will touch on aspects of all eight different forms of chi, and Rasaji will address the individual needs of participants who attend.
A concise version of the Seminar is available in book form at the event for $10; and a DVD of the Tai’ Chi Gung exercises and the Tai’ Chi Form with over 140 minutes of instruction will also be available at the seminar. ($30)
The seminar is free and open to the public.
Rasaji's Circle of Chi Seminar
Saturday August 28th, 2010
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
I-Hop Restaurant
8400 Baymeadows Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32256
(On Baymeadows Rd between I-95 and Philips Hwy)
(Seminar will take place in the back private room to the right of the hostess table.)
Rasaji's Advanced Class/
Teacher Certification Training
This class meets once a month for 9 months
on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
This class is for students who want to go more deeply into an understanding of their health, learn different applications of the system and explore the spiritual awareness that it brings.
Every aspect of a beginning class is examined in depth over the 9 months including the standing exercises and all the breathing exercises. For those interested in taking their practice even further, what better way to secure the benefits of Tai' Chi Gung for your own growth than to share them in generosity with others?
This course will qualify you to teach group classes, chair classes (Emperor's Choice Exercises) and a basic Tai' Chi Form class.
You will be trained in a system of health and longevity
that has a 3000 year unbroken lineage.
Registration:
Registration for new students must be completed
by September 7th, 2010.
Submitting your $75 registration fee completes the registration.
(Each class is $25 for 3 hours of instruction.)
Make fees payable to Maria Lillard
14750 Beach Blvd #57 Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250.
Register online now and receive free
autographed copy of Rasaji's book.
(will be delivered at the first class on September 25th.)
Qualifications to be Certified:
Certified Tai' Chi Gung Teachers with Rasaji:
1) Have 3-6 months experience attending a group Tai' Chi Gung Class
2) Own Rasaji's DVD and work with it 20-30 minutes, 4-5 days a week
3) Attend 12 teacher training sessions within a calendar year
4) Take 40 hours of private classes with Rasaji
Fees:
$75 one time registration fee. (payable by 9-7-2010)
$25 for each class. Pay at the door.
Rasaji's Advanced Class/
Teacher Certification Training
Saturday September 25th 2010
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Cypress Village Fitness Room, 4600 Middleton Park Circle East Jacksonville, FL 32224 (map)
Rasaji's Tai' Chi Gung Student
lost 68 lbs in 6 months
lost 68 lbs in 6 months
Seven months ago one of my private students, with
me for a few months, said he wanted to lose 60 pounds in 6
months. I asked him why he wanted to do that. (It is worth
mentioning, that in my own opinion, he needed to lose about 100)
But I wanted to hear his
answer because it was important. I knew that to him, and to all
people who go for a goal, it needs to be for the right reason,
or what they believe to be the right reason.
We’ll call him Ralph.
Ralph said that his self esteem had hit bottom. He said
that his wife found him undesirable and his father-in-law
thought he was a lazy bum.
I answered, "What is most important is what you think, but if you are going to include other people in your own decision about losing weight, you might as well have some more fun along the way, especially if you're going to include them also.
Ralph said, "What do you mean?"
I said, "What would you like from
your wife?
He said, "A certain sexual fantasy."
And I said, "How about your father in-law?
He said, "He owes me money from a card game."
I said, "There you go.
Go and ask them and ask them big. I mean really big, for
what you want from them and then tell them you want it when you
lose 60 pounds in six months. They will laugh and say something
like, "Sure you're going to lose 60 pounds in six months, like
that will ever happen. And then you will laugh. You'll laugh
inside now, and outside six months from now.”
So Ralph said, "How do I do it?"
I said, “it’s so simple, it will blow your mind. All you have to do is read a ten page chapter of my book "Circle of Chi" that you can get from www.rasaji.com every day for 40 days.” He is a Christian, so he knew that 40 days was a big deal.
That's all? Ralph asked.
I said, "After 40 days, your mind will tell your body exactly
what you need to do to make it happen and to reach your goal in
6 months." In 5 months and 21 days, he lost 68 lbs.
His wife rented a limousine, and they rode around until
he was exhausted. Now they are renewing their wedding vows after
15 years of marriage; before they were thinking of divorce. Oh
yeah, he got ten times the money his father-in-law owed him:
$1,000.00 cash, after taking both of them to a fancy steak
house. And his
father-in-law gave him a promotion.
"Wow Rasaji," he said, "Your system is great.
It really works."
I said, "It should.
It’s been proven for over 3,000 years.
True story.
Enjoy your life, or change it!
And read my book, "Circle of Chi". It will change your life!
An introduction for Rasaji's Circle of Chi
A book available at his monthly seminar for $10.
(These comments were compiled from notes taken at
Rasaji's Circle of Chi Seminar in January 2010)
Rasaji's Circle of Chi Seminar in January 2010)
As the world moves forward, there are those who eagerly embrace
evolution as it comes into their lives and some who stubbornly
resist it. There are many more who appear to believe that if
they just ignore it, somehow it won't affect them. While this
has always been the case throughout history, many people are
beginning to really wonder what is happening now. To the outward
eye, it appears that the world is more uncertain, chaotic and
unbalanced than ever before.
We're are in the midst of very, very rapid change. In the
1900s, it took a generation to accumulate tremendous wealth.
(Carnegie) Now, billionaires are created in just a few years
(Google). People are living much longer, (Centenarians are the
fastest growing demographic in the world by percentage), but
some are passing on in their 20s and 30s from maladies once
thought of only for those in their 60s. (heart attack, stroke).
Some people recover from "terminal" illnesses suddenly,
surviving for years, while others with the same malady succumb
to it in weeks or months. (cancer) How is that possible?
The age of rapid change we currently live in has been described by some masters as the dawn of an accelerating transformation that will impact every person on this planet and even the ecology of the planet itself. It can be a smooth gradual shift; or a serious upheaval on a global scale. How it plays out depends a lot on how we react and deal with
the accelerating pace of change, both on a personal level and as members of organizations and nations.
In the midst of this ongoing process, there are a now individuals, soon to be counted in millions, who not only recognize that something "out of the ordinary" is happening, but are consciously looking for ways to harness this gift of acceleration, take greater responsibility (response - ability) for their own future and improve the well being of those around them in the process. It can be exciting to know that rapid change in a positive direction is just as likely as the accelerating chaos that appears to threaten us.
Within this short book, you'll find references to masters who not only predicted the conditions and character of the age we are entering, but described its purpose and ultimate outcome. They have written books themselves in some cases and they are among Rasaji's teachers. You will also find a short history of Tai' Chi Gung and a narrative of Rasaji's life and experience with these masters here.
The Circle of Chi is a simple, practical guide to health and abundance in every day life. It is based on the Tai' Chi Gung system that was developed over 3300 years ago by the original master Boganathar, a sage who mastered three yoga disciplines, moved to China to immerse himself in nature, and onward to Tibet to open a school of Tai' Chi Gung. Rasaji was asked to live and train at the original school in Darchen Tibet by it's current Master Bo-yang, who is the successor in an unbroken lineage that extends to the founding of Boganathar's school established more than 3 milleniums ago. Rasaji has been practicing the principles of this Tai' Chi Gung system for more than 40 years, and has been sharing them with students for more than 27 years.
A key element to developing profound health in the Tai' Chi Gung system is to recognize that "nutrition" for the body goes far beyond just the food that we eat on a daily basis. To bring true abundance to one's life, it is important to move toward a more holistic view of the human being.
We live our lives on three major levels simultaneously. These are the "supernatural" level, the "natural" level, and also on the "world" level. They are symbolized in an ancient fire ceremony that places three horizontal yellow stripes across the forehead to represent the three levels of existence. A magenta dot is also placed between the eyebrows to reflect our constant connection to the chi, or internal intelligence. Some would call this connection their conscience, or natural intuition.
One reason it is important to bring the natural and supernatural elements into our health on a daily basis is because the human body itself is not just a collection of hoses and fluid. An average healthy physical body has a magnetic field that surrounds it seven feet in every direction. This energy field carries the subtle vibrations of our thoughts and emotions, and it has a profound impact on our health.
One might even say that our bodies continue for 70 or 80 years in spite of our ignorance of how they truly operate. A Tai' Chi Gung student learns to connect consciously to the energy in and around their field, restore natural balance, and cooperate with the natural regeneration process that sustains it.
An acupuncture physician deals with energy pathways or meridians that invigorate all the different systems inside the body; from circulation, to respiration, to assimilation and elimination. They know that before a disease symptom appears in the physical body, the imbalance has manifested in the meridians that connect all the vital organs, blood stream and glands. A Tai' Chi Gung master recognizes that before illness manifests in the acupuncture meridians within the body, it manifests in the magnetic field that surrounds the body. In fact, the chi moves in an exacting method: from the etheric field into the meridian system, and from the meridian system into the body; passing through the least dense to the most dense systems in an orderly process that supports our health.
So the physical body is connected to the outside world through a network of meridians. And these are actually designed to connect us to the forces of nature. If we are unaware, or separate ourselves from the energy that sustains our bodies, and then also separate our bodies from the forces of nature, we have a prescription for imbalance. In many ways, this explains illness of any kind and the resulting chaos it causes in our world around us. In Tai' Chi Gung, it is recognized that we were given the gift of life first and the gift of free will second. That being the case, our lives and health are in a great part determined by our ongoing choices in relationship to the life force that already exists within our bodies.
In the orient, these forces of nature are the four primary elements: earth, water, air and fire. It is in cooperation with them that life can be extended with the Tai' Chi Gung system far beyond "normal". The study of Tai' Chi Gung provides a student with a working knowledge of how the body is truly designed to function. There was a time in China when a doctor was paid if he kept you well, and he stopped getting paid if you got sick. There was a basic motivation to keep you healthy, and the body of knowledge that grew from this mindset helped create a foundation of true "health" care.
Medical science, perhaps even less than 20 years ago, was convinced that 65% of the aging process was genetic. Now, it is generally believed that only 35% can be blamed on our genes, and 65% is up to us. What we think, what we say, and what we do makes a tremendous difference in our health. A Tai' Chi Gung master goes beyond that, knowing that their mind and body can embrace the abundant energy they had when they were 4 or 6 years old, regardless of their present age. They can bring abundant chi into their cells and genetic structure, altering the aging process itself.
The masters of Tai' Chi Gung in Tibet have passed down the knowledge and exercises for slowing down the aging process for more than 3000 years. A serious student of the discipline is aging one year for every two or three that pass on a calendar. Cutting edge biochemists are convinced that the human body is designed to live at least for 120 to 150 years, even without something like Tai' Chi Gung. So if you tinker with those numbers, you'll suddenly have a lot more life choices, and most of them will probably make life insurance companies very nervous.
The Circle of Chi is divided into two main sections. The first, Tai' Chi Gung 101, addresses the physical body and the health of individual human being in relationship to the chi, or life force, itself. It includes four major aspects: the mind, the breath, movement and nutrition. The second section, Tai' Chi Gung 102, addresses our relationship to the world around us. It includes four more aspects: work, money, friendships and nature.
Being such an extroverted society, most people in the western world are looking for a way to improve the world around them first. Generally, they want to fix something related their spouse or family, something connected to their work or their financial lives. "If only this or that problem went away, my life would be much better." And while most people can find plenty of advice from experts in each of these areas based on the world's understanding of how they work, the Circle of Chi offers solutions that are based on how the life force itself is intended to move through them when they are balanced.
It is important to understand the flow of energy, because the body is not just plumbing. As much as we appear to be confined by the people and circumstances around us, our lives are not really controlled by forces that exist only in the outside world. If the fix comes only from a "worldly" perspective, regardless of how "educated" it is, it runs the risk of missing the underlying cause that gave rise to it in the first place; and the problem, situation or malady can just reappear to be repeated once again.
Most often, the fastest way to improve something in our outer world (Tai' Chi Gung 102) is to address or improve what is happening with our mind, breath, movement or nutrition. (Tai' Chi Gung 101), because that is the area of greatest imbalance. When we take time for our health, we can restore balance to our world.
n the Circle of Chi, Rasaji describes how to apply the three core functions of the energy to the eight aspects of life that have a major impact on health. When someone does the Tai' Chi Gung exercises also, they bring these ideas to life in their own first hand experience. They develop a conscious connection to the life force that sustains the body, mind and spirit on a daily basis, and the positive steps of self development that grow out of this create a powerful wave of positive change into their daily life.
The age of rapid change we currently live in has been described by some masters as the dawn of an accelerating transformation that will impact every person on this planet and even the ecology of the planet itself. It can be a smooth gradual shift; or a serious upheaval on a global scale. How it plays out depends a lot on how we react and deal with
the accelerating pace of change, both on a personal level and as members of organizations and nations.
In the midst of this ongoing process, there are a now individuals, soon to be counted in millions, who not only recognize that something "out of the ordinary" is happening, but are consciously looking for ways to harness this gift of acceleration, take greater responsibility (response - ability) for their own future and improve the well being of those around them in the process. It can be exciting to know that rapid change in a positive direction is just as likely as the accelerating chaos that appears to threaten us.
Within this short book, you'll find references to masters who not only predicted the conditions and character of the age we are entering, but described its purpose and ultimate outcome. They have written books themselves in some cases and they are among Rasaji's teachers. You will also find a short history of Tai' Chi Gung and a narrative of Rasaji's life and experience with these masters here.
The Circle of Chi is a simple, practical guide to health and abundance in every day life. It is based on the Tai' Chi Gung system that was developed over 3300 years ago by the original master Boganathar, a sage who mastered three yoga disciplines, moved to China to immerse himself in nature, and onward to Tibet to open a school of Tai' Chi Gung. Rasaji was asked to live and train at the original school in Darchen Tibet by it's current Master Bo-yang, who is the successor in an unbroken lineage that extends to the founding of Boganathar's school established more than 3 milleniums ago. Rasaji has been practicing the principles of this Tai' Chi Gung system for more than 40 years, and has been sharing them with students for more than 27 years.
A key element to developing profound health in the Tai' Chi Gung system is to recognize that "nutrition" for the body goes far beyond just the food that we eat on a daily basis. To bring true abundance to one's life, it is important to move toward a more holistic view of the human being.
We live our lives on three major levels simultaneously. These are the "supernatural" level, the "natural" level, and also on the "world" level. They are symbolized in an ancient fire ceremony that places three horizontal yellow stripes across the forehead to represent the three levels of existence. A magenta dot is also placed between the eyebrows to reflect our constant connection to the chi, or internal intelligence. Some would call this connection their conscience, or natural intuition.
One reason it is important to bring the natural and supernatural elements into our health on a daily basis is because the human body itself is not just a collection of hoses and fluid. An average healthy physical body has a magnetic field that surrounds it seven feet in every direction. This energy field carries the subtle vibrations of our thoughts and emotions, and it has a profound impact on our health.
One might even say that our bodies continue for 70 or 80 years in spite of our ignorance of how they truly operate. A Tai' Chi Gung student learns to connect consciously to the energy in and around their field, restore natural balance, and cooperate with the natural regeneration process that sustains it.
An acupuncture physician deals with energy pathways or meridians that invigorate all the different systems inside the body; from circulation, to respiration, to assimilation and elimination. They know that before a disease symptom appears in the physical body, the imbalance has manifested in the meridians that connect all the vital organs, blood stream and glands. A Tai' Chi Gung master recognizes that before illness manifests in the acupuncture meridians within the body, it manifests in the magnetic field that surrounds the body. In fact, the chi moves in an exacting method: from the etheric field into the meridian system, and from the meridian system into the body; passing through the least dense to the most dense systems in an orderly process that supports our health.
So the physical body is connected to the outside world through a network of meridians. And these are actually designed to connect us to the forces of nature. If we are unaware, or separate ourselves from the energy that sustains our bodies, and then also separate our bodies from the forces of nature, we have a prescription for imbalance. In many ways, this explains illness of any kind and the resulting chaos it causes in our world around us. In Tai' Chi Gung, it is recognized that we were given the gift of life first and the gift of free will second. That being the case, our lives and health are in a great part determined by our ongoing choices in relationship to the life force that already exists within our bodies.
In the orient, these forces of nature are the four primary elements: earth, water, air and fire. It is in cooperation with them that life can be extended with the Tai' Chi Gung system far beyond "normal". The study of Tai' Chi Gung provides a student with a working knowledge of how the body is truly designed to function. There was a time in China when a doctor was paid if he kept you well, and he stopped getting paid if you got sick. There was a basic motivation to keep you healthy, and the body of knowledge that grew from this mindset helped create a foundation of true "health" care.
Medical science, perhaps even less than 20 years ago, was convinced that 65% of the aging process was genetic. Now, it is generally believed that only 35% can be blamed on our genes, and 65% is up to us. What we think, what we say, and what we do makes a tremendous difference in our health. A Tai' Chi Gung master goes beyond that, knowing that their mind and body can embrace the abundant energy they had when they were 4 or 6 years old, regardless of their present age. They can bring abundant chi into their cells and genetic structure, altering the aging process itself.
The masters of Tai' Chi Gung in Tibet have passed down the knowledge and exercises for slowing down the aging process for more than 3000 years. A serious student of the discipline is aging one year for every two or three that pass on a calendar. Cutting edge biochemists are convinced that the human body is designed to live at least for 120 to 150 years, even without something like Tai' Chi Gung. So if you tinker with those numbers, you'll suddenly have a lot more life choices, and most of them will probably make life insurance companies very nervous.
The Circle of Chi is divided into two main sections. The first, Tai' Chi Gung 101, addresses the physical body and the health of individual human being in relationship to the chi, or life force, itself. It includes four major aspects: the mind, the breath, movement and nutrition. The second section, Tai' Chi Gung 102, addresses our relationship to the world around us. It includes four more aspects: work, money, friendships and nature.
Being such an extroverted society, most people in the western world are looking for a way to improve the world around them first. Generally, they want to fix something related their spouse or family, something connected to their work or their financial lives. "If only this or that problem went away, my life would be much better." And while most people can find plenty of advice from experts in each of these areas based on the world's understanding of how they work, the Circle of Chi offers solutions that are based on how the life force itself is intended to move through them when they are balanced.
It is important to understand the flow of energy, because the body is not just plumbing. As much as we appear to be confined by the people and circumstances around us, our lives are not really controlled by forces that exist only in the outside world. If the fix comes only from a "worldly" perspective, regardless of how "educated" it is, it runs the risk of missing the underlying cause that gave rise to it in the first place; and the problem, situation or malady can just reappear to be repeated once again.
Most often, the fastest way to improve something in our outer world (Tai' Chi Gung 102) is to address or improve what is happening with our mind, breath, movement or nutrition. (Tai' Chi Gung 101), because that is the area of greatest imbalance. When we take time for our health, we can restore balance to our world.
n the Circle of Chi, Rasaji describes how to apply the three core functions of the energy to the eight aspects of life that have a major impact on health. When someone does the Tai' Chi Gung exercises also, they bring these ideas to life in their own first hand experience. They develop a conscious connection to the life force that sustains the body, mind and spirit on a daily basis, and the positive steps of self development that grow out of this create a powerful wave of positive change into their daily life.
Place this kind of self development in the midst of a global age
of rapid growth like the one that we currently live, and the
Circle of Chi along with the Tai' Chi Gung exercises shared in
classes and on Rasaji's DVD, give a unique opportunity for
anyone to have a profound positive impact on the world and live
an extraordinary, healthy, abundant life far beyond
limitations.
by David Paul
Current student of Rasaji and the Tai' Chi Gung system beginning
in 1986.
Rasaji's
Circle of Chi
book
A summary of the Chi itself and the eight aspects as they are presented in Rasaji's Circle of Chi Seminars
Encouraged by students and seminar participants hungry for written material, Rasaji now offers a book for in depth study that describes how Tai' Chi Gung principles help to achieve balance and bring extraordinary vitality, presence and power to every aspect of your life through your Circle of Chi.
To order your book:
1) Send a check or money order for $11.50 plus $4.30 for tax + shipping payable to:
Saguna Sati Productions 10920 Baymeadows Rd,
Suite 27-161
Jacksonville, FL 32256
or
2) Order online: $11.50 plus $3.50 for shipping:
or
3) Download the book directly to your computer for $7.50:
Circle of Chi
book
A summary of the Chi itself and the eight aspects as they are presented in Rasaji's Circle of Chi Seminars
Encouraged by students and seminar participants hungry for written material, Rasaji now offers a book for in depth study that describes how Tai' Chi Gung principles help to achieve balance and bring extraordinary vitality, presence and power to every aspect of your life through your Circle of Chi.
To order your book:
1) Send a check or money order for $11.50 plus $4.30 for tax + shipping payable to:
Saguna Sati Productions 10920 Baymeadows Rd,
Suite 27-161
Jacksonville, FL 32256
or
2) Order online: $11.50 plus $3.50 for shipping:
or
3) Download the book directly to your computer for $7.50: