AboutJonathan Gaines Expertise T`ai Chi and meditation. I am a 30+ year student and teacher of T`ai Chi Ch`uan. My teacher was the late Grand Master Cheng Man-ching with whom I studied for seven years. I am knowledgeable about the principals, practices and the applications of Tai Chi as well as the many benefits and some of the pit falls of practice. I am also knowledgeable about Chi Kung and have developed my own `simple and easy` method. The benefits of T`ai chi Ch`uan and Chi Kung include health and wellness as well as self defense based on principles of yielding rather than resisting. Fascinating! As a life long spiritual seeker I am also knowledgeable about meditation and contemplation. My principle practice is Dzog Chen which I am learning from Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. The benefits of Dzog Chen are the potential to discover your own mind stream and master it. The point is to enter into the non dualistic state of `no thought` and then learn to be aware of this state while entering into thought. Self liberation from samara and for the sake of all sentient beings is the purpose of Dzog Chen practice.
Question It is with extreme embarrassment and humility that I write to tell you that at one time in my life I had learned, and regularly practiced the 37 posture short form developed by Master Chen Man Chi'ing. I fear that over the years I have forgotten my lessons and I would like to find an instructor willing to accept this "new" student. Is there anyone in Denver who teaches this form? Thank you kindly.
Answer Aloha Bruce,
In the 80's I had a school on Clofax Ave across from Together Books....did you study there?
Anyway, the only person I know of in your area is my former student Mary Pulick in Evergreen....email her for info at;
"MPulick@aol.com" <MPulick@aol.com>,
Also if you start practicing again I have developed some 'Tai Chi Lessons' that me be useful...just email me for some to peruse.
Also there are good books w/ photos of Cheng Man-ching at the library. As well are the video tapes of professor now on DVD. See;
Cheng Man Ching: The Master Tapes
Master of five excellence Cheng Man Ching now see him in action on a 4 DVD ... Professor Cheng had said that if you stacked the books he wrote next to him, ...
www.chengmanching.com/index.php/professor/more/published_books/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages -
