Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Instructional Program (original) (raw)

Cloud Hands
T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong

Michael P. Garofalo
Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructor

November 1, 2004

The Standing Bear Beginning Program Level 1 Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo

Beginning Class, Level 1, Advertising Flyer Example

The Standing Bear Program Handout

Qualifications of the Instructor, Michael P. Garofalo

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club

The Bear: Five Animal Frolics

The Bear Frolic Handout

Five Animal Frolics Overview

Eight Treasures Qigong Overview

Eight Treasures Qigong Handout

Tai Chi Walking

Grasping the Sparrow's Tail Drill

Grasping the Sparrow's Tail Drill Handout

Push Hands Introduction

24 Form, Yang Style Short Form Overview

24 Form Resources Handout

24 Form List of Movements

Standing Meditation: Wuji

Standing Meditation Handout

Comparisons With Hatha Yoga

Meditation: Entering Tranquillity

Instructional Resources

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Questions and Answers: Level 1

Standing Bear, Level 1 Certification Requirements

The Standing Bear Certificate - Example

The Hidden Tiger Beginning Program Level 2 Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo

Beginning Program, Level 2, Advertising Flyer Example

The Hidden Tiger Program Handout

Qualifications of the Instructor, Michael P. Garofalo

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club

The Tiger: Five Animal Frolic

The Tiger Frolic Handout

Five Animal Frolics Overview

Silk Reeling Taijiquan Drills, Part 1

Silk Reeling Taijiquan Drills Handouts, Part 1

Tai Chi Walking

Thirteen Treasures Walking Qigong

Thirteen Treasures Walking Qigong Handout

Relaxation: Sung

Push Hands: Rooting

Yang Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan Long Form, 108 Movements, Overview

Yang Style Taijiquan Long 108 Form Handouts

Yang Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan Thirteen Powers

Standing Like A Tree Qigong and Meditation

Meditation: Listening and Silence

Instructional Resources

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Questions and Answers: Level 2

Hidden Tiger, Level 2, Certification Requirements

The Hidden Tiger Certificate - Example

The Soaring Crane Intermediate Program Level 3

Discuss with Instructor

Intermediate Program, Level 3, Advertising Flyer Example

The Soaring Crane Program Handout

Qualifications of the Instructor, Michael P. Garofalo

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club

The Soaring Crane Animal Frolic

The Soaring Crane Frolic Handout

Five Animal Frolics Overview

Wild Goose (Dayan) Qigong Overview

Wild Goose Qigong Handout

Silk Reeling Taijiquan Drills, Part 2

Silk Reeling Taijiquan Drills Handouts, Part 2

Sun Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan Competition Form (73 Movements)

Tai Chi Walking

Relaxation: Sung

Push Hands: Changing Hands

Meditation: Philosophical Reflections

Instructional Resources

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Questions and Answers: Level 3

Soaring Crane, Level 3, Certification Requirements

The Soaring Crane Certificate - Example

The Dashing Deer Intermediate Program Level 4

Discuss with Instructor

Intermediate Program, Level 4, Advertising Flyer Example

The Dashing Deer Program Handout

Qualifications of the Instructor, Michael P. Garofalo

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club

The Dashing Deer Animal Frolic

The Dashing Deer Frolic Handout

Five Animal Frolics Overview

Temple Qigong Overview

Temple Qigong Handout

32 Sword Form Overview

32 Sword Form Handout

Silk Reeling Taijiquan Drills, Part 3

Silk Reeling Taijiquan Drills Handouts, Part 3

Tai Chi Walking

Qigong and Yoga

Push Hands: Competition

Meditation: The Arts and Mindfulness

Instructional Resources

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Questions and Answers: Level 4

Dashing Deer, Level 4, Certification Requirements

The Dashing Deer Certificate - Example

The Clever Monkey Intermediate Program Level 5

Discuss with Instructor


Cloud Hands - Yun Shou
Waving Hands Like Clouds Homepage

Michael P. Garofalo's E-Mail

Valley Spirit Tai Chi Chuan Club

Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, Northern California, U.S.A. Cities in the area: Oroville, Paradise, Durham, Chico, Hamilton City, Orland, Corning, Rancho Tehama, Los Molinos, Tehama, Gerber, Manton, Cottonwood, Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, and Redding, CA

Disclaimer

� Michael P. Garofalo, 2004 All Rights Reserved

Alphabetical Index to the Cloud Hands Website

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Waving Hands Like Clouds: Taijiquan and Qigong

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

Aging Well

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)

Bibliography - Ch'i Kung

Bibliography - Taijiquan

Breathing and Taijiquan

Breathing and Yoga

Breathwork

Buddhism and Martial Arts

Buddhist Ethics

California (Northern) T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information

Charkas (Energy Centers of the Subtle Body)

Chan Ssu Chin - Silk Reeling

Cheng Man-Ch'ing (1901-1975)

Chen Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan

_Ch'i_- Breathwork

Ch'ior Qi

Ch'i Kung: Bibliography and Links

Ch'i Kung Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California

Ch'i or Qi and Taijiquan

Classes, Valley Spirit Taijiquan, Instructional Program

Classics of T'ai Chi Ch'uan

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, Soaring Crane, Intermediate Program, Level 3, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Cuttings: Short Poems by Michael P. Garofalo

Cuttings: Above the Fog

Dance and Taijiquan

_Dayan_- Wild Goose Qigong

The Deer: The Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi)

Diabetes Therapy - Exercise: Taijiquan and Qigong

Disclaimer of the Cloud Hands Website

Eight Section Brocade Ch'i Kung

Eight Silken Treasures Qigong

Eight Trigrams and Taijiquan

Embrace the One - Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree

Emptiness in Full Bloom

Entering Tranquility (Ru Jing) Meditation

Exercise - Diabetes Therapy - Taijiquan and Qigong

Feedback, Kudos and Reviews for the Cloud Hand's Website

Fitness and Well Being

Fitness for Older Persons

Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi): Tiger, Bear, Crane, Deer, and Monkey

Five Precepts of Buddhism

Five Elements (Wu-Xing)and Taijiquan

Five Stepping Movements of Taijiquan

Flowers

Flowers in the Sky

Gardening: Quotes, Poems, History, Sayings

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

Grasping the Sparrow's Tail

Green Way Research

Green Way Research - Taijiquan and Qigong

Gu Shen Taijiquan Journal

Gu Shen (Valley Spirit) Taijiquan Instructional Program

Haiku and Short Poems

Hatha Yoga

Health and Fitness - T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Hidden Tiger, Beginning Program, Level 2, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Instructional Program, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Kriya Yoga

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)

Master Han Shan (circa 750)

Master Kuo Lien Ying

Master Sun Lu-Tang

Mastery, Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Will Power, Strength of Character

Meditation - General

Meditation and Breathing

Meditation and Walking

Meditation Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California

Meditation Methods and Techniques

Meditation Quotations

Meditation - Standing Like A Tree

Meditation - Wu Ji - The Edge of Emptiness

Michael P. Garofalo's T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Practice

Minding the Breath

Months of the Year: Quotes, Poems, Links

Moving Hands Like Clouds: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong

Northern California T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information

Nature Mysticism

Nine Movement Temple Ch'i Kung Exercise Set

Oak Tree in the Courtyard

Older Persons Exercise and Well Being Programs

Oregon T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information

Original Cloud Hands URL

Original Waving Hands Like Clouds URL

Pranayama: Breathing Techniques from Yoga

Private Instruction by Michael P. Garofalo, Instructional Programs

Push Hands - T'ui Shou

Qigong: Bibliography and Links

Qigong - Breathwork

Qigong Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California

Qigong Walking

Qi or Ch'i and Taijiquan

Raja Yoga

Red Bluff, Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program

Relaxation and Taijiquan

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

Silk Reeling

Simplified 24 From, Yang Style

Soaring Crane, Intermediate Program, Level 3, Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Soulful Gardening

Speaking to the Spirit Meditation

The Spirit of Gardening

Staff Weapons: Jo, Bo, Can, Staff, Spear

Standing Bear, Level 1 Ranking, Valley Spirit Taijiquan

Standing Like A Tree - Zhan Zhuang

Standing Meditation (Wu Ji)

Sticking Hands - T'ui Shou

Strength Training

Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website

Sun Lu-Tang

Sun Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Swordsmanship and T'ai Chi Ch'uan

T'ai Ch'i Classics

Tai Chi for Arthritis

Tai Chi for Diabetes

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 Short Form, Beijing Simplified 24, Yang Style

T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Links and Bibliography

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Staff

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Sword (Jian)

Taijiquan: Bibliography and Links

Taijiquan - Breathwork

Taijiquan Classics

Taijiquan For Good Health, Fitness and Vitality

Taijiquan Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo in Red Bluff, California

Taijiquan_Jian_ (Sword)

Tantric Yoga

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

24 From, Yang Style, Standard

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club

Valley Spirit Taijiquan Journal

Valley Spirit Taijiquan Instructional Program

Vancouver, B.C., T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools

Vitality, Health and Qigong

Walking - General Fitness Exercise

Walking and Taijiquan

Walking - Quotations

Washington T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory: Instructors, Schools, Information

Waving Hands Like Clouds: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong

Wild Goose Qigong

Will Power, Self Control, Self Mastery, Choices, Strength of Character

Wu Ji - Standing Meditation

Yang Style Taijiquan Long Form 108 Movements

Yang Style Taijiquan Short Form 24 Movements

Yin-Yang Sensitivity Training: Sticking Hands - T'ui Shou

Yoga

Yoga - Breathwork

Yoga - Hatha

Yoga - Kriya

Yoga -Tantric

Yoga-Taiji Index

Zhan Zhuang - Standing Like A Tree

Zen Poetry

Zen Buddhist Quotations

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan Club

Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, Northern California, U.S.A. Cities in the area: Oroville, Paradise, Durham, Chico, Hamilton City, Orland, Willows, Corning, Rancho Tehama, Los Molinos, Tehama, Proberta, Gerber, Manton, Cottonwood, Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, Igo, Ono, Redding, Shasta, Dunsmuir, Shingletown, Burney, Mt. Shasta City, Weaverville, Yreka, Williams, Colusa, Chester, Susanville, Weed, Gridley, Marysville, Yuba City, CA, California.

May 18, 2004

Green Way Research

Valley Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Ch'i Kung