What is anti- aging?
This is really simple once you understand what aging is. You might simply say the opposite of aging, right? Maybe!
What is aging? Aging is really what takes place when something stops growing. It is the opposite of growing. In truth in humans and all living things, it is called atrophy. Growth is called hyper-trophy. When you build a muscle, you know the muscles that hold your skeletal structure together, the ones that keep you from slouching over giving you bad posture, yeah, those muscles. You know the muscles that shrink in your face and all over your body that makes your skin sag, particularly though in the face, yeah, those muscles. People get face lifts, which is really skin tightening to compensate for the lack of muscles in the face that “used to” fill up the facial skin. So basically except for your organs, your appearance changes along with your abilities due to loss of muscle mass. Aging is more a loss of muscle mass, a ceasing of muscle growth and an actual atrophy of the muscles of the body, especially those that you don’t use.
What causes aging? This is simple. The human brain around 35 years of age or so, some earlier or some later gradually slows down and eventually stops releasing HGH or Human Growth Hormone. HGH, as you might have guessed, is what is responsible for your ability to increase muscle mass. This does not mean that if you have growth hormones you will become a body builder. That is an “abuse” of or “misuse” of HGH. Release of HGH occurs naturally in your body as does release of testosterone which also increases muscle growth and energy. Both together increase sex drive. This is where it gets interesting. Did you know that the same energy to procreate is the same energy you can use to re- creates yourself? Did you know that you can re-ignite the body’s ability to release those same growth hormones that started your growth process in your youth, to keep you young? Probably not. This is because you were told that the way to do it is through a door that is considered taboo. Your pro-creative organs are also re-creative organs. What I refer to as Restorative Sexuality is a way to create a Sacred Monogamous situation where two people can use a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the body that were, to an extent understood by ancient cultures and masters, to not only increase life quantity but improve life quality.
The Kundalini energy spoken of in Yoga is actually ctreated in a gland more often than not denied by science. What it does and what many have felt in my classes is help create and direct energy back up the spine. We do a lot of spinal stretching, alignment and strengthening which is essential for allowing the free flow of energy up and down the spine. The energy travels through the micro-cosmic orbit in Taoist practice. The same path is also used in Tantric practice. If you become skilled at this process which is taught at my workshops, you can learn to bring the energy up that will “naturally” allow the growth hormone HGH to be re-released into your system and to help the body to increases muscle building testosterone so you can “GROW YOUNG”.
There is no sense in increasing the quantity of life unless you are willing to increase the quality of life. The quality of life can only be increased if “consciousness’ is increased. If someone is suffering, what is the sense of prolonging their suffering? If someone’s life is also causing “others” to suffer, what is the sense of prolonging their life. Hurt people hurt people. There is far more psychological and stress pollution causing people to age than air pollution. So, consciousness, which is diametrically opposed to suffering, must be a main focus of growth. If you grow physically without growing consciously, you will end up “Strong like Bull, Dumb like Cow!” as is said in Chinese philosophy. To stop learning is also to stop growing. That is also a sign of aging. Another wonderful aspect of this process is the fact that this process increases brain function and learning capacity. It opens and assimilates the unused areas of the brain spoken of by Einstein. Ah, the opening of the 1000 petalled lotus! Goodbye Alzheimer's!
Speaking of STRESS!
Stress causes aging. It also causes a halt of the growth process, because it puts your body in the defensive mode. It channels your body’s energies into your immune system function and healing rather than growth. Modern Yoga is great actually more so for stress relief. It is important though to employ methods not only of stress relief but, more important, stress prevention.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The Knights of Katango
Chivalry is not Dead!
Women of the World, would you like to see a return of Chivalry? Are you ready to be treated like a "Lady" again? Are you ready to be romanced again? Does your man or someone you know need a makeover? Here is the movement for you to support because here is the movement that supports you. Tell everyone you know Chivalry is back!!! Bring in your man and have him learn to be more attentive, learn to listen, to be more conscious and learn to dance "with you". Katango uses gender conscious tools and lessons simultaneously in class. We can teach your man and other men to dance using athletic and martial arts terms for him to easily grasp and feel comfortable. Meanwhile for you, we use dance and poetic terminology which hopefully he'll pick up too. Come in. Bring your friends. Help me help you.
I thank you for your interest and support,
Sir William Sunday Mars
THE KNIGHTS OF KATANGO
Like the knights of days gone by, like the samurai, a word in Japanese that actually means “servant”, and like our own marines we will live by a code of honor and respect. Unlike the Knights, Samurai, and Marines he is also a lover. He is at once a Knight in the European tradition of Chivalry and an Arabian Knight, passionate, romantic and wild. We live for love, for Love is God and God is Love. We constantly aspire to what is higher within ourselves, for ourselves, for the good of others. We are content to be thought foolish and stupid for the sake of improvement for as it says in the Tao, “One who cannot be weak cannot be strong!” We are drunk with love, wild and passionate. We are romantic! We dance! We set an example for all men to aspire to. We are whole, complete, the total package. We master ourselves spiritually, physically, psychologically, emotionally, socially, romantically, sexually and financially. These are the 8 Great Ways!
A Knight of Katango is a servant of all particularly the Goddess energy. It is sad, “He who would be great must be the servant!” He is a man who constantly improves and develops himself.
1. A Knight of Katango trains his body so that he is a blessing to his woman rather than a burden. His body is that of an athlete, a warrior, a dancer who realizes the only true battle, one of which is laziness, and competition is within him. His body must be capable of carrying out all the necessary chores of the home. He wants to offer her his best as she hers and wants to be pleasing to her eyes as well as her ears as she his. He must also be of good health to assist others in general because appearance is useless without ability and direction.
Because A Knight of Katango is both a Lover and a Warrior,
he will be taught basic dance and self-defense.
2. He must be aware and in control of his thoughts and feelings so as to temper himself well. This means he must learn to be relaxed under pressure so that he can rectify situations, restoring balance and harmony. Like steel, if he loses his temper, he loses his worth. Be aware though that anger is not wrong if it is directed towards the highest good. Remember Jesus in the Temple with the money changers. He must stand up and handle whatsoever difficulty threatens peace and serenity. It is not good for people to have stress, especially a woman. Her body and soul cannot be obstructed by this if she is to attain her highest ecstasy. He must also not play party to her doing that which destroys peace. One can never reward bad behavior and to condone or allow it is to reward it. This does not mean that one does not enjoy life and party like its’ 1999, go out on a limb or push the envelope. There is a time for peace, for passion, to party and if you really get it right, all three all at once. You can do what you like as long as what you are doing is not detrimental to others. Remember, this is the "all at once for the ONE in all".
3. He must temper himself sexually. Although he will learn and acquire great skills to give her “absolute pleasure” through the teachings, he must be monogamous. He must understand that his woman is his “doorway to the divine” and he hers. Their lovemaking is a sacred threshold to be honored.
4. A Knight of Katango must also be familiar with poetry, Rumi, Shakespeare, Kahlil Gibran, Rilke, John Donne, Emily Dickenson and Thoreau to name a few. He must have awareness of the great spiritual texts, the Tao te Ching, the Bhagavad-Gita the Bible and yes the Quran taking none of them literally if possible but if he partakes of a particular religious view, he must be respectful of those of others. He must have awareness of the works of the great philosophers and metaphysicians for instance Nietzsche, Descartes, Schopenhauer. Through these works he may form his own views and understandings, “while” being absolutely aware that it is his view and understanding and not “THE” view and understanding. He must always be learning and growing. He must be a good listener.
5. He must be able to entertain her. He “must” able to dance with her. This is the reason for the simplified Katango dance steps. He must have a sense of humor. A Knight of Katango can not be a tight lipped, whiny, Like Tao and Zen he must be able to flow from one situation to the next. Oh yes, Real Men cry. If you can not or do not on occasion cry because you have been conditioned to be stoic, I now tell you as a boxer, a martial artist and an athlete who followed the rule that if you get hurt, tape it up and get back out there etc., it is ok to cry. It’s the whining that is a problem. In fact if you have not found something in life that hasn’t made you cry, you haven’t looked deep enough into life and I am glad you are reading this.
So yes, this is a calling out, nay a challenge to all men who would call themselves men. How do you know you are a man? What determines this? It is simultaneously your contrast and yet your ability to complement the feminine energy. You must at once be firm in your masculinity yet aware of and sensitive to, the needs of your woman. A Knight of Katango is a gentleman who respects and honors women, the elderly and children. He allows them to go first, is attentive to their needs and is helpful whenever he can be for his strength is only strength if it benefits others. True power empowers. A Knight is also respectful of his fellow man for in as in women, children and the elderly, for in him is also the Great Spirit. He must basically be helpful of and for all.
Translation, do not wait to so who else will help another human being whose car is broken down or whose tire is flat, especially if it is a woman, an elderly or disabled person and especially if there are children present. You be the first to offer help to someone carrying something that looks too heavy for them again especially if it is a woman and if they are using two hands to carry that thing, even if they feel they can carry it, you get the door if needed. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.Treat all women you come in contact with, with the respect you would treat or give your mother, because all women are in fact a representative of the “Divine Mother” the Goddess Energy. This of course carries over everywhere exclusive of intimate encounters where you free and must be free to what she needs you to do to please your woman. Then you obviously do not treat a woman as you would treat your mother.
A Knight of Katango is a one who is sweet on the streets and wild in the sheets!
Along with the open Katango, Rebellious Wellness and Zen Body Sculpting classes and workshops where both men and women are welcome, there will be men only Knights of Katango classes and workshops available soon for the men who are too shy to learn around women.
Men can begin their training in the weekly Katango classes and progress to Knighthood if they choose.
I thank you for your interest and support,
Sir William Sunday Mars
THE KNIGHTS OF KATANGO
Like the knights of days gone by, like the samurai, a word in Japanese that actually means “servant”, and like our own marines we will live by a code of honor and respect. Unlike the Knights, Samurai, and Marines he is also a lover. He is at once a Knight in the European tradition of Chivalry and an Arabian Knight, passionate, romantic and wild. We live for love, for Love is God and God is Love. We constantly aspire to what is higher within ourselves, for ourselves, for the good of others. We are content to be thought foolish and stupid for the sake of improvement for as it says in the Tao, “One who cannot be weak cannot be strong!” We are drunk with love, wild and passionate. We are romantic! We dance! We set an example for all men to aspire to. We are whole, complete, the total package. We master ourselves spiritually, physically, psychologically, emotionally, socially, romantically, sexually and financially. These are the 8 Great Ways!
A Knight of Katango is a servant of all particularly the Goddess energy. It is sad, “He who would be great must be the servant!” He is a man who constantly improves and develops himself.
1. A Knight of Katango trains his body so that he is a blessing to his woman rather than a burden. His body is that of an athlete, a warrior, a dancer who realizes the only true battle, one of which is laziness, and competition is within him. His body must be capable of carrying out all the necessary chores of the home. He wants to offer her his best as she hers and wants to be pleasing to her eyes as well as her ears as she his. He must also be of good health to assist others in general because appearance is useless without ability and direction.
Because A Knight of Katango is both a Lover and a Warrior,
he will be taught basic dance and self-defense.
2. He must be aware and in control of his thoughts and feelings so as to temper himself well. This means he must learn to be relaxed under pressure so that he can rectify situations, restoring balance and harmony. Like steel, if he loses his temper, he loses his worth. Be aware though that anger is not wrong if it is directed towards the highest good. Remember Jesus in the Temple with the money changers. He must stand up and handle whatsoever difficulty threatens peace and serenity. It is not good for people to have stress, especially a woman. Her body and soul cannot be obstructed by this if she is to attain her highest ecstasy. He must also not play party to her doing that which destroys peace. One can never reward bad behavior and to condone or allow it is to reward it. This does not mean that one does not enjoy life and party like its’ 1999, go out on a limb or push the envelope. There is a time for peace, for passion, to party and if you really get it right, all three all at once. You can do what you like as long as what you are doing is not detrimental to others. Remember, this is the "all at once for the ONE in all".
3. He must temper himself sexually. Although he will learn and acquire great skills to give her “absolute pleasure” through the teachings, he must be monogamous. He must understand that his woman is his “doorway to the divine” and he hers. Their lovemaking is a sacred threshold to be honored.
4. A Knight of Katango must also be familiar with poetry, Rumi, Shakespeare, Kahlil Gibran, Rilke, John Donne, Emily Dickenson and Thoreau to name a few. He must have awareness of the great spiritual texts, the Tao te Ching, the Bhagavad-Gita the Bible and yes the Quran taking none of them literally if possible but if he partakes of a particular religious view, he must be respectful of those of others. He must have awareness of the works of the great philosophers and metaphysicians for instance Nietzsche, Descartes, Schopenhauer. Through these works he may form his own views and understandings, “while” being absolutely aware that it is his view and understanding and not “THE” view and understanding. He must always be learning and growing. He must be a good listener.
5. He must be able to entertain her. He “must” able to dance with her. This is the reason for the simplified Katango dance steps. He must have a sense of humor. A Knight of Katango can not be a tight lipped, whiny, Like Tao and Zen he must be able to flow from one situation to the next. Oh yes, Real Men cry. If you can not or do not on occasion cry because you have been conditioned to be stoic, I now tell you as a boxer, a martial artist and an athlete who followed the rule that if you get hurt, tape it up and get back out there etc., it is ok to cry. It’s the whining that is a problem. In fact if you have not found something in life that hasn’t made you cry, you haven’t looked deep enough into life and I am glad you are reading this.
So yes, this is a calling out, nay a challenge to all men who would call themselves men. How do you know you are a man? What determines this? It is simultaneously your contrast and yet your ability to complement the feminine energy. You must at once be firm in your masculinity yet aware of and sensitive to, the needs of your woman. A Knight of Katango is a gentleman who respects and honors women, the elderly and children. He allows them to go first, is attentive to their needs and is helpful whenever he can be for his strength is only strength if it benefits others. True power empowers. A Knight is also respectful of his fellow man for in as in women, children and the elderly, for in him is also the Great Spirit. He must basically be helpful of and for all.
Translation, do not wait to so who else will help another human being whose car is broken down or whose tire is flat, especially if it is a woman, an elderly or disabled person and especially if there are children present. You be the first to offer help to someone carrying something that looks too heavy for them again especially if it is a woman and if they are using two hands to carry that thing, even if they feel they can carry it, you get the door if needed. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.Treat all women you come in contact with, with the respect you would treat or give your mother, because all women are in fact a representative of the “Divine Mother” the Goddess Energy. This of course carries over everywhere exclusive of intimate encounters where you free and must be free to what she needs you to do to please your woman. Then you obviously do not treat a woman as you would treat your mother.
A Knight of Katango is a one who is sweet on the streets and wild in the sheets!
Along with the open Katango, Rebellious Wellness and Zen Body Sculpting classes and workshops where both men and women are welcome, there will be men only Knights of Katango classes and workshops available soon for the men who are too shy to learn around women.
Men can begin their training in the weekly Katango classes and progress to Knighthood if they choose.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Katango,
a WORKOUT for Warriors and Lovers
Class Schedule
at rebelliouswellness.com
Monday
Marin Ayurveda 5:30 to 6:45pm
85 Bolinas Road Fairfax- behind Casa Manana
415.456.6351
Tuesday
Bay West Ballroom 5:15 to 6:30pm
1133 E. Francisco Blvd. Ste .D starting in October
San Rafael 415.457.4619
Wednesday
Marin Ayerveda 5:30 to 6:45
85 Bolinas Road Fairfax-behind Casa Manana
415.456-6351
Thursday
World Dance Fitness 8:30-9:40am
$0 Greenfield Ave. San Anselmo
http://www.worlddancefitness.com/
Bay West Ballroom 5:15 to 6:30pm
1133 E. Francisco Blvd. Ste. D starting in October
San Rafael 415.457.4619
Women’s Fitness Center 7:00 to 8:00pm
Fairfax 2088 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
415.485.1770
Friday
a WORKOUT for Warriors and Lovers
Class Schedule
at rebelliouswellness.com
Monday
Marin Ayurveda 5:30 to 6:45pm
85 Bolinas Road Fairfax- behind Casa Manana
415.456.6351
Tuesday
Bay West Ballroom 5:15 to 6:30pm
1133 E. Francisco Blvd. Ste .D starting in October
San Rafael 415.457.4619
Wednesday
Marin Ayerveda 5:30 to 6:45
85 Bolinas Road Fairfax-behind Casa Manana
415.456-6351
Thursday
World Dance Fitness 8:30-9:40am
$0 Greenfield Ave. San Anselmo
http://www.worlddancefitness.com/
Bay West Ballroom 5:15 to 6:30pm
1133 E. Francisco Blvd. Ste. D starting in October
San Rafael 415.457.4619
Women’s Fitness Center 7:00 to 8:00pm
Fairfax 2088 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
415.485.1770
Friday
CHIVALRY IS "NOT" DEAD
Chivalry is not dead! Men have forgotten what it means to be a man. Chivalry suffers from the same ills as romance and love. Men have not been taught or have forgotten the importance of women. How can they love, honor, and cherish, be romantic with or ravish for that matter, what they do not understand. Their mothers represent their most tangible source of feminine energy. Their mothers gave birth to them. What is not realized is that after their initial physical birth, the feminine energy plays yet another role in their constant rebirth and recreation. It is through the women and her divine female energy that men are not only born but, when men truly understand sex ultimate, are born again. Through the mystery of woman, man can achieve awareness and understanding of his greatest self.
It is not because you are weak that the doors should be held for you. It is not because you are incapable that the chair should be pulled out and pushed in for you. It is not because you are uncoordinated that your coat should be held when you put it on. And when you enter the room or return to the table it is not because you are in need of that attention because of insecurity. It is because the man sees before him the key to his divinity. It is because the man sees before him the answer to his deeper self. It is because you woman are sacred and represent the divine mother through which all life enters this world. It is because the man is witnessing the perfect mirror of himself. Does not a mirror need to be delicately handled? To show a lack of respect for a woman does not so much show what a man thinks of women. It shows what he thinks of himself. A man is only a man and is as much a man as he treats well a woman.
P.S. A man should never hit a woman. Ever! This is the act of a complete cowardice. However I believe it is continuous thanking and an occasional spanking that keeps a relationship healthy.
It is not because you are weak that the doors should be held for you. It is not because you are incapable that the chair should be pulled out and pushed in for you. It is not because you are uncoordinated that your coat should be held when you put it on. And when you enter the room or return to the table it is not because you are in need of that attention because of insecurity. It is because the man sees before him the key to his divinity. It is because the man sees before him the answer to his deeper self. It is because you woman are sacred and represent the divine mother through which all life enters this world. It is because the man is witnessing the perfect mirror of himself. Does not a mirror need to be delicately handled? To show a lack of respect for a woman does not so much show what a man thinks of women. It shows what he thinks of himself. A man is only a man and is as much a man as he treats well a woman.
P.S. A man should never hit a woman. Ever! This is the act of a complete cowardice. However I believe it is continuous thanking and an occasional spanking that keeps a relationship healthy.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
You try, not to Prove but to "Improve!"
The biggest mistake people make when exercising or training is trying to defeat the exercise. People, especially in the west, are always trying to win, even in practice. It doesn’t matter if you are doing Yoga, Pilates or Weight training to tone your body. The Tao says, “If you want to be straight, allow yourself to be crooked”. Translation, “If you want to be strong, you must allow yourself to be weak.” Surrender! Die into it! Your job is only to do your best. The sculpture cannot be harder than the hammer and chisel. Why is it that we cannot allow ourselves to look, appear, let alone “be” weak? Could it be because our entire lives we have been told that if we are weak we are useless, worthless? I remember a saying, “When I am weak, I am strong.” It takes great strength to even be willing to look at our weaknesses and our faults. You have to look at any problem in order to fix it. Why are we so stuck on avoidance and denial of our percieved weaknesses? They are merely cries for love in a necessary area. If you have a cut on your left hand would you put the band-aid on the right hand? It takes great strength to allow yourself to be weak for the right reasons at the right times, or should I say great faith. This is the reason for the sayings, God, the Tao, takes over where you leave off. You just do your best and then rest.
There is a story of a great pianist who was a bout to do a concert. He was preparing back stage with the curtains closed and an anxious audience waiting out front. As the time grew near to start the performance, a small boy snuck away from his parents in the front row. He ran up on stage to the Steinway, the top of the line piano and the prize possession of the star pianist. He began plunking away. At about 6 years old he did his best rendition of “chopsticks”. The crowd heard and gasped especially the parents of the small boy who were beyond embarrassed and now somewhat in a panic rushing to get the boy off stage calling the child frantically. At that moment the pianist emerged from backstage to find the little boy now sitting on his chair playing away, “chopsticks”! The boy’s parents were just about to grab the boy when the pianist signaled for the parents to wait. He told them to leave the boy alone, and proceeded to sit down next to the boy who looked up at him in fear. The pianist patted the young boy on the head and said in a gentle voice, keep playing my child, keep playing. So the little boy continued to play, “chopsticks”! At that moment the great pianist began playing a whole concerto around the little boy’s best effort. The audience was amazed and began to applaud. It sounded great, fantastic. When it was finished, the pianist looked at the little boy, leaned down and whispered to him, “I believe this is when you take your bow! God takes over where you leave off. The universe will support your best effort.
"If you do not do, what you cannot do, you will not do, what you can do!"
This is inspiration too move beyond self -imposed limitation do to fear and laziness.
When you enter a Katango or Zen Body Sculpting class, realize that you literally fail your way to success. Remember, “Trying and failing is not a problem, only failing to try!”The only thing that need be perfect is your intention, your effort.
There is a story of a great pianist who was a bout to do a concert. He was preparing back stage with the curtains closed and an anxious audience waiting out front. As the time grew near to start the performance, a small boy snuck away from his parents in the front row. He ran up on stage to the Steinway, the top of the line piano and the prize possession of the star pianist. He began plunking away. At about 6 years old he did his best rendition of “chopsticks”. The crowd heard and gasped especially the parents of the small boy who were beyond embarrassed and now somewhat in a panic rushing to get the boy off stage calling the child frantically. At that moment the pianist emerged from backstage to find the little boy now sitting on his chair playing away, “chopsticks”! The boy’s parents were just about to grab the boy when the pianist signaled for the parents to wait. He told them to leave the boy alone, and proceeded to sit down next to the boy who looked up at him in fear. The pianist patted the young boy on the head and said in a gentle voice, keep playing my child, keep playing. So the little boy continued to play, “chopsticks”! At that moment the great pianist began playing a whole concerto around the little boy’s best effort. The audience was amazed and began to applaud. It sounded great, fantastic. When it was finished, the pianist looked at the little boy, leaned down and whispered to him, “I believe this is when you take your bow! God takes over where you leave off. The universe will support your best effort.
"If you do not do, what you cannot do, you will not do, what you can do!"
This is inspiration too move beyond self -imposed limitation do to fear and laziness.
When you enter a Katango or Zen Body Sculpting class, realize that you literally fail your way to success. Remember, “Trying and failing is not a problem, only failing to try!”The only thing that need be perfect is your intention, your effort.
Is Katango for Me?
First of all, Katango, a WORKOUT for Warriors and Lovers, is Fun, Fun, Fun oh; did I mention it was FUN too? You can say it however you want. You can get your Head, Hieart and Hips in great shape having fun or you can have fun getting in great shape. This class uses inspirational and motivational psychology sometimes in the form of poetry, for instance by Rumi, and other times, quotes and short stories. You actually do strength, balance, flexibility and coordination building exercises “as” you are doing simplified dance and oriental movement arts –based movements. Imagine “accidentally learning to Tango, Mambo, Rumba, African, R&B and Jazz dance while you are exercising. That’s right you actually develop a skill, you actually learn to dance. For those of you who can actually dance, here is a chance to add more passion, soul, and spirit to what you already do and to your life in general. Everybody who does this training learns it’s not what you do but how” you do it. You can improve really the way you move and enhance the way you dance. Everybody is a beginner. Everybody learns something new. No matter how tall or short a flower or plant is in a garden, all plants grow if the soil is good and if they get enough light and nutrients. And they all grow at their own pace without judgment. In fact if someone does not have confidence, the other people in this class will give it to you. Did I mention that because of the format of the movements, it is great cardio?
Can anybody do it? YES! Anybody can do it. Any age any level. It is like cooking on a stove. You have four burners right? On one you simmer, one you light sauté, another you stew, and the last, well if someone wants more, Cajun style baby with hot sauce. “YOU” choose how deep you want to go. The class adjusts to you. The moves adjust to you. I am a guide. I am a mirror. I am here to show you how great, how fantastic, how capable and special you are, and you are. Come in and let me prove it to you. Let me prove you to you! This is like a miracle growth class, miracle development and healing. Everybody grows and everybody heals.
This class cures frozen hip syndrome, you know, pelvic paralysis. You will learn to move as well as they did in “Dirty Dancing” Even Elvis would applaud you!
What if I have an injury? If you have an injury let me know. This class is great for knee, back, shoulder, ankle and especially heart and mind pains. In Florida people came to class still wearing their casts from injuries they incurred outside of class. We restored balance to a woman 60 yrs. old who had had her balance “nerve” cut during and inner ear operation and she was told by her doctor she may have problems even walking. She was able to do balance poses right along side of some of the better Yoga students, better than most. People have cured long standing back and knee problems within a few classes with the stretching and strengthening movements. Don’t worry. Love cures all.
What if I’m going through tough times emotionally? Then this class is perfect for you. People say that they come into class with something bothering them or wearing them down and somehow, magically, something is said to help them get through it or to see their difficulty with new eyes and an open heart. This class is designed to get people through the difficulties of life physically, psychologically emotionally and so on. People have had profound openings and breakthroughs, some to the point that in class, those tears of joy start flowing. The tears are usually met by other students saying, We know it happened to us too and then a flurry of supportive hugs from many others. Oh yes did I mention we LAUGH a lot in class? I admit it was either this, or stand up comedy. I am a clown, an absolute fool who understands what people go through and how tough it is. Love and laughter together are great cures!
With all this other stuff going on, how effective can the class be for my exercise needs? Oh just twice the workout in half the time of any other training method you will ever try. It works as well as you do. On one end it is therapy and healing. On the other end, it has worn out the “instructors and teachers” of Pilates and Yoga in areas of balance, flexibility and body control (core stabilization). The class has worn out gym owners and their instructors. It has floored competitive bodybuilders and aerobic and fitness competitors and instructors. In the same class there are people from 18 to 80, each working through their own thing at their own pace. You choose how deep you want to go and how tough you want it to be. You just tell me and right where you are, we turn up or turn down your burner. You will have a beautiful body with nice lines, proportion and symmetry.
Does it burn a lot of calories and fat? You can burn more calories in fifteen minutes of this than an hour on “any” machine or aerobics class. This includes the elliptical machine, the stair climber, especially the treadmill without the impact on the knees, although the elliptical is low impact and not too bad at all. You can even burn more calories than spinning. I was once a spinning instructor. Spinning is good. In fact their was a spinning class right before my class in Miami and some of the students of the spinning class, still wearing their Polar heart rate monitors decided they want to join in. they were in disbelief that their heart rate went up as much as spinning while doing what to them looked like slow motion exercises. Make no mistake, this class will get you toned and trimmed and fast!
You don’t even notice you’re exercising because of how fun and engaging the class is. You learn to relax, calm your soul. You learn to be and love the real "YOU"!
First of all, Katango, a WORKOUT for Warriors and Lovers, is Fun, Fun, Fun oh; did I mention it was FUN too? You can say it however you want. You can get your Head, Hieart and Hips in great shape having fun or you can have fun getting in great shape. This class uses inspirational and motivational psychology sometimes in the form of poetry, for instance by Rumi, and other times, quotes and short stories. You actually do strength, balance, flexibility and coordination building exercises “as” you are doing simplified dance and oriental movement arts –based movements. Imagine “accidentally learning to Tango, Mambo, Rumba, African, R&B and Jazz dance while you are exercising. That’s right you actually develop a skill, you actually learn to dance. For those of you who can actually dance, here is a chance to add more passion, soul, and spirit to what you already do and to your life in general. Everybody who does this training learns it’s not what you do but how” you do it. You can improve really the way you move and enhance the way you dance. Everybody is a beginner. Everybody learns something new. No matter how tall or short a flower or plant is in a garden, all plants grow if the soil is good and if they get enough light and nutrients. And they all grow at their own pace without judgment. In fact if someone does not have confidence, the other people in this class will give it to you. Did I mention that because of the format of the movements, it is great cardio?
Can anybody do it? YES! Anybody can do it. Any age any level. It is like cooking on a stove. You have four burners right? On one you simmer, one you light sauté, another you stew, and the last, well if someone wants more, Cajun style baby with hot sauce. “YOU” choose how deep you want to go. The class adjusts to you. The moves adjust to you. I am a guide. I am a mirror. I am here to show you how great, how fantastic, how capable and special you are, and you are. Come in and let me prove it to you. Let me prove you to you! This is like a miracle growth class, miracle development and healing. Everybody grows and everybody heals.
This class cures frozen hip syndrome, you know, pelvic paralysis. You will learn to move as well as they did in “Dirty Dancing” Even Elvis would applaud you!
What if I have an injury? If you have an injury let me know. This class is great for knee, back, shoulder, ankle and especially heart and mind pains. In Florida people came to class still wearing their casts from injuries they incurred outside of class. We restored balance to a woman 60 yrs. old who had had her balance “nerve” cut during and inner ear operation and she was told by her doctor she may have problems even walking. She was able to do balance poses right along side of some of the better Yoga students, better than most. People have cured long standing back and knee problems within a few classes with the stretching and strengthening movements. Don’t worry. Love cures all.
What if I’m going through tough times emotionally? Then this class is perfect for you. People say that they come into class with something bothering them or wearing them down and somehow, magically, something is said to help them get through it or to see their difficulty with new eyes and an open heart. This class is designed to get people through the difficulties of life physically, psychologically emotionally and so on. People have had profound openings and breakthroughs, some to the point that in class, those tears of joy start flowing. The tears are usually met by other students saying, We know it happened to us too and then a flurry of supportive hugs from many others. Oh yes did I mention we LAUGH a lot in class? I admit it was either this, or stand up comedy. I am a clown, an absolute fool who understands what people go through and how tough it is. Love and laughter together are great cures!
With all this other stuff going on, how effective can the class be for my exercise needs? Oh just twice the workout in half the time of any other training method you will ever try. It works as well as you do. On one end it is therapy and healing. On the other end, it has worn out the “instructors and teachers” of Pilates and Yoga in areas of balance, flexibility and body control (core stabilization). The class has worn out gym owners and their instructors. It has floored competitive bodybuilders and aerobic and fitness competitors and instructors. In the same class there are people from 18 to 80, each working through their own thing at their own pace. You choose how deep you want to go and how tough you want it to be. You just tell me and right where you are, we turn up or turn down your burner. You will have a beautiful body with nice lines, proportion and symmetry.
Does it burn a lot of calories and fat? You can burn more calories in fifteen minutes of this than an hour on “any” machine or aerobics class. This includes the elliptical machine, the stair climber, especially the treadmill without the impact on the knees, although the elliptical is low impact and not too bad at all. You can even burn more calories than spinning. I was once a spinning instructor. Spinning is good. In fact their was a spinning class right before my class in Miami and some of the students of the spinning class, still wearing their Polar heart rate monitors decided they want to join in. they were in disbelief that their heart rate went up as much as spinning while doing what to them looked like slow motion exercises. Make no mistake, this class will get you toned and trimmed and fast!
You don’t even notice you’re exercising because of how fun and engaging the class is. You learn to relax, calm your soul. You learn to be and love the real "YOU"!
Monday, September 10, 2007
On Sex
God Loves You they way you make Love ~ Rumi
Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Does this sound familiar? If it does not, then you may not have experienced what everyone deserves to experience. Of course, you have to say you have. No one wants to know they don’t know about sex. People are always saying to me, “Oh I have or have had great sex”. People tend to take the limits of their experiences and of their field of vision for the limits of the world. Most people, if they are fortunate, have only had a genital orgasm. It does not stop there however. For the true deep experience to take place, your “coming” is only the beginning, it is only a lower energy center or genital experience. Unless you allow the energy to move past the lower you, the earthly you, the animal you, it is a shallow happening, almost an accidental occurence. In reality it is as far as normal sex can go. It is as far as selfish sex can go. It is the best the adult film industry’s pleasure can represent. It appeases at the animal level only. It is unripe, immature. It is acting. You are acting. You have not given yourself totally. Only when you have given yourself to the act totally can God arrive. You may come. Hooray! But it will still be a consolation prize until God arrives and until you arrive at God. What kind of sex is the best sex? Blessed sex, conscious sex, aware sex is the best sex! All else is mutually assisted masturbation!
For those who have understood what “sex” is, what its purpose really is, only one conclusion is possible. It is to bring each other to God. We call it making love. God is love. Love is God. Without consciousness, without the right intention, it is not possible to make love. It is only possible to make a mess. When two “come” together to make love, they are merely vessels . God is being brought to presence. “IF” you are skilled, at making love, you understand what it really is. Love making, like a séance, is an invocation, and through the seance you invite God in. The orgasmic experience, the ecstatic experience occurs because through the experiencer of the orgasm, comes God. This is why it is called “coming”. God comes through the experience of the orgasm. It is the ultimate energy a human being can feel. Everyone “should” be allowed to experience this. At times it is a massive energy rush through the system intense and powerful like a sunami, and other times it is healing, sweet and nourishing like a long wet summer rain . For a lover to go into a situation, without the intention to allow this for another is a great sin. If you love someone or even just greatly care, you would like them to experience the ultimate. God is the ultimate. You can be a doorway to the divine! What a priviledge, an honor, a blessing.
It can be understood, in short like this.The lower centers 1 through 3 are the animal centers. They are the primitive centers. It is only when the orgasmic energies begin to reach the 4th center, the heart center, that sex becomes making love. When the energies of the higher centers meet the energies of the lower centers at the heart, they merge to become love. It is an alchemical process. Before that, it is just sex. God comes arrives through the heart. This is the beginning of the whole body orgasm. The heart is the junction box, the meeting between your higher and lower self, between sex and consciousness, between heaven and earth. It is the junction box however and not the source of the orgasm. The genitals, even the heart are not main source. It is the brain, and the brain is where God enters through the 7th center. This is where the term 7th heaven came from. Only when you feel it all the way into your higher centers, is it a “real” orgasm. Through the 7th center, through consciousness, we guide the animal centers, the first 3 centers to the point that the genitals can stimulate and be stimulated so that we can please and be pleased and transported into states of ecstatic orgasmic bliss, to God!
Blessed is the moment we two enter the Temple together, two faces, one soul ~
Rumi
Sex energy is what keeps you young, vibrant and healthy.
Sex energy is used to increase consciousness and open the 1000 petalled lotus, the unused unopened areas of the brain spoken of by Einstein.
Remember, You don't stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing!
Ever notice how peoples bodies and brains stop functioning as the "Get Old"? Play On! Play On!
Come try out a Katango class to learn more!
Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Does this sound familiar? If it does not, then you may not have experienced what everyone deserves to experience. Of course, you have to say you have. No one wants to know they don’t know about sex. People are always saying to me, “Oh I have or have had great sex”. People tend to take the limits of their experiences and of their field of vision for the limits of the world. Most people, if they are fortunate, have only had a genital orgasm. It does not stop there however. For the true deep experience to take place, your “coming” is only the beginning, it is only a lower energy center or genital experience. Unless you allow the energy to move past the lower you, the earthly you, the animal you, it is a shallow happening, almost an accidental occurence. In reality it is as far as normal sex can go. It is as far as selfish sex can go. It is the best the adult film industry’s pleasure can represent. It appeases at the animal level only. It is unripe, immature. It is acting. You are acting. You have not given yourself totally. Only when you have given yourself to the act totally can God arrive. You may come. Hooray! But it will still be a consolation prize until God arrives and until you arrive at God. What kind of sex is the best sex? Blessed sex, conscious sex, aware sex is the best sex! All else is mutually assisted masturbation!
For those who have understood what “sex” is, what its purpose really is, only one conclusion is possible. It is to bring each other to God. We call it making love. God is love. Love is God. Without consciousness, without the right intention, it is not possible to make love. It is only possible to make a mess. When two “come” together to make love, they are merely vessels . God is being brought to presence. “IF” you are skilled, at making love, you understand what it really is. Love making, like a séance, is an invocation, and through the seance you invite God in. The orgasmic experience, the ecstatic experience occurs because through the experiencer of the orgasm, comes God. This is why it is called “coming”. God comes through the experience of the orgasm. It is the ultimate energy a human being can feel. Everyone “should” be allowed to experience this. At times it is a massive energy rush through the system intense and powerful like a sunami, and other times it is healing, sweet and nourishing like a long wet summer rain . For a lover to go into a situation, without the intention to allow this for another is a great sin. If you love someone or even just greatly care, you would like them to experience the ultimate. God is the ultimate. You can be a doorway to the divine! What a priviledge, an honor, a blessing.
It can be understood, in short like this.The lower centers 1 through 3 are the animal centers. They are the primitive centers. It is only when the orgasmic energies begin to reach the 4th center, the heart center, that sex becomes making love. When the energies of the higher centers meet the energies of the lower centers at the heart, they merge to become love. It is an alchemical process. Before that, it is just sex. God comes arrives through the heart. This is the beginning of the whole body orgasm. The heart is the junction box, the meeting between your higher and lower self, between sex and consciousness, between heaven and earth. It is the junction box however and not the source of the orgasm. The genitals, even the heart are not main source. It is the brain, and the brain is where God enters through the 7th center. This is where the term 7th heaven came from. Only when you feel it all the way into your higher centers, is it a “real” orgasm. Through the 7th center, through consciousness, we guide the animal centers, the first 3 centers to the point that the genitals can stimulate and be stimulated so that we can please and be pleased and transported into states of ecstatic orgasmic bliss, to God!
Blessed is the moment we two enter the Temple together, two faces, one soul ~
Rumi
Sex energy is what keeps you young, vibrant and healthy.
Sex energy is used to increase consciousness and open the 1000 petalled lotus, the unused unopened areas of the brain spoken of by Einstein.
Remember, You don't stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing!
Ever notice how peoples bodies and brains stop functioning as the "Get Old"? Play On! Play On!
Come try out a Katango class to learn more!
KATANGO the "LOVER'S WORKOUT" ~ The Training..Alone or as The Perfect Compliment
This training for the Head, Heart and Hips is enough on its own or as the perfect complement to any and all types of training styles. It is great for those who seek conscious alternative methods for strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardiovascular/aerobic and endurance training. Over the years friends and associates, some of which are highly accredited 10 to 20 year veterans of Yoga and experienced Pilates instructors, as well as their students asked if there were ways to accelerate their practices. They knew I had trained and studied in the Orient as well as the West and looked to a holistic understanding behind techniques rather than random movements triggered by a need to “just do something new”, fill up class time or overcome the boredom of students. They have said it helped them get beyond many sticking points and plateaus. The training corrects posture, ends back pain, develops the hard to isolate lower abdominals and eliminates love handles to go beyond core-training to compliment the work of Joseph Pilates. We open the chakras empowering people energetically, physically, physiologically and psychologically as we inspire and motivate.
Benefits of training also include Anti-Aging, Boosted Metabolim, Immune System and Libido...see other blogs for details.
Strength Training and Body Sculpting- These are non-impact resistance training methods done in a conscious relaxed Yoga, sensual dance and flowing oriental arts formats. The methods build lean, functional, aesthetic proportionate muscles and tighten and tone esp. the female trouble spots such as hips, glutes, thighs, lower abs, waistline and triceps. They are so effective that even hardcore gym goers are able to feel the burn of their muscles while even the de-conditioned beginner is enjoying being gently guided through a modified process of progressive development.
Flexibility- The stretching methods are precise, effective and gentle, go deep into the back, spine, hips and neck areas to relieve longstanding pains, tightness and even healing injuries. They increase flexibility and range of motion even in the most seasoned Yoga and Pilates instructors and students.
Balance- We accelerate development in a direct and methodical manner. Even people who have not studied Yoga find themselves able to hold a warrior three pose in a short time due to progressive innervating and strengthening of the muscles responsible for holding the asana.
Coordination- People often complain, aside from having no balance, that they lack coordination. They say they lack body control and have no rhythm at all. With this method of meditative simplified systematic kata-like dance motions based on tai-chi and chi gong, we can help anybody gain control of their body. They are soon able to move alone or with a partner with confidence and self-assurance. It is fun fat burning with no choreography.
Cardiovascular/ Aerobic/Endurance- Due to the static forms of Yoga, the root of what became the Martial Arts, and Pilates it is difficult to achieve direct fat burning cardiovascular/aerobic and endurance training. Many people have sought gym memberships just for cardio and to burn fat. This training involves relaxed non-impact cardio/aerobic movements done in a meditative state that can burn more calories and fat than spinning, an elliptical machine and far more than could ever be burned on a treadmill.
Benefits of training also include Anti-Aging, Boosted Metabolim, Immune System and Libido...see other blogs for details.
Strength Training and Body Sculpting- These are non-impact resistance training methods done in a conscious relaxed Yoga, sensual dance and flowing oriental arts formats. The methods build lean, functional, aesthetic proportionate muscles and tighten and tone esp. the female trouble spots such as hips, glutes, thighs, lower abs, waistline and triceps. They are so effective that even hardcore gym goers are able to feel the burn of their muscles while even the de-conditioned beginner is enjoying being gently guided through a modified process of progressive development.
Flexibility- The stretching methods are precise, effective and gentle, go deep into the back, spine, hips and neck areas to relieve longstanding pains, tightness and even healing injuries. They increase flexibility and range of motion even in the most seasoned Yoga and Pilates instructors and students.
Balance- We accelerate development in a direct and methodical manner. Even people who have not studied Yoga find themselves able to hold a warrior three pose in a short time due to progressive innervating and strengthening of the muscles responsible for holding the asana.
Coordination- People often complain, aside from having no balance, that they lack coordination. They say they lack body control and have no rhythm at all. With this method of meditative simplified systematic kata-like dance motions based on tai-chi and chi gong, we can help anybody gain control of their body. They are soon able to move alone or with a partner with confidence and self-assurance. It is fun fat burning with no choreography.
Cardiovascular/ Aerobic/Endurance- Due to the static forms of Yoga, the root of what became the Martial Arts, and Pilates it is difficult to achieve direct fat burning cardiovascular/aerobic and endurance training. Many people have sought gym memberships just for cardio and to burn fat. This training involves relaxed non-impact cardio/aerobic movements done in a meditative state that can burn more calories and fat than spinning, an elliptical machine and far more than could ever be burned on a treadmill.
Activity Does not Lead to Productivity
Activity does not lead to productivity, nor does practice make perfect. If you’re practicing the wrong thing, you’ll end up perfectly wrong. It makes no difference how fast you run if you’re running in the wrong direction. First direction then effort! First aim, and then shoot the arrow! It is simple. Like Alice in Wonderland when she asks the Cheshire Cat what road to take and it asks, where are you going? She says she does not know to which the Cat replies, then it does not matter which way you go! This is true in all things.
The Two Doctors
Being overweight, smoking, drinking drugs etc. are never the problem, they are “symptoms” of problems. They are “never” the main issue.
Now the story
There were two doctors walking past a construction site. It seems we are all under construction so this is a relevant example for all of us.
So these two doctors while walking past the site notice two men on the ground writhing in pain. They asked what was wrong and the men say they had stepped on screws. It was obvious something had to be done.
The first doctor offered to just give anesthesia, to numb the pain. He offered, as most do, to cure the symptom but not the problem itself. He did this because he knew that it would be a lot of pain to remove the screw. He also realized that if he had to do something that painful the men would not like him. He would be called cruel and insensitive. You know how important it is to be liked, even at the expense of the truth?
The second doctor said to the second man that he understood and felt for the man that there would be great discomfort in removing the screw even with anesthesia. He understood though that if he did not remove the screw that the man could both bleed to death and or die from the eventual infection that would set in. He informed the man of this in the most compassionate and loving way he could. The second man was rare, he agreed to have the screw removed. He agreed to have the root of the difficulty taken out.
What type of person are you?
What is the teaching of this story?
The teaching is that if someone truly cares for you, they will do what is needed to help you improve, even at the expense of your not liking them.
That -Love is a pat on the back, and a boot in the butt when needed!
That- Unless we get rid of the ego we’re screwed!
My teacher over in China, as he was training me, worked me to the point where I asked him if he was trying to kill me. He said “YES”. He said the old me had to die in order for the new me to be born. Besides, the old you seems to get you in quite a bit of trouble. It seems to keep you quite unhappy at times, so why would you want to hold onto the person that believes and does what brings you
unhappiness?
Now the story
There were two doctors walking past a construction site. It seems we are all under construction so this is a relevant example for all of us.
So these two doctors while walking past the site notice two men on the ground writhing in pain. They asked what was wrong and the men say they had stepped on screws. It was obvious something had to be done.
The first doctor offered to just give anesthesia, to numb the pain. He offered, as most do, to cure the symptom but not the problem itself. He did this because he knew that it would be a lot of pain to remove the screw. He also realized that if he had to do something that painful the men would not like him. He would be called cruel and insensitive. You know how important it is to be liked, even at the expense of the truth?
The second doctor said to the second man that he understood and felt for the man that there would be great discomfort in removing the screw even with anesthesia. He understood though that if he did not remove the screw that the man could both bleed to death and or die from the eventual infection that would set in. He informed the man of this in the most compassionate and loving way he could. The second man was rare, he agreed to have the screw removed. He agreed to have the root of the difficulty taken out.
What type of person are you?
What is the teaching of this story?
The teaching is that if someone truly cares for you, they will do what is needed to help you improve, even at the expense of your not liking them.
That -Love is a pat on the back, and a boot in the butt when needed!
That- Unless we get rid of the ego we’re screwed!
My teacher over in China, as he was training me, worked me to the point where I asked him if he was trying to kill me. He said “YES”. He said the old me had to die in order for the new me to be born. Besides, the old you seems to get you in quite a bit of trouble. It seems to keep you quite unhappy at times, so why would you want to hold onto the person that believes and does what brings you
unhappiness?
True Power EMPOWERS
True Power
EMPOWERS
Making people feel special, important, rather than bad or degrading them because in reality we want to feel more important, is how we can truly see just how evolved we are. We are each others' mirror. How we treat others, beyond those we are close to or we want or need something from, the stranger to the street person, is a reflection of who and what we really are more so than they are. How do you treat your waitress or waiter when you eat out? Are you a pleasure to “be” served? Everyone we meet is our mirror. Why do people like mirrors in carnivals that make them look thin? Whatsoever makes or allows people to feel or be better, as they are, is divine. In the hands of the wise, in the face of Love or God, everyone is beautiful.
If you would be God-like, make or allow others to feel special and important. It is simple arithmetic, you plus or times the person or situation equals the outcome. We are not on this planet to find love, but “TO BE LOVE”! We must become what we wish to attract! Hafiz says it well, “Forget everything and anything anybody says or does. All they are saying with everything they say and do is LOVE ME!" By the way, this is true for you too!
Try spreading a little Love, Light and compassion today!
EMPOWERS
Making people feel special, important, rather than bad or degrading them because in reality we want to feel more important, is how we can truly see just how evolved we are. We are each others' mirror. How we treat others, beyond those we are close to or we want or need something from, the stranger to the street person, is a reflection of who and what we really are more so than they are. How do you treat your waitress or waiter when you eat out? Are you a pleasure to “be” served? Everyone we meet is our mirror. Why do people like mirrors in carnivals that make them look thin? Whatsoever makes or allows people to feel or be better, as they are, is divine. In the hands of the wise, in the face of Love or God, everyone is beautiful.
If you would be God-like, make or allow others to feel special and important. It is simple arithmetic, you plus or times the person or situation equals the outcome. We are not on this planet to find love, but “TO BE LOVE”! We must become what we wish to attract! Hafiz says it well, “Forget everything and anything anybody says or does. All they are saying with everything they say and do is LOVE ME!" By the way, this is true for you too!
Try spreading a little Love, Light and compassion today!
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