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Building Stronger Bones

December 23, 2024 - This month I wrapped up my series of 6 discussions regarding “self-care.” Specific topics addressed were that of: – wh...
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Building Stronger Bones

December 23, 2024 - This month I wrapped up my series of 6 discussions regarding “self-care.” Specific topics addressed were that of: – wh...
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The 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing (3 of 3)

July 12, 2024 - (part 3 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing (3 of 3)

July 12, 2024 - (part 3 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing (3 of 3)

July 12, 2024 - (part 3 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing (3 of 3)

July 12, 2024 - (part 3 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing (3 of 3)

July 12, 2024 - (part 3 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 5 Pillars of Health (2 of 3)

July 09, 2024 - (part 2 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 5 Pillars of Health (2 of 3)

July 09, 2024 - (part 2 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 5 Pillars of Health (2 of 3)

July 09, 2024 - (part 2 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 5 Pillars of Health (2 of 3)

July 09, 2024 - (part 2 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 5 Pillars of Health (2 of 3)

July 09, 2024 - (part 2 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 3 Treasures (1 of 3)

July 05, 2024 - (part 1 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 3 Treasures (1 of 3)

July 05, 2024 - (part 1 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 3 Treasures (1 of 3)

July 05, 2024 - (part 1 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 3 Treasures (1 of 3)

July 05, 2024 - (part 1 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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The 3 Treasures (1 of 3)

July 05, 2024 - (part 1 in a series of 3 posts) Post 1 – The 3 Treasures: Mind, Body & Spirit Post 2 – The 5 Pillars of Health Post 3...
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Iron Palm / Iron Body Conditioning

July 04, 2022 - Iron Palm Conditioning started with Shaolin Monks practicing methods to make the hands. legs, and feet, feel as strong a...
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Iron Palm / Iron Body Conditioning

July 04, 2022 - Iron Palm Conditioning started with Shaolin Monks practicing methods to make the hands. legs, and feet, feel as strong a...
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Iron Palm / Iron Body Conditioning

July 04, 2022 - Iron Palm Conditioning started with Shaolin Monks practicing methods to make the hands. legs, and feet, feel as strong a...
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Iron Palm / Iron Body Conditioning

July 04, 2022 - Iron Palm Conditioning started with Shaolin Monks practicing methods to make the hands. legs, and feet, feel as strong a...
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Herbal Tinctures for Pain Management

June 20, 2022 - Why Conventional Methods Don’t Fix Chronic Pain Issues When in pain, receptors become oversensitive requiring ever incr...
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Herbal Tinctures for Pain Management

June 20, 2022 - Why Conventional Methods Don’t Fix Chronic Pain Issues When in pain, receptors become oversensitive requiring ever incr...
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Herbal Tinctures for Pain Management

June 20, 2022 - Why Conventional Methods Don’t Fix Chronic Pain Issues When in pain, receptors become oversensitive requiring ever incr...
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Herbal Tinctures for Pain Management

June 20, 2022 - Why Conventional Methods Don’t Fix Chronic Pain Issues When in pain, receptors become oversensitive requiring ever incr...
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Silk Reeling Exercises

May 20, 2022 - Silk Reeling refers to internal (neigong) movement principles practiced in traditional styles of Tai Chi, especially emp...
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Silk Reeling Exercises

May 20, 2022 - Silk Reeling refers to internal (neigong) movement principles practiced in traditional styles of Tai Chi, especially emp...
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Silk Reeling Exercises

May 20, 2022 - Silk Reeling refers to internal (neigong) movement principles practiced in traditional styles of Tai Chi, especially emp...
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Silk Reeling Exercises

May 20, 2022 - Silk Reeling refers to internal (neigong) movement principles practiced in traditional styles of Tai Chi, especially emp...
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Where the Rubber Hits the Road – Personal Responsibility

March 15, 2022 - Personal Responsibility We are here…right here where the rubber hits the road. When the action really begi...
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Where the Rubber Hits the Road – Personal Responsibility

March 15, 2022 - Personal Responsibility We are here…right here where the rubber hits the road. When the action really begi...
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Where the Rubber Hits the Road – Personal Responsibility

March 15, 2022 - Personal Responsibility We are here…right here where the rubber hits the road. When the action really begi...
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Where the Rubber Hits the Road – Personal Responsibility

March 15, 2022 - Personal Responsibility We are here…right here where the rubber hits the road. When the action really begi...
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Physical Activity Effects on COVID-19

January 30, 2022 - A root concept of healthcare for literally thousands of years, but apparently dismissed for the last 2 years: PHYSICAL...
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Physical Activity Effects on COVID-19

January 30, 2022 - A root concept of healthcare for literally thousands of years, but apparently dismissed for the last 2 years: PHYSICAL...
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Physical Activity Effects on COVID-19

January 30, 2022 - A root concept of healthcare for literally thousands of years, but apparently dismissed for the last 2 years: PHYSICAL...
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Physical Activity Effects on COVID-19

January 30, 2022 - A root concept of healthcare for literally thousands of years, but apparently dismissed for the last 2 years: PHYSICAL...
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Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls

January 24, 2022 - Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls Illness and diseases such as addiction, mental health issues, heart disease, diab...
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Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls

January 24, 2022 - Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls Illness and diseases such as addiction, mental health issues, heart disease, diab...
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Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls

January 24, 2022 - Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls Illness and diseases such as addiction, mental health issues, heart disease, diab...
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Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls

January 24, 2022 - Therapeutic Benefits of Singing Bowls Illness and diseases such as addiction, mental health issues, heart disease, diab...
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A New Year’s Commitment to Improve Your Life (Using The 8-Step Path)

January 12, 2022 - A Method to Pursue Mind, Body & Spirit Harmony – The 8-Step Path Quite often I hear people talking about wanting to pur...
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Self-defense Skills – Becoming a Thing of the Past

June 06, 2021 - Most people cannot defend themselves in a physical confrontation. Few people exercise or stay active (only about 23%...
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Self-defense Skills – Becoming a Thing of the Past

June 06, 2021 - Most people cannot defend themselves in a physical confrontation. Few people exercise or stay active (only about 23%...
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Self-awareness Can be Developed

January 19, 2021 - Self-awareness Can be Developed! How aware are you, of seeing yourself for who your truly are? Can you see every line,...
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Self-awareness Can be Developed

January 19, 2021 - Self-awareness Can be Developed! How aware are you, of seeing yourself for who your truly are? Can you see every line,...
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Discipline the Mind to Discipline the Body

November 10, 2020 - Self-discipline Can be Developed. Anything of value is always going to require some amount of sacrifice of time, effort...
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Why Exercise Your Whole Body?

August 29, 2020 - Why Exercise Your Whole Body? “I run everyday, but my knees and back always ache.” “Stretching is great for my hamstri...
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Cause & Effects of Sleep Quality

August 19, 2020 - Here is another post digging deeper into: The Importance of a Good Night’s Rest What we do during the waking hours, ofte...
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Daily Energy Flow in the 12 Main Meridians

August 16, 2020 - The Horary Clock (Circadian Rhythm) – 24 Hour Qi Flow Though the Meridians Here is another graphic presentati...
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Americans Get Heavier

August 15, 2020 - A root cause of the health issues in the U.S. is the poor quality of food and the amount we consume. This is complicated...
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Crime is Surging in US cities

August 14, 2020 - Use Knowledge, Not Fear Learn Basic Self-defense Skills – We live in a very different world than when we...
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How Well Do You Sleep?

August 13, 2020 - How Well Do You Sleep? Are you low on energy? Hard to focus throughout the day? Many chronic illnesses can be attribute...
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The 5 Element Theory – the 5 Seasons of Life

August 12, 2020 - The 5 Element Theory – the 5 Seasons of Life This post is a continuation of the 5 Element Theory showing another manife...
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How to Breathe Deeper

August 12, 2020 - How to Breathe Deeper Take a deep breath, relax. Do you? Can you? Often when someone tells someone else to relax by...
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The 5 Element Theory

August 10, 2020 - The 5 Element Theory (Wu Xing) Most people are looking for some type of balance and harmony within their lives. Often...
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Consistent Exercise Affects the Body & Mind

August 10, 2020 - “My back is stiff and seems to ache all the time.” “Stretching with yoga and qigong can help this!” “My feet and hands...
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The Meaning of the 8 Trigrams and Bagua

August 07, 2020 - The Meaning of the 8 Trigrams and Bagua The following is a very basic explanation of the The Meaning of the 8 Trigrams...
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The Small or Microcosmic Circulation

August 06, 2020 - The Small or Microcosmic Circulation The Small Circulation, Small Circle, or the Microcosmic Orbit, is the practice of...
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Basic Shoulder Anatomy & Low Impact Exercises to Increase Strength & Range of Motion

August 06, 2020 - Basic Shoulder Anatomy & Low Impact Exercises to Increase Strength & Range of Motion Often people experience shoulder i...
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How Deep Breathing Affects Your Health

August 04, 2020 - How Deep Breathing Affects Your Health Deeper breathing is a key component to having a long and healthy life. Through f...
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Effects of Stress on the Body

August 04, 2020 - Effects of Stress on the Body Stress effects the emotions. Emotions effect the sympathetic nervous system which ch...
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Benefits of Consistent Exercise

August 03, 2020 - Stay active, eat quality food and manage emotions and stress – 3 key elements to maintaining good health. And it doesn’t...
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Is Our Health Really a Priority in the US?

August 01, 2020 - Ask any citizen in the US if their health and their family’s is a priority and the response will be something like, “wel...
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Neuroplasticity – Reroute, Rewire, Reorganize Your Brain

July 30, 2020 - The brain has the ability to continuously form, change and relocate new neural connections to different neural networks...
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Another graphic representation of the 24 Hour Qi Flow Though the Meridians

July 30, 2020 - The Horary Clock (Circadian Rhythm) Another graphic representation of the 24 Hour Qi Flow Though the Meridians...
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The Horary Clock (Circadian Rhythm) – 24 Hour Qi Flow Though the Meridians

July 28, 2020 - The Horary Clock (Circadian Rhythm) – 24 Hour Qi Flow Though the Meridians Understanding how the human body works a...
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The Back Shu Acuppoints

July 27, 2020 - The Back Shu Acuppoints – There are 12 Back Shu points on the bladder energy meridian, that correspond to each of t...
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24 Yang Style Tai Chi

July 26, 2020 - What are “forms” or “sets” of Tai Chi Exercises? Tai Chi is a powerful art of immense depth consisting of exercise, sel...
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The 12 Primary Energy Meridians & The 8 Extraordinary Vessels

July 24, 2020 - The 12 Primary Energy Meridians & The 8 Extraordinary Vessels Within Chinese Medicine, there exists the theory of the...
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The 36 Noble Stances (moving qigong set)

July 23, 2020 - The 36 Noble Stances Noble stances are a combination of various stances from different styles of Chinese martial arts....
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Deep Breathing Benefits

July 23, 2020 - Breathing Deeper – more than just more oxygen Learning how to regulate the breath is truly one of the key components to...
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Sciatic Pain – What are Some Options?

July 19, 2020 - Sciatic Pain -What are Some Options? This is very similar to my recent post on knee pain. Back, knee, shoulder, neck –...
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Tai Chi & Qigong Classes at Winter Park Hosital Rehab Center

January 29, 2019 - Here is a 20 minute class I taught at Florida Hospital's Rehab Center, back in 2013. The focus was to show Parkinson's p...
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Physician, heal thyself

September 04, 2018 - Exercise and thought management can work to fix our health – physically as well as mentally. But you have to do the work...
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Fitness Study Guides

August 28, 2018 - When I first started taking fitness classes (martial arts) I realized that what I was learning was quite unique and valu...
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Weapons Training...Why would I even consider this?

September 04, 2013 - Mental focus, enhanced control, coordination, timing...
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How Do We Learn?

September 03, 2013 - Do you know which methods works best for you to learn something new? Sight, sound or touch?
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Fix Your Body

September 02, 2013 - Why spend time, money and effort going to doctors when you can fix some of the most common ailments on your own?
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Why Martial Arts?

September 01, 2013 - What makes martial arts a better fitness choice over other types of exercises?
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Will Martial Arts Make Your Life Better?

August 31, 2013 - Martial arts an its various exercise can improve anyone's life, whom if will to try. From Athletes to injured, these mov...
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Details in Your Training

August 30, 2013 - Focus on the details while performing exercises, but don't lose the main idea of getting your body moving.
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Test Your Fitness Level

August 29, 2013 - Here is a follow self-test to see what level of fitness you might be at and if some of my exercise might be of benefit t...
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