Beginning Yoga during 1964 in New York at the Indian Cultural Center, I was initiated in early 1970 by The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, South India. The eight years' residence at the Ashram laid the foundation of all else. Although teaching experience started the year I began studies, 1964, it deepened substantially during and after the time in India. Since 1978 it has been focused in the Puget Sound area with the Tai Chi Chuan .
In his own words -
I teach Tai Chi Chuan for five major reasons, which to me are also its benefits, modalities, and goals all at the same time:
But through experience I've found the best descriptions to be flimsy compared to the endless discoveries of doing it. My offerings include courses in several locations — a four year curriculum which also explores the interface between Tai Chi and the manifold interests of our lives — private lessons, special half-day and full-day clinics, weekends and week long intensives in settings of Nature that also carry the refreshing qualities of a vacation get away, and social gatherings of the community of students. For more on any of this, please contact me by e-mail, phone, or postal mail. I'll be delighted to respond.
I teach Yoga for its capacities of:
My offerings include courses in several locations, private lessons, one day and weekend intensives, a weekly study and spiritual support group meeting—all in a lifelong curriculum with applications in a diverse abundance of settings and situations. As described with the Tai Chi, contact me for any information and the newsletter; again, it will be my delight to respond.