![]() ![]() After that he found Stephanie Calhoun and took her 100 hour Yin training in New Brunswick. Next he studied with Corina Benner in her 30 hour Yin training in NYC. Some years ago TJ’s journeys finally led him back to Taoism via Yin Yoga beginning with Bernie Clark’s 60 hour Yin training in Vancouver. When possible, TJ also attends lectures and teachings offered by HH The Dalai Lama, including the Kalachakra Mandala teachings that were offered in Washington DC in 2010. Soon after he travelled to San Francisco to study Zen Calligraphy with Kazuaki Tanahashi, a teacher of Zen Buddhism. During that time he also began practicing Shaolin Kung Fu and Tai Chi with Sifu Shi Yan Ming, a 34th generation Shaolin Temple monk. TJ took up residence at CAVE in Brooklyn NY, a Butoh Dance and performance space, where he began to study movement with several visiting teachers from Japan. He began seeking out teachers to deepen his understanding and go beyond the limits he had reached on his own. That paired with traveling, endless textual study, and over a decade of meditation TJ decided that the inward journey would be his focus. With an MFA in art and 6 years as a grade school art teacher TJ has a deep appreciation for the journey of self-exploration that is essential to learning. The book poetically explores ideas that resonated with him then and continue to guide him today. TJ’s Yoga story began when he received a book, the Tao Te Ching, as a gift from his sister 20 years ago. ![]()
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