Training/Schedule

Training addresses the meaning of life and the natural laws of success in any endeavor. Training is a personal path of making real, permanent life-changes from the inside out. Training takes place in a comfortable, open and family-like environment of sincere, hard-practicing, committed students, keeping in the “we are all in this together” spirit of the teaching.

The temple offers in depth traditional training in Meditation, Chi-Kung (energy exercises), Self-healing, Kung Fu (Tiger Style), and Tai-chi (Shaolin Chuan).

Shao-lin Temple Arts are a meticulously preserved and transmitted discipline. The fundamental original and authentic methods of training mind and body, as developed by Bodhidharma in the seventh century, is a teaching about the workings and very personal truth of life itself. The basic principles of personal combat, fighting-skills and abilities, and self-mastery are very real and meticulously (point for point) about the reality of your life.
It is a practice which reveals the secrets of Life as revealed by Nature rather than a religion or doctrine.
The temple offers in depth traditional training in Meditation, Chi-Kung (energy exercises), Self-healing, Kung Fu (Tiger Style), and Tai-chi (Shaolin Chuan). If you would like to train with us, please contact us!

Temple Schedule

Monday entry times

Meditation & Tai Chi Training- 7:15 pm

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Wednesday entry times

- 6:30 pm- 108 Prostrations

- 7:00 pm - Chanting

- 7:15 pm- Meditation, group discussion and martial arts.

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Saturday enrty times

- 10:00 am- 108 Prostrations

- 10:30 am- Chanting and meditation

- 11:00 am- Kung Fu open practice

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Training at Wesleyan

Wesleyan University offerings are sponsored by WesWell, the Office of Health Education exclusively for Wesleyan students, faculty and staff. View registration information at www.wesleyan.edu/weswell. These certificates furnish documented achievement of traditionally recognized stages of development in the classical oriental arts. We welcome and encourage new students to begin training and exploration. Each and every student is treated with the same respect and care that has preserved this ancient method for so long. We offer a variety of training opportunities for you to find the one best suited to you. We look forward to training with you.

The training schedule at wesleyan is as follows:

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Thursday entry times (Wes Well)

- 5:30 - Meditation - Chappel basment meditatoion room

- 6:30 - Tai Chi - Hewitt 8 lounge

- 8:00 - Kung Fu - Freeman wrestling room

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Training Descriptions:

Spiritual (Chan) Meditation and Qi Gong (Chi kung)

-has been called ‘life transforming’ by former students and is meant to be just that-

This course teaches a complete regimen (of 20 min.) which insures mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health when practiced daily. These ancient practices promote inner peace, calmness, and personal power when practiced correctly daily. If you wish to go deeper, insight wisdom training offers a resolution of the questions of life; an inquiry into the natural workings of your self, unfolding the natural truth of this world and who you are in it
This practice includes fundamental instruction in meditation, acupressure (self-healing), energy exercises (Chi Kung), and (optional) insight/wisdom training kong-an or spiritual riddle training. These four very ancient integrated practices strengthen and restore your life-energy, and awaken your intuitive understanding of yourself and your world. You will learn a complete daily practice that, when practiced correctly, transforms your life from the inside out.

The Essential Practice of Tai Chi

Classical Temple Shao-lin Chuan
Sometimes called meditation in motion, this temple practice is about your whole-being relationship to heaven and earth, the very roots of personal power. Levels of expertise are organized into four traditional levels. All levels meet at the same time in separate groups. Beginning students learn the fundamentals of meditation in movement; then power walking, basic necessary energy practices, moving with universal energy, then the form itself and finally the ongoing cultivation and perfection of the art-skills and your own mental/emotional composure.
Since ancient times people of all ages have practiced this powerful Tai-Chi-like system for health, self confidence (the development of your center of being), to dissolve stress, for self defense, and, much more importantly and deeply, for the living experience of peace and harmony between self, others, and the world. The practice of Tai Chi Tao is an also wordless inner personal study of your internal living habits and of your very own self.
Sometimes called meditation in motion, this temple practice is about your whole-being relationship to heaven and earth, the very roots of personal power and success.

Kung Fu

Classical Temple Shao-lin Kung-Fu Tao (Tiger Style)

Ancient rules for success

1. Know Thy Enemy (Know your challenge)
2. Know Thy Self
3. Behave Accordingly

As well as being a most effective fighting method, the purpose of learning this martial art is to develop and refine your character and personality; to be able to fully express the real you. Physical training will take place within the broader context of life-training, i.e. training your entire person: intellect, emotion, and body. You will learn about yourself and the tools of effectiveness in your life.

There are four traditional stages of advancement: white sash, blue sash, brown sash, and finally, black sash. Advancement is based upon demonstrated competency.
White sash training (beginning training) will include the basic fundamentals of meditation and self-composure, necessary energy practices, moving with power, formal stances, blocks, strikes, defensive and aggressive methods, and a working and proven (at least 4000 years) philosophy of life and personal success.
This is also real in every respect including physical combat. All contests are fought under supervision only and with full-body protective equipment.
Most importantly you will learn how all of the above is really about the natural laws of success and failure in any endeavor