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Charismatic Mindfulness mindful wing chun at College of MarinThis home page is about the class I teach at College of Marin. For other ways to improve wellbeing, explore the above buttons.
This class evolved out of a martial art called Chu Shong Tin Wing Chun. This practice is offered as a dramatic alternative to sitting meditation forms of mindfulness. You will tap into your inner charisma as you learn to integrate your intention with directed physical movement.
As with sitting meditation, this practice involves noticing when your attention has drifted off and immediately returning your attention to the chosen object of focus. What is very unique about this dynamic concentration practice is that as soon as you notice your attention has drifted off somewhere, you immediately return your attention to all the internal things that you will learn to practice as you go through the Little Idea Form.
The Little Idea Form, which you can see me practicing in the videos, is about non-cognitive, mind-directed movement of the complex body shapes of the form. At first, cognition is required; once the sequence is learned to the point of not having to think about the order or how to perform the shapes, the movements of the arms will then begin to be directed by a different, more spontaneous type of brain function. As time goes on, your non-cognitive mind will be able to direct not only the shapes, but healthy physiological changes.
Little Idea Form was created by Ng Mui, the founder of the martial art of wing chun, and her exceptional student, a young woman named Yim Wing Chun, after whom that art is named. Little Idea, translated from the Cantonese Siu Nim Tao, refers to the planting of a little seed of intention in all physical movement. This leads to the generation of internal energy, which results in very natural ease of movement and lightness of being. The Little Idea practice trains us to be able to move about in all activities with less effort.
For more information, visit: larryberkelhammer.com
Charismatic Mindfulness mindful wing chun at College of MarinThis home page is about the class I teach at College of Marin. For other ways to improve wellbeing, explore the above buttons.
This class evolved out of a martial art called Chu Shong Tin Wing Chun. This practice is offered as a dramatic alternative to sitting meditation forms of mindfulness. You will tap into your inner charisma as you learn to integrate your intention with directed physical movement.
As with sitting meditation, this practice involves noticing when your attention has drifted off and immediately returning your attention to the chosen object of focus. What is very unique about this dynamic concentration practice is that as soon as you notice your attention has drifted off somewhere, you immediately return your attention to all the internal things that you will learn to practice as you go through the Little Idea Form.
The Little Idea Form, which you can see me practicing in the videos, is about non-cognitive, mind-directed movement of the complex body shapes of the form. At first, cognition is required; once the sequence is learned to the point of not having to think about the order or how to perform the shapes, the movements of the arms will then begin to be directed by a different, more spontaneous type of brain function. As time goes on, your non-cognitive mind will be able to direct not only the shapes, but healthy physiological changes.
Little Idea Form was created by Ng Mui, the founder of the martial art of wing chun, and her exceptional student, a young woman named Yim Wing Chun, after whom that art is named. Little Idea, translated from the Cantonese Siu Nim Tao, refers to the planting of a little seed of intention in all physical movement. This leads to the generation of internal energy, which results in very natural ease of movement and lightness of being. The Little Idea practice trains us to be able to move about in all activities with less effort.
For more information, visit: larryberkelhammer.com
