Microcosmic Orbit

The Microcosmic Orbit is the path of energy that travels from the tantien, up the spine to the crown and down the front channel of the body back to the navel.

From the moment of conception until the early years of life the Microcosmic Orbit runs automatically. However it stops moving at an early age and we need to reactivate it manually.

When open, the Microcosmic Orbit distributes energy to the body promoting good health.

This coming Wednesday, March 9th from 7:00-10:00pm I will conduct a review of last month’s Microcosmic Orbit Workshop.

The workshop will be held at the New Paradigm Center. Please check their website for more details.

The cost of the workshop will be ¥3675.

In this workshop we will focus on opening up the Microcosmic Orbit.

At first we will start with the Inner Smile meditation to relax the body and control the emotions so that we have the concentration power to start moving the energy.

Then we will do the Six Directions meditation practice to feel and connect with the energy around us.

Next we will practice the Iron Shirt Chi Kung with specific breathing techniques to help move the energy from the tantien up into the base the spine from where we can start to circulate the energy in the Microcosmic Orbit.

We will spend some time trying unblock any areas where energy does not flow smoothly.

Finally we will practice some exercises to help move the Microcosmic Orbit more freely.

This workshop can be attended by a beginner however if you have attended some Universal Healing Tao classes already you will find this workshop very beneficial.

Be in touch with the source

March is shaping up to be a busy month with lots of Universal Healing Tao classes, a few workshops and also a new course.

Firstly regular UHT classes will take place at the YogaTree in Hiroo every Thursday from 1:00-2:30pm as usual.
The cost is only ¥1500 as it is a community class.
Please check the YogaTree’s website for further details.

Furthermore regular UHT classes will be held at the New Paradigm Center in Yoyogi Uehara on most Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7:30-9:00pm.
The dates of these classes are as follows:
March 2, 4, 9 (Microcosmic Orbit workshop), 16, 18, 24, 26 (workshop) & 29.
The cost of these classes (except for the 9th & 26th) is ¥2625 and reservations can be made through the New Paradigm Center’s website.

After the success of the Microcosmic Orbit workshop last month I will repeat the workshop on the 9th at the New Paradigm Center with a few variations. This time we will spend more time working on clearing energy blockages along the orbit. I will post a review of the previous Microcosmic Orbit workshop on this website.
The workshop will run from 7:00-10:00pm. For reservations please visit the New Paradigm Center’s website.

On Monday March 21st from 5:00-7:00pm I will conduct an Iron Shirt Chi Kung 2 workshop at YuriYoga studio in Nishi Azabu. Following the success of the Iron Shirt Chi Kung workshop in January I will be reviewing the Iron Shirt practice in more detail. Since the Iron Shirt requires consistent practice to master this will be a good opportunity to review the basics and develop some new techniques to help your practice. Beginners are also welcome to attend.
Please check YuriYoga’s website for details and to make a reservation.

Finally, beginning at the end of March on the 28th, I will be teaching a Universal Healing Tao Basic Course: Be in touch with the Source in collaboration with fellow Universal Healing Tao instructor Shizuka Tsuchiya.
This will be a 5 week course introducing the basic practices of the Universal Healing Tao system.
The course will take place every Monday from March 28th to April 25th from 7:00-9:00pm.

UHT Basic Course: Be in touch with the Source

This course will contain the following Universal Healing Tao practices:

• Warm-up routine to open the joints, stretch the tendons and open the energy channels
• Six Directions energy meditation
• Inner Smile meditation
• Tan-den energizer breathing
• Iron Shirt Chi Kung
• Six Healing Sounds

Week 1 (March 28) – Introduction session
We will provide information about the Universal Healing Tao system and the Basic Course with practice of some of the elements that will be taught in the course.
The cost of the Introduction session will be just ¥1000.

Week 2-6 (April 4, 11, 18 & 25)
Over these 4 weeks we will practice the above elements of the Universal Healing Tao in detail.
The cost of each week will be ¥3000.
Advanced payment of all 4 weeks will be ¥10000 (¥2000 discount).

The location of the course will be the Shimo Meguro Community Center which is only 8 minutes walk from JR Meguro Station. Each session will be held in the Japanese tatami room (和室) on the 2nd floor.

Click here for a map of the venue’s location.

Completion of the course will give you a solid foundation in the Universal Healing Tao system with useful practices that you can take home and implement into your daily routine that will dramatically improve your physical and mental condition.

Following the Basic Course you will be able to take part in the Intermediate Course which will focus on the Microcosmic Orbit, Healing Love and Tao Yin Yoga. More details about the Intermediate Course will be coming soon.

The course will be conducted in both English and Japanese.

Please check Shizuka’s website for more details about her Tao practice.

Details in Japanese:

ヒーリングタオのクラス

ユニバーサルヒーリングタオのインストラクター
BenとShizukaによるタオ入門コースです。
ユニバーサルヒーリングタオの教えの核は

—–“Be in touch with the Source”—–

—–大いなる根源の力と繋がる—–ことです。

タオの様々なメソッドを使って身体の感覚を磨き
ハートをオープンにしてその根源と繋がる時
生命エネルギーは自然と身体の中を流れ
ブロックは取り外されて、身体も気持ちも
楽になっていくのが感じられていくでしょう。

日時：3/28 4/4 4/11 4/18 4/25（月曜日）全５回
時間：19:00~21:00
場所：下目黒住区センター２F和室 地図
料金：１回目3/28のイントロダクションナイト￥1000
2回目以降／１回￥3000
2~6回のコースまとめてのお支払は￥10,000
言語：クラスに英語を話す方がいる際、英語も入ります

３／２８：イントロダクションナイト
ユニバーサルヒーリングタオの教えについて
ウォームアップエクササイズ：関節/背骨/腱のストレッチ、呼吸法
６ダイレクション：気を感じるための六方向への気功
インナースマイル瞑想

４／４ ＊ウォームアップエクササイズ
６ダイレクション
インナースマイル瞑想

４／11 ＊ウォームアップエクササイズ
呼吸と打法による内臓のデトックス
６ダイレクション
ヒーリングサウンズ瞑想

４／18 ＊ウォームアップエクササイズ
呼吸と打法による内臓のデトックス
鉄布衫功：基本姿勢
ヒーリングサウンズ瞑想

４／25 ＊ウォームアップエクササイズ
鉄布衫功：基本以外の型
ヒーリングサウンズ瞑想

この５回のコースの後に、小周天、ヒーリングラブ、タオインが続きます。

Happy New Year!!

2011 is going to be a great year and I am looking forward to exciting things happening this year.

First of all I am going to Bali for 10 days vacation. I will be leaving for Narita airport in just over an hour and will return on the morning of January 28th.

Since it is my first time to go to Bali I am really excited.

After I return on the 28th I will be doing 2 workshops to finish off the month.

Here are the details:

Universal Healing Tao Workshop: Iron Shirt Chi Kung

January 29th

Title: Ground yourself through Iron Shirt Chi Kung

Time: 7:00-10:00pm

Location: New Paradigm Center, Yoyogi Uehara

Cost: ¥4200

Based on the Universal Healing Tao System, Iron Shirt Chi Kung is the practice of cultivating internal strength, detoxifying the internal organs and developing a solid grounding and connection to the Earth. The purpose of Iron Shirt Chi Kung is to unify Physical, Mental and Spiritual health.

In today’s “yang” society we are surrounded by so much information and the fast pace of life makes it too easy to loose our grounding and connection to the Earth. Many people become too centered in their minds, scattered and loose the ability to focus clearly.

This workshop will focus on practicing the various forms of Iron Shirt Chi Kung in order to help us to reconnect with the Earth’s “yin” energy and be more centered in our Tan Den which enables us to focus very clearly and make better decisions in life.

The first step will be to understand the importance of being deeply grounding and connected with the Earth. To do this we need to smile internally and down to the Earth to release all of our stress.

We will practice the basic Iron Shirt postures in order to feel how strong we become when we sink our center to the Earth and place our awareness in the Tan Den. After practicing individually we will test each other’s structure in order to help each other develop stronger grounding and more confidence.

By practicing the various postures of Iron Shirt Chi Kung we will also develop strength in the tendons, bones and muscles.

The second step will be to use tan den breathing techniques to detox and cleanse the internal organs and glands. These breathing techniques are very powerful and can be used to increase the flow of hormones in the body and strengthen the immune system.

The third step will be to meditate with our awareness in the Tan Den in order to attract more Chi into the lower Tan Den, prevent Chi from leaking out of the body and learn how to circulate the Chi in the Microcosmic Orbit.

Finally we will finish with the Six Healing Sounds to further detox the internal organs and relax the body.

Further details can be found at the New Paradigm Center website.

January 30th

Title: Ground yourself through Iron Shirt Chi Kung

Time: 1:00-3:00pm

Location: Yuriyoga studio, Nishi Azabu

Cost: ¥3500

The content will be fairly similar to the previous day’s workshop however since this is a 2 hour workshop it will be a shorter version with less practice time.

Further details can be found at the Yuriyoga’s website.

Ben from Curatio will be starting Universal Healing Tao classes at the Yoga Tree in Hiroo from July 1st.
These classes will be an introduction to the Universal Healing Tao system with a focus on Tao Yin Yoga.

Master yourself with Universal Healing Tao classes @ the Yoga Tree, Hiroo

Basic Universal Healing Tao practice incorporates the Inner Smile meditation, Healing Sounds, Microcosmic Orbit meditation, Chiqong movement and breathing, Iron Shirt Chiqong, Tao Yin Yoga and Tai Chi Chiqong.

This series of lessons will provide an overview of the Universal Healing Tao system including useful practices that students can implement into their daily regime for the purpose of enhancing chi (energy), developing awareness and control of the emotions, and bringing the body, mind and spirit into alignment and unity.

Each week we will focus on a few aspects of the system and exercises associated with each aspect. There will be some theoretical explanations of the system as well lots of physical practice.

The lessons will run for 90 minutes from 12:00-1:30pm.

The initial 60 minutes of the classes will involve a Chiqong warm-up sequence of movement and breathing exercises to activate chi circulation in the body. We will then focus on some tendon strengthening exercises and organ detoxification.

We will also work on basic Iron Shirt Chiqong postures to help develop grounding and bring a deeper awareness to the Tantien. These postures will also greatly help to develop inner core strength.

In the final 30 minutes we will focus more on meditation which will include a mixture of the Inner Smile meditation and the Healing Sounds for the organs. The Inner Smile brings awareness to each organ in the body, their associated emotions and helps to heal and balance the organs on both a physical and emotional level. The healing sounds further develop this awareness, and greater balance and heal the organs.

Finally we will practice some Tao Yin Yoga poses to help open up the lumbar and sacrum region to allow chi to flow more easily throughout the body.

I will be posting more detailed explanations of the Universal Healing Tao system over coming weeks so please stay tuned.
If you have any questions about the classes please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Yoga Tree each Thursday from July 1st.

Reiki is a natural healing therapy that involves the transmission of universal energy from the therapist’s palms to the patient’s body. The therapy is very relaxing for the patient and activates the healing powers of the body.

Reiki was founded by Dr. Mikao Usui in Japan in 1922 on Mt Kurama and has since spread throughout the world.

Benefits of Reiki:

• Complete relaxation
• Release of stress and anxiety
• Feel emotionally positive
• Pain relief
• An improved sense of well being
• A strengthened immune system
• Receive healing energy to help heal past and present blockages
• Open your intuitive centres and balance your chakras
• Treats symptoms and causes of disease

Recently I obtained my Reiki Master & Reiki Teacher qualifications in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I will be continuing to offer Reiki therapy sessions in and around central Tokyo and will soon be offering Reiki courses with attunements.

Reiki therapy sessions currently available:

1 hour ¥5500

Sessions can be arranged at a place of your choice for an additional transportation cost of ¥1000.

Please contact me to arrange an appointment.

The Chakra System is fundamental to Reiki healing

Reiki

Thai Massage or “Nuad Bo-Rarn” is the ancient art of healing from Thailand. Originally founded in India over 2500 years ago, it was bought to Thailand by Doctor Shivago Komarpaj. Founded in the traditions of Yoga and Ayuverdic medicine, Thai massage is essentially a mix of Yoga style stretching of the body and Shiatsu style acupressure to various points on the body . A Thai massage session involves a full-body massage usually working up from the feet and finishing with the head. There are 4 basic positions for Thai massage: front, back, side and sitting. A typical session might be a combination of these positions or could focus entirely on one position.

The client is always fully clothed during a Thai massage session.

At Curatio we provide the Northern Thailand style of Thai massage, which is softer and more relaxing than the Southern style. We also focus on healing through energy realignment.

This position is a full leg stretch.

This position is a stretch of the calf with acupressure on the feet.

This is an acupressure massage on the palm of the hand.