2012 has finally arrived and so has the Chinese new year, which falls on the 23rd January and will last for 15 days. 

If you were born on one of the following years, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, then you are a Dragon and this is your year to shine, especially being the year of 2012 making the sign more powerful than ever before. 

During 2010 we saw our paths being cleared allowing the truth in all of us to come to the surface, being the year of the Tiger. In 2011 the year of the Rabbit, we had to deal with the truth actually surfacing within us. The effect it had on us all was quite amazing as for most of us we were having to face up to the reality of our lives and human nature. However this year we have to live by the truth and what we stand for as the truth has finally caught up with us and karma will be trying to bring balance in all aspects of our lives. This is a good thing as we will become more aware of what we need to work on regarding our personalities and human nature.

The heart of the dragon contains the wisdom of life and to access this wisdom, one must start to live by their own wisdom. In other words this year you will need live by in what you do not in what you say. To stare into the mouth of the dragon, is to say I have nothing to fear. To touch the heart of the Dragon is to say I am a complete human being and know what exists beyond love.

The impact from the year of Dragon will not only affect human beings but all living things including the earth, as our great mother will also be releasing the truth in terms of what we have given to her and taken from her. So for all you Dragons out there, I wish you all a great year and one filled with happiness and good change, for this is the year of change in all of us.

Master vasilious

It was a long journey to the north peninsula to visit some old churches on the island as I had not been there since I was fourteen years old. We came across an old church, which is meant be the heart of one of the oldest villages in Cyprus. I had dreamt about this place and saw one of my incarnations here, which I am still working on, so cant tell you too much at the moment. 

When I entered the church, I just felt overcome and had to do the six healing sounds, which I thought would be nice to share with you all, even though I am not dressed for the part, I hope you don't mind and concentrate on the singing if you can and not my fashion style. In doing this singing I felt a great deal of healing going on. I did a further two more sets, but these include a special meditation I did and maybe one day I will share them with you as well. 

Thanks to Sue for filming and for being her usual patient self.

Calling of change and the inner voice
So many of us feel the need of change within us, yet struggle to achieve what we know would be right for us. The inner voice is constantly calling out to us, driving us to change and when we do not make the changes, we can feel like a failure or just turn our head away and carry on as if nothing has happened.

We all know that turning away does not make the feeling go away, so how do we handle the changes of life. If were to listen to our inner voice what would it be saying and where does the inner voice come from. It is our true nature, our energy letting us know what we have to do in order to progress in this life and correct the way of the past.

Why should we change in the firs place? well the only constant in the universe is change, so to resist change means no progression. 

Be like the universe, still but slowly moving and changing from within.
Change how you feel about all of life, in order to change your heart.
Be like water constantly moving, giving life to all things around you. 
Change others by letting them see the love in your heart.
Be like the sun and the moon, being reborn everyday and start anew.
Change your energy by working on it every day.
Be like nature, just grow and grow until you overflow into everyone and everything else around you.

Remember to always smile when meditating as the smile starts from the liver and is released through the heart. 

Master vasilious

 

To make sure everyone knows the dates that the school will be closed and when we will be reopening during 2012, the calendar has been updated and shows the holiday periods.  

If you are unsure about anything then please contact me or speak to me at your class. email me here

It has been a long time coming, but at long last we have a class who have finally arrived at the long form left side. This is a major and advanced stage of Tai Chi, so I offer my congratulations to the Nicosia Wednesday evening class for making such good progress. These guys have been together for a while now and have really worked hard on completing the long form right side, so now the hard work in changing energy begins.

What is the difference between long form right and left, well apart from the form being carried out in the opposite direction and side of body, there are 30 more postures to incorporate into the form and now they will have learn 190 movements, this form does take 30 minutes to complete and is regarded as one of the highest forms in Tai Chi.

Why do we practice all of the right side to begin with, well the right side represents the Ying of our energy the feminine aspect of our nature and we need to spend some considerable time softening our energy and melting our ego's, in other words we have to undo all of the incorrect hardness we have installed into our mind and body. When we have achieved a state of Ying we can then start to complete our Ying and Yang circuit of energy within ourselves by completing the left side of the form. The difference now is that we are working Yang energy in it's true state, masculine energy, allowing us to become and know the difference between soft and hard also being able to switch between the two, or even blend both energies to achieve ultimate energy.

Good luck on this journey guys and remember this is not a mirror of the right side, you are learning a completely new form, but this time with a greater understanding of Tai Chi. We do not learn Tai Chi, we simply become Tai Chi.

Tuesday and Friday Nicosia intermediate class. 
Congratulations to... well almost as they approach the end of their short form, which they will complete by the end of the month for sure. They dedication and hard work has paid dividends as they now produce some beautiful Tai Chi and as a group they eagerness to finish, places me under a nice kind of pressure. So keep going guys you are nearly there and time to start considering your long form, which is now looming.


Thursday Dherynia Advanced class.
More congratulations to this class, for completing the long form as they now head off into the perfection stage before commencing their long form left side. Not many of you know this, but these guys keep me on my toes and are always ready to question everything I do, but they have come a long way and create some really wonderful Tai Chi. So well done guys and I hope your left side keeps you very busy for a while. 

Measure of success.
How is a Tai Chi school measured, not by the number of students it has, not by how fast students progress and not by how many senior students it has, but by the quality of the Tai Chi being produced and I can say that we are making good progress. I am really proud of you all and the Tai Chi you are producing and to have such wonderful Tai Chi energy everywhere within the school is incredible. Remember 33 years ago I set out to become a teacher, so I hope your dream of learning Tai Chi, is as fulfilling as my dream of teaching you all.

Master Vasilious your student

As most of you know I have started to teach the Brocade Of Life healing system to students and non students, what is this system and how does it link with Tai Chi.

The Brocade Of Life is a way of learning to heal ourselves through meditation and with certain exercises. The exercises are based on the internal aspect of Tai Chi and European shamanistic meditation, but more importantly the Brocade Of Life works with us understanding that we have an energy here in Cyprus to work with, yes an ancient energy. 

The problem with meditation is that it normally does not offer a set of exercises to keep the body and energy clean and healthy, which is essential to any self healing system. Seeing as Europe does not appear to have it's own set of exercises, we use the Qi Gong internal system to ensure that our health is maintained and we use the mediation to focus on the healing of ourselves and others. 

You may ask why if I am studying Tai Chi do I have to go through the entire learning of forms before I can start learning the internal system... well this is not correct as you are learning the internal system as you progress with your Tai Chi. The students of the Brocade are also having to follow a course, which is different from the Tai Chi classes as their class does not include any aspect of Tai Chi, only certain exercises taken from the Qi Gong. The classes are held once a month and are open to all people.

Please visit the Brocade Of Life website for the full details or any questions please contact me directly.