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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Mantak and Me – Part 4: Training
January 1992 continued. I found it hard to believe it was happening. I’m going to lectures, talking with, eating with, hanging out with the man who has made fundamental changes for the better to the lives of so many. I … Continue reading
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Tagged chi nei tsang, chinese, kris deva north, mantak chia, masunaga, saul goodman, shiatsu, taiwan, zen shiatsu
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Mantak and Me – Part 3: The First Encounter
January 12th, 1992, Pattaya. By the boat jetty, a group of European men accompanied by Thai ‘service girls,’ of which there are said to be 10,000 in Pattaya (destination of choice for the US 7th Fleet on R&R.) I can … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 2: How It All Began
I asked, on that dark night on the road to Chiang Mai, about Mantak’s son, Max, who had given me a bit of help when I started. I had walked to Vassar, the Ivy league college in upstate New York … Continue reading
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Tagged covent garden, embracing the tree, healing tao, iron shirt chi kung, ivy league, kris deva north, lao tse, maneewan chia, mantak chia, max chia, new york, pattaya, taoists, thailand, turtle, Vassar
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Mantak and Me – Part 1: A Dark Night In Chiang Mai
Walking towards Chiang Mai after an evening at Tao Garden, I stopped as a gleamingly black Mercedes pulled in, and a dark glass window rolled down. I recognised the driver. ‘Master Chia!’ I said. ‘Hey, Kris! Where you going?’ ‘Chiang Mai,’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Chiang Mai, kris deva north, mantak chia, new york, UHT
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