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NEWS FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE

Sat, 12 May 2012 23:05:00 +0200

12 May 2012

News from The Bamboo Grove on a Sunny Day in Devon

by Master Choy

Greetings to you from my home, a place I love to sit in the evenings

In this beautiful valley of peaceful pond, on such a lovely sunny day

Hundreds of kois and goldfishes we got, from a new house owner, panicky with a bath full of fishes!!

We received them with gratitude, placed them in 4 ponds, set them free to swim in golden waves

Now, a few years later, look, how beautiful and calming they are, stirring heart centred smiles

Softly they come around enjoying the sounds of my zither and songs of love

The wind joins in, caresses the bamboo leaves playing along with every tune

Plucking from water, wood, air, fish, man and even the passing doves

What more to ask for - this tranquillity is for you, my friend of light, of ancient times

When you come this way in Devon, maybe you and I will visit this tiny peaceful lake

Sit by the Bamboo Grove, listen to the whispering fishes tails and nature's nursery rhymes

Glimpses of An Galactric Tai Chi Journey

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:06:00 +0200

GLIMPSES OF THE INNER JOURNEY TO THE MILKY GALACTRIC LIGHT OF FORGIVENESS

April 2012

The Scientists tell me for all my life that every atom of my being is energy. And yet in daily life I am surrounded by a society that say WE are not so. Emotional hunger, poverty and widespread strife mirror to us the human world is aimed at self destruction. The fearful self disguises as Terrorists and Righteous Leaders wielding nuclear weapons of deterrents and mass destruction.

And yet the educators drummed on and on and on in my head, "Energy particles cannot be destroyed, it can be split, transformed and looked under the electronic microscope."

Is it true?

The arms of this 10 people this morning's sunrise practice swirl ever so slowly around their bodies. We are melting our heads into the hearts and then, into our gut centres. From this place of blissful chi the ancient wise have promised, we travelled beyond thought. Every single cell start to change in vibration as the inner sun begins to shine the first rays of awakening. The coordination of the ankle with wrist, the knee with elbow, the shoulder with hip glow and flow from the waist guided by the axis point in the belly like the Centre of the Milky Galaxy guiding arms and legs made of constellations, galaxies, solar systems, stars and suns.

This morning's Tai Chi exercises session finished and we melted into our 1-1 tutorials. She had come with stories of the Thinker, the Worrier, the Doubter and Aching heart, body and soul. There was only patient listening present with her feeling heavy, troubled and the internal organs crying out in despair. She used the tissue towels for blowing the nose, the eyes and face wet with tears of years of sorrow.

The hour between us seem to last forever like a gentle boat trip at night for two in a shimmering lake surrounded by trees lit by the stars above. This Romance with the Stars shone a ray of hope with the question, "Is it possible to Forgive with Lightness? Or do we need to give or ask for forgiveness from another with a heavy heart and troubled soul? The choice is yours."

Silent contemplation on the gift of the question from the Milky Galactic kind presence in the room

We did not speak for ages

A glimmer of hope lit up in her eyes, gradually, a bubbling smile followed by laughter broke through the heavy spell. Her body and mind emptied now begin to fill with rejuvenating Cosmic Chi.

The light question found the answer effortlessly. She looked amazingly radiant, happy and peaceful when she walked out of the door into a garden full of flowers lining the pathway.

YOU ARE THE SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS IN THE WORLD

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:35:00 +0200

YOU ARE THE SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS. YOU ARE THE BRINGER OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS INTO YOUR LIFE.

When I was young, I loved getting to know about the Greek philosophers. My father had books on Greek mythology and philosophy. And I enjoyed studying the works of Aristotle about Education being about "TO KNOW THYSELF!" And this is why I took 25 years to write my two books about knowing the true self, "15 WAYS TO A HAPPIER YOU - TAI CHI CHI KUNG" and "37 STEPS TO HAPPINESS - WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO AQUA TAI CHI".

For many people, to "know thyself" may seem to have nothing to do with the violence, the cruelty, the greed, the anger, the sadness and the hopelessness of the people in Greece or Syria or elsewhere. Please let me share with you that IT IS.

You may have your own perspective based on your beliefs and values, and I too have my own. I am happy to share with you mine and look forward to hearing about yours.

From my perception, there are only Greedy Selves, Angry Selves, Sad Selves and Hopeless Selves controlling people's lives and decision making processes. Now, some people do not feel this and believe that they are not greedy, not angry, not really sad, not really feeling hopeless because they are sitting at home watching on tv or listening on radio. When the listener slows down, you close your eyes and you go inside YOUR consciousness, are you sure you do not feel these negative feelings in YOU? Ok, you do feel some of these feelings inside you too, now this means you are connected to your fellow human beings and they with you. Like an invisible human internet linking all thoughts and feelings together. I am sure you feel some of these kind of telepathic feelings between you and your family members that often, there is no one speaking about the negative issue but everyone can feel what everyone is thinking!! Well, extend it to the whole community, village, city and country and you know what I mean. We are one whole "body" connected to each other by consciousness. When we practise Tai Chi Chi Kung meditations together, we transform these inner negative selves into the inner chi energy source and then, we find the true YOU, the Chi Energising Happy and Healthy Self who has been in you all this time!! And then, you feel lighter and see new creative solutions!!

The second most important point is that to most people, blaming is the only way they know how to achieve and share their complaints. The problem here is not only to do with the politicians, but everything to do with you. Blaming is not as effective as other healing ways to achieve what you want in your life.

You see, for 8,000 years the ancient Chinese Taoists who follow the way of harmonising with Nature states that negative feelings are STORED IN THE INTERNAL ORGANS. For example, did you know that ANGER is stored in your Liver and SADNESS in your Lungs and HATRED in your heart? These emotions can ruin not only the whole country's healthy economy but your health!! The hospital and doctors cannot force anyone to stop generating Anger in their Liver and producing illness. That is also how Cancer occurs by the way, Cancerous emotions creating cancerous cells (and selves) to attack the body. I have been invited by the Plymouth hospital to share Tai Chi Chi Kung with their Cancer Macmillan Ward unit to include their staff and patients.

Special Tai Chi Chi Kung exercises together with healthy herbal drinks and a balanced diet of Yin and Yang helps each person to transform their relationship with their negative emotions and create healthy internal organs and transform your perception of your world.

With more than 40 years of background experience in this field, I believe that every negative can bring us all to positive and creative solutions. I was there working with 350 Tai Chi Chi Kung students from Germany and France on the borders of Colmar with Strasbourg for about 3 years before the Berlin Wall came down. And also, with 150 students in Ireland before the Treaty of Peace was signed by all the Irish Terrorists with the government when Prime Minister Tony Blair came and took credit for it.

A third point is that many people think, "I am only one person, how can I change the terrible things happening in the world?" It only takes the consciousness of one person to tune into the consciousness of the people around him or her to transform the world around him or her. It took one Nelson Mandela in Africa, one Martin Luther King in USA, one Mahatma Ghandi in India, one Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma to lead the people into greater balance and peaceful negotiations with all involved.

Trust the oneness in you.

It really works.

Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung Exercises and Principles are based on timeless principles pioneered by all true leaders who follow the way of the Tao of Harmony to balance all Yin and Yang opposites in themselves and find true creative solutions.

Join us for the workshop, together you and I can make a world of a difference!

GREEK GALACTRIC TAI CHI ECSTASY BY THE SEA with Master Choy

THEME: HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH MONEY AND OURSELVES!!

and Chi Massage, Tai Chi, Chi Healing VENUE CHALKIDIKI

OPEN TO ALL 31 May - 3 June 2012 Thursday 11am - Sunday 4.00pm

Course Fees Euro 160 / Euro 135 (Early Bird Discount if paid by 20 April 2012).

For enrolments, please contact Daniella Avagianou 210 963 0039

For response to this article, please write to Peterchin2@btinternet.com

Interview of Master Choy by Maria Caparis

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:38:00 +0200

This is an interview with Master Choy, who is Founder/Director of The Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung School and Chi for Self Healing Centre in Devon, UNITED KINGDOM. He has given weekend courses in Greece and is warmly received for his enlightening and energizing workshops. His courses are filled with laughter, fun exercises and inspiring experiences. He is interviewed by Maria Caparis, who is a Marine Biologist by profession and she has studied with Master Choy and is enrolled on an intensive with him in Devon. Here are some excerpts from the interview.
Maria - What is the root meaning of the words Tai Chi?
Master Choy - The root meaning of "Tai Chi" goes back 8,000 years old into China's history. They discover the ancient practice and study of The Taoists were about the Way of Nature. It was EARLIER, before the Chinese Martial Arts came into being, it was earlier than even the Acupuncture and Chinese Medical and Religious Buddhist era. It was a pure philosophical and direct understanding of the Nature of the Life Force. "Tai Chi" means the "the Dance of Yin(Receptive) and Yang(Assertive) flowing in the Ultimate River of Chi Energy returning to the source of the Tan Tien (Sea of Revitalising Energy)!"
Maria - Most people consider Tai Chi as a martial art, similar to Tae Kwon do or Kung Fu. How would you explain the difference?
Master Choy - The phrase "Kung Fu" means "The Art". For example, when I was working for my father in his Chinese Restaurant, when someone appreciates the Chinese cooking, he goes into the kitchen and yells out to the cook in Chinese, "Hey, your Kung Fu is great man!" He meant his Art of Cooking is great. The phrase "Kung Fu" implies the Art, someone highly proficient in the Art of cooking, Art of gardening, Art of calligraphy, Art of fighting, Art of painting, Art of music. It has been narrowed down in the Western usage as meaning only to do with fighting. However, in the West you have heard of Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance, Zen of Cooking, Zen of Archery, Zen of Aikido, this Japanese phrase used by Japanese has caught on in the West. The phrase "Kungfu of..." instead of "Zen of ..." is used by Chinese. Now, back to Martial Arts, when I was young, I loved Martial Arts! My father had his own martial arts school that also has a herbal clinic. I use to joke, that first he beats you up, then, he heals you!! I say it is a joke, but actually, behind some jokes there are truths, that is why it is funny!! My brothers and I used to challenge each other, how many roof tiles we can break, the ones in the middle of the pile! Then, we got a good beating when father came home and saw the roof had gaping holes!!
I have also seen my father beat up people on the streets, in the presence of police and detectives, and they do not raise a hand to stop my father. He was like the top of the gangs at his time, no joke. My mother was proficient in growing orchids and her kung fu in gardening was as high as my father's martial arts skill.
I learned Tai Chi from my first grandmaster Huang Sheng Shyan in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. His school was located in a large Chinese cemetery that spreads miles, and my parents place where I live was at the outskirts of this cemetery. I had to "fight" with ghosts AND MY FEARS after the Tai Chi Classes walking home, not a joke for single walker late in the night with no street lights. In truth, when I was learning Tai Chi at that time, I was fortunate to have the experience of being tested on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. As a teenager, I was in broad daylight, being attacked from behind by someone who grabbed me by my shoulders and demanded my money and another robber in front of me also attacked me.
Both were repulsed at a split second. It was what Grandmaster Chen Man-Ching, the Master of Master Huang Sheng Shyan, called The BOOMERANG FORCE of Tai Chi. The two adults who attacked me were thrown 10 feet away from my body without effort. In fact I recalled that my mind had great difficulty understanding what happened. If you have seen a real street fight or attacked by Snatch Thieves, it is not at all slow motion, like in the movies. Everything happened in a flash, and you could be on the floor with a bloody nose the next second without any idea of a punch coming or you could be left standing and the attackers repulsed in an explosion of force. So, I do believe in Tai Chi as an Art of Self Defense, and after being tested by these real life experiences three times in my life, I do believe it works in an instantaneous way, like if you bend a thick branch of a tree that is alive, you may find that branch giving you a great "Whack" when you release it, the force comes boomeranging back at you, multiplied many times more, ouch, painful!
Maria - Would you consider learning Tai Chi at this time an opportune moment, considering the situation in Greece right now?
Master Choy - I discovered that I can practice Tai Chi Chi Kung in the same way as the Taoists intended this philosophy to be, which is to balance every Yang/ hard, assertive and strong force with a Yin/yielding, soft and boomeranging quality, like you throw a stone in water. The water will embrace the stone and you hear a splash, the stone did not hurt the river, did it? The stone sinks to the bottom of the river and is overcome by the water without effort.
Tai Chi can be used as An Art of Neutralizing an ILLNESS, A PAIN, A STRESSFUL SITUATION and transform this Negative into a Healthy, Positive and Creative Solution. Then, we use Chi Healing and Chi Kung Exercises to channel the energy to focus on the specific part of the body needing healing. To me, a country or a city or a town or a community is like a person, he is ill, he is unhealthy, so what are we going to do? I feel the first step to find a solution is to learn to BE receptive, in Tai Chi we start with the Yin, we are like water, we absorb the punches. That is why I love the idea of the workshop being held at the beautiful Fourkas beaches by the sea in Chalkidiki. I want the Greek people to find back the balance, so you can allow the positive and creative solutions to come back to you, rather than TRYING SO HARD, STRUGGLING AND FIGHTING. When you put more EFFORT IN FROM YOUR STRESSFUL MINDS to solve a stressful situation, what happens? You build up more and more stress until you have a breakdown. I see that the spirit of the sea of Greece in the ancient times was respected as a source of wisdom. Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung that I am going to teach you, is from the same natural source. You need to learn to be fluidic and flow with problems to find "soluble" solutions and not add more crystallized thinking to the problems. Learn to relax, to let go, to BE in the flow with your true nature and then, the answers come effortlessly from within!! I have held many workshops for business companies as well as communities and individuals and seen wonderful amazing positive and creative results. This is a Stress Management Course and a Relaxing Learning Holiday at the same time.
Maria - How would you introduce the essence of the word TAO?
Master Choy - Tao means the Creative Principle of Nature. It exists in the Wu Chi, and Wu Chi means, "The Mysterious Nothingness where ‘Fullness' comes from". To find the solutions to your problems, you need to find an empty mind that is connected to a full heart and dynamic energized physical body. This is the way of your true nature.
Maria - Why is the term "galactric" recently introduced into your teachings?
Master Choy - The ancient Mayans, Egyptians and Chinese Wise Sages have shared that every 26,000 years there is an alignment of our Solar System with the Milky Galaxy and this happens to be this year, yes, 2012. These Galactric spiraling solar systems connect to the Spiraling movement of Tai Chi. It is not surprising that Tai Chi is leading in the front of this as Tai Chi is born from Natural Intelligence. When you have this alignment, what happens? In Galactric Tai Chi, you are tapping into tremendous cosmic power to bring more chi healing, prosperity, loving energies into your life, to bring more synchronicity into your whole life. Your love life will be HEIGHTENED!!
Ultimately, your relatives, friends and fellow citizens will benefit from your experience. This fantastic cosmic energy is real and will enhance your normal as well as your psychic abilities and expand your consciousness. At the same time, you will learn exercises to keep grounded, balanced and able to function in your daily life. No drugs, not even coffee, no alcohol, just pure chi energizing exercises and fun to be alive!! You are learning to SURF on these gigantic waves of energies coming into the consciousness of humanity.
To understand this alignment and to benefit the most from this year's new energies, you have to understand and practice the Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung and Tai Chi Form Exercises and Principles. You learn how to RELAX AND FLOW FROM YOUR CENTRE to connect to the Centers of the Earth, the Sun and the Milky Galaxy. You can only align and participate in this Galactric Tai Chi dance when you bring your Tan Tien into your daily focus.
What is the Tan Tien, this is your Sea of Blissful Energy right where you were born near your belly centre. This is introduced at the 4 Days Workshop in Chalkidiki, and shared deeper at our Summer School in Devon, UK.
For more details about the Chalkidiki Course in Greece 31 May-3 June 2012 with Master Choy, please contact Maria Caparis 0030 210 6544 897 Daniella Avagianou 0030 963 0039. Early bird enrolments before 1 April 2012 is Euros 135 or after 1 April it is Euros 160.

HOW TO BE AND HOW TO RECEIVE A COGNITIVE GIFT

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:48:00 +0100

11 March 2012

HOW TO BE AND RECEIVE A COGNITIVE GIFT

The workshop in theory finished at 4.30pm today. And I said, "Here is a last GIFT from Nature. You can get the gift by looking at the Spaces, Feel it Cognitively, SEE IT COGNITIVELY...." I went into an unknown series of vertical spiralling Tai Chi movement that resembled the 8th Fundamental Tai Chi Exercise. There were different energies that flowed through my movements. My arms felt electrical and the whole body felt sweet, beautiful, tender, gentle and yet powerful at times.

At the end of this expression of the Gift, I asked what people felt from it. One person was moved to tears of gratitude. She shared later, that it awakened an ancient feeling in her that seemed so beautiful and somehow yet so sad. Two persons shared that it felt it to be a healing and cleansing feeling. Another workshop participant shared she felt it as a gift and she will take it with her home. And another shared that she OBSERVED that it was as if I had many friends of energies but she did not feel that I was giving to her. I started sharing with her how she need to let go of the observer to melt into the observed. And another workshop participant came in and said that as a workshop facilitator I should not bounce back to her and should take on board what she said so I can improve on getting the participant to experience what I had to share.

I shared with her that there is no "Workshop Facilitator" present in me when the GIFT was happening, when I was moving in the energy. I shared that it is like a butterfly flying, it cannot improve its performance for you if you do not feel its beauty. The mountain, the sea and the sunrise are gifts that we can cognise, feel and receive when we let go of the observer and melt into what is happening.

Then, I invited Christine Chin to share a spontaneous movement with us from a cognitive unknown place. She gave a beautiful sharing of the second chi kung movement, at the back of her was the sea, mountains, gentle clouds on a blue sky filled with sparkling sunshine. Everyone loved it and spontaneously applauded her. And I got everyone to wave with chi with gratitude to all the nature presences present during this special weekend and then, to each other. We left Carlingford with plenty of cognitive healing chi.

We finished at 5pm.

Now, back home in Devon, I ask, what lessons can we learn about this wonderful topic, for example, what is the difference between COGNITIVE SEEING AND RE-COGNITIVE SEEING?

It reminds me of my experiences with dolphins. In Miami, you can pay to go in and swim with dolphins, they would even get you to hold the tail of the dolphin to pull you around the pool for a few bucks. Now, I also have swam with wild dolphins in workshops. The organiser and boatman still charges you a fee for taking you out there. You do get a chance to swim with dolphins if the wild dolphins choose you. You usually will not get the tail of the wild dolphin!! You cannot BUY a wild dolphin experience. They cannot teach you how to swim with a wild dolphin. They say that you just need to let go and be as a wild dolphin. That is COGNITIVE SENSING of what is happening.

The OBSERVER realises that it is the OBSERVED when you truly let go and flow and melt into what is happening. "You" disappear like a wave that came up for a second and then, dives back into the sea.

There is a part of my workshop where I can share how to DO the movements of Tai Chi Chi Kung and Zhineng Chi Kung Exercises to flow with the elements of Nature, but I cannot MAKE you become one with the Sun, Waves of the Sea or Peaceful breeze, can I?

Then, there is a part of the workshop that focuses on BEING, learning emotional healing surfing, to flow with a pain, to BE cognitively listening to the chi energy, to BE with the rhythms of your heart beats when you feel like crying or screaming and allow THE ONENESS to melt into the cosmic chi.

I can only show you HOW TO BE and again here, there is no way to GIVE TO YOU the ONENESS experience.

The gift of love is not sex, although it can express through sex. You can use charm or sex to try to get love, but that kind of love is not NON JUDGEMENTAL AND THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE of mother nature. The daffodils can be cut and bought, however, the opening of the blossoms of the flower comes from Mother Nature freely and was grown from unconditional loving energy of the earth. When you trust this "natural cognitive process", you naturally attract to you a partner or friend who is also excited, interested and inspired about this. Birds of the same feather flock together!!

Cognitive Seeing is to join Mother Nature and free yourself to truly see you are at one with this unconditional sense of oneness with all life expressing always new, fresh and original creative ways of being and movement.

The Real You that belongs to Mother Nature is like an uncut diamond, and you can see you as a gift from Mother Nature that does not need refinement, improvement or polishing.

The only feeling we can respond to such a Gift is "THANKS A QUADRILLION!!"

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARI, BARD AND ALMA!!

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:22:00 +0100

Hi, Master Choy and Christine!

We just want you to know that our daughter Alma was born tuesday at 18.50. Everything is perfect and we are in the heaven.

We are deeply thankful to tai-chi and your help, that has made a great differense. Thank you very much!

We'll write more when time is better.

Mari and Bård

32 SOLAR PANELS FOR THE SCHOOL, HOORAY, WE MADE IT!!

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:48:00 +0100

Another exciting and inspiring news - After patiently working for many years at manifesting solar panels, we have just completed 32 SOLAR PANELS - thanks with the help of Solarking, 5 D Solarpanels and Eco Concepts. We did have some challenges with the solar panel installers from Solarking, but things are flowing now and the panels have been reinstalled by Eco concepts and we have now FREE ELECTRICITY in the day and getting paid for the electricity for the next 25 years too!! Come and have a look.

Practising Tai Chi on the Roof with the Solar Panels, January 2012

ANOTHER 16 SOLAR PANELS FOR THE MAIN STUDENTS/GUEST HOUSE . 2012

CONGRATULATIONS CHARLOTTA AND MATT

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:16:00 +0100

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU CHARLOTTA AND MATT ON YOUR WONDERFUL WEDDING. ON BEHALF OF THE RAINBOW TAI CHI CHI KUNG SCHOOL, MAY YOU BOTH PROSPER, GROW TOGETHER IN PEACE, LOVE, PROSPERITY AND CREATE A ONE-DERFUL FAMILY TOGETHER.

CHARLOTTA AND MATT WEDDING

SYNCHRONICITY TRUST LOVING CHI IN ACTION

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:00 +0100

10.15am 2 February 2012 Thursday

SYNCHRONICITY AND TRUST LOVING CHI IN ACTION

By Master Choy

9am I had planned to just go down to Ashburton to pick up bread that I had ordered yesterday.

9.30am Baker Ella said, "Sorry, delay, I am just going to put it into the oven right now."

I said, "That is ok Ella, I will come back." She replied, "I am really sorry to make you wait." I responded, "Ella, you woke up at 3am to bake us bread, I can wait, you have these other wonderful cakes you have made.... I can get a piece of this lemon cake."

Between 9.30am and 10.15am, I walk around to do other little shopping - organic prunes in one shop, a visit to the Mountain Venture to have a look at warm clothing, get the local free advertising paper from the newshop, at the Deli to get some olives..... and oh I can see that Ella the baker is walking back to her flat and that means the bread is ready!!

Get my bread from her assistant, still warm and fragrant, just out from the oven, wow, I am grateful for these gifts.

Walking back to my car. About 5 feet behind me, just as I opened my car door, an elderly lady fell on the pavement, face down!! I put my shopping down, rushed to her and put one hand on her heart and the other on her head, putting some peaceful loving chi into her.

The top of right eye had a big cut and was bulging up by the second. She had a tissue paper that was soaked red with blood. Her right nostril was bleeding. She was in a state of shock.

She laid on the pavement in front of the wine shop and the Coop.

"Somebody phone for the ambulance", I pointed to someone standing there, "Have you got a phone? I don't have one."

The lady on the pavement came to her senses and she started mumbling, "It is the pavement, I trip on it." I left her there and walked over to the part of the pavement she was pointing at," yes, indeed there was a little bit of the pavement sticking up.

I went over and assured her that she was right. And then, she said she was concerned about her car in the car park, another stranger stepped in to offer to write a note for the traffic warden and took her car keys immediately. She was given clear description of the car.

And there were 3 of us, one person had her head on his lap. Another rushing off to the car park with her car keys. Then, there was me, holding her heart and touching her bahui point on her head. Tuning into her heart beat, I felt that she might like to sit up and asked her.

She said, "Yes, can you please help me up? I want to go into the wine shop and sit there." So, we lifted her up. Another stranger had joined in to give a hand.

I then went next door into Coop, got a bottle of spring water and some packs of tissue paper. I went back and gave her some water and said to her to keep the bottle. She asked if she can pay me something for the water and the tissue paper, I said, "No, that is really ok." I saw that the lady in the Wine shop was making phone calls for her to relatives to inform them. And also the ambulance was coming. That seemed to be all taken care of.

So, I quietly slipped out and just as I was driving out of Ashburton, sure enough, the ambulance was coming into the town for her.

Every day, each moment is a fresh new experience of an opportunity for love to spring on us lessons that we do not expect.

Had my bread not been delayed I would not have on this day to help this lady. Just one tiny little step of kindness that every stranger shared this morning touched this person deeply. She did not know our names, addresses, telephone numbers or motives. We did not ask her for anything. It was loving energy flowing all around us. She was a catalyst to bring this about. And the flow of each person's contribution and timing of effort was so beautiful to witness. No ego, no cynicism, no blame, no analytical mind over powering anyone, just in response to, "How can I help?" I believe this is how most people are, we are basically kind, loving centred and gut centred beings just eagerly waiting to help at the ripe moment.

I feel blessed to be in this position today, another day, I may be the one on the pavement needing help and being the catalyst for a bunch of strangers to dance in loving energy.

It is only hours later that the mind can come in to reflect, understand and appreciate the lessons just earned. The Yin "needing help" receptive energy within one moment attracting a Yang supportive "How can I help?" flowing into a Tai Chi wise dance of healing love in action, bringing about the Tao of fulfilment, care, promise of abundant kindness and service in a spirit of "unity in diversity". What a great life each moment is to be a budding opportunity to give birth to such magnificent small instances of genuine human warmth, heart centred interest and openness - all happening amongst complete strangers. There was no awareness of colour, race, creed, status and skill - just the presence of an unspoken and non verbal agreement that we are in this together with one single purpose, to protect, to heal, to nourish, to embrace the "aliveness" in each person. I feel excited, inspired and in a state of awe when I look at the future infinite possibilities for humanity, in a strange and unknown way, we are going to be ok. Trust the loving chi to be present no matter what happens.

HAPPY NEW MOMENTS IN 2012

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:04:00 +0100

HAPPY NEW MOMENTS TO YOU

IN 2012

Is it possible to go beyond the Happy New Year syndrome?

How about beyond the Happy Birthday party addiction?

And now exploring what are these new moments?

What is happening when you are in re-action or action?

You were here in the instant a thought was born

This image come from a past memory like a bubble coming up

The Stillness of The Tree of Life is also here, so strong

Now, is there really any separation between the Dreamer and Dream?

Thinker and Thought dancing into life and death as clouds passing by on pond

The song of morning bird vibrating in a heart so empty yet suddenly so full

A storm of sensations and a waterfall of infinite voices arrive and gone

Orgasmic birth of oneness, this peace I feel, without any push or pull

What is this “Business of Being Born” in so many new moments?

Feeling a glowing warm smile in my heart surprises me

Happiness lights up unseen smokeless flames

Inner Eyes lit up bright I gratefully see

What you think about me or another is really about you

I am here, You are there, I am enjoying what I hear and love

Your questions are interrupting and distracting my flow

My life is about my response-ability to unfold from within and above

This bliss I am in, is this enlightenment or simply who I really am?

Diving in and bobbing up like a bouncy buoy

Like a dolphin at last free from captivity and alarm

Going home into truly Happy Movements in the world of Choy in you

CHANGE THE CONFLICT OF YIN OR YANG INTO A TAO OF BALANCE RIGHT NOW!

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:41:00 +0200

LET ALL NEGATIVES BRING US ALL TO POSITIVE AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW!
LET ALL NEGATIVES BRING US ALL TO POSITIVE AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW!
Repeat this every time a problem happens globally or in your heart body mind spirit. It will help the world and you personally. This is an unconditional gift and secret of success passed down by all ancient teachers. Share it. It will bring comfort and attract to you what you need to meet the challenges - poverty, hunger, financial, ill health, difficult relationships, insecurity in job and any other negative fears.
LET ALL NEGATIVES BRING US ALL TO POSITIVE AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW!
LET ALL NEGATIVES BRING US ALL TO POSITIVE AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW!

Birth of Seren Emily Natali Toye, daughter of Mike and Sophie Toye By Sophie Toye

Sat, 14 May 2011 10:21:00 +0200

Birth of Seren Emily Natali Toye, daughter of Mike and Sophie Toye

By Sophie Toye

I was eleven days past my due date, when I was advised that Labour should be induced, as a measurement showed a possible reduction in our babies growth. When the midwife told me I burst into tears, as I so wanted this baby and suddenly it felt as though the health of our baby was in question. We had come this far and having had a miscarriage the year before, I didn't want to lose this baby. I would have had to wait a few days for a scan to check if baby was ok and I did not want to take any chances, so I arranged for myself to be induced the very next day.

That night I couldn't sleep for worry.

The next day was January the 19^th and we packed the car to go to hospital, we had so much stuff it looked like we were going on holiday, I even packed duvets and pillows and I would even have taken my favourite rug to improve the hospital décor, had Mike not persuaded me that perhaps that might being overdoing it a little.

I was genuinely terrified as I had heard scare stories about being induced and was concerned that it would spoil my perfectly planned, wonderful, natural birth.

When we arrived at hospital I was trembling so much I would have quite liked to have hidden under the hospital bed and probably would have done had not the midwife on duty answered all our questions. Reassured I decided to trust it would be ok.

I was connected to a machine to monitor our babies heartbeat.

The machine also picked up that I was having contractions but they were so mild I had not felt them.

At 12 noon I was given something to help my body go into labour. Mike and I went for a walk in the hospital grounds, we enjoyed the fresh air, natural light and the hospital garden.

Back in the ward I was relieved to feel contractions getting stronger.

Beautiful contractions, energy building and building, pausing and then subsiding, riding an internal wave. The breath came in, paused and then released. My body relaxed, my hips spiralled and I listened to the pauses between my in breath and out breath, the contractions built, peaked and subsided. In between I rested. A beautiful, harmonious, internal rhythm, letting go, surrendering and trusting. I spoke to our baby, "Well done baby, you are doing so well sweetie, we love you." I felt that confidence and serenity were my friends.

Mike was flowing with me and supporting me beautifully, massaging me with gentle, soft strokes, so soothing, and then in powerful, strong spirals over my lower back as contractions built, peaked, then ebbed. A monitor was put on me to listen to our baby's heart beat, I was grateful that baby was being listened to, but not sure how I would manage contractions while having a monitor on me. However I discovered that I could, by sitting on the edge of the bed, getting up, spiralling my hips and leaning forward through each contraction.

My movements prevented the machine from picking up baby's heart beat consistently, which meant that I had to remain attached to the monitor for longer.

A Midwife offered me a bath and Mike sped to fill it up. I enjoyed learning to flow with the opening sensations in the water so much I began screaming as if in the final throws of labour, the same midwife came running back expecting to catch the baby.

Soon after the bath I was lying on my by back as a midwife charmingly checked my cervix, I was 1 cm dilated and she moved it to 2.

Mike kept hassling the midwives for a water birth, there was some uncertainty about whether we would be allowed as we were an induction.

Luckily hospital policy stated it was ok as long as our baby was monitored.

Sometime later we were given the all clear to go upstairs to the birthing room, We were delighted as this was the water pool room, there was only one pool available at the hospital and it was for me!

I had to keep stopping on the way up to the room, and Mike kept throwing down our bags to massage me. There was a sense of urgency and excitement as contractions where coming at shorter and shorter intervals. The midwives were so encouraging, they told me how well I was doing.

In the birthing room, I leant over a bed and stayed there. I found that once I had found a position in which to move through the contractions I was stuck to that spot.

After a while I quickly moved position and used a birthing ball. All the time Mike was there massaging me through the contractions. Mike was having quite a work out as he had to massage me very firmly in circles over my lower back and I could not bare the thought of a contraction without his hands. I was offered gas and air, but I had heard that it makes some people feel sick and I didn't feel the need for it. I knew it was there if things became too difficult but I knew that for the moment all I wanted was massage and my breath. Mike and I were left alone, I remember that things were really hotting up at this point and I wondered whether Mike would have to deliver our baby himself. I felt a sensation which felt like pushing and wondered whether it was our baby who was coming, however to Mike's horror at that moment my waters broke over his feet, and frightened the wits out of him, he sounded the buzzer to call for a midwife to make sure everything was ok.

Not much later I remember thinking that maybe gas and air wouldn't be such a bad idea, if it was going to be a long night of it.

My cervix was checked again and I was told I was ready for the pool. .

As I got into the pool it felt delicious, then suddenly the contractions changed and my body pushed of its own accord. I began screaming a wild, earthy scream, I have never screamed so much in my life. Letting go I knew our baby was coming.

I like to feel that the water spirit was holding us and our baby as she came into the world. As her head was born I reached down with excitement and touched her, then with one more screaming push she slid out and our midwife Emily guided her to the surface as I turned around to welcome her into my arms. It was the most amazing moment of my life seeing our baby girl for the first time. Light seemed to be radiating from her as she took her first breath and turned from blue to pink. It was truly a magical moment gazing at our daughter, so new, beautiful and perfectly formed. We gazed at her in delight, knowing her birth is the beginning of something amazing and beautiful. We chose Seren for her name,(which means Star), it came effortlessly, and as we chose it, it felt as though the stars were blessing her with their light.

Thank you, thank you, Seren for your amazing beauty and pure light. Thankyou for your courage to come into the world and share your light we are so happy you have come.
Thank you Master Choy for welcoming us to the Rainbow Tai Chi School, encouraging us to write Serens birth story, and for teaching us to listen to the pauses between my breath, what a precious gift.

Thank you to the Friday class for all your appreciation and moral support.

Thank you Christine for phoning and giving moral support on our due date even though Seren did not arrive for another 12 days.

Thank you Stephen Hopwood for kindly giving your time to show Mike some useful acupuncture points to help with the birth.

Thank you Sarah Wood for your amazing Yoga tuition which came in so useful during Serens birth and Katie Whitehouse for teaching Mike some valuable massage moves, and for the encouragement to use them during Seren's birth.

Thank you, thank you, to the pioneers of hypnobirthing, whose CD came in most useful in the run up to Serens birth and I am sure contributed to us having a wonderful birth.

Thank you to the staff at Torbay hospital for being fantastic and supportive both during and after Seren's birth.

A big Thank you also to my amazing and beautiful family, for all their love and support in the lead up to and after Serens birth and to everyone who sent us kind wishes. With love, Sophie, Mike and Seren

PEACE, LOVE AND JOY

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:57:00 +0200

LOVE

By Master Choy dedicated to the Nikos self within everyone

You seek Love, all you got are the memories of love's good times,

And now, emptiness feels such a negative thing

Just a sniff or two, the tears tumble down your weary cheeks,

No one there to hear you cry, only a hurtful 'Can't stop thinking!'

I tell you, come and listen to the soft glow speak

How many times the sun rose in your belly in the morning though you slept like a babe?

Love flew by your window whispering your name

Did you feel her tenderness kiss every part of your face?

Loneliness no longer an idea or concept of the past

Walking skeleton, you force yourself to go to work

Hide your pain you could not stop, even if you try,

Uncontrolled urge and rage to cry out her name

Blame or shame you feel repeatedly, "What did I do wrong?"

Love gently sings in your ear, I AM HERE, ALWAYS GIVING YOU

Your breath carries this vital caring power

Blood coursing through veins, arteries as rivers and streams flow

Hear the calling to return home to the source

The Beloved is the one you seek, she knows where love rests

Come, tired traveller feeling so lost,

Real peace is in your wounded heart-beats' pauses

Allow you to Be Loved by the peaceful shining ones

Let them carry your tired soul down into the Tan Tien

Sea of sparkling chi absorbing all "I am sorrys"

Your whole being letting go, accepting nothing makes sense

Will you join us in our next golden morning?

Learn from sunlit clouds meeting the half asleep moon

Wait, can you hear the seagull and crow, even a goldfish splashing?

We are here to sing you invisible infinite loving songs

Chi loves you and shows you what Love really is

Have you noticed, Your Loving Chi is always fresh,

never ever constrained by any smells or photos or memories

Come, let us go beyond the Thinker threshold,

Meet a new lifestyle of lovely surprises

A kaleidoscope of colours from flower, tree, bush and blade of grass

Peace introduces you to Love. Love introduces you to Truth.

True Love is Wisdom humbly bringing you home to the Real You

Release her once again,

and release all you truly love into the Light right now.

The inner smile frees you to go home to the Sun of Joy in you

and in us all,

So, shine, shine, shine brighter and brighter I say.

HARMONISE THE TAN TIEN OF THE SUN, EARTH AND HUMAN CHI TO PREPARE FOR GLOBAL CHANGES IN 2011 AND BEYOND

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:22:00 +0200

Please click on http://www.rainbow-taichi.org.uk/site/clippings, and then, click on Master Choy pdf

to read article published in the Tai Chi Union Magazine 2011.

SELF HUMOROUS STORIES

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:44:00 +0100

Some self humour

Let's Get Frumpy by Fiona Howard

'Let's get frumpy

in the country

I wake up and my toes are ice

my hair is wild

my skin not nice

On goes a jumper

then another

and two more

to really cover

up the cold drafts

touching me

Let's get frumpy

In the country!'

A Self Humorous True Story by Bard

I've managed to loose my car key and my house key somewhere and they are probably lying under half a meter of snow right now. I've got two options: Run around shoveling snow like a madman hoping to find the tiny set of keys in an area of your parking lot with snow right up to my crotch. Or to wait for the spring...
By experience i wil probably try the first option for about 20 minutes, swearing loudly in the prosess: Then i will go for the second option..

Bård.

AUGUST 2010 NEWS FROM CHOY AND CHRISTINE

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0200

UPDATE AUGUST 2010 NEWS FROM THE RAINBOW TAI CHI CHI KUNG SCHOOL

A new way to share NEWS and update you with photos!! What is life like when there are no weekend workshops, no weekly classes, no one month intensives at the Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung School? Here are some photos from these past week to give you a glimpse.

Photo 1. This morning 30 Aug 2010 Monday. INDESCRIBABLY BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE!! Had another fresh inspiration to bring guitar to sing to the sunrise. Tuning up the voice with the notes of the guitar. Sweetie joined in. Goldfishes and kois splashing. Birds greeting first rays. Kadeleiscope of brilliant colours on dewdrops. Heaven within earth.

Photo 2. I have been weeding this beautiful patch in the garden. Nikos may remember this as the potato patch. LBI 3 may remember this as the place I brought them to visit and they saw this wild lovely grass snake doing her dance through the veggies.

Photo 3. Last night till sunset, I have been working on creating a new greenhouse over the patch you see in Photo 2.

And this morning, realised what a great lesson it is. Stick to your seed vision and step by step with perseverance and persistency make it become reality!! You may remember, I had the vision also of the ponds being surrounded by beautiful stony path and thanks to all the LBI people's help, the vision step by step came true. People playing music and doing Tai Chi and meditating around the pond, THANK YOU FOR HELPING MY VISION COME TRUE THIS SUMMER SCHOOL!!!

Tom and everyone - listen, when you get a seed vision and the seed vision is about growing yourself, growing food or making yourself and people happy (like joining the FTT LBI One), encourage yourself, inspire yourself everyday to make preparation to keep the seed alive, water it, protect it, nourish it, give thanks for it, fertilise it, but do not shit or even fart on it man!! Every successful adventure and venture is about sharing. Sharing the load together, your heart gets lighter. Communicating with each other, the heart gets stronger. Growing together - courageously, speaking your truth with love, walking the talk, begat wisdom, believing you are worthy of confidence, feel it in your guts - The Rainbow Tai Chi Chi Kung warriors awakening, I say to you again, this is a wake up call to return to the source within your heart and tan tien!! Watch how the Left Brain can either be helpful and supportive of the vision or it can go back to the old self sabotaging ways - start thinking twice, doing mental masturbation again playing with sadistic switch on and switch off self escapist games!! Let go, come into the new!!

Photo 4. Christine discovering the Queen of Cucumber, did you see the length of those cucumbers, never in 12 years at the School have we seen such cucumbers?

Photo 5. Even Beloved needs to do Chi Service!! We finally made the dog cart for her. She is such an intelligent fast learner. She was teaching us about patience, resilience and really slow down, take one little step at a time. She was keeping an eye on the bars, on us and on the load she was carrying.

Photo 6. More weeding in the polytunnel, preparing for green peas WITH CAGE PROTECTION FROM MICE and other veggies. The new FTT LBI One and the LBI 3 might want to get some when they come!! Prepare, prepare!!

Photo 7. Harvesting potimarron and getting ready for the Soup Kitchen St Petrock's people coming in a bus on this Friday 3 September 2010 !!

Photo 8. More inner and outer composting!!

Photo 9. With some time to say hello and feed the baby kois and gold fishes!! There were more beyond the photo!! Help!

Photo 10. And a time in the evening for meditating on the world AND you people and sending you peaceful, loving and smiling chi!!!

Master Choy and Christine Chin and Sweetie and Beloved

SUMMER SCHOOL 2010 PREPARATIONS

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:46:00 +0200

LATEST JULY 2010 PHOTO UPDATES OF SCHOOL PREPARATION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Photo above: Front of School with new welcoming Sun Sign

Photo above: Roses above and below welcome on the way to Main Guest House

Photo above: Flowers and potatoes in tyres (new this year!) welcome at the Car Park

Photo above: Camping grounds all ready

Photo above: Green Pepper and 5 Varieties of Tomatoes growing in the Polytunnel with Aqua Tai Chi Pool

Photo above: Mobile Home clean and ready to welcome Summer School students Marianna and Nick

Photo above: Fruit tree weeded and ready for mulching

Photo above: Beet Roots and Carrots getting ready for the Summer School kitchen!

Photo above: Cabbages almost ready

Photo above: Carrots will be ripe and ready by July 26

Photo above: Outdoor Potimarrons and Onions growing side by side

Photo above: Cucumbers (in the Polypool area) growing abundantly, thanks to the warm weather.

Photo above: New Polytunnel with healthy Potimarron and Tomatoes

Photo below: Two ponds with fountain and waterfall. Also the front is the spot where Mari's bush and practices attracted the wild snake

Photo above: Pear tree weeded ready for mulching

Photo above Roses climbing on roof by the third pond, left of car park.

Photo above: Left Pond with the fruit trees of FTT LBI students 2010

Tao of Self Humour - with Richard Wiltshire, FTT LBI One Teacher Trainee

Sat, 08 May 2010 18:35:00 +0200

Rainbow Tai Chi Art of SNORING and LETTING GO IN GREECE MARCH 2010

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:11:00 +0200

Rainbow Tai Chi Art of SNORING and LETTING GO IN GREECE MARCH 2010

More clips of Tai Chi Ecstasy by the Sea Weekend in Greece, March 2010.

29 March 2010

What a session of Tai Chi,

Great fun, that was not enough! I wanted to watch more (from first clip)!!

Very funny, did they follow you to Greece, or they were people from that Heroical land?

Great fun, I could hear Christine laughing while recording.

My regards to her,

Hope to see you soon.

Blessings.

Angie.

TAI CHI ECSTASY BY THE SEA WORKSHOP WITH MASTER CHOY 13-14 MARCH 2010

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +0200

You may have heard about it, now, you can see it, hear it and catch a glimpse, have a taste of what is to come for the Summer School Tai Chi Ecstasy in the Sea Energy 2010 with Master Choy. This Greek Workshop has some wonderful people who will also be joining us for the Summer School 2010. What a great celebration there will be, c'mon Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and all the Greek Gods and Goddesses, let us meet with the Celtic and Druid Rainbow Tai Chi Warriors of Ancient Wisdom this Summer 2010!!! Join us to discover the 10th Dimension of Chi Energy Exploration in the year 2010.