Classes

The ZenSpot Institute of Vedic & Taoist Studies For Everyone

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Classes at the ZenSpot Institute cover a variety of topics that support the ancient teachings of the Vedas and the Tao. The purpose is to enhance your appreciation and understanding of these ancient teachings / practices that originate from India and China.

Current and Upcoming Classes

Begin your journey into the ancient teachings today.

Classes are held in-person and online through Zoom video conferencing.

 

Taoist Meditation
Begins September 20
Sundays: 9:00am-9:30am MST
$12 per class, 10-Pass for $79 or 32-Session Package that Includes Wednesday Qigong Class for $299
Learn the traditional meditative practices associated with the Chinese philosophy of Taoism including concentration, mindfulness, contemplation, and visualization. These meditations will be focused on cultivating inner awareness of the self for health, happiness and harmony. Zoom Link provided upon registration.

Learn the traditional meditative practices associated with the Chinese philosophy of Taoism including concentration, mindfulness, contemplation, and visualization. These meditations will be focused on cultivating inner awareness of the self for health, happiness and harmony.

Zoom Link provided upon registration.

Weekly Svaroopa® Yoga Classes
January 5 - June 29
Thursdays: 6:00pm - 7:30pm MST.
$314.50 for the 17-weekly class series or $25 per class.
Join longtime Certified Svaroopa® Yoga Teacher Matrikaa (Marlene Gast) for blissful, spine-centric yoga, Thursday evenings 6–7:30 pm, September 8 through December 29.  Class size is limited to 11 students.  This user-friendly, slower-paced yoga provides deep and organic spinal realignment.  Svaroopa® poses are precise and compassionate, personalized for your needs and abilities.  These poses dissolve the deepest layers of your physical tensions.  You get instantaneous relief from most aches and pains.  It’s simple yet profound.  You learn how to melt away the years... More

Join longtime Certified Svaroopa® Yoga Teacher Matrikaa (Marlene Gast) for blissful, spine-centric yoga, Thursday evenings 6–7:30 pm, September 8 through December 29.  Class size is limited to 11 students.  This user-friendly, slower-paced yoga provides deep and organic spinal realignment.  Svaroopa® poses are precise and compassionate, personalized for your needs and abilities.  These poses dissolve the deepest layers of your physical tensions.  You get instantaneous relief from most aches and pains.  It’s simple yet profound.  You learn how to melt away the years and the scars at the same time.  You unravel your mental and emotional tangles along with your karmas.  Deep healing as well as renewed energy, strength and flexibility — it's all noticeable after your first class.

Tuition is $314.50 for the 17-weekly class series.  Per class tuition is $25.

2023 Qigong for Inner Reflection + Focus
February 15 - December 20
Wednesdays: 6:15pm-7:00pm MST
$12 per class or 32-Session Package that Includes Sunday Meditation Class for $299
Join Dr. Michael for weekly Qigong for Inner Reflection + Focus. Establishing how the flow of movement connects with the inner flow of our energy in mind, body + spirit. This practice will help you establish a grounded foundation that will alleviate stress and triggers that keep us in a constant state of fight or flight. Build your immunity internally and externally and re-establish the self. Zoom Link provided upon registration.

Join Dr. Michael for weekly Qigong for Inner Reflection + Focus. Establishing how the flow of movement connects with the inner flow of our energy in mind, body + spirit. This practice will help you establish a grounded foundation that will alleviate stress and triggers that keep us in a constant state of fight or flight. Build your immunity internally and externally and re-establish the self.

Zoom Link provided upon registration.

Healing Secrets of Chinese Warriors
May 15 - May 15
Independent Study With Instructor
$275
Healing Secrets of Chinese Warriors unveils the practices and techniques handed down by martial artists over the years to cultivate, refine and utilize qi to repair damage and improve one’s general health and wellbeing. This course is an independent study format. Once you sign up you will be sent a syllabus with all the necessary information to complete the course. In this course you will read a key book on practices held very close by lineages and teachers. After thousands... More

Healing Secrets of Chinese Warriors unveils the practices and techniques handed down by martial artists over the years to cultivate, refine and utilize qi to repair damage and improve one’s general health and wellbeing.

This course is an independent study format. Once you sign up you will be sent a syllabus with all the necessary information to complete the course. In this course you will read a key book on practices held very close by lineages and teachers. After thousands of years of oral transmission to a very select few, the opportunity to share ancient secrets has been realized.

The course is straightforward and readily applicable in your personal and professional life. At first you might think the book to be a bit dry. Give it a chance and try out the content.  It is rich in substance, historical and comparative in nature, the chapters of modest length and they flow smoothly. Allow yourself to open to the salient practices of ancient teachers and the contemporary presentation by the author and practitioner of whom you are reading.

Real learning is experiential.  Just sign up and follow the syllabus. While the class stands alone, it complements other courses taken and reinforces key principles in Taoism, TCM and Qigong. Remember, you progress at your own pace within the timeframe allotted for Program Completion. In the event you have questions, you always have access to me.

This is a required course for Qigong Certification and for Taoist Studies. Please refer to Qigong Certification and Taoist Studies to gauge your progress if you are unsure.

Cost: $275