Love and Truth
Principles & Practice
Align body, heart and mind to flow with life and flower the infinite potential within.
The Love and Truth principles and practice is a complete harmonizing system that utilizes techniques developed, refined and preserved over thousands of years by the Shaolin monastic tradition. The practice consists of 14 essential exercises which are engineered to awaken the potential within by aligning the body, heart and mind into a creative flow state with the environment.
The Love and Truth active Meditation: Witness the present with a non judgmental mind (Truth), guided by intuition (love), while in a state of action (creative flow).
The Mind / Truth / Frequency: Nurture an open and clear mind by letting go of cherishing opinions (good and bad), judgement, discrimination and beliefs. See thoughts as perspective, not truth. Be the witnessing presence where life is happening.
The Heart / Love / Vibration: Nurture the qualities of an open heart: unconditional love, compassion, gratitude. When the mind is clear, the heart naturally flowers like a magnetic compass of your true potential. Follow your heart.
The Body / Action / Energy: Align the body, heart and mind to an open, relaxed and alert flow state by practicing the Love & Truth exercises. When the system is harmonized, chi (life force) circulates and the light of awareness shines brighter to guide the way.
Frequency + Vibration + Energy = Resonance
A key function of the Love & Truth practice is the development of perception awareness with your energy, thoughts, emotions and actions. As you become more conscious and not compulsive about these four “wheels” of your life, they align to the guidance of your awakened state.
Take ownership of these keys when you are ready to be the captain of your ship. To navigate through life gracefully and live fully!
To know thy self, live who you truly are and follow the heart.
It is not necessary to understand how the system works for the practice to successfully re-align, empower and awaken any person. Realize that even memorization of knowledge alone is not effective for true personal development. The implementation of practice done correctly is essential to unlock the potential within and experience transformation.
It is valuable to have the teacher be a mirror for the practitioner, to observe, provide adjustments and facilitate flow dynamic experiences. Traditionally this was done in a “Dojo” (Japanese), a sacred learning environment where “the way” is practiced with respect and humility.
It is said that this system of “harmonizing” exercises traces its origins back to Bodhidharma (Dharma of Awakening), a legendary monk who brought the meditative practice to the Shaolin Monastery thousands of years ago. He is noted as being the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China and Zen Buddhism to Japan. He was profound and mysterious, thought to arrive from the Silk Road, perhaps the prince of a King from the South of India, taught by a female awakened master named Prajnatara. It is said she instructed Bodhidharma from a vision to travel East and share the teachings. These actions profoundly transformed human consciousness, influencing countless healing modalities and practices around the world.
These “awakening” exercises are an extraction from the comprehensive Shaolin training system. They are considered the original unaltered practice, preserved with extraordinary effort by a monastic tradition. Each exercise when done consciously and properly, is engineered to unlock, align and harmonize the body, heart and mind to flow creatively as a full “resonant” expression of life.
The practice is designed for all ages, male and female and adaptable to virtually any body / mind condition.
( This exercise outline is a guide for students who have already been formally introduced to the practice. )
Action Meditation Notes:
Breathe: in thru the nose, out thru the mouth. Breathe from the Tan Tien (the Chi life force well) that is located just below your belly button. Remember to breathe properly, synchronized to the movements as was demonstrated in class, with the tongue lightly pressed against the roof of the mouth.
Practice presence: Place attention on each exercise as they are being performed in the moment, aligning the breath, heart and mind with each movement. Keep the mind open (non judgmental / without opinion) and the heart relaxed and loving (true natural state) while being guided by the higher mind (intuition source) not the lower conditioned mind (ego).
The Complete alignment system: Each exercise and the specific order in which they are performed is designed to harmonize every aspect of the human system from head to toe. The techniques when done correctly, create body, heart, and mind alignment, releases resistance / tension blockages everywhere and activates the intuitive heart guidance system to experience living fully!
Experiencing the intuitive “higher mind” comes from consistent practice of the love & Truth meditation to create a gap between the witness (true self) and the mind. Trust the flow.
Upper Body Exercises
Formal bow.
Lower Body Exercises
Formal Bow.
Developing Flexibility in body and mind are key to experience the grace of a creative flow state. The class structure integrates special exercise challenges specifically designed to develop these aspects and upgrade the nervous system. This provides real world benefit for the student to utilize what they learned in class with stressful situations of daily life. When the Love and Truth practice is applied to life circumstances, any challenge can become transformed into an opportunity (personal evolution).
Follow Along Exercise Video
This video is accessible for students who have already been introduced to the practice.
It can be said that the most profound treasure a person truly seeks in life is the unique and limitless potential within. This has been described as a universal archetypal truth by cultures across the world since the beginning of recorded time as a “Heroic Journey”. It is called “heroic” because it requires sincerity and courage to go inward. This is why the Love and Truth practice utilizes heart centered, Shaolin inspired “peaceful warrior” training exercises in order to empower oneself to succeed on such a journey. These principles and practices are keys to unlocking the unique and infinite potential in every human being. – A loving expression of the true self.
I began practicing Shaolin Kung Fu at 18 years of age and had the profound fortune to be taught by an extraordinary master. With a deep commitment and beginner mind, I practiced with great reverence, these were the dynamics of the time and space. I would become an assistant teacher for the school and could see the beneficial consequences of the practice in every aspect of my life.
With an investigative mind that is always yearning to learn new things, I became a student of life. Always seeking, exploring new tools, modalities and wisdom practices from around the world. Ultimately, my goal was to find the way to live the dreams I could feel nestled deep within my heart. All my research, intuition and explorations always pointed me back to the Shaolin practice as a complete and effective system. So I used my life as an experiment, to see if this could bring the truth of who I am to reality.
After over 35 years of practice, “Love and Truth” is the distilled essence inspired by the Shaolin system. My life, my wife, my child, my material spaces and the career path I live are all clear manifested expressions of my heart, pristinely aligned to who I truly am. At my age, I require no medications and do not suffer any mental or physical ailments. I observe this as a consequence of applying the principles to my life and doing the daily 15 minute tune up practice.
Although I had trained students for years in the traditional Shaolin system, today I share the essential Love and Truth practice for those drawn to these principles who are seeking alignment and a balanced well-being.
“To experience creative flow and become a living expression of the true love within is the greatest treasure I am aware of.”
To learn more and find out the when and where the next live class is, please email the studio.
There are also live and virtual Zoom follow up adjustments available on the principles & Practice.
To book a speaking engagement focused on “Creative Flow, please refer to “TALKS”.