Practitioner Group Live Online Instruction – Topics in Past Years
May 2018 Schedule
Mon-Fri April 30-May 5, FB Live presentations on preparatory exercises for qigong: self massage, fascial openers, mobility, shaking, and strengthening — viewable both live and archived in the FB group, to be archived to the website thereafter.
Mon-Fri May 7-11, FB Lives on simple 5 phase movements, doable with or without healing sounds, plus continued preparatory exercises
April 2018 Schedule
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 9am US EDT (UTC-4) on Zoom: introduction to qigong, neigong, and pranavidya
March 2018 Schedule
Sunday March 4th, 12noon EST (UTC-5) on Zoom: multiple useful applications of mantra samput and mantra permutations in the Ganapati/Vignesha Self Generation Sadhana, to be practiced in the FB group over FB Live starting Monday the 5th…
Daily starting Monday, March 5th, 1pm EST (UTC-5) on FB Live inside the group: Ganesha microsadhanas…
February 2018 Schedule
Sunday February 4th at 12noon US EST (UTC-5) on Zoom — Two topics: at noon, types and methods of connection and action in prayer, cross-culturally, and at 12:45pm, an overview of technique layering in microsadhanas…
Monday February 5 – Friday February 12: microsadhana stacking on FB Live (from inside the FB group)
On FB Live inside the FB group, over 2+ weeks: Progressive Sadhana – planking, nabhi bandha, and Hanuman Self-Generation with esoteric mantra
December 2017 Schedule
Wednesday, Dec 20th at 8pm US EST (UTC-5): Taoist and Wu practices for the Winter Solstice (Dec 20-22)… Empty Stillness, Darkness, Quiescence, & the origin of light
Sunday, Dec 31st at 10am US EST (UTC-5): Initiatory transformative tantric yoga practices for the new calendar year…
November 2017 Schedule
Sunday, November 19th, 8am-10am US EST (UTC-5): an integrated practice – physical, breath, energy sensory/emotional/intuitive, absorptive
October 2017 Schedule
Saturday, October 21st, 3pm US EDT: on gender, sexuality, and personal sovereignty in tantrism
Monday, October 23th, 12noon US EDT to 2pm US EDT: an integrated practice – physical, breath, energy sensory/emotional/intuitive, absorptive
September 2017 Schedule
Saturday, September 16th, 3pm US EDT: Asana Energetics in solo and sexual yoga: laya, nyasa, drishti, kriya and more in hatha, kriya, and maithuna/sambhoga yoga asana
Saturday, September 30th, 3pm US EDT: 3-part Mantric Prosperity and Generosity Practice
August 2017 Schedule:
Sunday, August 20th, 11:30am US EDT: On Mantra Japa and Mantra Laya
July 2017 Schedule:
Sunday July 16, 12noon US EDT (UTC-4): Charana applied in Mahamudra
Sunday July 23, at 11:30am US EDT (UTC-4): Kali MahaVidya MicroSadhanas (dark moon)
Sunday July 30, at 11:30am US EDT (UTC-4): on Karma Mudra (waxing quarter moon)
June 2017 Schedule:
Sunday June 4, 10:30am US EDT (UTC-4): The ins and outs of Samadhi – how to transition into and out of these states, and deepen them, more readily.
Sunday June 11, 10:30am US EDT (UTC-4): Shat Karma as a way to map the subtle experience of embodied awareness, and as a hatha yoga unto itself
May 2017 Schedule:
Sunday May 21, 10:30am US EDT (UTC-4): on principles of Mahamudra
April 2017 Schedule:
1) The Complete Breath
2) Niikura Ki Breathing Basics
3) Kali Sadhanas using Laya, HaTha, and Kriya yoga…
- Thursday April 6th at 6:00pm US EDT (UTC-4): Personal perspectives on Sadhanas, Tapas, and some general definitions…
- Tuesday April 11th at 6:00pm US EDT (UTC-4): The Yogic Complete Breath, More Kali Sadhanas
- Tuesday April 18th: at 6:00pm US EDT (UTC-4): Niikura Ki Breathing, More Kali Sadhanas
- Tuesday April 25th: at 6:00pm US EDT (UTC-4): More Kali Sadhanas
March 2017 Schedule:
(March Practices open for Tao’s Tantric Yoga and Qigong Practitioner Group only)
March Topics:
1) Amplifying Mantric remedies for Venus (Shukra) retrograde using pranayama and kriya
2) Vyayam (breath-coordinated yogic exercise) sets to improve physical and subtle body integrity and vitality
3) Kali Sadhanas using Laya, HaTha, and Kriya yoga…
- Introduction: Wednesday March 8th at 6:30pm US Eastern (UTC-5)
- Thursday March 9th at 6:00pm US Eastern (UTC-5): Venus (and Mars) Mantra Japa
- Friday March 10th at 6:00pm US Eastern (UTC-5): pranayama and kriya practices to amplify the planetary mantras
- Monday-Friday March 13th-17th at noon US Eastern Daylight (UTC-4): Vyayam
- Tuesday March 28, Thursday March 30, 6pm US Eastern Daylight (UTC-4): Kali Sadhana
Live online instruction in Tantric Yoga (Hatha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Laya Yoga, Raja Yoga, Maithuna, and more) and Alchemical Qigong for Tao Semko’s Tantric Yoga and Alchemical Qigong practitioner’s group