5 Tibetan Rites: Classes begin May 20th at Jai Shanti Yoga

[Charley]

5 Tibetan Rites - "The Fountain of Youth"

The lamas describe seven spinning, "psychic vortexes" within the body (commonly called chakras): two of these vortexes are located in the brain, one at the base of the throat, one on the right side of the body in the vicinity of the liver, one in the reproductive anatomy, and one in each knee. As we grow older, the spin rate of the vortexes diminishes, resulting in "ill-health". However, the spin rate of these vortexes can be restored by performing the Five Rites daily, resulting in improved health.

In 1980, at the age of 9, Charley began martial-arts training. He trained in Kung fu (White Dragon Style) with many of the styles masters and went on to manage a branch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The White-Dragon style incorporates soft and hard animal styles of Kung-Fu and contains elements of tai chi, and wushu.

Advanced students were required to build bone density by striking steel and wooden dummies. Da sum sing was a common practice where students would strike each other's forearms until the other gave up. Charley was one of the most feared opponents in this exercise because of the amount of training hours he put into his Kung-Fu.
Charley Mac - Tibetan 5 Rites

In 1992, Charley decided to take a break from teaching by moving to Atlanta and trying something totally different.



"My first experience in music happened when I met Dallas Austin (producer of Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Pink, TLC, etc.) after being recruited at a local Atlanta party. Dallas introduced me to Kevin Wales (producer of 112, ABC, TLC). After two years of learning from the camp, I attended Full Sail for the Recording Arts to further my studies. I was drawn to Hollywood because I had always heard stories of how the grandmaster of the style was a bodyguard to Elvis, Prince, Michael Jackson, Billy Idol and other high-profile clients, in addition to the fact that I always DJ'd, danced and was into writing even in grade school."

All the while, Charley remained an avid practioner of the martial arts and yoga, practicing mostly in solitary. Meditating for hours and dreaming of one day teaching again, he imagined developing his own sequence of yoga, inspired by b-boying and various yoga poses. After studying Bikram Yoga, he was introduced to The 5 Tibetan Rites by a spiritual friend and has incorporated it into his daily practice.


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