I feel remarkably positive after completing this year's weeklong.  I feel a surprising increase in strength, especially noticable during day to day activities.  Mentally I feel very calm and focused.  Through the meditation practice I have found a much deeper connection to nature and the life that surrounds me.  Everything feels much more solid, much more connected.  The day to day stresses and anxieties of life have had the volume turned down, and I am looking forward to the challenges of life and helping others with a renewed vigor. Ben Z. 4th Degree Black Belt Head Instructor

I have just returned from my second weeklong and the results I feel are nothing short of remarkable.   During the months leading up to the weeklong I had been keeping a very crazy schedule with long hours and a considerable amount of stress. 

  One week later I have come away from the weeklong entirely reenergized, refocused and very optimistic.  My body feels stronger than it has in years and I am thinking much more clearly.  The perfect combination of the mountain environment, the carefully selected movements, the sequence of the instruction, the enthusiasm and dedication of the higher belts and the community feeling all contributed to an amazing experience that is better than any vacation I have ever taken. 

As a student I attended my first weeklong and received a great deal of benefit and I was excited by everything I had learned.  I am now an Instructor and I have recognized that I have the capacity to learn movements more quickly and to internalize them more thoroughly then I did when I was a student.  I cannot adequately explain the difference I feel internally and externally but I am very thankful to Grandmaster and the teaching team for sharing this important information with students and instructors.  Practice just keeps getting better...and I look forward to attending the weeklong next year and every year.  It's something I simply cannot afford to miss. Jeff S. 2nd degree Instructor Wakefield MA

On Wednesday, my last day, I experienced an internal explosion of renewed energy and peace. My initial fears were totally unfounded. It was time for me to leave and I wanted to stay for the entire week!

It is truly an invigorating and rejuvenating experience and Im looking forward to an entire week next time!

Gary M.
1^st Degree
58 years

The 2010 weeklong seminar was the best I have attended so far.   I came to the weeklong in need of change, and I found it there.  The mutual support of all of the instructors and students created a strong feeling of community, which was an important part of the whole experience; but it was the movement that really changed me. 

However, when I got home, things were quite different.  On my first practice on Monday, I found that I could reach down and touch my toes two inches further than I could before the weeklong.  This is a huge deal for me because front-to-back flexibility has always been a challenge for me.  I can now touch my thumbs to the floor before practice, and after practice when I sit and stretch (with my legs together) I can grab my heels and bring my face completely into my knees.  The other major change is that my head is now like a clear dome, and I can instantly clear negative (and all thoughts, if necessary) from it.  I have had times in my practice in the past where my mind was very clear and focused, but I have not experienced such a dramatic shift from normal to super-clear before. 

I am very grateful to Grandmaster and to all of the instructors who have been passing moo doe in this country.  This is the kind of development I have been looking for for myself and it is exactly the kind of thing I want to pass to others.  Without those who have come before me, my opportunity would not exist.  Thank you.

Inst. Justin

2^nd Degree

It was a wonderful experience to come to the weeklong seminar and meet instructors and students from the different schools. The international Team taught us many different movements and took great care to work with each of us individually. I feel renewed, and am ready to use what I have learned.

Sally M. 1st Degree 66 Veterinarian

The 2010 weeklong was both a physically and mentally challenging week. I learned I was capble of so much more than I thought possible and I was able to see aspects of myself reflected in the mirror of the movement. Higher belts helped me to recognize and internalize those mental lessons through their careful guidance and direction. I look forward to practicing and internalizing the physical, mental and spiritual lessons of this weeklong.

Thomas G.

2^nd Degree

46

Software Engineer

It was a wonderful experience and I felt very special with the attention I received.

I gained knowledge and new friends.

Rubina A. S.

1^st Degree

59

Administrative Assistant

My first weeklong seminar was when I was Third section. Ive been going to every weeklong since then. I always wanted to go for 2 weeks. I was finally able to do that this trip. I have had a great experience and I was able absorb the sequences.

Yuliya H.

2^nd Degree

45

Massage Therapist