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How To Train According To Experts
How to Train according to experts? Doing something consistently week after week is far superior to inactivity.
This comprehensive resource, informed by expert discussions on the FoundMyFitness podcast with host Dr. Rhonda Patrick, compiles cutting-edge research and practical advice to help you build strength, increase muscle mass, and improve endurance.
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• Proven protocols for strength and muscle building
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This guide at HowToTrainGuide.com is the definitive playbook on how to get stronger, build muscle, and take your fitness to the next level. Go to Dr. Patrick’s site and download the PDF file (no cost).
What is…
I have been told that since I am from Mars and worked in Silicon Valley as an engineer that I must have rational scientific explanations for everything.
Yes and…as a yogi there is much that transcends modern/western explanations.
This YouTube video speaks to many of the “not scientifically proven” ideas that I have lived with as a yogi and martial artist (the esoteric principles).
Evidence That Your Mind is NOT Just In Your Brain – Rupert Sheldrake
In this episode Rupert Sheldrake, biologist and author, debunks the standard view that the mind is nothing but brain activity and argues that our mind is extended in every act of visual perception.
Rupert has designed an app to enable you to test your sensitivity to being looked at from behind, and to find out if you can improve with practice. The test takes just a few minutes to complete. https://www.sheldrake.org/participate . If you find you or your partner can indeed improve with practice, scoring repeatedly and fairly reliably above 75%, please let them know by email at sheldrake@sheldrake.org For more information about Rupert Sheldrake’s research, visit https://www.sheldrake.org/
This talk was part of the 2023 Holberg Debate at the University of Bergen with the neuroscientist Anil Seth and the anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann. The full debate can be seen here: • Does Consciousness Extend Beyond Brai…
Ponder these ideas, then let’s talk about “What is…”.
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McAuley Meadows Tai Chi
When: Thursday mornings from 8:00 AM till 9:00 AM in the community room just beyond the front doors.
Location: McAuley Meadows Apartments – come to glass front door. Knock if someone isn’t there to let you in.
Address: 585 Sacramento St., Auburn 95603
(corner of Auburn Folsom Road & Sacramento Street)
Parking: You may park anywhere to the right of the building in spots not other wise designated (i.e., staff only, office or fire department).
Cost: Fee to all who attend.
Library Closure
Auburn Library is closing January 2025 for approximately 18 months for multi-million-dollar updates and safety renovations; we (Auburn Free Tai Chi) will be welcomed back for Auburn Library T’ai Chi upon completion sometime in 2026!
For complete information, visit www.placer.ca.gov/library, then click “About” then “Building Forward Auburn” for updates!
In the meantime, here is our schedule:
Our last day at Auburn Library will be Tue. Dec. 31 at 8 AM
On Thurs. Jan. 2 and Fri. Jan. 3 we will be at Railhead Park, covered picnic area, Pacific Ave., Auburn 95603
Beginning Tue. Jan. 7, we will be at this free location EVERY TUESDAY AT 8 AM:
McAuley Meadows Apartments – come to glass front door and we will let you in. You can park anywhere (large lot) that is not designated staff only.
585 Sacramento St (corner of Auburn Folsom Rd. & Sacramento St – it’s a 3-story building)
Auburn 95603
And we will be at Railhead Park every Thurs. & Fri. At 8 AM.
Of course you can browse the entire collection online and download many materials of all kinds. If you want to browse a physical library collection, I recommend Rocklin Library, 4890 Granite Dr., Rocklin (near I-80 & Rocklin Rd)
To attend another weekly indoor session every Monday:
Auburn Senior Center
11960 Heritage Oak Pl, Ste 15
Auburn 95603
530-823-8172
This session is led by our own Jaya! It’s a lovely group. You need to have a membership in the Senior Center and pay individually for each class.
Railhead Park Tai Chi
The Auburn Free T’ai Chi began meeting outside as result of the COVID-19 closure of public facilities, our beloved Placer County Library.
After trying a few places in Recreation Park we moved over to Railhead Park into the covered picnic area, in front of the pond. When the library reopened after COVID closure we continued to meeting on Friday morning at this lively location.
Today we meet here on Thursday and Friday morning, 8 AM. It is expected to be our venue in the forceable future, at least until summer 2025.
Railhead Park, 175 Pacific Ave., Auburn, California
Public restrooms and water fountain is provided at the park.
Sessions run from 8:00 to 9:00 AM. Since we are not time boxed at this facility please come with questions for the instructors after class.
Dress for the weather. Gloves/mittens are advisable during the winter months. The picnic area provide a cover to protect us from rain and sun.
This is a nice place to leave your car and go for a walk in the woods after Tai Chi (as it is in the vicinity of Overlook Park and the Auburn State Park).
Auburn Senior Center Tai Chi
Tai chi is a gentle, low-impact form of exercise in which practitioners perform a series of deliberate, flowing motions while focusing on deep, slow breaths.
When: Mondays 9:15 am – 10:15 am
Where: Dance Hall, Auburn Senior Center
11960 Heritage Oak Pl., Ste #15, Auburn, CA 95603
Contact: (530) 823-8172 seniorcenterauburn@att.net
Cost: Membership in the Auburn Senior Center is required.
First class is complimentary, subsequent class are $7 each.
White Dragon Short Form Video
Filmed on Saturday July 13, 2024 at our T’ai Chi location in Railhead Park, Auburn California.
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