Absolute Essentials of Rumi Inspiration!
Hi Everyone,
I am really excited to share with you my latest inspiration: The Absolute Essentials of Rumi! Available from www.PPSsuccess.com I was inspired to create this offering while on vacation last year in Jamaica.
I’d like to share this little recording with you personally. To say Rumi touches my soul would be to use words to describe the indescribable. To me there is no greater medicine for the pains and the pangs and the prongs and prangs of religion than the voice of a true mystic—a prophet in every regard. To share my experience of Rumi is like undressing before the world. It’s as intimate of a private room as one can have. Yet, to the degree that one knows what love is, and has experienced that love, and does not open the doors and the windows to the private room, is to conceal the very medicine that heals all diseases and the ego itself.
To introduce this series of recordings in which I explore my experience of Rumi’s poetry, I share my knowledge and understanding of Rumi (as I know Rumi to be) from my own inner work and inner studies. This is a great blessing because it is my personal spiritual practice to listen to the voice of my soul; I take guidance from the guiding soul, which in Rumi’s language is called khijra. It is my intention to do my best to stay aligned with that part of me called khijra while sharing my experience of Rumi with you. The intention of which is my hope that with a sniff of the fragrance of Rumi you will want to drink from his well, which is the divine well.
Join me now as we crack and scramble eggs as we tame asses. In the safety of Rumi’s heart, you may let go. Totally let go of the ass of the ego self and become one again.
Enjoy with love!
Paul
Correspondence Course Update
Hi All,
Thanks for all your enthusiastic comments. As the date approaches for the release of the new Sci Back Training and Program Design, the CHEK Institute will be informing everyone of the revised offering. Our goal is to have the new programs available for sale during the third quarter of 2010, that means after September. I wish we could speed up the process, but it is a lot of work to take the raw footage and master it into a final product. I know you won’t be disappointed though, we (my faculty and I) did a great job! Stay tuned for updates!
PC
This weeks filming: Updating my Correspondence Courses
Thanks for your last comments related to my previous post: “Back At It!” I wanted to let you know that I’m working on a new version for Sci Back, where the previous focus was on muscular skeletal issues I’ve now updated the course to show how the back works as part of a living system with breakout subsections illustrating this.
I’m also updating Program Design with specific examples of programs that address various issues and why.
In the works to come: Sci Shoulder, Sci Neck, Sci Breathing, Sci Stretching – But, first things first!
Stay tuned for our launch dates!
Back at it!
It was really great to come home – I really love where I live in Vista! As usual, there is lots to do so I’ve been involved in strategy meetings with the CHEK Institute and I’m really glad to assume my leadership once again! Everyone on the CHEK Institute team wears multiple hats and works very hard to represent me and my teachings for which I am most grateful. This upcoming week I’ll be doing some filming for correspondence courses and my creativity is going nuts! I have so many ideas inside I feel like I could burst. Thank fully I’ve got a great team around me to help me execute these projects – so stay tuned!
Sucker Punch!!
Hi Everyone!
I heard from Bryan at TMuscle Mag today that my interview was up. Take a read and let me know what you think!
Freezing Cold in Stockholm
Well, I woke this morning and opened the curtains to see a mother playing with her children in the freezing cold and snow, as you see here.
I gave three workshops at the Gymnastics Institute here in Stockholm yesterday and all my classes were not only full, there were many in the mezzanine overlooking the gymnasium taking notes.
The Swedes genuinely loved my approach and we sold out of books. In fact, Sweden is the first country to have my book “How To Eat, Move, and Be Healthy” translated into their own language, thanks to Eleiko, our Swedish distributor. I am most grateful to Gunnilla and Lennart Blomberg, our Swedish Distributors and owners of Eleiko, and Andreas – marketing manager, who helped make my trip easy for me.
I am very sure this visit marks the beginning of a beautiful journey to becoming a CHEK Practitioner for many. I did an interview with Stockholm’s newspaper after my class and the reporter was somewhat amazed at how simple and logical my approach to health really is and was excited to publish my message so I look forward to sharing that with the Swedish People!
I’m in the taxi now, in route to the airport to begin the long journey home. I must pit-stop for the night in London because my only other options would have made the trip tortuously long, and to be honest, I enjoy traveling about as much as I would enjoy having my panty-line waxed! ha ha!!
Well, bye for now and hopefully it gives you a little comfort knowing there are a few hundred more people out there learning to eat, move and be healthy!
Love and chi,
Paul
Hello from Gothenborg, Sweden!
HI Everyone,
I just finished teaching a 1 day workshop to many of Sweden’s top
physios, trainers and CHEK Practitioners. Here you can see me with my
students.
After class we went for a walk to pump our bodies before the
5 hour drive to Stockholm where I give 3 presentations tomorrow at the
“Gym Days”, “Healthy and Sweaty” conference. Then, I will do an
interview with a famous Swedish TV fitness, dance and singing star by
the name of Blossom Tainton, who is also a Chek HLC 1 Practitioner.
Immediately after that, I go to the airport to fly to London, England
where I have to pit stop over night before flying home because we
couldn’t find any decent flight paths home.
Penny just got back from climbing Mt. Killimanjaro in Africa so it
will be 3 weeks since I’ve seen her. I miss my little buddy so I will
be excited to come home to her.
Well, bye for now. I will try and update you all as soon ad I can.
Love and chi,
Paul
A Cause Worthy of Support!
Hi All,
Paul Chek here. I suspect you are as proud and amazed with the Killi Team as I am! What an amazing statement of possibility and personal integrity Erica and Tara have made being the first handicapped females to summit the mountain!
We entered this project with hope that you would all be willing to support a mission that shows all the other handicapped people of the world that there is no need to accept their limitation as a limitation. Tara and Erica certainly could make excuses about why they couldn’t climb even a little mountain, let alone one of the biggest mountains in the world! The entire team have made significant contributions: Derek originated the idea of the charity event; Penny (my beautiful soul-mate) who aided immensely in organization, coaching and motivation; myself who provided hours of assessment and coaching to get everyone in shape; the amazing film crew who gave their services and were brave enough to take the challenge themselves to not only climb Killi, but to film the whole event; And all the sponsors and others that have made donations to help the event take place.
If there is any way you can help us with a donation, we and the challenged athletes foundation would be most grateful! We have amassed thousands of dollars in debt to make the event happen, even after we all gave what we could without putting ourselves at risk. Our dream is to use your support to help cover the costs of the trip and finish the documentary movie with the film crew so we can continue to share the dream of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual independence and freedom with people facing life altering challenges around the world.
We all entered into the project without any expectation of financial gain and with the hopes that the world would share the love with us so we can show everyone how to weave dreams and live them. If you agree with us and are willing to participate in sharing a message of hope and possibility for all people facing real challenges that often alter one’s hopes, we would be very grateful for your support.
This project is one in which we all participate in world-healing. This project is one in which missing legs and damaged spinal cords become opportunities for growth and development, which leads to sharing experiences of possibility with others. Though the team has summited and are on their way down now, we need your help to finish the documentary and get it out to people. As I’m sure you know, this kind of production is expensive, but the message is important.
We thank you from our hearts for sharing in a Hope-Offering for challenged souls all over the world! Thank you so much for clicking on this link and making any donation that leaves your heart warm.
Love and chi,
Paul Chek
Founder, C.H.E.K Institute
C.H.E.K Level 4 Advanced Training
Well, we have now completed C.H.E.K Level 4! I am very happy with my students. They all did a great job preparing themselves to be true Level 4 C.H.E.K Practioners. As the years have gone by since beginning the C.H.E.K Certification program in 1995, I have been able to share more and more of my truth as a clinical practitioner with my students. When I started the program, I actually used the acronym “C.H.E.K” to mean “Corrective, Holistic, Exercise, Kinesiology.” But, due to feedback from various sources, it was determined that the word “HOLISTIC” was too far outside the paradigm of those who would gain most from my teachings. Therefore, to avoid alienating potential students, it was determined that instead of “holistic”, we would use “High-performance”. While that seemed to be the medicine of the day, it went against my inner-voice, for in my reality as a therapist, coach, and teacher, living holistically is the foundation of all high-performance achievements, particularly if they are to be long-term. As the tide of social-thought or “consensual reality” changed over the past few years toward a more holistic or “integrative” approach, it became apparent that we should return to my original intention as the means of marketing the intention and offering of the C.H.E.K Institute.
Last year, I updated many of my certifications, providing a much more comprehensive base of understanding with regard to the holistic nature of human life and function. The result was that there were many who were uncomfortable with my changes and challenged me almost every step of the way. I stuck to the words of my inner-voice this time and I am happy to share with all of you that the mind-set and quality of my students relative to the mission I share has radically improved! I rarely ever find myself in long debates with students anymore who are trapped in their heads trying to defend ideas postulated by other (so-called) experts in related fields; an example is constantly debating the issues of hollowing vs. bracing, which is an unnecessary argument among those that understand enough of how the body functions in an integrated fashion to effectively interpret “study design.” Today, my students are more willing to explore the depth of a “living philosophy” and how a person’s mind-set or “ideology” is far more commonly the etiology of their physical, emotional, mental or spiritual pain than any form of mechanical aberration.
This year, we reviewed all previous training from CP 1- 3, including infant development. I taught my students many holistic, effective methods for finding the root cause (etiology) of people’s challenges. Some methods included in the 2010 C.H.E.K Level 4 Advanced Training were:
* Healing art, including mandala therapy and the effects of a healing oracle.
* Inquiry (motivational interviewing)
* The use of healing herbs as teas and vapors
* The use of healing instruments; we worked with rattles, drums, stones, crystals, the Latin percussion clave, and
* Voice; I showed them how to use their voice for both diagnostic assessment and as a medium of vibrational healing
* How to perform a smoke offering with an invocation
* How to access and utilize intuition and how to differentiate intuition from thought and imagination, which is critical in the healing arts
* How to assess the human body-mind through both physical neurological and subtle energy correlations.
* How the human mind is constructed and how to access each individual at the level their energy and mind-set allows healing to occur a
* Jane Higgins taught us how to use Non-Violent communication in al our personal and professional relationships (learn more about this extremely valuable method at www.nvc.org).
* How to use different methods of meditation and how to still the mind so deeper intuitive states can occur
* How to use my 1-2-3-4 system for formulating an assessment and treatment/coaching plan, and more!
My main thrust with my students this year was “SIMPLIFICATION”! My system requires, first and foremost, that the students have a healthy capacity for rational thought. Sadly, that criteria alone eliminates a large population of potential practitioners, largely due to the fact that our educational system is highly ineffective at teaching people how to think, be it rationally or creatively; the currently used educational model (excluding the Waldorf school system and possibly the Montessori system) merely teaches people to follow directions and do what someone else tells them, which denatures creativity or the ability to generate novel thought processes, which are essential to therapists since every patient presents with a problem as novel as their own finger prints!
By the end of our training together, my students could comfortably take pages and pages of data gathered in the assessment process and narrow their suggested action items down to no more than 4 action items. They were able to create “sacred listening space” both within themselves, and in the sphere of their clients as they completed their practical testing. They all seemed genuinely pleased to know that they could now streamline their assessment and coaching process. It was clear to tmy students as to just why I could not teach them the methods I teach in C.H.E.K Level 4 prior to becoming a Level 4 qualified student, for they now realize that in order to be an effective Practitioner you must be able to put your mind aside – empty the bone so to speak. I teach all my students that in order to have an effective mind we start with the foundation, or there is no rational basis by which intuitive inputs can be effectively interpreted. They shared how many healers they know of have intuitive access, yet don’t understand anatomy, physiology, psychology and all the necessary sciences of healing and often can easily misinterpret their impressions. If you intuit numbers by have no syntax for mathematics in your intellectual intelligences base, you may as well be looking at shapes and forms emerging from a kaleidoscope and trying to assign some form of significance, which usually entails “guessing”. When working with clients who are tired, stressed, and in pain, guessing is far different than “intuiting,” as they all learned.
Here you can see several photos of them working with volunteer clients during their testing period.
I am deeply proud of each and all their efforts – what a fantastic group – ALL 13 of them. They each have a unique skill-set and their own special way of approaching life and their clients. They each truly understand the importance of being a healthy individual, thinking for themselves, and living the C.H.E.K Principles as I’ve taught. My method of teaching is not merely reproductive (simply copying what others say or do), but rather is a mix of inductive, deductive and intuitive approaches.
I will close this post by once again saying “Thank You!” to all my 2010 C.H.E.K Level 4 students, and to their families. I also am grateful to the Volunteer clients who so graciously gave of their time to come and participate with my students with their “real life issues and challenges”, as well as Vidya and the CHEK Institute staff for all their supportive work to allow this event to take place. Vidya was instrumental in keeping all organized – she even made gluten free brownies for my students. I personally feel great reward knowing that there are now 13 more people in the world that have concluded the bulk of my teachings and can represent the C.H.E.K approach effectively, authentically.
Love and chi to you All!
Paul Chek
It’s Official – PPS Legacy in UK April
Hi Everyone,
I am totally excited to share PPS Lesson 1 – How to Find and Live Your Legacy in the UK during Easter Weekend! This course is foundational for all my work including CHEK programs and I am personally extending you an invitation to join me. I and the CHEK Institute are recommending the course for anyone who wants to continue through my Holistic Lifestyle Coaching Training – and would encourage any of you who have already taken HLC 2 or 3 to take this course with me. We have some really great offers if you if you want to sign up early. So, I’m available, willing and ready to give you the best of what I offer as I know it, and help you to Find and Live Your Legacy – April 2-4. I look forward to seeing you then.
Lots of Love,
Paul
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