Cultivations by Context. An on-going monthly class taking place on the first Monday of every month 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT 



Each monthly session will start with naming a type of practice and then doing either a simple guided practice or an exemplification, followed by useful and not-so useful contexts for that kind of practice and why, and a discussion of the mechanics of the practice in terms of physiology, psychology, metaphysics, historical use, & recent relevant studies, 

 

Examples of cultivations  Tao will cover 

  • mindfulness (interoceptive vs exteroceptive)
  •  box breathing
  • physiological sighing
  • neuromuscular vagal releases
  • nei gong
  • vinyasa
  • yin yoga
  • kundalini
  • tranquil abiding
  • progressive relaxation
  • autohypnosis
  • breath meditation
  • self-massage
  • transcendental meditation
  • internal alchemy
  • AND MANY MORE


 In an age when metaphysical buzzwords are hyped as cure-alls, this class aims to playfully help folks experientially understand when, where, and why to do any particular type of practice.

 

What You Get with Your Enrollment

  • Live 1 hour cultivation session on first Monday of the month at 6:30 pm EDT

  • Access to recording for 30 days. (until the next live session)

  • Access to the Cultivations by Tao community board

Instructor

Tao Semko

Tao has taught tantric yogas and alchemical and contemplative qigong for more than two decades, being an authority on traditional hindu tantric hatha, kriya, laya, raja, and mahavidya yogas, taoist alchemical qigong, vajrayana/mantrayana, mahamudra, the kundalini practices of the late Dr. Glenn J. Morris, and various forms of energetic and consciousness-based healing. Tao is an expert in kundalini vidya and prana vidya, samyama and laya practices, and various non-dual liberation practices, and is extremely skilled in recognizing where a practitioner is in her/his kundalini process, providing guidance in its cultivation and integration, and in perceiving and providing assistance in alleviating root and subsequent causes of kundalini syndrome. He is also skilled in perceiving and working with limiting belief systems, traumas, and more at the causal/mental/emotional level. After founding Smashan Press and co-founding UmaaTantra.com in 1999, he has provided empowerment, explanation, and transmission of both traditional practices and modern syntheses, both in person, via recorded media, and using modern multimedia internet communications, to wonderful students in over 50 countries, on every continent except Antarctica. His teachers include the late Dr. Glenn J. Morris, H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, the late Khempo Yurmed Tinly Rinpoche, Santiago Dobles, Dinu Roman, Sifu Francis Fong, Raven Cohan, Pak Harold Koning, Sifu Dan Ferrera, Daniel Atchison-Nevel, London Brown, and numerous other teachers, both wondrous and notorious. Prior to his subsequent esoteric studies, Tao Semko graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami where he attended on both a National Merit Scholarship and an Isaac Bashevis Singer full academic scholarship, gaining simultaneous admission to the undergraduate and PhD programs in Marine Science, and graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science with majors in pre-med biology and marine science, and a minor in chemistry, and numerous grad school credits. He followed his heart and left his graduate program with honors to pursue a more personal and universal vision of “careering”.

Monthly Tuition