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Graham Whitley · The other half

How I practice.

Reiki TummoOpen HeartMaster YogaNatural WalkingHumbleness

Alongside everything on the other page, there's been one steady thread: a heart-based practice I started in Asheville in 2008 and never put down.

Classes, retreats, a lot of walking, a lot of sitting quietly. Almost all of it with Natural Way of Living, most of it taught by Irmansyah Effendi.

This is that record, straight from the class history.

  1. 01 Beginning
  2. 02 Returning
  3. 03 Walking
  4. 04 Staying
  5. 05 Widening
Mastering Reiki Tummo · Nov 2008 · —Inner Heart · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCSpiritual Retreat · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 1 · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-1 · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 3 · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-2 · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 4 · Mar 2009 · Asheville, NCReiki Tummo 3A · Mar 2010 · Asheville, NCMeditation · Mar 2010 · Asheville, NCMeditation · Jul 2010 · Asheville, NCKundalini · Jul 2010 · Asheville, NCReiki Tummo 3A · Jul 2010 · Asheville, NCSpiritual Retreat · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAPreparation Master Yoga 1 · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAInner Heart · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAMaster Yoga 1-1 · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAMaster Yoga 1-2 · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAMaster Yoga 1-3 · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAMaster Yoga 1-4 · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAMastering Reiki Tummo · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CASpecial Retreat · Sep 2010 · Fullerton, CAKundalini · Apr 2011 · Raleigh / Charlotte, NCInner Heart · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCSpiritual Retreat · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 1 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-1 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-2 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-3 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-4 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 5 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 6 · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo ++ · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCPreparation True Self Retreat · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCTrue Self Retreat · Jun 2011 · Asheville, NCReiki Tummo 1 · Nov 2011 · Asheville, NCReiki Tummo 2 · Nov 2011 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 1 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-1 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-2 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-3 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-4 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo ++ · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-5 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-1 · Sep 2012 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo ++ · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-5 · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCTrue Self Retreat · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCPreparation True Self Retreat · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCInner Heart · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 1 · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-1 · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-3 · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCSpiritual Retreat · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-4 · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-2 · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo · Sep 2013 · Asheville, NCReiki Tummo 3A · Oct 2013 · Asheville, NCSecrets of Natural Walking 1 · May 2014 · Asheville, NCMeditation · May 2014 · Asheville, NCMastering the Basics of Natural Walking · May 2014 · Los Angeles, CASecrets of Natural Walking 1 · Nov 2014 · Asheville, NCMastering the Basics of Natural Walking · Nov 2014 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 2 · Nov 2014 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-1 · Nov 2014 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-2 · Nov 2014 · Asheville, NCReiki Tummo 2 · Mar 2015 · Emerald Isle, NCOpen Heart 5 · Jul 2015 · Marshall, NCOpen Heart 6 · Jul 2015 · Marshall, NCSecrets of Natural Walking 2 · Oct 2015 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo ++ · Oct 2015 · Asheville, NCPreparation True Self Retreat · Oct 2015 · Asheville, NCTrue Self Retreat · Oct 2015 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-5 · Nov 2015 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 1-5 · May 2016 · Los Angeles, CASecrets of Abundant Wealth & Happiness · May 2016 · Los Angeles, CAPreparation Master Yoga 2 · May 2016 · Los Angeles, CAMaster Yoga 2-1 · May 2016 · Los Angeles, CAOpen Heart 3 · Jun 2016 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 4 · Jun 2016 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 5 · Jul 2016 · Asheville, NCOpen Heart 6 · Jul 2016 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 2 · Oct 2016 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-1 · Oct 2016 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-2 · Oct 2016 · Asheville, NCSpiritual Retreat · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CAMaster Yoga 1-1 · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CAMaster Yoga 1-2 · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CAMaster Yoga 1-3 · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CAMaster Yoga 1-4 · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CAMastering Reiki Tummo · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CAHeart & Health with SONW · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CASecrets of Human Health 1 · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CASecrets of Human Health 2 · May 2017 · Los Angeles, CASecrets of Natural Walking 2 · May 2017 · Fullerton, CASecrets of Natural Walking 3 · May 2017 · Fullerton, CADancing Secrets of Natural Walking · May 2017 · Fullerton, CADancing Secrets of Natural Walking · Oct 2017 · Black Mountain, NCPreparation Master Yoga 2 Advance · Oct 2017 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-2 · Oct 2017 · Asheville, NCMaster Yoga 2-3 · Oct 2017 · Asheville, NCMastering Reiki Tummo ++ · Aug 2018 · Los Angeles, CAPreparation True Self Retreat · Aug 2018 · Los Angeles, CATrue Self Retreat · Aug 2018 · Los Angeles, CAMaster Yoga 1-5 · Aug 2018 · Los Angeles, CASecrets of Abundant Wealth & Happiness · Sep 2018 · Los Angeles, CAIntroduction to Interacting with Others · Sep 2018 · Los Angeles, CAReiki Tummo 2 · Oct 2018 · Houston, TXMastering the Basics of Natural Walking · May 2019 · Anaheim, CASecrets of Natural Walking 2 · May 2019 · Anaheim, CADancing Secrets of Natural Walking · Jun 2019 · Anaheim, CASecrets of Natural Walking 3 · Jun 2019 · Anaheim, CASecret of Operating Human Body · Jun 2019 · Anaheim, CAPreparation Master Yoga 2 Advance · Oct 2019 · Asheville, NCDancing Secrets of Natural Walking · Oct 2019 · Black Mountain, NCMaster Yoga 2-3 · Oct 2019 · Asheville, NCPreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Oct 2019 · Asheville, NCOpening, Directing, Looking and Berserah to True Source More Completely · Apr 2020 · OnlineMore Complete Penyerahan to True Source · Apr 2020 · OnlinePreparation True Self Retreat · Apr 2020 · OnlineTrue Self Retreat · Apr 2020 · OnlineMaster Yoga 1-5 · Apr 2020 · OnlineCore Understandings of SONW · May 2020 · OnlineSecrets of Natural Walking 3 · May 2020 · OnlineGrateful · May 2020 · OnlineHarmony Point · May 2020 · OnlineSecret of Natural Healing 1 · Jun 2020 · OnlineSecret of Natural Healing 2 · Jun 2020 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 · Jun 2020 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-1 · Jun 2020 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-2 · Jun 2020 · OnlineMasterClass · Aug 2020 · OnlineSecret of Natural Healing 3 · Aug 2020 · OnlineSecret of Natural Healing 4 · Aug 2020 · OnlineMaster Yoga 1-5 · Sep 2020 · OnlineIntroduction to Interacting with Others · Sep 2020 · OnlineFeng Shui with the Heart 1 · Nov 2020 · OnlineFeng Shui with the Heart 2 · Nov 2020 · OnlineHarmony Point · Nov 2020 · OnlineMY Joyful Regression · Nov 2020 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 · Nov 2020 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-1 · Dec 2020 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-2 · Dec 2020 · OnlineNatural Workout · Dec 2020 · OnlineMasterClass · Mar 2021 · OnlineFeng Shui with the Heart 1 · May 2021 · OnlineFeng Shui with the Heart 2 · May 2021 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 · May 2021 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-1 · May 2021 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-2 · Jun 2021 · OnlineHappy and Healthy at Work 1 · Sep 2021 · OnlineHappy and Healthy at Work 2 · Sep 2021 · OnlineMY Joyful Regression · Nov 2021 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 · Nov 2021 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-1 · Nov 2021 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-2 · Nov 2021 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-3 · Dec 2021 · OnlineHarmony Point · Feb 2022 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 · May 2022 · OnlineOpen Heart 3 · Jun 2022 · OnlineOpen Heart 4 · Jun 2022 · OnlineOpen Heart 5 · Jul 2022 · OnlineOpen Heart 6 · Jul 2022 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 Advance · Jul 2022 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-3 · Aug 2022 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Aug 2022 · OnlineNatural Workout · Oct 2022 · OnlineMY Joyful Regression · Oct 2022 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 · Dec 2022 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-1 · Dec 2022 · OnlineOpen Heart Mindfulness 1 · Feb 2023 · OnlineOpen Heart Mindfulness 2 · Feb 2023 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2 Advance · May 2023 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-3 · May 2023 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · May 2023 · OnlineMastering Reiki Tummo ++ · Aug 2023 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 2-1 · Sep 2023 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-2 · Sep 2023 · OnlineOpen Heart 5 · Oct 2023 · Hamburg, GermanyOpen Heart 6 · Oct 2023 · Hamburg, GermanySecret of Natural Eating · Oct 2023 · Hamburg, GermanySecret of Natural Breathing · Oct 2023 · Hamburg, GermanySecret of Natural Eating · Oct 2023 · Black Mountain, NCSecret of Natural Breathing · Oct 2023 · Black Mountain, NCMY Joyful Regression · Oct 2023 · OnlineGrateful · Nov 2023 · Black Mountain, NCMaster Yoga 2-3 · Nov 2023 · Black Mountain, NCPreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Nov 2023 · Black Mountain, NCBridging Course · Jan 2024 · OnlineAt Peace with Yourself 1 · May 2024 · Anaheim, CAAt Peace with Yourself 2 · May 2024 · Anaheim, CASecrets of Awakening the Spirit and Whole Being (Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit and beyond) 1 · May 2024 · Anaheim, CASecrets of Awakening the Spirit and Whole Being (Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit and beyond) 2 · Jun 2024 · Anaheim, CAAt Peace with Yourself 1 · Oct 2024 · Hamburg, GermanyAt Peace with Yourself 2 · Oct 2024 · Hamburg, GermanySecrets of Awakening the Spirit and Whole Being (Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit and beyond) 1 · Oct 2024 · Hamburg, GermanyAt Peace with Yourself 1 · Oct 2024 · Charlotte, NCAt Peace with Yourself 2 · Oct 2024 · Charlotte, NCMY Joyful Regression · Oct 2024 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-3 · Oct 2024 · Charlotte, NCPreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Nov 2024 · Charlotte, NCReiki Tummo 3A · Nov 2024 · OnlineMeditation · Nov 2024 · OnlineKundalini · Nov 2024 · OnlineOpen Heart 1 · Jan 2025 · OnlineOpen Heart 2 · Jan 2025 · OnlineReiki Tummo 1 · Jan 2025 · OnlineReiki Tummo 2 · Jan 2025 · OnlineReiki Tummo 1 · Feb 2025 · OnlineReiki Tummo 2 · Feb 2025 · OnlineReiki Tummo 3A · Mar 2025 · OnlineMeditation · Mar 2025 · OnlineKundalini · Mar 2025 · OnlineOpen Heart 3 · Mar 2025 · OnlineOpen Heart 4 · Mar 2025 · OnlineKeys to Accept Anugerah from True Source · May 2025 · Anaheim, CAPreparation Master Yoga 2 Fundamental · May 2025 · Anaheim, CAMaster Yoga 2-1 · Jun 2025 · Anaheim, CAMaster Yoga 2-2 · Jun 2025 · Anaheim, CAMaster Yoga 2-2 · Jul 2025 · OnlineBridging Course 2025 · Jul 2025 · OnlineMaster Yoga 2-3 · Aug 2025 · OnlineReiki Tummo 2 · Aug 2025 · OnlineMY Joyful Regression · Aug 2025 · OnlinePreparation True Self Retreat · Sep 2025 · OnlineRegression Master Yoga 3 · Sep 2025 · OnlineTrue Self Retreat · Sep 2025 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Oct 2025 · Charlotte, NCMaster Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Oct 2025 · Charlotte, NCPreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage) · Nov 2025 · Charlotte, NCMaster Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage) · Nov 2025 · Charlotte, NCSayang Dance · Jan 2026 · OnlineLetting Go & Not Doing Anything with New Era Relaxing Aromatherapy · Jan 2026 · OnlineHumbleness Level 1 · Jan 2026 · Melbourne, AustraliaHumbleness Level 2 · Feb 2026 · Melbourne, AustraliaSayang Dance Intermediate · Feb 2026 · Melbourne, AustraliaSecrets of Natural Walking 4 · Feb 2026 · Melbourne, AustraliaPreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Mar 2026 · OnlineRegression Master Yoga 3 · Mar 2026 · OnlineHumbleness Level 1 · Mar 2026 · Jakarta, IndonesiaHumbleness Level 2 · Mar 2026 · Jakarta, IndonesiaLetting Go & Not Doing Anything with New Era Relaxing Aromatherapy · Mar 2026 · Jakarta, IndonesiaMaster Yoga 3-1 (First Stage) · Apr 2026 · Jakarta, IndonesiaPreparation Master Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage) · Apr 2026 · Jakarta, IndonesiaMaster Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage) · Apr 2026 · Jakarta, IndonesiaHumbleness Level 1 · May 2026 · Anaheim, CAHumbleness Level 2 · May 2026 · Anaheim, CASayang Dance · May 2026 · Anaheim, CASayang Dance Intermediate · May 2026 · Anaheim, CALetting Go & Not Doing Anything with New Era Relaxing Aromatherapy · May 2026 · Anaheim, CASecrets of Natural Walking 4 · Jun 2026 · Anaheim, CAHeart learning from True Source Essence Level 1 · Jun 2026 · Anaheim, CASoul Learning from True Source Essence Level 1 · Jun 2026 · Anaheim, CAMind & Body Learning from True Source Essence Level 1 · Jun 2026 · Anaheim, CASecrets of Natural Walking 4 · Jul 2026 · Los Angeles, CAMY Joyful Regression · Sep 2026 · OnlinePreparation Master Yoga 1 · Sep 2026 · OnlineSpiritual Retreat · Sep 2026 · OnlineMaster Yoga 1-1 · Sep 2026 · OnlineMaster Yoga 1-3 · Sep 2026 · OnlineMaster Yoga 1-4 · Sep 2026 · OnlineShing Chi 12 · Sep 2026 · Online20082026
Plate 02 · nineteen rings, one dot per class
264classes on record
19years, 2008 to now
84different courses
12cities, four countries
97joined online
2026the fullest year so far

Chapter 01

Beginning.

Reiki Tummo, Open Heart, and the first retreats

2008 – 2011 · Asheville

It started with one class in November 2008.

By the next spring I was at a full retreat in Asheville: Inner Heart, Open Heart, and the first levels of Master Yoga. I was a student at UNC Asheville then, so the practice grew up right alongside the music and, a little later, the refereeing.

In 2010 I went to California for it for the first time, to a retreat in Fullerton. By the end of 2011 I'd been through the True Self Retreat and the full Reiki Tummo series.

Asheville, NCFullerton, CARaleigh / Charlotte, NC

Every class, 2008–201138 classes+
Nov 2008Location not recorded1 class+
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo
Mar 2009Asheville, NC7 classes+
  • Inner Heart
  • Spiritual Retreat
  • Preparation Master Yoga 1
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Open Heart 3
  • Master Yoga 1-2
  • Open Heart 4
Mar 2010Asheville, NC2 classes+
  • Reiki Tummo 3A
  • Meditation
Jul 2010Asheville, NC3 classes+
  • Meditation
  • Kundalini
  • Reiki Tummo 3A
Sep 2010Fullerton, CA9 classes+
  • Spiritual Retreat
  • Preparation Master Yoga 1
  • Inner Heart
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Master Yoga 1-2
  • Master Yoga 1-3
  • Master Yoga 1-4
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo
  • Special Retreat
Apr 2011Raleigh / Charlotte, NC1 class+
  • Kundalini
Jun 2011Asheville, NC13 classes+
  • Inner Heart
  • Spiritual Retreat
  • Preparation Master Yoga 1
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Master Yoga 1-2
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo
  • Master Yoga 1-3
  • Master Yoga 1-4
  • Open Heart 5
  • Open Heart 6
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo ++
  • Preparation True Self Retreat
  • True Self Retreat
Nov 2011Asheville, NC2 classes+
  • Reiki Tummo 1
  • Reiki Tummo 2
20081
20097
201014
201116
Fig. 01 — one mark per class; hollow marks were online.
20129
201313
20148
20158
201611
Fig. 02 — one mark per class; hollow marks were online.

Chapter 02

Returning.

Every fall in Asheville

2012 – 2016

From 2012 on, the year had a fixed point.

Every fall there was a retreat in Asheville, and I went back for it in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, usually a week or more of Master Yoga at a time. Master Yoga 2 began in 2012. Natural Walking began in 2014.

In between there were smaller classes in Marshall, Emerald Isle and Los Angeles. These are the same years as the wilderness work and the refereeing on the other page; the practice ran underneath all of it.

Asheville, NCLos Angeles, CAEmerald Isle, NCMarshall, NC

Every class, 2012–201649 classes+
Sep 2012Asheville, NC9 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 1
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Master Yoga 1-2
  • Master Yoga 1-3
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo
  • Master Yoga 1-4
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo ++
  • Master Yoga 1-5
  • Master Yoga 2-1
Sep 2013Asheville, NC12 classes+
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo ++
  • Master Yoga 1-5
  • True Self Retreat
  • Preparation True Self Retreat
  • Inner Heart
  • Preparation Master Yoga 1
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Master Yoga 1-3
  • Spiritual Retreat
  • Master Yoga 1-4
  • Master Yoga 1-2
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo
Oct 2013Asheville, NC1 class+
  • Reiki Tummo 3A
May 2014Asheville, NC2 classes+
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 1
  • Meditation
May 2014Los Angeles, CA1 class+
  • Mastering the Basics of Natural Walking
Nov 2014Asheville, NC5 classes+
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 1
  • Mastering the Basics of Natural Walking
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2
Mar 2015Emerald Isle, NC1 class+
  • Reiki Tummo 2
Jul 2015Marshall, NC2 classes+
  • Open Heart 5
  • Open Heart 6
Oct 2015Asheville, NC4 classes+
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 2
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo ++
  • Preparation True Self Retreat
  • True Self Retreat
Nov 2015Asheville, NC1 class+
  • Master Yoga 1-5
May 2016Los Angeles, CA4 classes+
  • Master Yoga 1-5
  • Secrets of Abundant Wealth & Happiness
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1
Jun 2016Asheville, NC2 classes+
  • Open Heart 3
  • Open Heart 4
Jul 2016Asheville, NC2 classes+
  • Open Heart 5
  • Open Heart 6
Oct 2016Asheville, NC3 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2

Chapter 03

Walking.

Natural Walking, health, and the road west

2017 – 2019

Natural Walking took up more of the practice.

Levels 2 and 3, the dancing course, and the health classes that go with them, in Los Angeles and Fullerton in 2017 and then Anaheim in 2019. October brought me to the Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, more than once.

In 2018 the practice moved with me: a True Self Retreat in Los Angeles, Reiki Tummo in Houston. In 2019 I started preparing for Master Yoga 3.

Los Angeles, CAFullerton, CABlack Mountain, NCAsheville, NCHouston, TXAnaheim, CA

Every class, 2017–201932 classes+
May 2017Los Angeles, CA9 classes+
  • Spiritual Retreat
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Master Yoga 1-2
  • Master Yoga 1-3
  • Master Yoga 1-4
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo
  • Heart & Health with SONW
  • Secrets of Human Health 1
  • Secrets of Human Health 2
May 2017Fullerton, CA3 classes+
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 2
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 3
  • Dancing Secrets of Natural Walking
Oct 2017Black Mountain, NC1 class+
  • Dancing Secrets of Natural Walking
Oct 2017Asheville, NC3 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2 Advance
  • Master Yoga 2-2
  • Master Yoga 2-3
Aug 2018Los Angeles, CA4 classes+
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo ++
  • Preparation True Self Retreat
  • True Self Retreat
  • Master Yoga 1-5
Sep 2018Los Angeles, CA2 classes+
  • Secrets of Abundant Wealth & Happiness
  • Introduction to Interacting with Others
Oct 2018Houston, TX1 class+
  • Reiki Tummo 2
May 2019Anaheim, CA2 classes+
  • Mastering the Basics of Natural Walking
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 2
Jun 2019Anaheim, CA3 classes+
  • Dancing Secrets of Natural Walking
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 3
  • Secret of Operating Human Body
Oct 2019Asheville, NC3 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2 Advance
  • Master Yoga 2-3
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
Oct 2019Black Mountain, NC1 class+
  • Dancing Secrets of Natural Walking
201716
20187
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Fig. 03 — one mark per class; hollow marks were online.
202027
202113
202213
Fig. 04 — one mark per class; hollow marks were online.

Chapter 04

Staying.

When everything moved online

2020 – 2022

In 2020 the classes came home.

I took 27 that year, more than any year before, nearly all online: Natural Healing 1 through 4, Feng Shui with the Heart, Natural Workout, Gratefulness, and the yearly Master Yoga sessions.

Through 2021 and 2022 many classes were hosted from Jakarta and joined from North Carolina. When Open Heart was re-taught in 2022, I took it again from the beginning.

Online

Every class, 2020–202253 classes+
Apr 2020Online5 classes+
  • Opening, Directing, Looking and Berserah to True Source More Completely
  • More Complete Penyerahan to True Source
  • Preparation True Self Retreat
  • True Self Retreat
  • Master Yoga 1-5
May 2020Online4 classes+
  • Core Understandings of SONW
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 3
  • Grateful
  • Harmony Point
Jun 2020Online5 classes+
  • Secret of Natural Healing 1
  • Secret of Natural Healing 2
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2
Aug 2020Online3 classes+
  • MasterClass
  • Secret of Natural Healing 3
  • Secret of Natural Healing 4
Sep 2020Online2 classes+
  • Master Yoga 1-5
  • Introduction to Interacting with Others
Nov 2020Online5 classes+
  • Feng Shui with the Heart 1
  • Feng Shui with the Heart 2
  • Harmony Point
  • MY Joyful Regression
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
Dec 2020Online3 classes+
  • Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2
  • Natural Workout
Mar 2021Online1 class+
  • MasterClass
May 2021Online4 classes+
  • Feng Shui with the Heart 1
  • Feng Shui with the Heart 2
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1
Jun 2021Online1 class+
  • Master Yoga 2-2
Sep 2021Online2 classes+
  • Happy and Healthy at Work 1
  • Happy and Healthy at Work 2
Nov 2021Online4 classes+
  • MY Joyful Regression
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2
Dec 2021Online1 class+
  • Master Yoga 2-3
Feb 2022Online1 class+
  • Harmony Point
May 2022Online1 class+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
Jun 2022Online2 classes+
  • Open Heart 3
  • Open Heart 4
Jul 2022Online3 classes+
  • Open Heart 5
  • Open Heart 6
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2 Advance
Aug 2022Online2 classes+
  • Master Yoga 2-3
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
Oct 2022Online2 classes+
  • Natural Workout
  • MY Joyful Regression
Dec 2022Online2 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2
  • Master Yoga 2-1

Chapter 05

Widening.

Hamburg, Melbourne, Jakarta, and back

2023 – now · still going

Since 2023 it's been both: online most weeks, in person when it counts.

Hamburg in October 2023 and again in 2024. Black Mountain and Charlotte in the fall. Anaheim in May. Master Yoga 3 began for me in 2025, in Charlotte.

In early 2026 I went to Melbourne for Humbleness and Natural Walking 4, then to Jakarta for the second stage of Master Yoga 3, then to Anaheim. It's already the fullest year of the nineteen.

OnlineHamburg, GermanyBlack Mountain, NCAnaheim, CACharlotte, NCMelbourne, AustraliaJakarta, IndonesiaLos Angeles, CA

Every class, 2023–202692 classes+
Feb 2023Online2 classes+
  • Open Heart Mindfulness 1
  • Open Heart Mindfulness 2
May 2023Online3 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2 Advance
  • Master Yoga 2-3
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
Aug 2023Online1 class+
  • Mastering Reiki Tummo ++
Sep 2023Online2 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2
Oct 2023Hamburg, Germany4 classes+
  • Open Heart 5
  • Open Heart 6
  • Secret of Natural Eating
  • Secret of Natural Breathing
Oct 2023Black Mountain, NC2 classes+
  • Secret of Natural Eating
  • Secret of Natural Breathing
Oct 2023Online1 class+
  • MY Joyful Regression
Nov 2023Black Mountain, NC3 classes+
  • Grateful
  • Master Yoga 2-3
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
Jan 2024Online1 class+
  • Bridging Course
May 2024Anaheim, CA3 classes+
  • At Peace with Yourself 1
  • At Peace with Yourself 2
  • Secrets of Awakening the Spirit and Whole Being (Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit and beyond) 1
Jun 2024Anaheim, CA1 class+
  • Secrets of Awakening the Spirit and Whole Being (Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit and beyond) 2
Oct 2024Hamburg, Germany3 classes+
  • At Peace with Yourself 1
  • At Peace with Yourself 2
  • Secrets of Awakening the Spirit and Whole Being (Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit and beyond) 1
Oct 2024Charlotte, NC3 classes+
  • At Peace with Yourself 1
  • At Peace with Yourself 2
  • Master Yoga 2-3
Oct 2024Online1 class+
  • MY Joyful Regression
Nov 2024Charlotte, NC1 class+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
Nov 2024Online3 classes+
  • Reiki Tummo 3A
  • Meditation
  • Kundalini
Jan 2025Online4 classes+
  • Open Heart 1
  • Open Heart 2
  • Reiki Tummo 1
  • Reiki Tummo 2
Feb 2025Online2 classes+
  • Reiki Tummo 1
  • Reiki Tummo 2
Mar 2025Online5 classes+
  • Reiki Tummo 3A
  • Meditation
  • Kundalini
  • Open Heart 3
  • Open Heart 4
May 2025Anaheim, CA2 classes+
  • Keys to Accept Anugerah from True Source
  • Preparation Master Yoga 2 Fundamental
Jun 2025Anaheim, CA2 classes+
  • Master Yoga 2-1
  • Master Yoga 2-2
Jul 2025Online2 classes+
  • Master Yoga 2-2
  • Bridging Course 2025
Aug 2025Online3 classes+
  • Master Yoga 2-3
  • Reiki Tummo 2
  • MY Joyful Regression
Sep 2025Online3 classes+
  • Preparation True Self Retreat
  • Regression Master Yoga 3
  • True Self Retreat
Oct 2025Charlotte, NC2 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
  • Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
Nov 2025Charlotte, NC2 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage)
  • Master Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage)
Jan 2026Online2 classes+
  • Sayang Dance
  • Letting Go & Not Doing Anything with New Era Relaxing Aromatherapy
Jan 2026Melbourne, Australia1 class+
  • Humbleness Level 1
Feb 2026Melbourne, Australia3 classes+
  • Humbleness Level 2
  • Sayang Dance Intermediate
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 4
Mar 2026Online2 classes+
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
  • Regression Master Yoga 3
Mar 2026Jakarta, Indonesia3 classes+
  • Humbleness Level 1
  • Humbleness Level 2
  • Letting Go & Not Doing Anything with New Era Relaxing Aromatherapy
Apr 2026Jakarta, Indonesia3 classes+
  • Master Yoga 3-1 (First Stage)
  • Preparation Master Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage)
  • Master Yoga 3-1 (Second Stage)
May 2026Anaheim, CA5 classes+
  • Humbleness Level 1
  • Humbleness Level 2
  • Sayang Dance
  • Sayang Dance Intermediate
  • Letting Go & Not Doing Anything with New Era Relaxing Aromatherapy
Jun 2026Anaheim, CA4 classes+
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 4
  • Heart learning from True Source Essence Level 1
  • Soul Learning from True Source Essence Level 1
  • Mind & Body Learning from True Source Essence Level 1
Jul 2026Los Angeles, CA1 class+
  • Secrets of Natural Walking 4
Sep 2026Online7 classes+
  • MY Joyful Regression
  • Preparation Master Yoga 1
  • Spiritual Retreat
  • Master Yoga 1-1
  • Master Yoga 1-3
  • Master Yoga 1-4
  • Shing Chi 12
202318
202416
202527
202631
Fig. 05 — one mark per class; hollow marks were online.

Same practice, different room

Where it shows up in the work.

  • Open Heart → Listening first

    Before I propose anything, I want to understand what the person in front of me is actually trying to do.

  • Natural Walking → A pace people can keep

    Change goes better at a speed that holds up week after week. That's why the work runs on one session a week.

  • Humbleness → Asking before telling

    The people doing the work usually know where it hurts. My job is to ask well and then help.

  • Every fall, for years → Showing up

    Nineteen years of coming back taught me more than any single retreat did. Showing up regularly matters more than going hard once.

The archive

Every class.

264 classes from the Natural Way of Living event history, by year. Solid is in person, light is online. Many courses repeat on purpose. You take them again as the practice deepens.

Reiki Tummo & meditationOpen HeartMaster Yoga & retreatsNatural Walking & healthHeart in daily lifeOnline

Course names in English, as listed in the record. Places are where each class was held.

The other half

How things work.

The practice is half of it. The other half is music, wilderness, soccer, software and business, and how they turned into the work I do now.