Life Coaching • Motivational and Keynote Speaking • T’ai Chi Workshops • Large Group Workshops • Retreats
David-Dorian Ross - America’s T’ai Chi Champion
David-Dorian Ross is a one-of-a-kind Motivational Speaker. He is the only American - and the only non-Asian - to win 7 U.S. National T’ai Chi gold medals, a world silver medal and two world bronze medals. The wit and will-power it takes to be a world-class martial arts champion are the same skills you need to succeed in both business and personal life. David-Dorian can work with large groups or lead small workshops and is also available to coach on a one to one basis. To find out more about each of the programs and services he has to offer please click on the corresponding link above.
Who Needs a Life Coach?
Smart, educated, actualized people should always be able to achieve their goals and find the health, wealth and romance they want in their lives. Why then don’t they? Because there is an internal dynamic — an unseen, unconscious pattern of thought, perception and behavior — that gets in the way.
It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE for you to find and fix these roadblocks to happiness, because by their very nature they are invisible to you. This is why a coach is essential to your growth process: because he or she is trained to see your patterns, to mirror for you the things you cannot see, and to mentor you in the things you don’t yet know how to do.
- “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”
Motivational and Keynote Speaking Topics
Engaging motivational presentations – to help attendees achieve mind-body balance. Developed by David-Dorian Ross for corporate groups and businesses as well as community based organizations.
MOTIVATION, INNOVATION AND TEAMWORK:
"THE THREE CORNERSTONES OF BUSINESS BALANCE" PRESENTATIONS
Successful managers and negotiators are like kung-fu masters in hand-to-hand combat – they know how to pinpoint the gaps in focus and flow, and how to identify the breakdown of unity and communication. These business samurai know that they get the results they want when their relationships are in harmony, but that business dealings can fall apart or descend into chaos when those relationships fall out of balance.
In business, harmony has three faces: Motivation (the energy of excitement and drive); Innovation (the energy of creativity); and Teamwork (the energy of trust). When harmony is lost, it is lost in one of these three areas. In our one-day Motivation, Innovation and Teamwork seminar, you will learn to recognize the signs of which one is slipping – and how to guide your meetings, presentations and negotiations back into harmony once again.
• Building Motivation, Innovation and Teamwork in Your Organization(30-Minute Introduction)
–Key benefit: This introduction will help cut through the jargon and buzz-words and make it easy for business people to understand these three cornerstones of healthy business relationships.
• The Five Universal Principles of Business Success(60-Minute Presentation)
–Key benefit: Learn how to avoid the constant struggle that comes from violating, ignoring or being ignorant of the Four Universal Principles of Business Success. When business leaders commit these deadly errors, they find they are at odds with forces much larger than themselves. Without knowledge of these fundamental principles, they are like children who – ignorant of the law of gravity – step off the roof and think that they can fly by flapping their arms.
Also included in this presentation: How to Build Motivation, Innovation and Teamwork in your Organization (see above).
T’ai Chi Workshops
TOUCHING THE QI:
THE INNER SECRETS OF T’AI CHI CH’UAN
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is an ancient mystery tradition, with teachings for popular study and teachings for deeper spiritual growth. Now you can experience these ancient secrets for yourself in one of David-Dorian’s “Touching the Qi” T’ai Chi weekends. These entertaining and highly informative weekends are made up of a series of half-day courses to accommodate every busy schedule. Come to any one of the courses during the weekend — or come to the entire series!
- Free Friday night lecture on how to use the principles of T’ai Chi to find harmony in daily life.
- “Touching the Qi” - the introduction to Qigong and T’ai Chi Ch’uan. For “beginners” of all levels.
- Learn the 4 Secrets of taking back your power.
- Discover the Power within you through the meditations of Qigong – the discipline of breath and energy. You will actually feel the qi flowing into your hands and body!
- Follow David-Dorian as he leads you in Flow Motion™ - The Simplied Tt’ai Chi workout.
- “Mastering Flow” - how to bring beauty and grace to your T’ai Chi — and to your life!
- Learn the 6 Secrets of Synergy that put you in “the Zone” whenever you want.
- Experience the solo forms – the dance of T’ai Chi Ch’uan - as you never have before.
- “The Path of Freedom” - Free your heart, mind and Spirit through the art of Sensing Hands – the game of T’ai Chi for two.
- Do you want to finally break free of the constraints and limiting beliefs that have kept you down all your life?
- Learn the 8 Secrets of Compassion, and free your mind forever!
- For more information about the Touching the Qi weekend, click here.
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Motivational Workshops – Designed for Larger Groups
MOTIVATION, INNOVATION AND TEAMWORK:
THE THREE CORNERSTONES OF BUSINESS BALANCE SEMINAR
(Full Day Training customized for groups
• MIT, Part 1: The Four Stages of Relationship Building.
–Key Benefits: Negotiators and managers — avoid being taken by surprise. Every client relationship will go through a four-stage process. If you understand relationship building then you can keep clarity, anticipate the "twist" that usually occurs in business relationships and avoid gettting caught up in the emotion of difficult situations.
• MIT, Part 2: Detecting Business Balance Breakdown
–Key Benefits: You’ll learn to spot the early warning signs of the sabotaging patterns that break down Motivation, Innovation and Teamwork. You’ll also learn both the payoffs and consequences of holding onto those patterns. And if you find yourself out of harmony or balance, you’ll learn what do you do about it.
• MIT, Part 3: Real World Practice: The Tai Chi Game of Push Hands
–Key Benefits: The T’ai Chi game of Push Hands is the best way to learn the skills of Motivation, Innovation and Teamwork. It makes the entire concept of the balance of power very real and very physical for people. This game operates by the same rules as any negotiation, where both parties are pushing back and forth. This game helps you learn how to keep yourself, your business partners and the partnership itself in harmony.
Also included in this training: How to Build Motivation, Innovation and Teamwork in your Organization; and The Five Universal Principles of Business Success (see above).
You and your entire team will benefit from this informative and exciting 1-day workshop. Don’t continue to dread difficult meetings, negotiations or presentations — get great training that will have you earning the respect of your coworkers and successfully improving your team!
COMING FULL CIRCLE:
YOUR PERSONAL HERO’S JOURNEY" PRESENTATIONS
Have you ever wondered why you don’t have everything you want in life right now? Have you ever felt slowed, stopped or even cursed in life’s journey? Or have you successfully navigated the twists and turns of life so far, but now you are ready to meet life at a new level of power, freedom and flow? Either way, this transformational retreat is for you.
The Hero understands that he or she needs to know the “rules of the road” to travel their path safely and successfully. But in addition, the Hero needs a daily discipline to strengthen and prepare their body, mind and Spirit for the journey. In this 2 ½ day retreat, you will discover which of the Hero’s Journey stories is your story, and how to write it to get the ending you desire. You will learn to master the Triangle of Choice – the secret power of great Heroes. In this retreat, you will uncover the hidden patterns of your life that have limited you in the past – and you’ll learn how to overcome them. And through daily exploration of the Four Pillars of T’ai Chi, you will develop the positive habits and skills that will bring you full circle, and elevate you to the next level of life.
• It’s Not a Secret: How the Law of Attraction Really Works (30-Minute Introduction)
– Key Benefit: This introduction will help cut through the jargon and buzz-words and make it easy for every-day people to understand the three keys to following your bliss and achieving your hearts’ desire.
• The Three Enchantments 60-Minute Presentation)
–Key benefit: The Hero’s journey story can be said to have three variations, centering on what challenges beset the main character. We can think of these challenges as spells cast by a metaphorical "Evil Sorcerer," designed to stop us on our journey towards happiness, growth and fulfillment.
We listen to the variations of the Hero’s Journey stories – the Three Enchantments – to see which one resonates most with us. There’s an inner voice that says “Yes – that’s my story, too!” If you find your Hero’s Journey story, you find the enchantment under which you have fallen. But most important of all, the story will show you how to break the spell.
THE ART OF ROMANCE AND RELATIONSHIP SERIES
Discover the three parts to the magic of love, identify your own relationship index and learn how to make every personal or business relationship extraordinary; each session 60 minutes
- Finding Love: The Law of Attraction
- Understanding Love: The Art of Communication
- Keeping Love Alive: The Three Cornerstones of Great Relationships
- The Three Enchantments
- The Map of Your Journey
- The Rules of the Road
- Morning
- T’ai Chi Daily Practice
- Qigong: Discovering the Principles of Power
- How the Law of Attraction Really Works
- Understand the Three Keys to following your bliss and achieving your heart’s desire
- Learning to Make Choices… not Decisions
- What is it that sets the Hero apart from other men and women? It is the power to make choices, and the Triangle of Choice (Principles, Values and Possibilities) is his great skill. Learn how to employ this skill in your own life on your own Hero’s Journey.
- The Six Universal Masks
- Find out which mask you hide behind and how to let the "real you" emerge. Nobody falls out of balance on purpose. It happens from our unconscious patterns of behavior and thought. These patterns are predictable and some of them are universal. Discover your patterns, learn about their payoffs (their subconscious rewards) and see their consequences (how your patterns are affecting your life)
- T’ai Chi Daily Practice
- Afternoon
- T’ai Chi Daily Practice
- Forms: Mastering the Principles of Flow
- T’ai Chi Daily Practice
- Evening
- Gain Control of Your Impulses - the Power of Will v. the Force of Whim
- The Hero’s Triangle of Choice is encircled by nth power of the Will. But how do you strengthen the Will, and how do you recognize "fool’s will" — also known as "whim?"
- Writhing Your Hero’s Journey
- What is the story of your Life" How is it being written? On the second evening of your retreat, you will join with your fellow travelers in learning to transform the literal narrative of your life in a mythical story. First step: learn to spot the archetypal themes, character and images in your life.
- Gain Control of Your Impulses - the Power of Will v. the Force of Whim
- Morning
- T’ai Chi Daily Practice
- Push Hands : Unlocking the Principles of Freedom
The T’ai Chi game of Push Hands makes the entire concept of balance very real and very physical for people. This game operates by the same rules as all relationships, where both parties are “pushing” back and forth – somewhat like a dance. This game helps you learn how to keep yourself balanced, even in the face of being pushed and pulled by someone else.
- Push Hands : Unlocking the Principles of Freedom
- Building Better Relationships
- Someone once said, "Everything is Relationship." Life is a web of relationships with ourselves, with other people, and even with the whole world around us. Every relationship will go through a four-stage process. If you understand relationship building you can anticipate the "twist" that usually occurs in those relationships. If you understand these stages you can stay balanced and not get caught up in the emotion of the situation and keep clarity. You won’t be taken by surprise.
- T’ai Chi Daily Practice
- Afternoon
- The Rite of Passage
- As a final experience of your weekend, you will have the opportunity to share a passage from your Hero’s Journey story. In telling this story, you are symbolically declaring the crossing of the threshold into the next phase of your voyage. It’s not the last step of your journey… it’s the first.
- The Rite of Passage
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Retreats
COMING FULL CIRCLE:
YOUR PERSONAL HERO’S JOURNEY
(2 ½ - Day Retreat)
First Evening
Welcome to the first evening of your personal Hero’s Journey retreat. At the first welcome session, get to know your guide and fellow travelers as you sit back and enjoy the retelling of the three classic Hero’s Journey stories. This session will demystify the underlying forces that have created the being you are today. If you listen carefully, you’ll find there’s an inner voice that says “Yes – that’s my story, too!” If you find your Hero’s Journey story, you find which enchantment you have fallen under. But most important of all, the story will show you how to break the spell.
What is the essential tool of every serious traveler? A map, of course. On your first evening, you’ll learn the basic map of the Hero’s Journey, and the territories through which he must pass.
Tomorrow you will take the next steps on your journey. To prepare you for the trip, you need to know the basic rules of the road. When you don’t know these fundamental universal principles, you’ll find yourself at odds with forces much larger than yourself. You may wind up likes children who – ignorant of the law of gravity – step off the roof and think that they can fly by flapping their arms.
Day Two
Day Three
Life is like a river. John Steinbeck said it in Grapes of Wrath: “It’s all in one flow like a stream. Little eddies and waterfalls, but the river it goes right on.” Every bend in the river serves to make us more complex. If we close our eyes to the bends in the rivers of our lives, we miss the opportunity to become more complex—to grow in maturity; to grow in wisdom. Don’t miss this opportunity to find insight into the Hero’s Journey that we all must take, and to learn the rules of the road that we all must travel.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO HOST A T’AI CHI SEMINAR?
HOW DOES FREE SOUND?
For many people who study T’ai Chi in this country, high level T’ai Chi teachers are hard to come by. Some have to travel for miles to take a class. Sometimes, students have to wait until a workshop is offered close enough by. Even teachers themselves often spend hundreds – even thousands of dollars each year going to seminars to keep up their training.
Let’s face it – times are getting financially challenging for us all. Many people are already cutting their seminars out of their budgets… and I think that’s sad. So Coach Wei and I have come up with an offer we think will be irresistible. We have decided to offer our series of T’ai Chi workshops virtually free of charge. We are both very fortunate to be prosperous in our profession – so we are in a position to make this offer.
You can host either David-Dorian or Coach Jing-lin Wei or both of us to teach one of our extremely entertaining and information-packed seminars, and we will waive our usual fee (typically $4,000 – $6,000 per weekend). All we require is travel costs. You can charge whatever you want for people to attend our seminar – or charge nothing at all. Some of our hosts have offered to share the tuition they collect with us as a sign of respect. But we encourage you to keep the revenue. Our mission is to help build better T’ai Chi schools, and to support your success. After all, the more successful you are as a school, the more students you can introduce to the beauty of T’ai Chi.
We are contacting select schools across the country to participate in this program, We’d be delighted to have you host one of our seminars.
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Other Programs:
Instruction at Full Circle T’ai Chi Academy
T’ai Chi Teacher Training and Certification