Tools for Everyday Living
The world around us conditions us to move at such rapid speeds, and, sometimes, we forget to breathe. It really can be that easy. Ten or 15 minutes a day is just enough time to dive in, bring yourself to center and go about your day feeling rejuvenated.
Instructor Bio
Starting with sitting Zen meditation, Marc was drawn more to Tai Chi and Qigong, which are moving meditations that engage the energy flow in the body and mind relieving any kinds of aches and pains brought on by inflammation. Inflammation can lead to many other conditions causing discomfort.
Marc LaPorte began developing a meditation practice in 1998 after studying zazen meditation at Loyola University of New Orleans. Soon after, he was introduced to Tai Chi Chuan and other Taoist meditation techniques by Sifu Tai Peter Hom and assisted in teaching Sifu Hom’s Tai Chi Chi Kung forms to massage students at Delgado Community College in New Orleans and at Blue Cliff College in Metairie, Louisiana.
In 2010 Marc discovered the Universal Healing Tao techniques practiced by Mantak Chia out of the Tao Gardens in Northern Thailand and trained with him and his senior instructors out of Chinatown, New York and Boston. He teaches the subtle movement meditations of Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung (Qigong), the Inner Smile meditation, 6 Healing Sounds and other mind/body techniques and feels blessed to bring these methods to the Greater New Orleans area. These practices help to tune into one’s physical and mental awareness, are excellent for stress relief, heightened immune function, lowering blood pressure, healing headaches and other pain, combating anxiety, insomnia, addiction, and inflammation.
Meditation in Motion
Tai Chi and Qigong for Relaxation
These practices help to tune into one’s physical and mental awareness, excellent for stress relief, heightened immune function, lowering blood pressure, healing headaches and other pain, combating anxiety, insomnia, addiction, and inflammation.
Tai Chi and Qigong - Teaching Experience
New Orleans Boxing Club - 36 Chambers Martial Arts program
Lusher Charter School - Annual Wellness Day for Faculty
Ben Franklin High School - Student Wellness Day
Blue Cliff Massage School - Assisting Peter Hom in Teaching
NOLA Yoga Loft
Balance Integrative Health
Utopia School - Habitable Spaces Art Farm outside of Austin, TX
Private Classes are $25/hour. Discounted rates available for groups of 2 or more. Good for people of all ages. Wear comfortable clothing. Ancient and modern methods for balance, lowering stress and anxiety levels, blood pressure, and mental clarity.
