~Faculty 1 ~ The Secular Self ~

Stand Tall! Face the day, Awaken the Real.

Stand: S.eamless T.ransitions A.scent N.egotiates D.escent Tall: T.o A.lign L.engthen L.aterals Awaken: A.lertness W.ith A.cceptance K.armonizes E.very N.eed Real: R.eality E.xists A.s L.ove

To acknowledge the law of magnetism, we study the works of: *Charles Darwin* *Joseph Pilates* *Ida Rolf* *Yogananda*

~ Joseph Pilates ~
Im 50 years ahead of my time. Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.

The mind, when housed in a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.

Born December 9, 1883, Died October 9, 1967 German Inventor of Pilates Method of Physical Fitness A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion. "With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could reasonably be expected other than an active, alert, disciplined person."

~ Yogananda~
Learn to be calm and you will always be happy. Smiling away your troubles requires a clear conscience that harbor no insincerity. Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Born January 5, 1893, Died March 7, 1952 Hindu (Indian) Yogi and Guru The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul. Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.

~Ida Rolf~
Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, Appropriate form must exist or be created.

no situation exists in a human which a psychologist would diagnose as a feeling of insecurity or inadequacy unless it is accompanied by a physical situation which bears witness to the fact that the gravitational support is inadequate.

This is the gospel of Rolfing: when the body gets working appropriately, the forces of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself.

Born May 19, 1896, Died March 19, 1979 American Biochemist and Creator of Structural Integration or Rolfing

Rolfing can be like making your bed in the morning. You think youre going to get by without pulling that bed apart, so you pull up this cover and the next cover. When you get all the covers puffed up, youve got nine ridges running across the bed. Now youve got to go to a deeper layer and organize the deeper layer, and make your bed on top of that. Then youve got a made bed. Well its the same with the body: youve got to organize those deeper layers.

~Charles Darwin~
I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe[s,] to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone.

Born February 12, 1809, Died April 19, 1882 English Naturalist who documented Evolution and Natural Selection Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them.