Samir Rawas Sarayji
Samir Rawas Sarayji discovered his passion to massage at a workshop by the OMB Academie in September 2019. He then enrolled for the study and was the fastest student to graduate completing the course in 6 months. 5 days before the first corona lockdown he graduated. Afterwards, he was accepted in the trainer’s trajectory. Since 2020 he teaches at the OMB Academie and works as a professional masseur.
Certified Dao Lu instructor
Samir Rawas Sarayji is training Dao Lu (Chi Kung, Tai Chi, and Lu Kung Fu) since May 2005 at Fire Dragon. His love for the art and its usefulness to his well-being has made him a devoted student for life – training 10 to 20 hours a week. In 2009 he started teaching and giving workshops. And in 2015 he became a certified Dao Lu Instructor.
Background
Samir grew up in Nigeria and lived briefly in Spain, before settling in the Netherlands. He holds degrees in Mathematical Sciences and in English and Literature. When not teaching, working or training, he will most likely have his head buried in a book or be busy with a DIY project.
He has had a brief background training in boxing, Tae Kwan Do and Hatha Yoga in his youth, before choosing the path of least resistance: Dao Lu, in 2005. Samir had then adopted the Taoist philosophy because of its harmony with nature and life. In 2016, conscious of his lifestyle choices and his health, he became a vegan.
In 2020, Samir discovered Shamanism and entered a new dimension of mind, body and spirit. He has never looked back, and from the moment the transformation took place where he uncovered his inner strengths, unmasked his weaknesses and became whole, his life took on a new meaning that has only strengthened and grown exponentially since then. Just after his transformation, he met the love of his life, and unbeknown to both of them at the time, she too is a shaman. It is two souls meant for one another.
To touch someone is not just a physical act, it is everything that encompasses a human being, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Therefore, the intention behind a touch is of paramount importance, for only with the right intention can trust be built and the journey to heal commence.
My deep-seated intention is to want to help others heal, and the starting point is what we call in shamanism ‘loving presence’ – which means being present with an open heart, listening with an open mind, without judgement, and sharing and helping accordingly to the needs of the other.
Bibliography
Dao Lu
Primary Sources
Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu
The Tao of Tai Chi Chuan by Tsung Hwa Jou
Taijiquan Theory by Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang
Tai Chi Theory and Martial Power by Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang
Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style by Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang
Dao Lu
Secondary Sources
The Tao of Meditation by Tsung Hwa Jou
Tai Chi Chuan Martial Applications by Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang
The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li
108 Insights into Tai Chi Chuan by Michael Gilman
The Inner Teachings of Taoism by Chang Po-Tuan
Philosophy
General sources
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The Awakening of Intelligence by J. Krishnamurti
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Bushido: The Way of the Samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto
As One Is by J. Krishnamurti
Freedom from the Known by J. Krishnamurti
Psychology
General sources
Quantum Mind by A. Mindell
Reinventing Your Life: Schema Therapy by J. Young & J. Klosko
Human Communication by M. Burgoon
Journeys into the Unconscious by I. Ward
Developing Minds by M. Rutter
The Feeling of What Happens by A. Damasio
Gestalt Therapy Verbatim by F. S. Perls