Woodstock Shaolin Recluse-Temple visitation: to be arranged
call 9173011132 ( Ven YanDao)
Note : 2025 spring , summer program dates & time schedule.

The core discipline is

• Ch’an-meditation
• Dharma-lectures
• prayer-recitation
• martial arts
• traditional medicine
• and art

Its discipline’s various manifestations , practiced by the Shaolin Sangha community & household-participants. During its historical development, Shaolin culture also integrated the essential values of Confucianism and Taoism.

Shaolin establishment offers to all interested individuals and groups –

Programs in :

• meditation methods
• Shaolin kung fu movements
• Ch’an medicine
• calligraphy & art

Practice in the Shaolin Path helps one to acquire blissful calm – clarity of mind , concentration, physical endurance, promote healthcare, strength in wisdom and compassion.

Ways of practicing Ch’an are numerous, range from everyday activities such as eating, drinking, walking, or sleeping, to specialized retreat- meditation, martial arts, calligraphy and the study of Buddhism .

Shaolin kung fu is comprised of a system of different skills that are based on attack and defense movements with the form (套路; tàolù) as its unit. The structure of movements is founded on ancient Chinese medical knowledge, which is compatible with the laws of body movement ; forms are taught with a focus on integration of the principles of complementarity and opposition. Shaolin kung fu integrates dynamic and static components, yin and yang, hardness and softness.

Our Shaolin community invests great effort in safeguarding, developing, and innovating its heritage. Following the ancient Chinese principle of harmony between heaven and humans, students work on the development of the most natural body movement in order to achieve the full potential of human expression.