Zen in the Garden
Rock and Soul – Working with the Stone Buddhas
Work-In to Work-Out!
Meditation, Harmonization, Creativity and Rock Solid Training with Soul
December 3rd, 2022 | San Diego, CA
Live with Paul Chek
We have all experienced the deep emotion of seeing, hearing and feeling great musicians, dancers, artists, actors and poets with soul; something unmistakable is moving them, and that invisible but real something is soul – it moves us!Anyone creating from the place of soul will tell you that it can’t happen unless we put the ego in the back seat, and let the magic of our soul do the driving…but how do we do that? Why is it only the few among us that seem to be capable of living In-soul? Religions don’t teach it; mystics point to it, and books haven’t gotten us there or we’d all be In-soul by now, wouldn’t we? If you would like to explore the answers to any of these questions, then this special 1-day workshop with Paul Chek is just what you’ve been dreaming of!
This workshop is being held on Paul’s new home and office, on 14 beautiful acres in Rainbow, CA. Come and experience the serenity and peace, while learning from the “Stone Buddhas”.
Your day of training with Paul Chek will be offered with work-In training to access and gain soul guidance (soul guidance comes from the personal, collective and cosmic levels of the unconscious mind as well as the Super-Conscious or Higher-Self). Paul will teach several different forms of inner-work to calm, center and transcend the ego to gain access from the soul, or…”your wholeness”… He will teach you how to let your soul guide you in the creation of nature art with stones and other elements from his Rainbow Property; by learning to access and be guided by your soul with stones and other natural items, the ego is not threatened and its much easier to practice soul connection and communication. Paul’s essential “Basic Training” for accessing and gaining guidance from your soul are applicable to all aspects of your life, from how to keep yourself healthy, to how to better manage your time, to who to choose as a business partner, who to marry, who to or NOT to have sex with (for spiritual fulfillment), to what path to take for life fulfillment.
After lunch, we will switch to some good old primal conditioning approaches with stones. Paul will show you many ways to use stones to get an incredible workout that goes far beyond anything in a gym!
You will learn the essentials of effective, safe stone lifting for general or athletic conditioning and a number of techniques Paul uses to keep himself and elite athletes in excellent condition.
Once you have learned the basic skills and techniques for a stone workout, Paul will invite you to connect to your soul and let it guide you to creating a rock stack, mandala, or whatever your soul guides you to creating in his beautiful stone lifting area.
Participants should come prepared to get DEEP withing themselves in the morning, and GET DIRTY AND SWEATY in the afternoon…and the food is always amazing as well as Paul’s amazing water right from his stone water~charger.
Spaces are strictly limited for this one-day event with Paul.
Register now to avoid disappointment!
All About Zen in the Garden
If you would like to learn simple, highly effective ways to connect to your soul and gain guidance far beyond what the ego can offer, while at once expressing your creativity and cultivating your athletic ability, then Zen in the Garden: Rock & Soul workshop is for you.
Zen in the Garden with Paul is a unique offering for participants to learn first hand how they can create balance, beauty, joy and peace in their lives. In this unique one-day workshop, Paul will teach you how to let your soul guide you, access your instincts, and connect to the wisdom of nature as you co-create with Her.
Zen in the Garden is an opportunity to spend time with Paul in an intimate, small group setting. This unique experience is only offered on rare occasions and now is your chance to live and learn with Paul for a day.
Harmonization
The workshop will begin with harmonization exercises to calm and center us individually, and as a group. From a state of inner-harmony, Paul will teach you how to access soul guidance so that you can work with your soul and the “Stone Buddhas”.
Rock and Soul
In this special Zen in the Garden workshop, Paul will show you ways to center and calm yourself, access guidance from your soul and express your creativity while getting excellent fitness in ways that people of all ages and levels of athletic ability can enjoy.
I spent most of my life (now 61 years long) working very hard at everything. I’ve applied myself intensively in all that I’ve done, from learning, to extreme sports and success in dangerous jobs, such as working in logging camps, to being a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, racing motto cross, stock car racing, drag racing, to being a husband and father, to traveling the world and building the CHEK Institute. Yes, I even worked hard to develop myself through meditation, tai-chi, and Qi-going…BUT, it wasn’t until I was drawn to working with stones (I call them “The Stone Buddhas”), as a means of expressing my creativity and creating stone stacks/sculptures that I began to learn things I didn’t realize I needed to learn to reach my full potential as a man, artist, achieving greater spiritual awareness, working with my soul, and putting my (sometimes Huge) ego in the back seat so my soul could guide me.
Throughout my life, I’ve found that when you can’t find the answers “out there”, its best to look within myself. After studying over 120 books on the soul and asking experts for advice on how to access my soul and getting only vague answers like, “you just have to trust yourself”… I made it my duty to discover the mechanics of how to connect to, listen to, ask questions of, and take guidance from my soul. When I learned how to let my soul guide me, I never felt alone. When I let my soul guide me, I was able to create much more beauty in my life, be it through my art, designing exercise or rehabilitation programs for myself and others, finding my way when lost, healing relationships, writing, teaching, parenting, or making love.
Yes, I’ve pushed myself hard while creating and training with stones and I’ve learned some very tough, painful lessons. Some examples are that all actions come with consequences, and when a finger, toe, or foot gets smashed, it can really wake you up!! I’ve learned that real balance in life, or in a rock garden, can’t come without awareness, presence, patience and commitment to letting things flow naturally. I’ve found over and over again that the Stone Buddhas are very honest teachers; they will celebrate patience, presence, connection and creativity with you, and they will also be present with you when your ego needs to be put in check! They say little — yet say everything.
In the 16 years I’ve been consistently working with stones as a means to meditate, express my creativity, and achieve an incredible level of conditioning and connection to nature, I’ve found that when I find my center, let my soul (consciousness within) guide me, and act from that invisible stillness within the center of my being, amazing things happen! I often look at what I’ve created in awe. There have been countless times I said to myself, “I could never have done that if I’d tried to “do it myself” (as opposed to doing it with the guidance of my soul and the intuitive guidance I get from the stones and nature).
If I’d only have known what I know now much earlier in my life, oh how many painful, challenging times I’d have saved myself and others from! If you’d like to come join me for a day and learn how stillness moves into action, I’d love to share amazing experiences with you that will influence you and all your relationships for the rest of your life!
Learning with the Stone Buddhas
Over and over again, elite athletes who have trained or coached with Paul have expressed their amazement that at Paul’s “advanced age” he can match and often exceed their performance in the gym, and many have been amazed that he can lift and stack stones that they can’t even get off the ground!
Naturally, they always ask, “How the hell can you still train like this at your age?”
Paul’s secret? To live in tune with his 4 Doctors (Dr. Happiness, Dr. Diet, Dr. Movement, and Dr. Quiet), and doing regular conditioning with stones. Once they’ve tried stone lifting with Paul, they “get it!”
Stone lifting is very dynamic, requires deep presence and awareness, balance, coordination, agility, functional strength, and enhances creativity and our childlike expression of ourselves. Stone work can be adjusted so that anyone can participate at their own level, or can get challenging enough to tax even the most strong and powerful athletes and strongmen.
In this special Zen in the Garden event, Paul will teach everyone the essential lessons of stone lifting and guide you through key methods of developing your body, athletic abilities, creative expression, and dynamic meditation with stones.
Other Workshops Coming in Fall-Winter 2022
September 10th – Inner Work with Paul Chek
September 11th – Energy Medicine with Angie Chek
November 4th & 5th – The Tarot Workshop with Paul Chek
December 3rd – Zen in the Garden: Rock ‘n’ Soul – Working with the Stone Buddhas with Paul Chek
January 20th & 21st, 2023 – The Mandala Painting Workshop with Paul and Angie Chek
Multi-Day Pass
We are also offering a Multi-Day Pass. This is the opportunity to get one day of workshop free when you purchase 5 days. You can use these 6 days in any way you like – 6 x one day workshops or Zen in the Garden, 3 x two day workshops or a combination of one-day and two-day workshops.
Conditions of Multi-Day Pass Registration
- Each multi-day pass is for one person only. It cannot be shared between two or more people.
- You have 18 months from the date of purchase to use your six days.
Important Details
Workshop Time: Saturday 3rd December 9:00am – 5:00pm
Times are approximate. We recommend you arrive in San Diego on Friday 2nd December and do not leave until Sunday 4th December to ensure you can fully participate in the workshop. The location is approximately 60-90 minutes from San Diego airport, depending on traffic so if you absolutely have to fly out on Saturday evening, you do not want to book a flight leaving before 7:30pm. At previous Zen in the Garden workshops, many of the participants have gone out to dinner together after the workshop, continuing the growth and sharing experiences into the evening.
Cost: US$499 per person
Venue: Paul’s “Rainbow House” situated in the hills to the East of Fallbrook, CA. The exact address will be given to participants upon registering.
Closest Hotels and Accommodation
- Pala Mesa Resort, 2001 Old Hwy 395, Fallbrook, CA 92028 – palamesa.com
- Quality Inn Fallbrook I-15, 3135 Old Hwy 395, Fallbrook, CA 92028 – choicehotels.com
- Pala Casino Spa and Resort, 11154 CA-76, Pala, CA 92059 – palacasino.com
- Temecula Creek Inn, 44501 Rainbow Canyon Rd, Temecula, CA 92592 – temeculacreekinn.com
There are also a number of Airbnb options in Rainbow, Fallbrook, Temecula and Escondido.
Closest Commercial Airports
- San Diego Int’l Airport (58 miles S)
- John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana (75.5 miles NW)
Transportation and accommodation are your responsibility.
Who Should Attend?
Zen in the Garden is:
Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. Due to the unique nature of this program, there are no refunds or transfers once you have registered for this program, so please make sure you can attend before registering.
What’s Included: A full day with Paul Chek in a small group setting including lunch, snacks and beverages, made with organic ingredients.
This is a physically active workshop and you should be in good physical health to fully participate and get the most out of your day with Paul.
Terms and Conditions for Zen in the Garden
Confirmation of Registration
An official confirmation of registration will be sent to you once all stages of the enrollment process are completed and your registration has been approved. Welcome Packets will be sent via email within 10 days of your registration approval. It is important we have a valid e-mail address for communication with you.
Transfer and Refund Policies
Due to the unique nature of this program, there are no refunds or transfers once you have registered for this program. By accepting these terms and conditions, you understand that you may not request a refund nor initiate a chargeback claim on your credit card via the issuing bank.
Course Cancellation
The organizers reserve the right to cancel an event at their discretion. In the event of course cancellation by the organizers, 100% of the tuition will be eligible for refund, or the full amount paid may be kept as Credit for the future purchase of products and/or educational materials.
If a course is cancelled or postponed due to an Act of God, including but not limited to war, earthquakes, terrorism, natural disasters, disease, pandemics, the organizers reserve the right to reschedule the event at an alternative location or at a later date, or offer Credit equal to the amount of the registration fee paid which the student may use for the purchase of products and/or educational. Tuition will not be refunded.
About Paul Chek
Paul Chek is an internationally-renowned expert in the fields of holistic health, corrective exercise and high-performance conditioning. For over thirty-five years, Paul’s unique, holistic approach to treatment and education has changed the lives of countless people worldwide, many of his clients, his students and their clients. By treating the body as a whole system and finding the root cause of a problem, Paul has been successful where traditional approaches have consistently failed. Paul is the founder of the CHEK (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA and the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program. He is also the host of the popular podcast, Living 4D with Paul Chek.
Speaker & Consultant
Paul is a sought after international presenter and consultant for organizations such as the Chicago Bulls, Australia’s Canberra Raiders and the US Air Force Academy. His information is not only cutting-edge, but also very applicable. Students leave his classes with information they can use, and achieve results with right away.
Paul was the keynote speaker for the NZ Musculoskeletal Conference in 1998, presented at the 6th European PGA Teaching and Coaching Convention in 2003, the World Junior Golf Convention in 2006 and the NUCCA Convention in 2010. He has received numerous speaking awards such as Best Male Presenter by ECA World Fitness members in 2004, Most Controversial Speaker by Can-Fit-Pro in 2004, Specialty Presenter of the Year in 2007 at canfitpro and was rated number one speaker by participants at the 1998 IHRSA conference. In 2005, Paul was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by SWIS, The Society of Weight-Training Specialists and in 2019 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award by canfitpro.
Paul is a frequent guest on podcasts, radio and internet radio shows. His recent interviews with MindPumpMedia and Onnit have been among the top 10 downloaded shows in the podcasts’ history.
Educator
Paul has produced over hundreds of videos and 17 advanced-level home study courses designed for the fitness and clinical professional. He has contributed to many publications and websites, such as On Fitness, Personal Training on the Net and New Zealand Fitness and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, Glamour magazine as well as TV and radio. His book, The Golf Biomechanics Manual and course are PGA-approved, and has been adopted for use by professional golf schools, as well as featured on the Golf Channel.
Paul is a strong believer in the essential role provided by practical training. He has developed four Advanced Level Training programs to provide hands-on instruction for the exercise and health industries. The CHEK Exercise Coach program introduces fitness and exercise professionals to an integrated approach to conditioning; the CHEK Practitioner Program is a two- to four-year program teaching corrective exercise and high-performance conditioning at advanced levels; the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Program consists of three levels of education, showing students how to reach optimal health from the inside out; and the Golf Performance Specialist focuses on functional conditioning for golfers. In addition he co-created the Tennis Conditioning Specialist program with one of his students. Over 6000 people worldwide have been trained in one or more of these challenging and elite level programs.
Author
Paul has written numerous original contributions to the orthopedic rehabilitation and strengthening and conditioning fields and is a regular contributor to many publications and websites. He is the author or co-author of 11 books, both printed and digital.
Inventor
Paul Chek has accrued three US patents for posture calibrating, hydrotherapy and equipment inventions and has also designed several pieces of functional exercise equipment.
Zen in the Garden
Rock and Soul – Working with the Stone Buddhas
Work-In to Work-Out!
Meditation, Harmonization, Creativity and Rock Solid Training with Soul
Dec 3, 2022 | San Diego, CA
Live with Paul Chek
We have all experienced the deep emotion of seeing, hearing and feeling great musicians, dancers, artists, actors and poets with soul; something unmistakable is moving them, and that invisible but real something is soul – it moves us!
Anyone creating from the place of soul will tell you that it can’t happen unless we put the ego in the back seat, and let the magic of our soul do the driving…but how do we do that? Why is it only the few among us that seem to be capable of living In-soul? Religions don’t teach it; mystics point to it, and books haven’t gotten us there or we’d all be In-soul by now, wouldn’t we?
If you would like to explore the answers to any of these questions, then this special 1-day workshop with Paul Chek is just what you’ve been dreaming of!
This workshop is being held on Paul’s new home and office, on 14 beautiful acres in Rainbow, CA. Come and experience the serenity and peace, while learning from the “Stone Buddhas”.
Your day of training with Paul Chek will be offered with work-In training to access and gain soul guidance (soul guidance comes from the personal, collective and cosmic levels of the unconscious mind as well as the Super-Conscious or Higher-Self). Paul will teach several different forms of inner-work to calm, center and transcend the ego to gain access from the soul, or…”your wholeness”… He will teach you how to let your soul guide you in the creation of nature art with stones and other elements from his Rainbow Property; by learning to access and be guided by your soul with stones and other natural items, the ego is not threatened and its much easier to practice soul connection and communication. Paul’s essential “Basic Training” for accessing and gaining guidance from your soul are applicable to all aspects of your life, from how to keep yourself healthy, to how to better manage your time, to who to choose as a business partner, who to marry, who to or NOT to have sex with (for spiritual fulfillment), to what path to take for life fulfillment.
After lunch, we will switch to some good old primal conditioning approaches with stones. Paul will show you many ways to use stones to get an incredible workout that goes far beyond anything in a gym!
You will learn the essentials of effective, safe stone lifting for general or athletic conditioning and a number of techniques Paul uses to keep himself and elite athletes in excellent condition.
Once you have learned the basic skills and techniques for a stone workout, Paul will invite you to connect to your soul and let it guide you to creating a rock stack, mandala, or whatever your soul guides you to creating in his beautiful stone lifting area.
Participants should come prepared to get DEEP withing themselves in the morning, and GET DIRTY AND SWEATY in the afternoon…and the food is always amazing as well as Paul’s amazing water right from his stone water~charger.
Spaces are strictly limited for this one-day event with Paul.
Register now to avoid disappointment!
All About Zen in the Garden
If you would like to learn simple, highly effective ways to connect to your soul and gain guidance far beyond what the ego can offer, while at once expressing your creativity and cultivating your athletic ability, then Zen in the Garden: Rock & Soul workshop is for you.
Zen in the Garden with Paul is a unique offering for participants to learn first hand how they can create balance, beauty, joy and peace in their lives. In this unique one-day workshop, Paul will teach you how to let your soul guide you, access your instincts, and connect to the wisdom of nature as you co-create with Her.
Zen in the Garden is an opportunity to spend time with Paul in an intimate, small group setting. This unique experience is only offered on rare occasions and now is your chance to live and learn with Paul for a day.
Harmonization
The workshop will begin with harmonization exercises to calm and center us individually, and as a group. From a state of inner-harmony, Paul will teach you how to access soul guidance so that you can work with your soul and the “Stone Buddhas”.
Rock and Soul
In this special Zen in the Garden workshop, Paul will show you ways to center and calm yourself, access guidance from your soul and express your creativity while getting excellent fitness in ways that people of all ages and levels of athletic ability can enjoy.
I spent most of my life (now 61 years long) working very hard at everything. I’ve applied myself intensively in all that I’ve done, from learning, to extreme sports and success in dangerous jobs, such as working in logging camps, to being a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, racing motto cross, stock car racing, drag racing, to being a husband and father, to traveling the world and building the CHEK Institute. Yes, I even worked hard to develop myself through meditation, tai-chi, and Qi-going…BUT, it wasn’t until I was drawn to working with stones (I call them “The Stone Buddhas”), as a means of expressing my creativity and creating stone stacks/sculptures that I began to learn things I didn’t realize I needed to learn to reach my full potential as a man, artist, achieving greater spiritual awareness, working with my soul, and putting my (sometimes Huge) ego in the back seat so my soul could guide me.
Throughout my life, I’ve found that when you can’t find the answers “out there”, its best to look within myself. After studying over 120 books on the soul and asking experts for advice on how to access my soul and getting only vague answers like, “you just have to trust yourself”… I made it my duty to discover the mechanics of how to connect to, listen to, ask questions of, and take guidance from my soul. When I learned how to let my soul guide me, I never felt alone. When I let my soul guide me, I was able to create much more beauty in my life, be it through my art, designing exercise or rehabilitation programs for myself and others, finding my way when lost, healing relationships, writing, teaching, parenting, or making love.
Yes, I’ve pushed myself hard while creating and training with stones and I’ve learned some very tough, painful lessons. Some examples are that all actions come with consequences, and when a finger, toe, or foot gets smashed, it can really wake you up!! I’ve learned that real balance in life, or in a rock garden, can’t come without awareness, presence, patience and commitment to letting things flow naturally. I’ve found over and over again that the Stone Buddhas are very honest teachers; they will celebrate patience, presence, connection and creativity with you, and they will also be present with you when your ego needs to be put in check! They say little — yet say everything.
In the 16 years I’ve been consistently working with stones as a means to meditate, express my creativity, and achieve an incredible level of conditioning and connection to nature, I’ve found that when I find my center, let my soul (consciousness within) guide me, and act from that invisible stillness within the center of my being, amazing things happen! I often look at what I’ve created in awe. There have been countless times I said to myself, “I could never have done that if I’d tried to “do it myself” (as opposed to doing it with the guidance of my soul and the intuitive guidance I get from the stones and nature).
If I’d only have known what I know now much earlier in my life, oh how many painful, challenging times I’d have saved myself and others from! If you’d like to come join me for a day and learn how stillness moves into action, I’d love to share amazing experiences with you that will influence you and all your relationships for the rest of your life!
Learning with the Stone Buddhas
Over and over again, elite athletes who have trained or coached with Paul have expressed their amazement that at Paul’s “advanced age” he can match and often exceed their performance in the gym, and many have been amazed that he can lift and stack stones that they can’t even get off the ground!
Naturally, they always ask, “How the hell can you still train like this at your age?”
Paul’s secret? To live in tune with his 4 Doctors (Dr. Happiness, Dr. Diet, Dr. Movement, and Dr. Quiet), and doing regular conditioning with stones. Once they’ve tried stone lifting with Paul, they “get it!”
Stone lifting is very dynamic, requires deep presence and awareness, balance, coordination, agility, functional strength, and enhances creativity and our childlike expression of ourselves. Stone work can be adjusted so that anyone can participate at their own level, or can get challenging enough to tax even the most strong and powerful athletes and strongmen.
In this special Zen in the Garden event, Paul will teach everyone the essential lessons of stone lifting and guide you through key methods of developing your body, athletic abilities, creative expression, and dynamic meditation with stones.
Other Workshops Coming in Fall-Winter 2022
September 10th – Inner Work with Paul Chek
September 11th – Energy Medicine with Angie Chek
November 4th & 5th – The Tarot Workshop with Paul Chek
December 3rd – Zen in the Garden: Rock ‘n’ Soul – Working with the Stone Buddhas with Paul Chek
January 20th & 21st, 2023 – The Mandala Painting Workshop with Paul and Angie Chek
Multi-Day Pass
We are also offering a Multi-Day Pass. This is the opportunity to get one day of workshop free when you purchase 5 days. You can use these 6 days in any way you like – 6 x one day workshops or Zen in the Garden, 3 x two day workshops or a combination of one-day and two-day workshops.
Conditions of Multi-Day Pass Registration
- Each multi-day pass is for one person only. It cannot be shared between two or more people.
- You have 18 months from the date of purchase to use your six days.
Important Details
Workshop Time:
Saturday 3rd December 9:00am – 5:00pm
Times are approximate. We recommend you arrive in San Diego on Friday 2nd December and do not leave until Sunday 4th December to ensure you can fully participate in the workshop. The location is approximately 60-90 minutes from San Diego airport, depending on traffic so if you absolutely have to fly out on Saturday evening, you do not want to book a flight leaving before 7:30pm. At previous Zen in the Garden workshops, many of the participants have gone out to dinner together after the workshop, continuing the growth and sharing experiences into the evening.
Cost:
US$499 per person
Venue:
Paul’s “Rainbow House” situated in the hills to the East of Fallbrook, CA. The exact address will be given to participants upon registering.
Closest Hotels and Accommodation:
- Pala Mesa Resort, 2001 Old Hwy 395, Fallbrook, CA 92028 – palamesa.com
- Quality Inn Fallbrook I-15, 3135 Old Hwy 395, Fallbrook, CA 92028 – choicehotels.com
- Pala Casino Spa and Resort, 11154 CA-76, Pala, CA 92059 – palacasino.com
- Temecula Creek Inn, 44501 Rainbow Canyon Rd, Temecula, CA 92592 – temeculacreekinn.com
There are also a number of Airbnb options in Rainbow, Fallbrook, Temecula and Escondido.
Closest Commercial Airports
- San Diego Int’l Airport (58 miles S)
- John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana (75.5 miles NW)
Transportation and accommodation are your responsibility.
See the registration form for complete Terms and Conditions.
Who Should Attend?
Zen in the Garden is:
- Open to anyone age 12 and older.
- Open to anyone who wants to learn ways to live, love, and express themselves more fully, and create more beauty and peace in their lives.
- For all nature lovers and people who like to leave the earth a little more beautiful than they found it.
- Ideal for people who want to deepen their spirituality and connect more deeply to nature, the earth and the unconscious creative mind within themselves.
- For those wanting to learn how to relax, play more fully, and express their inner-artist, athlete and child nature.
How Many People Will Be There?
Zen in the Garden is limited to 50 participants.
Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. Due to the unique nature of this program, there are no refunds or transfers once you have registered for this program, so please make sure you can attend before registering.
What’s Included:
A full day with Paul Chek in a small group setting including lunch and snacks and beverages, made with organic ingredients.
This is a physically active workshop and you should be in good physical health to fully participate and get the most out of your day with Paul.
