Instructor Michael Denney began his committment to
spiritual work in his youth. After a rough
adolescence, Michael entered Bible school with
plans to enter seminary and become a minister.
After a few years of formal study and field work,
Michael left his religious studies and concluded
that organized religion was not the avenue for
service he was meant to follow.
After leaving the ministry, he graduated from Cal State University Fullerton with a B.A. in Theatre Arts. While at C.S.U.F., Michael received the Kennedy Center National Award for Excellence in Acting. Soon after graduation, Michael co-founded The Open Fist Theatre Company in Hollywood, CA. During this time, Michael began experimenting with meditation and visualization techniques for his acting students. “I wasn’t seeking any kind of spiritual connection, but when I would lead my students through meditative exercises and visualizations, my students would report having very profound experiences”
Around this time, Michael was invited to learn a very rare, esoteric form of Taoist internal martial arts. It was simply referred to as “The Tao” by his instructor, Sifu Minoru Hata. After a few years of intense study, Michael was given the rank of assistant instructor and eventually went on to start his own Tao martial arts class. Recently, Michael was given the title of "Instructor" in San ShenTan Tien an energetic and martial system created by Sifu Hata.
Michael began studying Kundalini Yoga and meditation with Yoga Master Dr. Gurudev Singh Khalsa. Michael then continued to expand his practices with Taoist Meditation and Shamanic psycho-transformative techniques. At this time, Michael began studying traditional West African drumming with Yoruba Drum Master and Ifa Priest, Baba Ayo Adeyemi and traditional Yoruba Talking Drum Master Francis Awe. (more information on Yoruba shamanic drumming can be found on Michael’s website http://www.thehealingdrum.com)
The result was that Michael found a multi-dimensional approach to Psycho-Spiritual-Energetic technologies. He found that by combining complementary techniques, the results were highly accelerated and balanced. It is Michael’s deep desire to share these powerful technologies in a non-religious, practical and healing environment which fosters individual experimentation.
Mr. Denney now lives with his wife, Lenise in Boise, Idaho where he teaches Sacred Yoruba West African Drumming, Spirit Tao and SSTT.
After leaving the ministry, he graduated from Cal State University Fullerton with a B.A. in Theatre Arts. While at C.S.U.F., Michael received the Kennedy Center National Award for Excellence in Acting. Soon after graduation, Michael co-founded The Open Fist Theatre Company in Hollywood, CA. During this time, Michael began experimenting with meditation and visualization techniques for his acting students. “I wasn’t seeking any kind of spiritual connection, but when I would lead my students through meditative exercises and visualizations, my students would report having very profound experiences”
Around this time, Michael was invited to learn a very rare, esoteric form of Taoist internal martial arts. It was simply referred to as “The Tao” by his instructor, Sifu Minoru Hata. After a few years of intense study, Michael was given the rank of assistant instructor and eventually went on to start his own Tao martial arts class. Recently, Michael was given the title of "Instructor" in San ShenTan Tien an energetic and martial system created by Sifu Hata.
Michael began studying Kundalini Yoga and meditation with Yoga Master Dr. Gurudev Singh Khalsa. Michael then continued to expand his practices with Taoist Meditation and Shamanic psycho-transformative techniques. At this time, Michael began studying traditional West African drumming with Yoruba Drum Master and Ifa Priest, Baba Ayo Adeyemi and traditional Yoruba Talking Drum Master Francis Awe. (more information on Yoruba shamanic drumming can be found on Michael’s website http://www.thehealingdrum.com)
The result was that Michael found a multi-dimensional approach to Psycho-Spiritual-Energetic technologies. He found that by combining complementary techniques, the results were highly accelerated and balanced. It is Michael’s deep desire to share these powerful technologies in a non-religious, practical and healing environment which fosters individual experimentation.
Mr. Denney now lives with his wife, Lenise in Boise, Idaho where he teaches Sacred Yoruba West African Drumming, Spirit Tao and SSTT.
Spirit Tao
Instructor
contact: info@spirittao.com
(208) 968-4854
contact: info@spirittao.com
(208) 968-4854