The schedule will be approximately 30 hours/week and will include evening and weekend shifts.  Starting pay is $10.00 depending on experience.  We offer free family memberships to all employees after completion of trial service.

The right fit for this position will love people, adults and children alike, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and be able to stay busy in downtimes.  In addition, must have excellent communication skills, multi-tasking skills, and computer skills.  Sales experience is highly desired but not required.  We will train the right person!

Email your resume and cover letter to jobs@onewithheart.com. No phone calls please.

To Enroll please call us at 503.231.1999 or email us at hawthorne@onewithheart.com

I am a Gold Sash in Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen and have trained at One With Heart for a year and a half, but I have been an athlete most of my life.  I started competing 17 years ago when I signed up for a marathon to get in shape for a trip to Patagonia.  Within a few years, I was doing bike, triathlon and running races of varying distances.  I have completed several marathons, Ironmans, even biked across the country as part of a relay with Lance Armstrong to raise awareness for cancer reasearch.  For the past few years Cyclocross has been my focus.  Cyclocross is a bike race of many laps of a short course that has pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles where you get off your bike and carry it.  A Cylcocross race is a great excuse to get covered in mud.  Between September and December I try to get muddy a couple of times a week.

My training changes every year as I learn more about myself.  I am always trying something new depending upon what I have learned and where my motivation lies.  I typically train 12-25 hours a week at varying levels of intensity of running, biking, and at One With Heart.

Poekoelan has taught me a lot about my body.  I have become more aware of how I carry tension in my body.  This awareness allows me to release.  Poekoelan has taught me to use breath to increase my focus.  It has taught me to focus on the present rather than what lies ahead, and to focus on what I know rather than what I cannot control.  Cyclocross races require an all-out effort for 60 minutes.  This year during every race when I began to tighten up or felt my heart rate get too high I would use the Tulen principle of float, feeling the water energy support me.  My movement became easier, more fluid.  The pain eased and my pace increased.  This was not premeditated, it just happened.  Tulen training integrates the skills we learn through practice with the challenges we face in life, and the ability to draw upon these skills just happens.

What I have noticed as a Poekoelan practitioner and an athlete is that the more I learn the more realize I don't know.  The level of detail and depth to which a seemingly simple act can be performed and perfected is infinite.  This is a life lesson that opens the door to limitless possibilities.

Teaching Self-Defense in the Safest Country in the World
By Sita Benedict

I moved to Finland in August 2010, having recently completed certification as a Tulen Self-Defense instructor.  I intended to continue teaching women's self-defense in Finland, but wasn't sure how much interest there would be given that Finland is known to be one of the safest countries in the world.  When the first 3 Hours of Power course filled up within one day of advertising, I was excited to teach but wondered what made these girls want to train.

What I found was that while the women enjoyed learning useful physical defense techniques, most came to the class to learn assertive body language  and to use their voice in a whole new way.  I taught many self-defense classes in Finland over the past year.  After only three hours of training, women leave having learned a new and valuable lesson: being nice is a choice.  They get to experience the power of their voice and learn to set boundaries in ways they never knew possible.  This changes the quality of life for women no matter where they live.  So while the streets are statistically safer here, I've come to know that these skills and lessons are no less valuable in the safest country in the world.

Teaching Self-Defense at the Q Center - Safe to Be Who We Are
By Heather Hernandez

On a recent Sunday I volunteered my time to teach 3 Hours of Power at the Q Center in Portland.  Participants from all walks of life came to train for different reasons.  One student said he wanted to learn how to channel his emotions and physical energy.  Another came to learn how to be safer in the world.  Another student joined the class after a recent assault.  She said she came to learn self-defense skills so "it never happens again."

Regardless of the reasons they came, all students left the Q Center feeling stronger, more confident and empowered to live safer lives.  I teach self-defense to create a safer world for everyone.  I teach because I believe  everyone deserves to be who they are in the world.  The Q Center shares this belief and is one of those wonderful places where all people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, are free to fully be who they are.  Connecting with that birthright is the source of real strength and it changes everything.  Together on that Sunday, as we became stronger, each of us in our own way was making the world a better place.

"I just don't want to," my daughter said with assertiveness.  It was almost her turn to step into the fighting round at Poekoelan's first annual tournament.  For weeks she had practiced in her class and yet as time grew nearer, the nerves had gotten the best of her.

As a mother, I always want the best for my children; the opportunity to stand tall, feel empowered, and confident in their own path.  Poekoelan had been life strengthening for both my daughter and my son since they began studying under so many exceptional teachers at the Hawthorne school.  For Kaiya, I could see that she had found that "it" - that thing we hope for that our children find - where they glow in loving what they do.

When we were first introduced to Poekoelan a year ago, Kaiya knew she liked martial arts, but what lay ahead in her spiritual transformation was unbeknownst to us.  A little timid in her movements and unsure in her posture at first, she was challenged physically and mentally to find the strength within her.  This spoke volumes during training one day when the rest of the class began doing the wrong steps to a set.  Kaiya, although at first looking around a little timid, slowly began doing the steps she believed were right.  Bantoe Danielle responded with cheers and applause, recognizing her decision to believe in herself, even if she was doing something different than everyone else.  I don't know if my daughter realized the significance of that day, but I began to see this layer of strength wrap over and over her spirit throughout the year.

Fast forward to our tournament this Fall.  My daughter and I stood toe to toe in the hallway as she told me again boldly that she didn't want to fight.  Several teachers walked by and offered words of support and enrcouragement.  Kaiya finally proceeded, although still in protest, to enter the fighting after we set a simple goal: to give it a try and just have fun.  She went on to fight student after student and completed the tournament in first place.  Standing in line as the ribbons were distributed, I saw her look away from me  trying to hide a big smile.

It didn't matter though that she won first place or that she took any place at all.  What mattered was that there was yet another layer of strength, confidence, and positivity wrapped around her young spirit.  As a mother watching my daughter grow and figure out her path through life's complexities, that smile she could not stop was priceless.  I watched my little girl stand there and knew: it's not just about the physical training that my children continue to gain, but the ability and knowledge to lead themselves through their own lives, no matter what's ahead.

2 ripe fuyu persimmons
2 oz. chevre (goat cheese)
1-2 Tablespoons chopped fresh sage
your favorite cracker or sliced bread
butter or oil
salt

Thinly slice or chop persimmons while you heat 1/2 TB of butter or oil in a skillet on medium heat.

Toss persimmon, sage and a dash of salt in the skillet and saute 5 minutes stirring often.  Add 2 oz. or about 1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese in the skillet and mix in, cook 1-2 more minutes.

Place a bit of the persimmon mixture on each cracker or slice of bread and serve.

Persimmons are rich in fiber, anti-oxidents, vitamins A & C, manganese and good in many valuable B-complex vitamins such as folic acid and thiamin.  There are two distinctly different kinds of persimmons, fuyus and hachiyas.  Fuyus seem to be more common to find in the West and are tomato-shaped, orange-hued, and ripe when they are firm, yet give slightly to the touch, much like a peach.  Hachiya persimmons, common in Japan, are acorn shaped and very astringent when unripe, which means that if you eat them before their prime, you'll experience a bitter, tannic, chalky taste.  When ready to eat, this variety will be soft and squishy to the touch with a jelly-like texture.  You can freeze ripe Hachiya, halve, and scoop out the insides to eat like ice cream.  Dried or fresh persimmon fruits can be used in cookies, cakes, breads, green salads, and as a topping for breakfast cereal.

How to select:
Choose persimmons that are smooth, brightly colored, plump, glossy, and well-rounded and with their leaf still attached.  Avoid cracks and bruises.  Yellow patches indicate unripe fruit.

How to store:
Ripen persimmons at room temperature until they are soft.  Once ripe refrigerate for up to 3 days. 

Meet Goeroel Joel Much.  He teaches in our Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen classes here at One With Heart Tulen Center.

At age 35, Reggie is training for his first Pro Fight in 4 years.  The physical preparation is demanding: running 4 days a week and spending 2-3 hours a day in the gym.  Reggie says that the mental preparation is just as important as the physical and "staying confident, staying focused on what you want to achieve, and being mentally prepared for anything."

Reggie's focus is to regain his title of NW Middleweight Champion, go on to win the State Championship, then the World Championship.  He says, "I haven't accomplished everything yet.  I don't want to leave boxing feeling like I did it half way."  What's coming up?  Reggies working on schedule his first fight this December in New Mexico.  

One year ago, in Kona, Hawaii, goeroe marian saw athletes getting ready for the Ironman competition.  This caught her imagination and inspired her.  At the same time it seemed unattainable.  And it is - 140.6 miles of swimming, biking, and then running a marathon at the end.  Especially at age 54, and dealing with a sore ankle that was broken many years ago.

One year later, marian has run several 5K races, and has won the women over 40 division several times.  She has also finished 3 sprint triathlons, placing 2nd in her age group in the last two.  She also completed the Amsterdam half marathon a few weeks ago.

Goeroe marian is a 5th degree black belt in Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen.  Her Tulen training has laid the groundwork for this new endeavor.  "Tulen has taught me how to train, how to stay motivated even in the face of challenges.  I have recognized that the hard days are the ones that make you better.  You come back and do more.  Perserverance requires mental strength and I have learned that in all these years of Poekoelan training."

marian began her triathlon training by following the "Couch to 5K" running program.  She highly recommends to everyone who wants to start running.  It is easy and builds slowly so everyone can be successful.  She acknowedges that those first runs hurt.  "When you run, there are often spots that hurt.  I use my meditations and my "I am love - I am joy" mantra to move through and transform."

She integrates her Tulen training in all aspects of her life.  "Challenges come and go, but it makes a difference when I stay aligned with joy."

Today marian's goals are to win her age division in sprint triathlons, and work her way to a Half Ironman.  And maybe even one day, she will compete in an Ironman.  It isn't about the competition so much as it is about having fun every day.

"This is for myself.  I am learning to take time for myself and enjoy it."

She recommends that we all take at least 30 minutes a day for ourselves.  Find our personal best.  Whatever catches our imagination and inspires us is attainable.

Last night I sewed my daughter's first yellow stripe to her white Poekoelan sash.  In the pace of less than a year, she had been promoted through the three white belt degrees, tested for her white sash and is still proceeding headlong through her training, gaining confidence, empowerment and agility.  What a difference a year makes.

At age 3 1/2 she underwent extensive brain surgery to remove a tumor.  Surgeries, treatments and rehabs, all told, took 15 months.  Shortly after that, our family discovered One With Heart.

When she began Poekoelan, our daughter was unable to balance on her right foot at all, and on her left for no more than a second.  Compromised vision impeded coordination and she hadn't the core strength to pull her body across the mat.  Once a boisterous and loud leader, she'd become quiet and wary.

Today, watching her move through her forms, seeing her kick - high! - from a solid standing leg, seeing the stamina, the poise, and the voice she has found, is cause for celebration, gratitude, and hope.

One year ago, none of us imagined we'd all be training, all be healing, here at One With Heart.  We never would have imagined a martial arts program would become so important to our happiness, our wellness.  Learning the art, embracing its lessons, finding this incredible, kind community, and watching our daughter experience something so transformative has lifted us all.  There is much more to learn.  We are eager to continue.

Almost a year ago, I received a card in the mail with a check for $84.15 tucked into it.  In my mom's perfect script she wrote, "I unexpectedly received some money and wanted to share it with you.  Enjoy!" $84.15, huh? A woman prone to rounding up to the nearest five, I was struck by the very specific amount on my mother's check, but didn't give it much thought until I took my first Cun Tao class a couple days later.

My partner of four years, Brian, has been a One With Heart student longer than I've known him.  Over the years, I've had the honor of watching his sashes move through a shiny spectrum of white, gold, blue, green and brown, and I've had the privilege of watching him brighten and change along with them.  I have always admired the commitment he has to the art, the power and grace of its practitioners, and the Tulen teachings that have slipped into our conversations and lives over the years.  But I never considered training.  It was his thing.  I was too busy.  I didn't want to commit to anything that brought me indoors, rather than out.

And then I went to his black belt test.  I can only explain what happened to me through the tears that streamed down my face again and again during that 48-hour period.  I was moved in a way that only literature adn long-distance-phone commericals have moved me before.

I am still not sure why I feel warm tears run down my face when I move in unison to a drum beat with my teammates, feel the energy of wild animals fill me, and bow the instructors holding that space for us all, but I do know that my tears are an indication to practice for at least as long as it takes me to find out.  And they're not the only indication.

A couple weeks after Brian's black belt test, two days after I received the unexpected check from my mother, I went to a Cun Tao class just to try it out.  By the time we'd finished our warm-up I was hooked and signed a year contract.  "Your first payment will be $84.15," the woman at the front desk told me. 

"$84.15, huh? I think I could come up with that."