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Details:	Bay Area Center is a club that has a dedicated fitness facility located in the town of Dickinson, south of the Clear Lake area of Houston, Texas. Dickinson is located about half way between Houston and Galveston, Texas and is about 5 miles west of Galveston Bay. The club is dedicated to improving the mind/body/spirit alignment of its members through a variety of programs. It has long been the home of the Seishinkan Aikido Dojo (say-shin-kan), but offers a variety of fitness classes and mental training as well. Unlike most fitness facilities, our club has no long term contracts. Member's dues are strictly monthly. While the programs offered are very diverse, they all promote mind/body/spirit alignment along different paths. Primarily physical programs are available in our various fitness classes. These programs combine Western physical training with Feldenkrias principles and Eastern breathing techniques. More explicitly Eastern programs that are still very physical are available in the aikido (from Japan) and yoga (from India) classes. More meditative paths are available in the tai chi (from China) and iaido (from Japan) programs. Purely mental/spiritual classes are available in our NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and Shamanism programs. The building is one of the oldest buildings in Dickinson. It was built in the early 1900s in the construction style of the Galveston Strand with masonry walls over a foot thick that, over the centuries, have survived many hurricanes. Visitors are first welcomed in a small entry foyer with a distinctly Asian flavor. The hardwood oak floors and display cases with Japanese Calligraphy on the walls welcome visitors with a very different feeling than the usual health club or spa. All the physical programs are taught in full matted "dojo". The floor is built in the style of a 1950's era gymnastics floor and provides tremendous shock absorption. The soft surface is extremely comfortable so all our programs that involve mat work can be done in comfort.
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