About Del Sol Martial Arts & Fitness
At Del Sol Martial Arts and Fitness - you and your family are our top priority. We offer an experience that supports community and families.
Our mission is to supply varied paths to fitness, health, and personal empowerment in a safe environment where people of all ages and skill levels can build on their strengths, and find their own path to making fitness of mind and body a part of their everyday lives.
Everything we offer is designed with your goals in mind. We are confident that what we teach will put the tools in your hands to remake yourself into whatever you choose.
About Sifu Leverett
Sifu Thomas Leverett is a 10th Generation practitioner of the Northern Shaolin 7 Star Preying Mantis system of Kung Fu. He began his training in 1997 while completing his BA degree from the University of Texas Austin in Anthropology and Archaeology.
After training for 6 months Thomas was asked by his teacher to become an instructor and help teach some of the classes. It was at this time that he discovered his passion for teaching others.
This passion and teaching experience lead him to become a 6th grade Language Arts teacher for six years. During this time he continued to train and teach for his Sifu, “Teacher”, until the time came for him to open his own “Kwoon” or training hall.
In 2006 Thomas passed his test to become a Sifu, and became responsible for carrying on the 7 Star Preying Mantis System. During that time while searching for ways to supplement his more traditional martial arts training Sifu Leverett discovered CrossFit and Kettlebells.
After trying both he was immediately hooked, not only by the graceful intensity of both, but by the raw potential to completely remake the human form both mentally and physically that was so similar to training in the martial arts.
With this understanding Sifu Leverett went about the task of getting the information out to his students and the public alike, and opened Del Sol Martial Arts & Fitness with his wife, Claudia, where they practice and share the many paths to health, fitness, and wellbeing that they are have come to enjoy and benefit from over the years.
About Claudia Castro-Leverett
Claudia Castro-Leverett has
been sharing her love of yoga for the past nine years and has
been practicing intently for the past 15. She received her
first yoga certification from Yoga Yoga in Austin TX, at first
only to find more depth in her own practice. Claudia
then began her Advanced Training with Brigitte Snyder and Murti
from Healing in Yoga.
She has continued her adult
yoga training with master teachers like Jonny Kest, Seane Corn,
Shiva Rea, Rusty Wells, and Aadil Palkhivala. Currently she
is participating in a Living Yoga Sadhana/Medatition training
with Shiva Rea. In the summer of 2011, her and Thomas both
completed 200 hours at Center
for Yoga, with Master Yoga Teacher and Healer, Jonny
Kest in
Michigan.
When Claudia and Thomas first met
Jonny, they knew he was their teacher. His personality and style
of Hot Vinyasa created such an energizing, validating, detoxifiying,
and liberating experience that they wanted to be a part of helping
spread it’s benefits to any and all. His style, not only detoxified
the body and mind with breath control and challenging movements,
but with intensity both inner and outer, and with an overall
effect of totally balancing the body. After leaving one of his
classes and having spent every ounce of sweat and will on the
mat, Thomas recalls noticing a smile he could not take off his
face. It was in that moment of clarity that he realized the
natural state of human kind is indeed overwhelming happiness,
and that through regular practice of Yoga, one can reach these
emotional states so missing from the world today. This practice
truly calls on the student to “check in”, not “check out”.
Claudia has received her Children's Yoga certification after
completing the Radiant Child Children's Yoga Program with the
amazing Shakta Kaur Khalsa, Next Generation Yoga with the brilliant
Jodi Komitor, and Angel Bear Yoga with the lovely Christi Eley.
She is Yoga Alliance Certified in both Adult Hatha/Vinyasa
Flow style and Children's Yoga.
Besides teaching at their studio, Del Sol, Claudia teaches yoga
for health care professionals during their lunch hours, for
her daughter's Montessori school, for Kids Camps, for birthday
parties and for private group events.
One of her favorite quotes today is the "let the love that
you are, be what you do!".......Rumi
For many, her classes are the starting point for
a connected and thoughtful day. For others, they are an opportunity
to nurture and give back to themselves for a hard week gone by.
And for still others, a place of community where like minded
individuals come together to walk the path of yoga, or “Union”
with the Absolute. Her personal practice is one of Bhakti or
yoga of love and devotion which then also infuses her poetic
teaching style.
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About Claudia and Thomas-
Claudia and Thomas have known each other since they were in
kindergarten, and attended grade school through college together.
Their connection has always been apparent since they were very
young, both attest to haveing had this soulful bond from the
very beginning. It has been their pleasure to share the fruits
of their passions, and help others realize their dreams.
They recently finished contributing to a book of health proffessionals
early
this year, hit 5 Best Seller Lists, and made #69 out of 100 on
Amazon.com.
Press release about the book-
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Health and Fitness Experts, Thomas Leverett and Claudia Castro-Leverett,
Hit Amazon.com Top 100 Best Seller List
Claudia Castro-Leverett and Thomas Leverett, fitness experts,
recently hit five separate Amazon.com best seller lists, including
the Amazon Top 100 with the new fitness book, “3 Steps To YOUR
BEST BODY In Record Time.”
Austin, Tex. – July 20, 2011 – Thomas Leverett and Claudia Castro-Leverett
own Del Sol Martial Arts & Fitness, specializing in wellness
with Kung Fu, Yoga, CrossFit, Kettlebells, and Healthy Cooking.
They recently joined a select group of the world’s leading health
and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the health and fitness
book titled, 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY In Record Time: America’s
Leading Fitness Experts Reveal The Proven 3-Step System To The
Body You Always Wanted…In Minimum Time. Nick Nanton, Esq. along
with business partner, JW Dicks, Esq., signed a publishing deal
with each of these authors to contribute their expertise to the
book, which was released under their CelebrityPress™ imprint.
3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY In Record Time was released on Thursday,
July 14, 2011. It features top advice from health, fitness and
wellness experts from across the globe covering the subjects
of total body health, fitness and nutrition. The book is designed
to help people find a breakthrough fitness strategy that works
for them. 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY In Record Time offers proven
strategies to help people achieve the level of fitness they have
always desired. Thomas Leverett and Claudia Castro-Leverett contributed
a chapter titled “Fitness With Soul: Offering the Fruits of Your
Actions To a Higher Purpose.”
On the day of release, 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY skyrocketed
to best-seller status on Amazon.com, reaching as high as #69
overall in the Amazon Top 100. The book reached #1 in both the
Quick Workouts and Weight Training Categories, while reaching
#3 in the Exercise and Fitness category and #24 in Health, Mind
and Body category.
Thomas has been teaching martial arts and fitness to all ages
for the last 14 years. Spending seven years of that time as a
middle school writing teacher, Thomas spent a lot of time studying
how the high ideals of his martial arts practice could be used
to reach the troubled hearts of his young students. After teaching,
Thomas went on to open his own martial arts and fitness studio
where he helps his students see that their true teacher lies
within and that they are far more powerful than they realize.
Thomas is a 10th generation Sifu, master instructor, of the Northern
Shaolin Seven Star Praying Mantis system of Kung Fu. He is also
a certified CrossFit trainer, and an RKC, Russian Kettlebell
Challenge Instructor. He also teaches Qigong and meditation.
Claudia is a Registered Yoga Teacher for both adults and Children.
She has been teaching her love of yoga and healthful cooking
classes for the past eight years. She has also led several women's
retreats on wellness, helping others achieve a greater sense
a health in their lives. She is a mother to a radiant little
girl, Isa, a lover to all animals and a servant to this amazing
Earth. Her passion is helping others attain wellness and their
own truth in happiness.
From CelebrityPress:
"Mirror, mirror on the wall—is that really me?" Do
you play mind games with yourself? Are you a couch potato or
armchair commentator? In this book, leading nutritionists, fitness
professionals, and athletic coaches show you their solutions
as they guide you through the 3 Steps to Your Best Body in Record
Time. Many of them have been where you have been, including pleasantly
pump, grossly overweight, sedentary, or what do I do now? And
have come up with a solution. You tried a diet and those exercises
before and you know they don't work. You feel that no one understands.
These fitness professionals will show you that regardless of
size, age, or occupation, the three factors of mindset, nutrition,
and physical fitness are the answer. They encourage you to do
something about it before analysis-paralysis sets in! Remember
the old saying, "An action-now plan trumps a perfect plan
tomorrow every time." Best of all, whether you are a super-busy
mom, out-of-condition type, or a CEO under the waterline, these
experts give you a time-efficient method to do it.
After such a successful release, Thomas Leverett and Claudia
Castro-Leverett will be recognized by The National Academy of
Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from
many of the leading independent best seller lists.
To order a copy of the book, go to
http://www.amazon.com/Steps-Your-Best-Record-Wanted/dp/0983340404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310658484&sr=8-1
To learn more about Thomas, Claudia and Del Sol Martial Arts
and Fitness at http://www.martialarts-austin.com/
About Celebrity Press™:
Celebrity Press™
is a business book publisher that publishes books from thought
leaders around the world. Celebrity Press™ specializes in helping
its authors grow their businesses through book publishing. Celebrity
Press™ has published books alongside Brian Tracy, Ron Legrand,
Mari Smith, Kelly O’Neil, Alexis Martin Neely and many of the
biggest experts across diverse fields.
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