Sight Osteen | Quest for a Meaningful Life

Sight Osteen attends both Kung Fu and Tai Chi classes at Body Balance Academy.  His young son, Ocean, is also in Kung Fu.

Sight began to practice Shaolin martial arts 25 years ago.He's studied with several Shih Fu's.

“I’m into health and healing”, he says.

Sight studied Ayurveda for 2 years on the East Coast before moving to California where he studied for 2 more years at the California College of Ayurveda in Grass Valley.

  

Sight is also a hip hop DJ and music producer.He goes by the musical moniker ‘dwnsampla’.

“I’ve been making music for a really long time.”

He says he toured the East Coast with a reggae band, but his West Coast music is different. He describes it as “bass heavy electronic music rooted in hip hop.”

“My music now is harder and really soulful. Big hard beats with a lot of bass. It’s really martial. I got that from listening to hip hop at martial arts studios. They play Wu Tang Clan.”

Sight says the iconic rap group is his main musical influence. He takes “a ton of inspiration” from New York culture, too.

Sight and two other producers run one of Nevada County’s only record labels.  Full Crate Records started in 2011. It features electronic artists with big bass sound.  There are free downloads at fullcraterecords.com 

Or pick up a CD at Füdenjuce in Nevada City.

You can find Sight’s music on his Facebook page or on SoundCloud.

What do martial arts, Ayurvedic healing and hip hop have in common?

Sight says “It’s just that quest for a meaningful life. You can find meaning in anything.”

dwnsampla's website bio ends with a description that might have come from a hip hop version of the Tao Te Ching:

"...Dwnsampla continues to innovatively travel into the fray of the electronic universe."

Xie xie and happy trails DS.

Thanks to Sight Osteen for telling his story to Shih Fu Catherine.    We've noticed that Body Balance students are resourceful, caring, connected people who cultivate chi wherever they go. We want to tell your story, too. Let us know if you have a story to tell. Look for these stories each week on our blog Streaming Chi.