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Thank you for caring enough to take the time find out a little more about Billy Sunday. You are the reason for this site. You are the reason for the over thirty years of training, relentless studies and assimilations of physical, psychological, emotional and romantic inquiry through the early mornings and long sleepless nights of deep spiritual questioning and scientific research. Having been through much suffering, he needed to understand the causes our pain and suffering. Having realized what could end pain and suffering he needed to learn ways to bring joy, love, laughter, understanding, patience and compassion. Being a musician, a dancer, an artist and a poet he uses these attributes to set the fires of passion, romance, sensuality and intimacy free within you. Being an athlete he inspires and motivates you to persevere, persist, to never surrender and to learn to play through life’s inevitable pains.

To Billy Sunday Mars, life is Love, it’s Passion, it’s Heart, it’s Soul!

As a Lover, Love til’ it hurts, As a Warrior, play through the pain.
A true Lover is a Warrior, a True Warrior, a Love
No Agony No Ecstasy!

Billy Sunday Mars was born in Boston Mass. in June of 65’ to Greek and African American parents. His father died when Billy was 5yrs old. He was a passerby who went into a fire and pulled out two children. In losing his life, his father taught him, by example, the importance of caring for and serving others. Before this happened though, he often played catch with his son, taught him to play baseball and the importance of being there for those you love, even if you don’t know them. After that, he watched his mother raise four kids for the next twelve years, three of which she suffered through with cancer. He watched a woman who was told she had three months to live fight, not so much for her own life, but for that of her children. He watched her work through endless surgeries and sickness to do her “motherly” chores. He watched her exemplify love in life just as he had watched his father give his life for love.

At about 12 yrs. old, his uncle, Norman Hayes, a former pro boxer and military man, entered his life. Norman once defeated Jake LaMotta, played by Robert Dinero in the movie “Raging Bull”. He decided Billy, an artist and somewhat of a bookworm, needed more “manly” training. Although Billy developed into quite an athlete playing Baseball, Basketball and Football, many believing he would go pro in one of those sports, his uncle realized he had potential as a boxer. He began training him at home and eventually brought him into the gym. Billy learned that training the heart was first, the mind second and then the body was last. This only proved to be more so true when Billy began Martial Arts training. It was through Martial Arts that he discovered the similarity in movement to dance. His older sister “challenged” him to try a dance class saying it was tougher than any athletic training he ever had. He accepted the challenge and found himself sore more the next day than after a football practice. He continued learning to dance as part of his training. Dance eventually led him back to the Orient.

Through his performing he met and traded exercise methods with martial arts performers. He was introduced to a Shaolin Monk by them and learned movement, strength, flexibility, balance and coordination training through the philosophies and understandings of the east. Having many years of training for athletics and dance and being a trainer in America, this gave him profound insight. He was able to heal long standing knee, back and shoulder injuries. He studied aspects of medicine, Hinduism, Buddhism and Yoga with Dr. Khantibai Patel. For the past 14 years Billy has assimilated his learning with additional studies of psychology, neurology, physiology and philosophy as well as world religions and spirituality. He now gratefully looks the share the fruits his years of experiences and explorations with you.

In 2004 my younger brother lost a 20year battle with kidney failure. Between my mother and him, I have spent years in and out of hospitals so I know what it means to go through difficulty, sadness and sorrow. I have spent almost my entire life preparing myself to do what I must do for the memory of my mother, father and brother’s courage, out of respect for those who have guided me along the way and for you who I am blessed to be able to serve and share ways to find joy and love in the midst of what is!

Thank You