Taoism, Taoist Meditation
Wu wei is a very fundamental concept in Taoism, similar to wu wei wu, which means action, non action. Wu means nothing and wei means action. In the West most people have clear agendas and they set out to accomplish specific goals. However, in Taoism one of the central...
Tai Chi Push Hands, Bagua Zhang
This is a great video clip. In my book The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi on page 242 I tell the story about when I first meet my main teacher and Taoist Master Liu Hung Chieh: “On one of my first days with Liu, he asked about my martial arts background....Tai Chi, Tai Chi Tips, Taoist Meditation
Not everyone wants to learn about chi and not everyone wants to learn to meditate. I asked my teacher why he didn’t teach meditation and he replied that most people don’t want to learn it. In later conversations he explained that it has a lot to do with...Taoism, Taoist Meditation
If you want to find out who you are, you have to get behind anything and everything that has happened to you in your life. It doesn’t matter what could occur. It doesn’t matter what you might be experiencing at the present moment. It doesn’t matter...
Taoism, Tao of Sex, Taoist Meditation
The Taoist sexual practices are categorized in two segments: Sexual qigong—techniques that increase the sensitivity and awareness of chi flows within yourself and your partner, including techniques that help you achieve many of the healing benefits of any chi...Qigong, Dragon & Tiger Qigong
Here is a nice video we put together a while ago giving an overview of the Dragon and Tiger Qigong set: Energy Arts instructors (Bill Ryan, Kurt Miyajima, Susan Kansky) demonstrate Dragon and Tiger Qigong Dragon and Tiger Qigong is the first of the moving practices in...
Taoist Meditation, Tai Chi
Tai chi is commonly referred to as moving meditation. Tai chi’s slow, graceful movements can be used as a meditation to provide relaxed focus, to quiet the monkey-mind and to engender a deep sense of relaxation that helps release inner tensions. Tai Chi as...
Qigong, Taoism, Qigong Tui Na
Chi (qi) energy moves through specific pathways mapped by Taoist sages thousands of years ago. The energy anatomy diagrams show the chi flow through main right, left and central energy channels that are located deep in the body. Other important energy channels move in...Teaching Tai Chi, Bruce's Picks
There is no Western equivalent to the master/disciple system in China that provides students with the achievement levels of their teachers and teachers with criteria for advancing their students. We have instituted our own rigorous certification system to fill that...