By Senior Instructor Paul Cavel Bagua zhang is a pure Taoist energy art primarily practised by those interested in the I Ching or Taoism—having been derived as a physical manifestation to realize the teachings of the I Ching. That is, ba gua is an embodiment of the...
All branches of Buddhism and Hinduism came out of India, regardless of whether they ended up in Tibet, Southeast Asia or even Africa. Both religions carried the Indian perspectives on reincarnation and the idea that relationships between the individual and the...
‘Psychic Vampire’ is a term that is dis-affectionately used by many. If you are around a psychic vampire, they will suck your energy dry. When you leave the presence of a psychic vampire, you may feel weak and drained. How does a psychic vampire work and...
Meditation is an age-old system for resolving the essential spiritual challenges of living a life in a human body. Meditation has been used for thousands of years by every religious tradition to create life-sustaining rhythms and give people a way of finding peace,...
When you learn to read and write there is an assumption that you already know the alphabet. Likewise, when you are practicing qigong, bagua or tai chi you are mainly learning the basic ways in which chi works in relation to health, chi development and internal power...
A lot of people don’t know this about me, but when I was young I was an avid reader. I could read a 500-page book in a day and a half or two and actually digest it. Then, I went through a long period where I didn’t read at all, especially not in English. I didn’t...
