Tai Tree My Four Teachers
“When the student is ready the teacher appears” I went off for the weekend. Scattered. Rushed. Unsure. Some Tai Chi teacher I am huh? I had just finished my grueling day of classes (nearly 10 hours) and hopped in the …
Tag Archives: April 2019
Not All Baguazhang is the Same
“When your Yi (intention mind) directs your internal energy from your Xin (heart mind) this coupled with your body circling movements the force for change arising from Jiulong Baguazhang becomes as steel tempered a thousand times in the fire. It …
Quiet Sitting Is Not Meditation
“Busy Inside, Still Outside” -Li, Long Dao There are many kinds of meditation. Some focus on spiritual attainment, others finding inner peace, the list is almost endless. Our students at The Gompa center in Arlington Texas who are studying the …
Types of Training
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche I have been involved in learning, researching and teaching the Chinese …
The Origin and Correct Method of Displaying the Taiji Du (T’ai Chi Tu)
The Dao created one. One created two, Two created three, And three brought into being the ten thousand things. The ten thousand things carry yin and embrace yang. They achieve harmony by balancing these forces. – Lao Tzu Chpt. 42 …
Press For Success
“Just do your daily practice of the mental and physical exercises each morning and evening and you will not fail to reach the stars.” – Li, Long-dao Today few people understand that Taijiquan is one of the …
Breathing for Stress Relief
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. …
Ch’an Mind and Beyond
The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something. – Koun Yamada Ch’an or Zen in Japanese is a process of taming the mind gently so that it is calm, …
The Depression Fighting Benefits of the Mimosa Tree
Known in China as the “Collective Happiness Bark,” the mimosa tree was given to people who needed a “spiritual uplift or cleansing.” Similarly, the bark is used to cleanse the heart and liver meridians (energetic pathways) in the body. It …
Rou-muli / Soft Vision of Xingyiquan
To be invincible is to utilize your strengths, Protect your weaknesses and be aware of the same in your enemy. …